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Old 11th February 2013, 10:43 PM
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The short ver. seemed too short to to really get into the story of it, it was more like the intro to the story. I want to see the whole PV!

And yay for 3 performances! 'Shake Hip' seems to have a dark haired rock type look, nice!

Been looking at the comments about 'Pink Spider' on Youtube. A lot of the hate is from Hide fans, to be honest. Like I said in my post previous to this, I can understand the dislike for Hide fans due to the meaning behind the original song for them (and that seems to be the reason from some of the comments), but I think people need to realize the difference between different versions of songs. Yes it is technically the same song, but Kuu's version is supposed to have an entirely different meaning to fit her version, and even though the sexualness of it may seem disrespectful, she chose the song as a tribute to him. I think Hide fans are getting pissed off about it because if she is singing the same lyrics, those lyrics were believed to be his suicide note, so it would almost seem to them that she is turning his suicide note into something sexual and meaningless, if that makes sense? While Kuu fans know she wouldn't have such meaningless lyrics nor make the original lyrics meaningless. I think when it comes to covers, people really need to de-attach and separate the different versions and realize that they are just that, different versions with separate meanings. The only thing that makes the song the 'same', is that the melody and the lyrics are the same. The meaning and intention behind each version is not the same as the other. That's why artists do covers, either as a tribute to the original song/singer, or to change the song into something that they can express or represent that another artist (or the original artist) couldn't. And personally that is how I see Kuu's version of 'Pink Spider'. I know Hide's version has a hell of a lot of meaning, but I don't relate that meaning to kuu's version because asides it being a tribute to Hide himself by choosing to cover his song, the meaning and the representation behind her version is completely separate.

That's just how I see it anyway.
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