I have to say, I like PC Richard and Son’s approach to Black Friday. Just caught a commercial that basically called out other retailers as anti-family for being open on Thanksgiving and guaranteed that anything they have advertised on sale will be available all day on Friday so you don’t have to wake up at 4 am.
7.
piratedan
welcome back Sarah… napped too much during the day, so now up and online doing the various and sundry
@Sarah, Proud and Tall: At this very second, waiting for the Spousal Unit to demand I join him in the bedroom… to watch the next episode of NEW TRICKS, Season Nine. (So if I disappear, please forgive my inattention.)
In general, can’t complain, as long as I have my BJ correspondents and a more-or-less functional computer!
@Little Boots: Why don’t you just post the Pet Shop Boys and get it over with.
39.
A Humble Lurker
Would like to point out the second video is a cover. It doesn’t really matter, but just for accuracy’s sake, thought I’d mention it.
This is the original. It was made with the Japanese vocal synthesizer Hatsune Miku, while the cover was made with Japanese vocal synthesizer Megurine Luka, a later entrant in the same series of products. Actually, there are covers of this song with most of vocal synthesizers out there because somebody made a VSQ file (what you plug into the software) of the song and released it so everyone and their mother could use it.
I find it amusing you included Calne Cal in a list of ‘hot Japanese dancing girls’. Then again, I remember you being a very kinky old girl. At the absolute minimum.
40.
Gravenstone
@Omnes Omnibus: Some things should never be encouraged. Even in jest.
@BillinGlendaleCA: Did you know that Richard Butler’s explanation of his voice was postnasal drip? Also the version of Pretty in Pink in the movie was horrible.
@Omnes Omnibus: Not a movie person. The last movie I saw was one of the Harry Potter one’s. The kid wanted to see it after she finished Air Force BMT. The last movie I actually went to that I intended to go to was a Star Trek movie back in the late 80’s or early 90’s.
Good god almighty man! I’m trying to get ready to go to sleep…I click on that link….and what putrescent hellscape confronts me but Leif Garrett! I couldn’t last more than 10 seconds; never got to Mie and Kei.
@Gravenstone: never tapped into that series, liked the opening song tho… kind of a nice ethereal quality to her voice.
My own favorite opening and ending is dependent on mood, so I won’t try and lay a definitive #1, i’ll just try to cite ones that I like, that for some reason strike a chord and resonate with me….
@piratedan: Durarara suffers from a gigantic cast plus a complete mess of a storyline. But it’s animated well and cited as an interesting look at how Japanese view Westerners.
Kare Kano, though, is pure genius.
(Fun fact: pinky swearing in Japanese is yubikiri, or finger cutting. And yes little kids say that.)
110.
piratedan
@Yatsuno: while I thought Durarara was discombobulated, the theme song was killer, hence why I cited it and yes, Kare Kano is fucking brilliant, although I never understood why the author pulled the plug on the adaptation, although I have seen it cited that it wasn’t serious enough. Probably a blessing in disguise as the manga seriously jumps the sharks in another six chapters, but the music from the series, beautiful enough that even this round eye has the soundtrack 2.0
111.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@piratedan: Ah, I was going to tap into the vein of your second link.
118.
piratedan
@Gravenstone: Durarara is fun, convoluted, weird but fun. Perhaps the number of characters is a bit much (like you need a scorecard to keep track), the themes may suit ya but I am hard pressed to say who’s going to like any series because tastes differ so much… it’s like I adore Ghost In The Shell but for some reason never got hooked into Death Note. so there are some series that I’ve never seen because I read the synopsis and said that I would pass.
119.
Gravenstone
@piratedan: I liked Durarara!, aside from the final episode. It wasn’t that challenging to keep track of the characters, although yes the plot was a convoluted mess.
Of course, there’s always this little bit of inspired insanity to look forward to.
122.
piratedan
@Gravenstone: well I am all over the place when it comes to anime, I adore the rom-com genre as long as it’s well written, hence Kare Kano, Lovely Complex, Toradora and Kaze No Kanojo are good examples (IMHO) but a good action series like Cowboy BeBop, Trigun, FMA and Durarara, I’ll invest some time in as well, but there’s also the manic stuff like FLCL, School Rumble and Seitokai Yakuindomo and that’s not even covering the sports anime stuff like Cross Game and
Ookiku Furikabutte… just saying that I’m not locked into any one specific genre
123.
piratedan
@Gravenstone: OMG, is Space Dandy slated for winter, spring or summer of 2014? Looks like a cross of BeBop and Excel Saga
It looks like only @A Humble Lurker and I are fans of Bacterial Contamination. That is some ADORABLE body horror, right there. I do prefer the Miku version.
If we’re doing some Vocaloid-related craziness, I offer this meme for its silliness and the wonderful freaky body language.
EDIT – @piratedan:
I’m a big fan of the tragic dramas. Puella Magi Madoka Magica is sadistic and amazing. Kyubey is in the running for ‘evilest fucker’ villain ever.
And I’ll throw in some Vocaloid-related humor. This sums up so much of our discourse here on Balloon Juice.
128.
piratedan
@Frankensteinbeck: not to say that I haven’t enjoyed a twisted bit of series in the past…. fan of Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni and Paranoia Agent but man do I gotta be in the right frame of mind for a sit down…
@piratedan:
I hate Paranoia Agent. It paints an ugly world. I like cruelty, but I like my cruelty pretty.
130.
piratedan
@Frankensteinbeck: well I can’t argue that, it’s like watching a slow motion train wreck, disturbing yet you can’t look away….something in the same vein but much more upbeat was Kon’s feature film Paprika, in how dreams hurt and heal… very intriguing stuff.
Little Boots
oh fine. here we are.
Omnes Omnibus
Upon seeing the title of post, I knew it was by SP&T.
Dum Dum Girls, Bedroom Eyes.
Little Boots
so can we love tina now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwaxT7zL7kA
Sarah, Proud and Tall
Hello dears, how are you all?
Little Boots
and can we blame omnes?
MattR
I have to say, I like PC Richard and Son’s approach to Black Friday. Just caught a commercial that basically called out other retailers as anti-family for being open on Thanksgiving and guaranteed that anything they have advertised on sale will be available all day on Friday so you don’t have to wake up at 4 am.
piratedan
welcome back Sarah… napped too much during the day, so now up and online doing the various and sundry
Redshirt
@Sarah, Proud and Tall: What country(s) are you in today, and for the next 14 days?
brad
The fox, in this case, says fashion monster is so derivative as to be kind of a theft.
Anne Laurie
@Sarah, Proud and Tall: Hello, Madame!
Got your tickets for the ‘Night of the Dr’ simulcast in 3D, or is it infra dig even to ask?
Sarah, Proud and Tall
@Redshirt:
I’m in Australia at the moment. It’s a rainy 60 degree Spring day and the Aussies are complaining about the cold…
Little Boots
fine, I will do the mellancamp:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWWMmxyKOR0
Omnes Omnibus
@Sarah, Proud and Tall:
Isn’t that like 140 degrees Fahrenheit?
Little Boots
I blame omnes.
Sarah, Proud and Tall
@Anne Laurie:
I have so little dignity left, it’s barely worth mentioning.
I have my tickets – 10am Sunday down here… I’m a little excited. How are you, dear?
Sarah, Proud and Tall
@Omnes Omnibus:
Funny. It’s odd – I think in celsius when I am in the States and fahrenheit when I’m down here.
Little Boots
yes, he’s awesome.
Little Boots
but I’m always right.
Little Boots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWWMmxyKOR0
Omnes Omnibus
Easy E and Johnny Cash.
Anne Laurie
@Sarah, Proud and Tall: At this very second, waiting for the Spousal Unit to demand I join him in the bedroom… to watch the next episode of NEW TRICKS, Season Nine. (So if I disappear, please forgive my inattention.)
In general, can’t complain, as long as I have my BJ correspondents and a more-or-less functional computer!
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
why you’re awesome.
Redshirt
I played that last video. As an old person, let me say I enjoyed it, thoroughly. A good music video, and indecipherable Japanese lyrics.
phantomist
Iggy Pop writes a letter to MI Gov. about the new wolf hunt and the lies by Republican rep to forward the hunt.
http://www.eclectablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IggyPopOnWolves.png
max
@Sarah, Proud and Tall: Hello dears, how are you all?
A little bit surprised you linked “Fashion Monster” but I like (because that girl is clearly crazy).
Dancing girl dancing to Freakangel – My Darling Bullet
Also @brad: The fox, in this case, says fashion monster is so derivative as to be kind of a theft.
Since Fashion Monster that came out in 2011, I believe, I’m not sure what you’re saying.
max
[‘Unless you’re complaining about Tojo’s artistic contributions being ripped off. Which would be funny.’]
Omnes Omnibus
Danish Garage rock, but it does have dancing girls. Every once in a while I find myself in a Raveonettes mood.
Little Boots
toto?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY
Omnes Omnibus
@max: Link no work.
YellowJournalism
John will really need to thank you for the extra page views from that title. So, in honor of that: The Freaks Come Out at Night.
Little Boots
can I? omnes, don’t yell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST86JM1RPl0
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: The Austin-Healey in the video is cool.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
yes, yes it is.
Yatsuno
@Sarah, Proud and Tall: I think it’s the butt on one of your traveling companions. It discombobulates you. At least that’s my story.
Hi dear. I’m gonna start a last-minute Doctor Who viewing party at some poor soul’s house. Just not mine. I have neither the space nor the equipment.
(Waits for low-hanging curveball to be swung at.)
Little Boots
you worry me when you don’t yell, omnes.
YellowJournalism
@Yatsuno: Your conversation reminds me a bit of this post I laughed at on Twitter:
Of course, if SPT wrote it, there would be no shame hashtag.
Little Boots
cause fun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud6sU3AclT4
Little Boots
okay, my favorite. don’t yell, omnes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqqBs6kkzHE
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: Why don’t you just post the Pet Shop Boys and get it over with.
A Humble Lurker
Would like to point out the second video is a cover. It doesn’t really matter, but just for accuracy’s sake, thought I’d mention it.
This is the original. It was made with the Japanese vocal synthesizer Hatsune Miku, while the cover was made with Japanese vocal synthesizer Megurine Luka, a later entrant in the same series of products. Actually, there are covers of this song with most of vocal synthesizers out there because somebody made a VSQ file (what you plug into the software) of the song and released it so everyone and their mother could use it.
I find it amusing you included Calne Cal in a list of ‘hot Japanese dancing girls’. Then again, I remember you being a very kinky old girl. At the absolute minimum.
Gravenstone
@Omnes Omnibus: Some things should never be encouraged. Even in jest.
handy
@Little Boots:
Or, in keeping with the post downstairs, the one about Oswald
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
you don’t love human league? seriously?
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
or pet shop boys, for that matter.
you are all terrible people.
handy
@Little Boots:
They’re rather…errm…dated, as those things go, but I’m a pretty big fan myself. As I am of these guys.
gene108
The Pillows keeping it Japanese.
Little Boots
@handy:
because you have a soul. not like these philistines.
seriously, human league?
piratedan
damn you Sarah, now blowing thru you tube listening to my favorite anime openings…. sigh
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: If you want 80s English synthpop, ABC is better.
ETA: Or fuck it and go the full Roxy.
piratedan
@gene108: ty gene, that tune is awesome, but hell, so it the entire FLCL soundtrack!
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
just deal with the orchestral:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPmTGFg06zA&list=TLOdwbcegDqAECLN0IPRY9fs3oAjZyi-A-
Little Boots
and stop hating the human league.,
it’s human.
it’s a league.
handy
@Omnes Omnibus:
Oh man, I so had forgotten that one. For some reason ABC gets mixed up in my head with Heaven 17. So, yeah, this one’s for you, Tea Party.
piratedan
@Omnes Omnibus: always preferred Ultravox and Roxy and OMD to ABC, as always tho, its a ymmv kind of thing.
Little Boots
@piratedan:
don’t encourage.
although, roxy, yeah, always encourage the roxy.
piratedan
@handy: this is the only CC song I can stand, but think it’s also apropos here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVzAH0FtNwg
Little Boots
or crowded house:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9gKyRmic20
handy
@Little Boots:
I preferred the Finns when they were doing stuff like this.
Omnes Omnibus
Palate cleanser: Mink DeVille.
Little Boots
I am sorry, omnes, that is no human league.
wasabi gasp
Sergeants Mess – Mess 3
piratedan
warning… Japanese anime opening…. click at your own peril :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZOKbzkGIgA
Little Boots
okay, that is pretty cool, omnes.
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: Dude, if you don’t reply to a specific comment, how the fuck can I tell what you are complaining about?
A Humble Lurker
@gene108:
Hellz yeah!
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
I don’t know. just admit I’m right, pretty much always.
wasabi gasp
The Mystic Moods – Cosmic Sea
Little Boots
still can’t believe you don’t like human league.
Porco Rosso
http://youtu.be/B16kqmeqqEs
From Zebraman 2. I want Zebraman on blu ray–I need a dose of sweet sweet Zebranurse.
Little Boots
or tears for fears:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST86JM1RPl0
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: I prefer the Psychedelic Furs. And after the discussion downstairs about English women; the Japanese girls are a welcome sight.
max
@Omnes Omnibus: Link no work.
That’s what I get for doing secure deletes and backups at the same time as I’m watching Youtube.
Corrected, assuming I can ever fucking type a link right again: Freakangel: My Darling Bullet (Industrial Dance)
max
[‘Bonus: “Cyber Goth Queen Pentafunk Jenny” (actual pro dancer).’]
wasabi gasp
Broadcast – Message From Home
piratedan
completely whiffed that the last video was from the same band that did the opening song from Bleach season 10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HiCenws3Ic
Omnes Omnibus
@BillinGlendaleCA: Did you know that Richard Butler’s explanation of his voice was postnasal drip? Also the version of Pretty in Pink in the movie was horrible.
Little Boots
@max:
don’t engage. he’s angry.
but now: pet shop boys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3j2NYZ8FKs
BillinGlendaleCA
@Omnes Omnibus: Didn’t see the movie, still like the song.
wasabi gasp
Alif Tree – Social Mask
Omnes Omnibus
@max: I am not really an industrial fan. I do prefer the bonus video though
Gravenstone
@piratedan: /cracks knuckles
Let’s do this thing.
Opening
Full song.
Little Boots
and incidentally, love does come quickly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHaA1beOwrY
Omnes Omnibus
@BillinGlendaleCA: The album version is brilliant. Hell, I like that whole album. The film version was softened.
BillinGlendaleCA
Who, Omnes?
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
yes,
although I might be drunk, and teasing.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Omnes Omnibus: Not a movie person. The last movie I saw was one of the Harry Potter one’s. The kid wanted to see it after she finished Air Force BMT. The last movie I actually went to that I intended to go to was a Star Trek movie back in the late 80’s or early 90’s.
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
then what do you care?
piratedan
@Gravenstone:
fair enough… although that stuff isn’t my speed… tho this is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ot0IpmdOMI
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: I don’t, do you?
Omnes Omnibus
@Omnes Omnibus: Album version. Film version.
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
not really.
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: I am the one who cares about the differences between the two versions.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Omnes Omnibus: Thanks, you are correct, sir.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
sorry, missed that.
Little Boots
on the other hand, this is kind of fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc
handsmile
I have even less business being on this thread than the Doctor Who one downstairs.
But this thread title – almost 100 comments – and no Shonen Knife!
And shouldn’t this be the theme song of this blog?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR_IMmJrPVo
(actual Shonen Knife dancing girls can be found elsewhere on the youtube)
Omnes Omnibus
@handsmile: Crap. I knew there was a band I was looking for, but I completely spaced the name.
Little Boots
@handsmile:
yes, yes it should.
BillinGlendaleCA
@handsmile: How about this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NEOQYeahjE
gene108
This thread got me rummaging on YouTube
Twilight Zoned Extended version I think
Little Boots
sheets, or whatever you people do.
Gravenstone
Preferred open. of the series.
Preferred end.
Little Boots
omnes, what are you doing?
come upstairs.
handsmile
@BillinGlendaleCA:
Good god almighty man! I’m trying to get ready to go to sleep…I click on that link….and what putrescent hellscape confronts me but Leif Garrett! I couldn’t last more than 10 seconds; never got to Mie and Kei.
You are sick, sick bastid.
gene108
Corrosion of Conformity Albatross Music Video
CoC Blind The whole damn album!
piratedan
@Gravenstone: never tapped into that series, liked the opening song tho… kind of a nice ethereal quality to her voice.
My own favorite opening and ending is dependent on mood, so I won’t try and lay a definitive #1, i’ll just try to cite ones that I like, that for some reason strike a chord and resonate with me….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ7zuP8_iA8
and something completely different
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O9hRcIAza0
gene108
Johny Quest 10 Millions Summers
Yatsuno
@Gravenstone: It. Is. On.
BillinGlendaleCA
@handsmile:
Why, yes I am.
My next door neighbor in my dorm in college actually bought that album. The girls don’t actually speak English, all sung phonetically.
ETA: I’m still laughing. :)
gene108
The Connells Maybe Music Video
Yatsuno
@piratedan: Durarara suffers from a gigantic cast plus a complete mess of a storyline. But it’s animated well and cited as an interesting look at how Japanese view Westerners.
Kare Kano, though, is pure genius.
(Fun fact: pinky swearing in Japanese is yubikiri, or finger cutting. And yes little kids say that.)
piratedan
@Yatsuno: while I thought Durarara was discombobulated, the theme song was killer, hence why I cited it and yes, Kare Kano is fucking brilliant, although I never understood why the author pulled the plug on the adaptation, although I have seen it cited that it wasn’t serious enough. Probably a blessing in disguise as the manga seriously jumps the sharks in another six chapters, but the music from the series, beautiful enough that even this round eye has the soundtrack 2.0
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Does anyone else remember Ministry before Al found his industrial edge?
gene108
@piratedan:
Noir OST
Noir opening theme
piratedan
@gene108: that is beautiful, but I’ll counter with this from Gunslinger Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwpJMpvCJFY – The Delgados
max
@Omnes Omnibus: I am not really an industrial fan.
Whereas, when I read Man Smoking E-Cigarette Must Be Futuristic Bounty Hunter (The Onion), I had to break out my 20-year-old custom mirror shades …, which I might have worn to a show like Ministry – Smothered Hope – NYC 1988.
But the lady was doing dance music!
Nothing on hand – Massive Attack – Mezzanine – Dissolved girl. Way more mellow.
I do prefer the bonus video though
Pro shooting, pro dancer, very nice. Most of those ladies are obviously enthusiastic amateurs – but the vids leads me to good songs.
max
[‘3:30? Already. Jeez.’]
max
Moderation!
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Does anyone else remember Ministry before Al found his industrial edge?
Yes. Still have the original WaxTrax CD of the early stuff. Somewhere around here.
max
[‘The 2010 version is better. (Although it didn’t need the heavy guitar work, just the speedup.)’]
gene108
@piratedan:
Nice.
Maybe I shouldn’t be so quick to fast forward through the opening credits of anime shows.
Ending song from Red Garden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOBW1WYXKOk
Gravenstone
@piratedan: Ah, I was going to tap into the vein of your second link.
piratedan
@Gravenstone: Durarara is fun, convoluted, weird but fun. Perhaps the number of characters is a bit much (like you need a scorecard to keep track), the themes may suit ya but I am hard pressed to say who’s going to like any series because tastes differ so much… it’s like I adore Ghost In The Shell but for some reason never got hooked into Death Note. so there are some series that I’ve never seen because I read the synopsis and said that I would pass.
Gravenstone
@piratedan: I liked Durarara!, aside from the final episode. It wasn’t that challenging to keep track of the characters, although yes the plot was a convoluted mess.
piratedan
@gene108: that has a cool anthemic feel gene….
how about this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODzk07MAqtE
Gravenstone
This seems like a good note to go out on.
Of course, there’s always this little bit of inspired insanity to look forward to.
piratedan
@Gravenstone: well I am all over the place when it comes to anime, I adore the rom-com genre as long as it’s well written, hence Kare Kano, Lovely Complex, Toradora and Kaze No Kanojo are good examples (IMHO) but a good action series like Cowboy BeBop, Trigun, FMA and Durarara, I’ll invest some time in as well, but there’s also the manic stuff like FLCL, School Rumble and Seitokai Yakuindomo and that’s not even covering the sports anime stuff like Cross Game and
Ookiku Furikabutte… just saying that I’m not locked into any one specific genre
piratedan
@Gravenstone: OMG, is Space Dandy slated for winter, spring or summer of 2014? Looks like a cross of BeBop and Excel Saga
wasabi gasp
Mouse on the Keys – Saigo no Bansan
Cygil
Kyari Pamyu Pamyu is likely to be the next big thing from Japan, BTW. She has the wiabu set all sewn up.
Frankensteinbeck
It looks like only @A Humble Lurker and I are fans of Bacterial Contamination. That is some ADORABLE body horror, right there. I do prefer the Miku version.
If we’re doing some Vocaloid-related craziness, I offer this meme for its silliness and the wonderful freaky body language.
EDIT – @piratedan:
I’m a big fan of the tragic dramas. Puella Magi Madoka Magica is sadistic and amazing. Kyubey is in the running for ‘evilest fucker’ villain ever.
Frankensteinbeck
And I’ll throw in some Vocaloid-related humor. This sums up so much of our discourse here on Balloon Juice.
piratedan
@Frankensteinbeck: not to say that I haven’t enjoyed a twisted bit of series in the past…. fan of Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni and Paranoia Agent but man do I gotta be in the right frame of mind for a sit down…
Frankensteinbeck
@piratedan:
I hate Paranoia Agent. It paints an ugly world. I like cruelty, but I like my cruelty pretty.
piratedan
@Frankensteinbeck: well I can’t argue that, it’s like watching a slow motion train wreck, disturbing yet you can’t look away….something in the same vein but much more upbeat was Kon’s feature film Paprika, in how dreams hurt and heal… very intriguing stuff.
Gravenstone
@piratedan: Looks like its coming stateside in January.