The official HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR thread!

[ImpactBreaker]

I downloaded the PRIDE single because of the comparisoms with Evanescence, but I actually didn't find much simillarities Evanescence sounds far more depressing and melancholic and the songs from "HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR" sounded a lot like typical anime JPOP or the japanese band "move". I haven't listened to OVER yet though. Not criticizing though, they do sound promising, and I liked what I listened to

[Biscuit]

Hey guys, I upped "Over" PV for those of you haven't seen it here.

[_CREA_]

Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

I downloaded the PRIDE single because of the comparisoms with Evanescence, but I actually didn't find much simillarities Evanescence sounds far more depressing and melancholic and the songs from "HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR" sounded a lot like typical anime JPOP or the japanese band "move". I haven't listened to OVER yet though. Not criticizing though, they do sound promising, and I liked what I listened to

It's okay, I'm not going to slaughter you if you don't agree about the Evanescence thing. But look at it this way...they're more like Evanescence than a lot of J-Rock bands, right?

However...please don't compare them to "move"! "move" is SO J-Pop compared to HandMC...not that J-Pop is bad, definitely, it's just that I just don't care for move's style. Like, at all. And I wouldn't really say HandMC is "typical anime JPOP" either. Typical anime J-Pop to me is epitomized by artists like Nami Tamaki, TM Revolution, and Maaya Sakamoto. Not-so-typical anime tracks, IMO, are ones like PRIDE, and L'Arc~en~Ciel's "READY STEADY GO!" for Full Metal Alchemist.

Though, you said you've DLed the PRIDE single. So...given "Hikaru Kakera", I guess I can see where you're coming from with the pop idea. I still haven't heard full versions of either of the c/w's, but "all alone" didn't sound any more poppy than "PRIDE", which IMO isn't much.

"OVER", on the other hand...well...take a listen. Not too pop either.

And thanks for the PV upload Biscuit, you just saved me a ton of time uploading. (I was going to upload it, but I'm on *dial-up*. Yes, pity me. )

[ImpactBreaker]

Originally Posted by _CREA_

However...please don't compare them to "move"! "move" is SO J-Pop compared to HandMC...not that J-Pop is bad, definitely, it's just that I just don't care for move's style. Like, at all. And I wouldn't really say HandMC is "typical anime JPOP" either. Typical anime J-Pop to me is epitomized by artists like Nami Tamaki, TM Revolution, and Maaya Sakamoto. Not-so-typical anime tracks, IMO, are ones like PRIDE, and L'Arc~en~Ciel's "READY STEADY GO!" for Full Metal Alchemist.

move because they have a rapper and the way the rapper interrupts the song is almost exactly like what happens in "move". Plus I actally found PRIDE to be kinda poppish and not that rockish at all (the guitars are pretty much drawn back - sorry I can't explain it well, something that usually happens with guitar infused pop).....maybe it was because I saw that it was a theme for GUNDAM, so the anime images wouldn't stop flashing in my mind while listening to it. But it's still to early for me to have an opinion...will await for their next single or their debut album.

[_CREA_]

Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

move because they have a rapper and the way the rapper interrupts the song is almost exactly like what happens in "move". Plus I actally found PRIDE to be kinda poppish and not that rockish at all (the guitars are pretty much drawn back - sorry I can't explain it well, something that usually happens with guitar infused pop).....maybe it was because I saw that it was a theme for GUNDAM, so the anime images wouldn't stop flashing in my mind while listening to it. But it's still to early for me to have an opinion...will await for their next single or their debut album.

Anime can poison the mind like that. (On a side note, I haven't seen the Gundam SEED Destiny OP with PRIDE, so I've been spared from AIS. [Anime Image Syndrome] ) But yeah, I suppose it is early for much judgement, seeing as there's only really 4 different songs out now. Besides, we all probably have different personal definitions for music genres, so what's rock to me is more pop to you. And the rapper thing I hadn't even really noticed, so more power to you.

@ PsyGen: Understandable. But who would want to write out "HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR" all the time?

All of that aside, I have some random tidbits of goodies. Two, actually.

The first is this Oricon interview from January. It's in Japanese, but it's also got a video clip you can stream with a comment from the band.

The second thing is another streaming clip available from this particular one of their official sites. (They have three. ) You'll see it on ther right panel, below the OVER single information and above the PRIDE Remix information. You can stream it at 56k or 500k, and it includes a 15 sec. CM for the OVER single, clips from the PV, and a comment from the band.

[Mirai Noah]

Originally Posted by _CREA_

(On a side note, I haven't seen the Gundam SEED Destiny OP with PRIDE, so I've been spared from AIS. [Anime Image Syndrome] )

I heard the full song before seeing the OP, so only a few images pop into my mind when I hear it now.

Personally, I consider HandMC to be in the pop-rock genre. They're part pop, part rock.