STILL ROCKING

Hello!

First of all, sorry if I only posted one blog entry last week. To be honest, today is exactly a week after the ONE OK ROCK concert and I still can’t get over it. Anyway, since it’s the first week after their first visit in the country, my post for today is an idea blog related to ONE OK ROCK!

source: OOR Official FB page

First idea: A documentary about their life touring the world

I know that there’s the FOOL COOL ROCK documentary already, but I want to do a documentary following how they live up their dream performing in large crowds in the US, Europe and Asia. In this video, I would like to capture the most natural interaction among the members, their song writing process, an interview on how they feel getting this far, their solo activities, the band’s bonding session, what are they off-stage, how they conceptualize their songs or albums and what are the dynamics between their interaction with their American producer, recording label and their local label, management and the members itself.

I’d also like to present the difference between the crowds of each country or shows they go to not for comparison on who’s the most energetic crowd but to see on how culturally diverse their fandom is---which I think is a good sign because their music is able to transcend beyond language or culture differences. I also want to see on how they study the English language. To be honest, they improved a lot in terms of answering interviews in English. Although there are some mistakes from time to time, they are still quite impressive and who cares if they can’t speak well or not? Their music speaks greater and it’s more important!

[PS: I ALSO WANTED TO INTERVIEW THEM ABOUT THEIR TATTOOS---THE MEANING, THEIR REASON FOR GETTING IT AND WHAT IS THEIR MOST FAVORITE TATTOO]

If you want to know what I’m talking about, here is a preview of their FOOL COOL ROCK documentary:

Second idea: Music Review

I admit I only knew the band because of the Rurouni Kenshin films so I am pretty much okay with their change in musical styles every album. I already heard their first songs (even the demo, live and unreleased ones) up to their current album, 35XXXV. I also listened to Taka’s collaboration with other artists and basically dig all the discography I could find just for me to know how they evolve each CD. 

And it’s true that 35XXXV sounds different from their initial style. It’s Americanized but there’s still the ONE OK ROCK touch to it. I cannot pin-point which aspect it is but definitely, their music is still with their own personal sound. That is why I’d like to do a music review of their 35XXXV album or the Jinsei x Boku = (read as Jinsei kakete boku wa) since it’s my most favorite album from them (my second most favorite is Niche Syndrome).

Here is one of the song from their 35XXXV album. This is a fan made video from the Japanese movie Eien no Zero. The title is Fight the Night and it is my most favorite track from the album:

Let me here your thoughts! Please comment if you have anything to say like suggestions or corrections.

Thank you for reading!