Comments on: First Impressions: VAMPS’s VAMPS http://op.deadend-detour.com/2010/01/first-impressions-vamps-vamps/ My opinions, let me tell them to you. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:13:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J http://op.deadend-detour.com/2010/01/first-impressions-vamps-vamps/comment-page-1/#comment-11863 J Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:12:43 +0000 http://op.deadend-detour.com/?p=1039#comment-11863 I assume by "rifts" you meant "riffs." I assume by “rifts” you meant “riffs.”

]]> By: Kiriska http://op.deadend-detour.com/2010/01/first-impressions-vamps-vamps/comment-page-1/#comment-8818 Kiriska Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:11:07 +0000 http://op.deadend-detour.com/?p=1039#comment-8818 Fair enough. I know I really shouldn't continuously <i>want</i> L'Arc~en~Ciel to come out of hyde's other projects, though VAMPS should be closer to his old solo work than anything else, which I'm admittedly not a huge fan of either. I don't doubt that I'd enjoy a lot of these songs a lot more in a live concert setting, but I've not had the privilege. And I do also love hyde's Engrish and agree that it wouldn't be nearly as fun if it were clear and unaccented. All the same, I wish it were a little more intelligible and/or slightly less awkward at times. His solo songs in Engrish like "Words of Love" and "Midnight Celebration" were perfectly understandable. I feel like his Engrish has only gotten worse over time, unfortunately. Fair enough. I know I really shouldn’t continuously want L’Arc~en~Ciel to come out of hyde’s other projects, though VAMPS should be closer to his old solo work than anything else, which I’m admittedly not a huge fan of either. I don’t doubt that I’d enjoy a lot of these songs a lot more in a live concert setting, but I’ve not had the privilege.

And I do also love hyde’s Engrish and agree that it wouldn’t be nearly as fun if it were clear and unaccented. All the same, I wish it were a little more intelligible and/or slightly less awkward at times. His solo songs in Engrish like “Words of Love” and “Midnight Celebration” were perfectly understandable. I feel like his Engrish has only gotten worse over time, unfortunately.

]]> By: Kaitlyn http://op.deadend-detour.com/2010/01/first-impressions-vamps-vamps/comment-page-1/#comment-8817 Kaitlyn Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:03:17 +0000 http://op.deadend-detour.com/?p=1039#comment-8817 Listening to VAMPS and expecting something similar to L'arc is definitely a bad idea. VAMPS is much more rock n' roll, rile up a crowd while L'arc is definitely a lot calmer. I love both equally just in different settings. VAMPS is definitely a "lets go out and party" concert whereas L'arc is a "lets go and see something beautiful" concert. I think that alone will make the way songs are set up sound different. Someone looking for fun, rocking night out is going to pay more attention to screaming and pounding drums rather than piano. (Although, I only find about 60% of their songs appealing to me where I will listen to it outside of the live. Otherwise, it can be repetitive.) As a side note, I love Hyde's English. If his voice was clear and had no accent, I wouldn't be able to listen to it as much. Listening to VAMPS and expecting something similar to L’arc is definitely a bad idea. VAMPS is much more rock n’ roll, rile up a crowd while L’arc is definitely a lot calmer. I love both equally just in different settings. VAMPS is definitely a “lets go out and party” concert whereas L’arc is a “lets go and see something beautiful” concert.

I think that alone will make the way songs are set up sound different. Someone looking for fun, rocking night out is going to pay more attention to screaming and pounding drums rather than piano. (Although, I only find about 60% of their songs appealing to me where I will listen to it outside of the live. Otherwise, it can be repetitive.)
As a side note, I love Hyde’s English. If his voice was clear and had no accent, I wouldn’t be able to listen to it as much.

]]> By: Kiriska http://op.deadend-detour.com/2010/01/first-impressions-vamps-vamps/comment-page-1/#comment-5094 Kiriska Tue, 18 May 2010 22:53:30 +0000 http://op.deadend-detour.com/?p=1039#comment-5094 See, that's the thing. I felt like this album was a bit too serious. As I mentioned, I didn't mind previously vampire-themed songs like "Midnight Celebration," but most of the tracks on VAMPS felt like they were trying to hard to really tie into the theme, which made it less fun for me. I haven't listened to this album much since I wrote this though, and my first impressions tend to be skewed towards the more negative side, so it's perfectly possible that I end up liking this more further down the line. See, that’s the thing. I felt like this album was a bit too serious. As I mentioned, I didn’t mind previously vampire-themed songs like “Midnight Celebration,” but most of the tracks on VAMPS felt like they were trying to hard to really tie into the theme, which made it less fun for me. I haven’t listened to this album much since I wrote this though, and my first impressions tend to be skewed towards the more negative side, so it’s perfectly possible that I end up liking this more further down the line.

]]> By: Eddie http://op.deadend-detour.com/2010/01/first-impressions-vamps-vamps/comment-page-1/#comment-5093 Eddie Tue, 18 May 2010 22:35:46 +0000 http://op.deadend-detour.com/?p=1039#comment-5093 Nice. But I liked the whole cliché, myself. I feel like it was an album relating to their crafted image, and was a bit of fun for them. It's about time Hyde stopped taking himself so seriously. I liked all with the exception of Redrum. It just reminded me of Hyde in his religious era and I couldn't stand that for the life of me. Nice. But I liked the whole cliché, myself.
I feel like it was an album relating to their crafted image, and was a bit of fun for them. It’s about time Hyde stopped taking himself so seriously. I liked all with the exception of Redrum. It just reminded me of Hyde in his religious era and I couldn’t stand that for the life of me.

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