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The best PV ever...

Apr 30, 2008
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VERSAILLES - RED CARPET DAY

Gawd you just have to love the perfection of this PV! The poses, the music, the scenery, the effects, the dancing. Everything is simply amazing! God I love Versailles and Red carpet day is my favorite song by them.

Simply Brilliant XD!

If you want to watch the PV you have to click the link for it on youtube, because the author has disabled embedding of this video on other sites.

Single: 摩天楼オペラ - 瑠璃色で描く虹

Mar 11, 2008
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瑠璃色で描く虹

Date released: 5.3.2008.

Track list
1. 瑠璃色で描く虹 (Ruriiro de egaku niji) [Listen]
2. honey drop [Listen]
3. 忘却セルロイド (Boukyaku Celluloid) [Listen]

Ruriiro de egaku niji is the second single of the band Matenrou opera that is centered around the ex-Jeniva vocalist Sono. I had the chance to listen to Jeniva and it was one of the better Tanbi kei (aesthetics style - bands like Versailles, Moi dix Mois...) I've heard, but unfortunately it has disbanded last year I think.

The single Ruriiro de egaku niji sounds like a weak attempt to copy Versailles, not just musically but also vocally where Sono tries to mimic Kamijo's voice at some parts and when he is not doing that he is simply aiming at nothing.

Ruriiro de egaku niji sounds just like some crazy neo-baroque-metallish thing you have heard more than enough from the Visual kei bands starting of in 90' with Malice Mizer up to nowadays with Versailles. Unfortunately the song delivers only good instrumental parts while the singing is tolerable. The song honey drop is even worser (although this impression is may really be connected to the fact that the kind of singing Sono does there is the kind of singing I don't like (connected again to where I live so I assume other may find it maybe even ok)), completely spoiled by the horrible and sudden jumps in Sono's voice that were really too much for my big tolerance. Boukyaku Celluloid has got really good guitar parts, even tolerable singing, but would leave a better impression if it was in the instrumental form.

Disappointing actually, considering the fact that Jeniva was really good and that Matenrou opera's first single Alkaloid showcase was ok. A potential good release spoiled by the singing lacking a lot of control from a singer that used to sing better, or at least I remembered him as a good single. Fans of the band and lovers of artists like Versailles, Juka and Moi dix Mois may give this band a listen although don't expect anything mindblowing. Rather try to dig up Jeniva's single, it leaves at least a bit better impression.