my musical crack

[kensuguro]

Whatever that means.. the Lupin the Third themes by Yuji Ohno is sort of an addiction for me. Pure bliss every time

'78 version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xga-Bvbg ... re=related

'80 version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhDlMCgW ... re=related

'89 version (some weird sampler action in this one)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzQgMvRC ... ure=relmfu

'96 version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CXErYLW ... re=related

'97 version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMiV68cX ... re=related

2011 version (sexy! everyone gets a solo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtD61LIt ... re=related

Minor reharmonizing here and there are very tasteful and stylish. I want this guy's horn section, strings section, rhythm section, vibraphone guy, and his arrangement skills. Yup, pretty much everything. It's still unbelievable that these are soundtracks for a anime show. I mean, a legendary anime show, but still.. anime.

[astroman]

iirc I enjoyed a couple of episodes when MTV (or VIVA ?) still had something to call 'program'
didn't know it had such a long run
but it's perfectly in style:
here's what came up with Blaxploitation as search term, oops Isaac Hayes ???
Two (or three) Tough Guys
these movies featured great tunes, Superfly (Curtis Mayfield) among my top favourites
btw it's partly source of my addiction to Fender basses, Precision in particular (the other one is Motown)

cheers, Tom

[garyb]

what about the Pizzicato Five version?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPuf96Vp7bw


actually, Anime have had some GREAT music....

[hubird]

19th century Katsushika Hokusai, manga, the typical pensil style, big eyes, big heads, exaggerated long legs, kute-ish styled girls...it's all new to me, tho the style somehow looks familiar to me, which could be caused by post-WWII influences from America, according to Wiki.

@ Tom, you're obviously familiar with anime: an apparently well known anime title from the 50-ties/60-ties would be Tetsuwan Atomu from late godfather Osamu Tezuka, in translation 'Astro Boy'.
Grown up the title hero would be called Astro Man today, or...?

PS. The picture of a girl in 'typical' Japanese street fashion style I posted in the Oktoberfest thread made me think...or is the association with the anime style too wild?
sorry for uploading twice, just for your convenience:

[kensuguro]

ya, I can swear I've never seen anyone dressed like that on the streets. Tho goth lolita comes pretty close in terms of whackiness, and there's plenty of those on the streets. Mostly pre college adolescents tho. They're usually somewhat of a castout with awkward social behavior. (ones that'd get picked on) Seems the goth lolita identity keeps them safe and sort of unapproachable. Coincidentally, a lot of these outcasts are very much into anime, so the crossover is definitely not an accident.

[dawman]

Stereo Magnificence......

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[hubird]

that looks quite tasteless indeed...
edit: eh...I was reacting to the pics of Ken, haha
to be honest, the same for the pic above...

[dawman]

I'm sorry you couldn't relate, maybe you'll like this one more....

Guys.jpg

[kensuguro]

of course, back to borat's mankini

[garyb]

my eyes!!!!

[jhulk]

the original lupin the third tv series is massive running 3 seasons in the 70,s

many great films done by many film producers

i have the whole collection fugico is the most changed character

monkey punch has done hundreds of comics

the greatest and longest running anime comic books

[Nestor]

Wonderful arrangements Ken! Amazing energy and enthusiasm they have, I really enjoyed listening at them. I would say they come from the “007 musical school” beginning with the fist James Bond agent, Orchestral Jazz at its purest level.

Now, those men swimwear are for real freaky pinky ones! Thank you, but no, thank you!

[kensuguro]

just to clarify, the arrangements are by Yuji Ohno. Not me. I wish, haha.

[Nestor]

just to clarify, the arrangements are by Yuji Ohno. Not me. I wish, haha.

I know Ken, I know... But you can be sure one day you will do even better than that!

[astroman]

@ Tom, you're obviously familiar with anime: an apparently well known anime title from the 50-ties/60-ties would be Tetsuwan Atomu from late godfather Osamu Tezuka, in translation 'Astro Boy'.
Grown up the title hero would be called Astro Man today, or...?

yeah I like that stuff a lot, but I'm not too deep into it due to lack of time.
strangely I get along much better with TV episode portions to watch
... and damn... I really started to miss Firefly at one point in time

cheers, Tom