The 2nd Official L'arc~en~Ciel thread!
 

About time they got their second thread!!! Anyways... i'll just put the links of the PVs of SHINE and Nexus 4 here.

SHINE PV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grXE0wQBMv8
Nexus 4 PV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBFkUcG44m8

o.0 seems like not much ppl post yet..
anyway, grats for 2nd L`arc en ciel thread :D
and thanks for the PV links :)

thanks for the thread!

i still love NEXUS 4 :P

I can't wait for the single... just one more week! Do you think it may hit #1?

^ yeah I think so ) Both songs are very good and may became hit #1

Can't wait to watch "Theater of Kiss" concert! Tracklist so cool (but cover realy agly)

"NEXUS 4" is a really great song, I like it more than "Shine" that's for sure. I might have to buy the single when it comes out...

Yeah. I think it will. Both songs/PVs are great and the songs have been promoted sooo much. It's a No.1 for sure!!!

^ I think it won't be #1... Kinki Kids also release a single and Johnny's boys are always #1... :(

Hmm... true... but L'arc~en~Ciel has a fair chance of getting into one of the top positions because of the promotions of both songs. Well, we just have to wait less than 1 week to find out ;)

I love their new songs & pv. It's so beautiful.
Somebody know when single'll be released?

^ The Nexus 4 / Shine comes out on August 27th =)

I found a live of Nexus 4 on youtube for those who haven't seen it :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl9QwQjQceI

awesome live, thanks! :D

Oh cool!! It's live! How awesome is that?? Some of L'Arc~en~Ciel's songs sound soo much better when they're live!!

Yay!! :banana1
Can't wait!

Beautiful live!!

oh! I want this live video in HQ

I love Shine, but NExus 4 will have to grow on me!

Pwee... the single leaked:

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...11#post1605111

I dunno about you guys but I'm still buying it!! I comes out tomorrow in Japan. I hope the ratings are good. *crosses fingers*

I wish I could buy it... But my collection needs many vital items first

I seriously need to get my Ipod fixed.

Im missing out on alot of songs.


Laraku has 2 of them. I feel like a fake fan

L'arc~en~Ciel hits No.2 (just under Kinki Kids)!!!!

Index: 25863

I think that's great for the very first day!!

^ wow o.0
25k hit? GOOD HEADSTART ! :D
yeah nexus 4 is sound nicer than shine, but shine PV is much more abstract ( very very nice ! ) :D

not bad. i knew it wouldn't beat the kinki kids though, lol.

Is it me or do they smoke to much in their videos?

THEY DO!!!

Still number 2


http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

7,074

Lol. Yes they do. It's weird. :P

Anyways, does anyone have any news about VAMPS? They haven't come out with anything new for some time...

^^Thanks Akurei!!!

(WHAT!? evergreen oversold Season's Call???? NOOO WAY!!!

Ugh..... according to oricon L'arc~en~Ciel hasn't moved an inch.....

Music Station 2008.08.29
Every Little Thing - Atarashii Hibi
KinKi Kids - Secret Code
Shonannokaze - Koi Shigure
L'Arc~en~Ciel - NEXUS 4
SUPER BUTTER DOG - Sayonara COLOR
Spontania feat. JUJU - Kimi no Subete ni

^^O_o Thanks!! But MY GOD!! That file size!!!

2008.08.29 NEXUS 4 (Music Fighter) | 70Mb
2008.08.22 NEXUS 4 (Music Station) | 96Mb

^^Thanks!!!

Eeeek!! L'arc~en~Ciel is almost dead in Hit and Heal

Arigatou for the links!! ^^

Thanks for the links


also I voted for LARuku to save them

thanks for link. I'll watch it

Both performances sound amazing!!!! I wonder how SHINE would sound live though....

Oh and SHINE/NEXUS 4 is on No.9 now.... :(

It doesn't matter as long as they sell well

59 *,*88,103 LOVE ADDICT / VAMPS


Ｌ’Ａｒｃ～ｅｎ～Ｃｉｅｌ 2 ......... 109,752

This could be because Hyde is ramping up for his solo tour that's coming up soon. That, on top of the L'Arc promotion for the single. There is a pretty nice VAMPS magazine photo collection on sale around, though.

^^Ohh..... Hyde is one busy guy!!!! :P

I wonder now that hyde is with VAMPS. Will Hyde do any more Hyde work? Is VAMPS his new band.

2008.09.04 NEXUS 4 (MUSIC JAPAN) | 64 Mb
2008.09.06 NEXUS 4 (CDTV) | 15 Mb

^^Thanks again!! But why are they only perfoming Nexus 4 and not SHINE???

^ don't know... They have many double singles with only one famous song

:OMG:OMG:OMG
2008.09.12 SHINE (Music Japan) | 165 Mb

^^WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!! :thud :crazy

I think it was last performance T_T

O-O!! SHINE live XD!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!! thanks :D~! XD

NEXUS 4/SHINE is such a good single >< omg..... love it >.<~~

:irked Meh. Me too. Ah, well.... all the performances were great!!

Anyways, to create some conversation..... what's your favourite L'arc~en~Ciel album everyone? Mine is Ark. Love every song out of that one!! :D

^ Most of all I love AWAKE, 11/12 songs. And KISS is worst album -_-

oh, I find this on wikipedia
13. "Heaven's Drive (Live at Yoyogi National Stadium)" (US release only)
I don't heard this before! Anybody have it?

OK it's official I decided to give L'Arc~en~Ciel's music a shot after MTV China has been overplayed NEXUS 4 til I cannot take it anymore :dead2

MTV China played SHINE just now & omg it's amazing be it song or PV <3

I find DRINK IT DOWN creepy but cool with the whole atmosphere going on in the melody

^ Mine is True. Dearest Love which is my fav Laruku's song is in it, moreover the others tracks are great too <3

happy 39th bday to Tetsu who turns 39 - http://listentheworld.wordpress.com/...etsu-turns-39/

^^Seriously!!! AHHHHH!! O_o!!!

Happy Birthday Tetsu!!!! I love you!!! :o



Oh and KarenPang.... what did you think of L'Arc~en~Ciel? You said you were gonna try them out?? :D

:roflmao

oh I like them now I think they're great & well respected in my books . I just bought KISS & I already love the singles on there

I'm still in the midst of listening to the non singles but I'm quite sure in time to come , I will review the album in my music blog soon

^^Hey that's great to hear!!!! But I'm sure most people can agree that KISS is NOT L'arc~en~Ciel's best album!! You should try Ark, AWAKE and True as said by othe fans in the above posts. XD

:roflmao

wow then I have to go though their past albums which will be crazy for me :dead2

it's ok but I stick to listen to their recent material =D

^^Okie. Whatever's fine with you. As long as your a Laruku fan. :laugh

^ haha well I can say that I'm officially a fan of their music . I mean I bought KISS yesterday , am considering to get NEXUS 4 / SHINE & stock for it will come next week at the local HMV .

I guess the one that sealed the deal for me was after I saw SHINE being played on MTV China

^^Lol. The video is amazing isn't it?

my favorite Laruku album is "ray". i LOVE HONEY, Kasou, & Ibara no Namida. AWESOMMMEEE. i think my least favorite is "SMILE". but despite that, i really like all their material nevertheless. they're one of the few music acts that i LOVE all the songs from. :)

yes the SHINE PV's really good & artistic

^^I know!! I loved how Laruku was experimenting with that PV!!!

Yeah. My least fav. album has got to be SMILE as well. Apart from READY STEADY GO that album was bland and had nothing. But I can't really say because I haven't heard Tierra and Heavenly yet :(

Oh and for some reason, I still loooove Dune, (the song) despite the fact that song seems kinda old-style now... I just can't stop listening to it!!

^ wuuut? SMILE is my second favorite album from them! My fav is AWAKE <3333333333

I like the way how artistic/fun/interesting L'Arc PVs are , well from the ones that I have seen like MY HEART DRAWS A DREAM , DAYBREAK'S BELL , DRINK IT DOWN , SHINE .

SEVENTH HEAVEN's just weird & Hurry Xmas's quite LOL :laugh

oh, tetsu is 39 ) i forget about it
and hyde will be 40 in january

^^ :dead2 They're getting older.... No gooood!!!

Haha! So someone actually likes SMILE??? That's great to hear!! :laugh

I love smile too ) Coming Closer, Lover Boy, Ready Steady Go, Revelation, Spirits Dreams Inside
but awake most )

Woahh!!!! Did you see the cost of Laruku's 2009 Calendar??? According to Yesasia, the official price is $61.10!!!!! See?: http://www.yesasia.com/global/l-arc-...0-en/info.html

C'mon man, isn't that too much? I was planning to buy their 2009 calendar but it seems its waaaaaay too expensive for me!!!

nearly 40€ for a CALENDAR?????

I would buy it if it includes HYDE xD

re-release issue of Hurry Xmas - http://listentheworld.wordpress.com/...ase/#more-4763

cool maybe I'll buy it 'cause I haven't bought Hurry Xmas last year^^

Yay, glad to see Hurry Xmas getting a re-release. Soon I'll be able to listen to it again and watch the video! What's the difference between the original and silent night version?

Got Best of C/w the other day! Loving Brilliant Years, The Ghost In My Room & Anata No Tameni. A Swell In The Sun is cool too!

mi|kshake~

Silent Night version is a piano version of the song without any vocals^^

Hurry Xmas is getting a re-release??? Thanks for the info but I'm not a big fan of Hurry Xmas so I doubt I'll buy this :(

it's so expensive T_T Greedy L'Arc~en~Ciel

I like it although I must admit it didn't sat well with me at 1st but right now I think it's a cool song

the video's funky too & interesting

^^ The video was kinda "random" too... but in a sort of good way... Santa was cool!! :yes

Lol. Yeah. I don't get why this calendar is so expensive. It's not like Laruku has bad sales and they really need the money. I mean, what's in this calendar that they've raised the priced high??? :grumpy I'm sooo disappointed :( I really wanted the Laruku calendar....

^ well at least it's not as random as SEVENTH HEAVEN , I couldn't understand the link between the song & the video :laugh

^^Yup, yup! SEVENTH HEAVEN was random-er than Hurry Xmas but I still enjoyed the PV a lot more cause it was colourful and happy and weird. :lmfao I love it when Laruku experiments with their PVs!!!

^ I was all ??? when I was watching SEVENTH HEAVEN but I must say the PVs that I've seen after SH are really interesting & great

a bit random here & there but still great stuff

I'm still waiting for stock of NEXUS 4 / SHINE to come in so that I can get a copy of it

Ah, what do you guys think of Laruku's song "finale"?
It's one of my favorite songs from them and also the theme song from Ring 0 <3

I hate that song! My favorite song is either STAY AWAY or M HEART DRAWS A DREAM

why do you hate it? it's brilliant!

I looooooove it!!! Sadly, it's not in my top 5.... but it is soooo amazing!! :luv2

HURRY XMAS Rerelease cover:
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6...yxmasrewb8.jpg

^ lol , I actually like it a bit more than the original , maybe it's due to the colour combination/s

yea it looks more winterish^^

I like it better than the original too!!! When's the re-release coming out btw??

It will be out on November 26th^^



oms I sooooo want the cup **~
http://www.item-navi.jp/artistdeli/i...11-L-003_1.jpg

^Thanks for the news!! I am soooo in love with that cup!! (Keeping in mind the price of their 2009 calendar, I wonder how much THIS cup costs..... :grumpy)

BTW: does ANYONE like the song Shinjitsu To Gensou To (Reality and Illusions)??? It's in the ark album and this used to be one of my fav. Laruku songs but a few people were like, it's such a weird song! :dead2

official 2009 calendar details - http://listentheworld.wordpress.com/...calendar-2009/

to pay US$54.99 for it , it's expensive :O

anybody seen pictures from this calendar?

^^None. Have they even been released on the internet yet?

Oh, thank God man!!! They reduced the price a bit!! But it still waay too much....

^ reduce by a bit ?!

you mean the inital price for the calendar was like US$60 + ? :dead2

^ :yes I was for around $61!! I really wonder why they pushed the price that high....?

^they are very-very greedy )

^^Yo, man. What you say is true. Have some respet for the band :laugh After all, we won't be seeing any live performances from them for another three years. They need to find other way to make money :weep

^^ maybe that's why they reissued HURRY XMAS single

^^Maybe. I dunno. What I always wondered is why they made an expanded version of ark and ray as 15th anni. stuff in 2006....