Shiina Ringo: Is she good?

[bondingo]

Shiina Ringo is, well...was amazing. I haven't really cared for anything she's done since her first album with Tokyo Jihen (and that was quite awhile ago). I highly recommend that album and her first three solo albums though. I think Shouso Strip is undoubtedly her best. I think her debut album is a close second in terms of being her best, so try those out if you want to hear some of her best/most popular songs (i.e. Honnou, Tsumi to Batsu, Koko de Kiss Shite, Kabukichou no Joou). She also has some insane music videos that are both creepy and captivating.

As for the Honnou video and lesbianism: I heard that the scene where she kisses the other girl is supposed to represent masturbation. The woman she kisses is supposed to look just like her, so as to represent having sex with yourself. The entire song is apparently about the fact that not only men, but women too, have sexual desires.