Shiina Ringo: Is she good?
 

I'm not familiar with her, and I'm always looking for new artists to listen to ;). Is she any good? What genre? Reccomendations?

Personally, I love her, but I can see why she may not be for everyone. She seems to dabble in a bunch of different genres, but I think she's generally considered rock. I really like her Shosou Strip album and song wise: Honnou, Yami ni Furu Ame, Gibbs, Souretsu, Sakana, Momen no Handkerchief, Gamble, Sakuran and Tadashii Machi are some of my favourites.

Not really a huge fan of her but this song is a classic :heart
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance...o-honnou_music

Is she good? No, no, no! She's not good....SHE'S FANATASIC! :heart I luv her and her music.

You should try her album Shouso Strip. I luv it so much. :weep Listen to Honnou first as its an excellent song for u to get into her. Try gibusu afterwards as I think it'll make u love her even more. :bchuck

haha kidding right?

i would recommend honnou, ringo no uta, etc... i seriously recommend any song from her, they are really good

Wow! That Honnou video was cool! (there was a part of it that reminded me of Kuu's BUT o_-)

Is Ringo a lesbian? Do the lyrics relate to her licking that woman? Do the put it there just for the hell of it? Just curious...

Lol, no shes not a lesbian, I think the lyrics have to too something to sex.

Lyrics

she has a really unique voice and song style...you need to listen to her song so many times before you like it...

I love GIPS. That's all I have to say, haha.

Shiina's amazing, easily one of the best artists in Japan. As well as her earlier rock stuff, her more recent Jazz stuff is even better imo ^^

http://youtube.com/watch?v=x0CY2e4glHE - Sakuran ^^ can't go wrong with this track :D

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ny5pT8FV10w&feature=related - konoyo no kagiri ^_^

^ Agree.

Personally, I LOVE her and she was my musical mistress during the period where Ayu was my musical love (Now that no longer matters xD) but her voice is rather nasally and you either learn to love it or you hate it therefore you need to get a feel for Shiina.

So I recommend listening to her first 2 albums, Muzai Moratorium and Shouso Strip perhaps even some Tokyo Jihen and you should be fine with the rest ^^

amazing amazing amazing karuki zamen kuri no hana amazing amazing favourite artist amazing amazing tokyo jihen amazing amazing amazing check into her.

^ omg for some reason i so imagined you doing the Charmy dance while chanting that XD

But yeh, i totally agree ^^ amazing is the only way to describe her

One of the best <3~

And yes, Shiina is one of the greatest artists in Japan. Her work is unique and she's exrtremely talented. Her voice may not be the best, but she's a great composer and very creative.

Exactly what I meant to say. She's talented, unique and impressively creative. Give her a try right now. By the way, she's releasing a B-Side album collection in this week, great chance to know her.

Shiina is probably the most intresting Japanese artist. Most of her albums have track titles that mirror one another. On KZK some of the mirrored songs even shared the same instruments to the beats and the whole album ran 44 minutes and 44 seconds (while 4 being an unlucky number in most of asia).

Some of her lyrics are rather vague, especially at a first glance. I believe there is one song she performs with Tokyo Jihen about two lovers commiting suicide. The girl believes the man is going to just leave her to die instead (meaning he's not going to die and just let her go) so she decided that since she is dumb enough to believe him and be in love with him she deserves to die.

Her voice is little bit... weird ? unique ?

:bshake Nyusui Negai!~ I love her Dynamite Out perf of it :luv2

I can't say her voice is really great, but she's so special and unique. (She rolls her "r"s unlike any other artists!) Her music is really great and different.

It's my favorite song from her!

Oddly enough, she's probably got my favourite voice in JPOP or in general, I think it's so emotional.

Shiina Ringo is, well...was amazing. I haven't really cared for anything she's done since her first album with Tokyo Jihen (and that was quite awhile ago). I highly recommend that album and her first three solo albums though. I think Shouso Strip is undoubtedly her best. I think her debut album is a close second in terms of being her best, so try those out if you want to hear some of her best/most popular songs (i.e. Honnou, Tsumi to Batsu, Koko de Kiss Shite, Kabukichou no Joou). She also has some insane music videos that are both creepy and captivating.

As for the Honnou video and lesbianism: I heard that the scene where she kisses the other girl is supposed to represent masturbation. The woman she kisses is supposed to look just like her, so as to represent having sex with yourself. The entire song is apparently about the fact that not only men, but women too, have sexual desires.

She's extraordinary!! I love her different music styles, her voice, her lyrics. Definitely worth listening to!

:lech Damn Shiina xD She's so innapropriate :laugh

I've always heard about Shiina being amazing, but never got into her....I listened to some of the songs you guys suggested, like Honnou, but sadly I'm not digging any of them. Her voice grates on me, for one thing. Oh well, I guess she's just not for me. I'll send Honnou to my boyfriend, though, he might like it.

I know what you mean. I'm a fan, but I do think she's a little overrated sometimes. I'd never deny her great artistical ability, amazing composition skills and creativity though, and, aside from most of the Tokyo Jihen stuff, I do actually love/enjoy many of her songs from her regular solo career, but I don't think she's for everybody's tastes. I've seem hardcore shiina ringo fans complaining that certain artists songs are too loud/noisy/ screamy, and I was like "wth, aren't you a shiina ringo fan? Why are you complaining when that artist is is loud and screamy in one of their songs when shiina does it in most of her songs and when she does it you say it's supposed to be the finest state of art? contradictory nonsense imo". If you like noise, you won't be complaining if other artists do it. I think some of her songs would sound better if they removed some of the noises and distortions, but i guess that's kind of a signature? My brother often complains a lot when I listen to shiina and he's around in my room. He goes like "wtf is that noise? what terrible vocals...How can you tolerate such a horrible sound? turn down that volume" and it annoys me a lot when he says those crude things, but I can understand his point. I think she's an acquired taste as I was a little like him the first time I listened to her.

I like Shiina's screams. They're pretty cool but it makes me tired sometimes.

:laugh I remember, I listened to KZK first and I was like :tired What the TRUCK!? xD I actually kinda forced myself to like her and after Shouso Strip... It worked :love She really is an acquired taste.

So, has anyone heard her new album? If so, has she re-sung anything?

Not that I can tell, I think it's all the originals (except Mellow?), but I haven't heard all of the tracks before to say for sure.

Ah, well that's lame. Lazy sadistic woman xDDD