My prophesy did not come true


Well, it's been less than a week, but I've already gone through all the motions

of being infatuated with Blankey Jet City like I thought I would

and comparing Chiba Yusuke to Kenichi Asai


and i realised


yes, Revelations, as usual


I realised




that they are different




and even though it always looks a little like Chiba is looking towards Benzie (Kenichi Asai)

As in it always looks like Chiba looks in the direction of Benzie

a little... like glances

like sideway glances

Musically, and otherwise




As in I expected... and was therefore afraid... I expected to listen to Blankey Jet City and locate the source of everything I found appealing about Chiba's music




But they are different


and when I listened to Chiba's songs... like the ones he wrote for Rosso...



Especially

ESPECIALLY




The "Emissions" mini album. Rosso's last record... Especially,

especially,

the last song called 発光...





There is no way Benzie will write a song like that





It is different




What I mean is




Benzie writes awesome songs that stirs up things





and I love his songs





but Chiba is different






If....... IF, Benzie was Neal Cassady, Chiba would be Jack Kerouac.


Maybe not EXACTLY, but something close... (Or maybe not even close. I mean for this comparison to work from the viewpoint of Chiba.)





There's this university-bred intellectual haunting in Chiba



"university-bred intellectual type" as you understand here would be me meaning a type of person not necessarily university-bred (as far as I'm concerned I have no special regards for people who graduated from universities, normally, unless they happen to be intelligent as well. I can go on with this... people usually think they are smart if they happen to be doing a course in a uni, but that's just circumstances, don't you think so. There are many people smarter who just don't have the circumstances. And there are many people with circumstances that don't have the slightest brilliance in anything)



To carry on - Chiba is just so fucking intelligent



It didn't hit me so strong before, but Chiba is just so fucking intellectual



"intellectual"



What I mean is... I just totally dig intellectuals. I.e. people who can write poetry without sounding like thirteen-year-olds (among other "intellectual traits" one of which is to grunt immediately at the sound of the word "intellectuals" and disclaim any connection to it)




While Benzie just - Goes...



He goes... like a whirlwind sweeping everything up



like the spirit of Punk



like the spirit of I-dont-care-ness



I.e.



When Chiba sings "Sweet Jimi": At that time a tornado blew - it was so beautiful




But one wonders ("one wonders") if Chiba is aware



of his own special radiation




Not a tornado...




an Emission....






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"If you really love someone you would eat her shit"

- Gintama episode 158

Labels: Blankey Jet City, Chiba Yusuke, Kenichi Asai, ROSSO

posted by sj @ Monday, May 25, 2009 8:55 PM | permalink |