Gaian News
Boo. sad Seems like a lot of my friends are leaving Gaia or taking an extended break. Why? gonk Well, OK, I perfectly understand why. I've thought about doing stuff to try and convince them to stay. Now I realize that it just makes the user feel guilty for leaving. At the same time, I don't want them to feel unloved and unmissed when they leave. -sigh- I also rarely interact with other Gaians outside of Gaia. I don't have many IM services, and I am rarely on them. So Gaia is my sole means of communication with users. Once they leave, I'll probably never see them again. And now, full stop.
Hmm...Gaia's almost at 1,000,000 users. That's scary. I wonder if there's going to be some sort of celebration. Remember that time several months ago when Gaia had a big crash for several hours because its database of 16,000-something post limit was exceeded? And the user who posted the last post that made it crash got 16,000-something gold? X_x (And that post was in the Chatterbox, if anyone was interested.) I wonder if the one millionth member will get one million gold! xd
Anime Music
Since I haven't seen any new anime lately, I thought I'd write about the next best thing -- anime music! ^^; (Though I still have episodes and episodes of PGSM just waiting for me to watch. @_@) Today's feature will be on .hack//SIGN music. whee
.hack//SIGN's music is mainly composed by Yuki Kajiura. The animation director for the .hack projects describes Kajiura's work as "Terrifying and extremely clever...You can be listening to one of her songs thinking it's a nice, heartwarming piece, when all of a sudden that darkness sneaks up on you. Kajiura's work is almost venomous. I mean that in a good way, of course". I didn't know how to describe her work until I read that quote from Anime Academy. All of my exposure to her is from .hack//SIGN, so I haven't heard her other music. But first things first: her lyrics.
You'll be glad to know that all the lyrics I post here were written in English (ie. they are not translations from Japanese). Though, really, it doesn't help you understand the song much better. sweatdrop So here are the lyrics to some of my favourite songs.
Key of the Twilight
Come with me in the twilight of a summer night for awhile
Tell me of a story never ever told in the past
Take me back to the land
Where my yearnings were born
The key to open the door is in your hand
Now fly me there
Fanatics find their heaven in never ending storming wind
Auguries of destruction be a lullaby for rebirth
Consolations, be there
In my dreamland to come
The key to open the door is in your hand
Now take me there
I believe in fantasies invisible to me
In the land of misery I'm searchin' for the sign
To the door of mystery and dignity
I'm wandering down, and searchin' down the secret sun
Come with me in the twilight of a summer night for awhile
Tell me of a story never ever told in the past
Take me back to the land
Where my yearnings were born
The key to open the door is in your hand
Now take me there
To the land of twilight
Tell me of a story never ever told in the past
Take me back to the land
Where my yearnings were born
The key to open the door is in your hand
Now fly me there
Fanatics find their heaven in never ending storming wind
Auguries of destruction be a lullaby for rebirth
Consolations, be there
In my dreamland to come
The key to open the door is in your hand
Now take me there
I believe in fantasies invisible to me
In the land of misery I'm searchin' for the sign
To the door of mystery and dignity
I'm wandering down, and searchin' down the secret sun
Come with me in the twilight of a summer night for awhile
Tell me of a story never ever told in the past
Take me back to the land
Where my yearnings were born
The key to open the door is in your hand
Now take me there
To the land of twilight
My personal favourite. Wait, that's redundant, isn't it? Since I said these were all of my favourites? Anyway, I love the violins in this and the vocal arrangement.
Obession
deep in the night
far off the light
missing my headache
visions of light
sweeter delight
kissin' my loveache
how come I must know
where obsession needs to go?
how come I must know
where the passion hides its feelings?
how come I must know
where obsession needs to go?
how come I must know
the direction of relieving?
far off the light
missing my headache
visions of light
sweeter delight
kissin' my loveache
how come I must know
where obsession needs to go?
how come I must know
where the passion hides its feelings?
how come I must know
where obsession needs to go?
how come I must know
the direction of relieving?
The opening theme. When I first read the lyrics onscreen while listening to the song, I started laughing because it was so nonsensical. But I guess that's part of its charm. wink It has quite a chaotic feel to it.
Fake Wings
Shine bright morning light
Now in the air the spring is coming
Sweet blowing wind
Singing down the hills and valleys
Keep your eyes on me
Now we're on the edge of hell
Dear my love, sweet morning light
Wait for me, you've gone much farther
Too far
Now in the air the spring is coming
Sweet blowing wind
Singing down the hills and valleys
Keep your eyes on me
Now we're on the edge of hell
Dear my love, sweet morning light
Wait for me, you've gone much farther
Too far
I think this is the most obvious example of the darkness of Kajiura's work. This song is nice and slow, with a gentle strumming of guitar that makes you think of blowing winds, I guess. Then all of a sudden it takes a darker turn, while at the same time staying with the gentle melody. domokun
Annnd...I'm out of time. I didn't realize it was so late. sweatdrop At least I'm not sick anymore. Or, at least, I'm 99% healthy. Physically, that is. I'm never sure about the mentally part. neutral Goodnight.
