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insaneneko ([personal profile] insaneneko) wrote2005-01-23 09:50 am

ramblings on VA singing and AMVs...

Wow, Ishida Akira can be a not-horrible singer. Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] mitethe I got to hear a bunch of his songs, and while not that good, they aren't bad. I did not wince. Of course, she may have been selective in the ones she sent me...(jk)...In any case, I guess Midorikawa's wailing will be the stick I use to measure how bad a vocal song can be...unless there's something worse out there? I dare anyone who reads this, is there anything worse? Bring it on!

I have for the past several days been kind of searching for good AMVs...There was a reference to a really good Rah Xephon AMV called "Euphoria" in the comments of someone's LJ (I think [livejournal.com profile] mirichan's but I'm not sure) and I idly searched for it, and found a download really easily. After being blown away by it (it made me want to watch the show all over again...and make people watch it just so that they could see the AMV...well, I'd want them to see the show anyway since it kicks much ass in general) I searched for more, off and on. Found a couple of decent ones, but they haven't had the combination of music, editing, and scene selection that wows me. I realized I had a Saikano AMV already on my hard drive and rewatched it...it was actually pretty good, but what left me a little cold was the music selection. I suppose it was appropriate but for me it was too over the top. Anyone have recs on awesome AMVs? Or if not awesome, their favs? I know that people can like things that they know aren't that good...

I got four Hikago doujinshi in the mail yesterday, and devoured them. *contented sigh* I'm in happy fangirl land...I'll probably reread them today...

[identity profile] insaneneko.livejournal.com 2005-01-31 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Oh...Spike's Elegy was lovely...Wow...Only in Dreams made me laugh. All those characters I haven't seen in a long time. Both of these have excellent editing, and the songs are perfect. Thanks a lot for sharing. ^_^

[identity profile] mitethe.livejournal.com 2005-01-31 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
You're welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed them as much as I did. ^_^
I'd hunt around for recent AMVs of my favourite series but I'm just too lazy to dig through the mountains of stuff out there.

[identity profile] insaneneko.livejournal.com 2005-01-31 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
*laugh* The problem is that, like with everything online, most of it is crap. I don't have the patience to download these rather large files to find out if it was worth my time...

[identity profile] mitethe.livejournal.com 2005-02-01 10:29 am (UTC)(link)
I hear you. Maybe we just need more friends whose taste we trust who are willing to wade through all the crap to toss us the gems. *grin*

[identity profile] insaneneko.livejournal.com 2005-02-02 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Reccs are always appreciated. :D A good reason to be on LJ...once you find the people with good taste you can get so much good stuff tossed your way. ^_^

[identity profile] mitethe.livejournal.com 2005-02-02 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
True, true. ^_^