THE OFF-NOTE PROJECT 2016: Songs That Didn't Make The Cut…

Friday, 06 January 2017 arrow_back_ios arrow_forward_ios

Yes, you're not in the wrong place. And no, it's not me trying to re-brand anything. Perhaps, it's the perfect way to explain these fallen tunes...

Hey, and welcome to that promised post. Every year I give so many songs, but there will be that many songs that I don't. Reasons are unlikely justified, but it gives me reason to explain to you what songs I would give and what I wouldn't, with or without restrains of any kind. Still, whether giving it or not that's how it works, and I think it's just as important to share it with you.

Also, I noticed the importance of some of the songs being reinstated to their decision state, and into the final list. Thus, 2.99 stars is no longer an adequate measure of what is to come. So, with a new title, let's talk about some of them.

(This time I will talk about prominent ones that I decide not to give, and how much it has impacted on my life ie. obstinate enough such that it wants to get back on my list but didn't lol. Those that did get back are not in this list fyi)

[In preview chronological order]
Single: Right Now
Artist: ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION

Song Title: Right Now
Reason: I cannot remember anything from this song. Okay, just a little from the chorus.

Single: BANG!BANG!BANG!
Artist: Silent Siren

Song Title: Star drops
Reason:Weak verses, even though good chorus.

Album: FIXION
Artist: THE ORAL CIGARETTES

Song Title: A-E-U-I
Reason: If written more driven to the beats of A-E-U-I may be more appealing as a song.

(The above probably got stuck in my head for a while. They can write catchy songs but that's it, which is a pity. Also explains why I only gave B-sides of their singles this year.)

Album: Doubt no Koshin
Artist: Kuso Iinkai

Song Title: Fuzai Shoumei
Reason: If it sounds like the topic song of this album, then why the heck am I giving it?

Album: Origin
Artist: KANA-BOON

Song Title: Goodbye
Reason: Nice chorus, fails at everything else.
Song Title: Diver
Reason: Not because it's a Naruto theme song, but the verses are not good.

Album: Mi Kara Deta Uta
Artist: Takezawa Migiwa

Song Title: Arasuji
Reason: Melody was rather weird overall.

Album: S
Artist: Silent Siren

Song Title: Cherry Bomb
Reason: Weak verses, and especially if when you listen to the best songs the band has got, this is far from that.

(Same problem as THE ORAL CIGARETTES, I guess. The verses were really not memorable)

Single: Toumei na Onnanoko
Artist: Hanazawa Kana

Song Title: Toumei na Onnanoko
Reason: Not what I expected. Missing the days Kana-chan sings songs that sound impressive after much listening.

Single: Bye Bye Blue
Artist: Kotobuki Minako

Song Title: "YES"
Reason: Melody too generic to feel any form of impact, maybe due to too many out-of-place notes?

(From the above I believe that the Kotobuki Rock fever is nearly over.)

Album:Point.
Artist: Primary

Song Title: Hope
Reason: I get where they are going with this song, but the tempo maybe a little too heavy to be acceptable.

Album: Undertow
Artist: THE BED ROOM TAPE

Song Title: Hook
Reason: I gave it a lot of chances. It didn't seem to impress me, mainly due to lack of song structure and/or repetition.

Album: all time Lovin'
Artist: Toyosaki Aki

Song Title: Ginga Station
Reason: Second half of the song (after second chorus, not the first) was disappointing.

(Above is the reason why I can't never a perfect album. Sorry, Aki-chan. Wasn't your fault.)

Album: Cho Ikimonobakari ~Ten Nen Kinen Members' Best Selection~
Artist: Ikimonogakari

Song Title: Koiuta
Reason: Style of song too strong, thus lacking in appeal to me.

Album: TWELVE
Artist: Mrs. GREEN APPLE

Song Title: Watashi
Reason: Very irritatingly implied of love, though overall melody is good.
Song Title: Hug
Reason: Why the gay voice? It was a nice melody.

Album: D.A.N.
Artist: D.A.N.

Song Title: Dive
Reason: If not for the lonest introduction and weird voiceovers before the song itself this would be easy to give.

Single: Vision/Nijuu Rasen Kouzou
Artist: Kuso Iinkai

Song Title: AI
Reason: Verse does not align with chorus, it seems.

Album: What a Wonderful World Line
Artist: fhana

Song Title: Relief
Reason: English? Now this is sooo not going to be in list, despite the decent melody.

Album: heavenly
Artist: SpecialThanks

Song Title: KOKOKARA
Reason: I'd love to give the instrumentals, but that is as much as it is good at.

Single: ninelie
Artist: Aimer

Song Title: Speaker
Reason: Everything is good, but the vocals is not. Aimer is not suitable to sing this IMHO

(A real pity, this one.)

Album: Brighter
Artist: ikkubaru

Song Title: seaside
Reason: Sounds like QUATTRO, but not good enough.

Album: Sail Canvas

Artist: TrySail

Song Title: Ashita mo Hareru
Reason: For more reasons than other which this song resembles many but worse, this will not be accepted.
Song Title:primary
Reason: Sounds great, but melody is not uncoordinated.

Album: eve

Artist: cinema staff

Song Title: Kirifuda
Reason:Very poor bridge, rest of song melody cannot cover this portion of the song.

Single: Atarashii Uta
Artist: Hanazawa Kana

Song Title: Looking for your Smile
Reason: Failed at the bridge part of the song due to its over extended nature. Otherwise has good chorus and verses.

Single: Princess
Artist: miwa

Song Title: Shan Ran Ran
Reason: And this was an Anime theme song. No wonder it isn't even worth mentioning.

Single: Miss. Revolutionist
Artist: Taketatsu Ayana

Song Title: Miss. Revolutionist
Reason: Mostly due to versea and particularly bridge part of the song, otherwise is a good melody overall.

(The above also got stuck in my mind for a good time. I can still hum the chorus. Oh no, I better not)

Album: Tomatsu Haruka BEST SELECTION -starlight-
Artist: Tomatsu Haruka

Song Title: Circle
Reason: Verses and bridge weak, chorus is good.
Song Title: In Our Hands
Reason: Very good chorus, but verses are going to be the thing that'll stop me from giving this song from "Yasashiku Hibi".
Song Title: Koi no Uta
Reason: Mood of song is not expected and tempo of song is too slow. Decent melody though.

Album: U
Artist: UNLIMITS

Song Title: Lonely Blue
Reason: Poor bridge, and even after that only chorus is above average.

Album: Ren'ai Shousetsu to, Tsuuka Ressha to, 1g no Tameiki
Artist: Manami

Song Title: 25-ji no Cinderella
Reason: Many have tried this style, but have never gotten the melody right. This was a good overall though.

(The one above also is kind of a deal breaker. Maybe it's just me being biased giving the other two)

Single: Take Me Out
Artist: SCANDAL

Song Title: I want you
Reason: A little too simple in melody, and a little too high-pitched in vocals. Not to mention it’s technopop.

Album: Good New Times
Artist: Gotch

Song Title: Good New Times
Reason: Despite being topic song for album doesn't sound good in melody overall. Also, music style too.
Song Title: The Sun Is Not Down
Reason: General music style compelling. Melody of chorus is good though. English song I wished I didn't understand.

Single: cubic futurisimo
Artist: Uesaka Sumire

Song Title: cubic futurisimo
Reason: As expected, technopop is not a thing in Klassic Note. Also, bridge part is too long and inappropriate to song.

Single: DIP-BAP
Artist: THE ORAL CIGARETTES

Song Title: DIP-BAP
Reason: Chorus feels very different in mood to the verses and so on. Otherwise separately they are good.

Album: SHISHAMO 3
Artist: SHISHAMO

Song Title: Egao no Tonari
Reason: Mainly rejected due to melody, lack of emphasis of chorus and in rest of the song.

Album: Adan Ballet
Artist: Cocco

Song Title: Unohana Kusashi
Reason: Sounds similar to same album song "Yuushuu no Bi" in terms of melody

Album: Boku ga CD wo Dashitara
Artist: KANA-BOON

Song Title: Naimono Nedari
Reason: Song structure weak. Feels like listening to a segmented song. Catchy beat does not offset overall melody.

Album: daydream
Artist: Aimer

Song Title: Hertz
Reason: I rejected a smiliar tune and lyrics in another single earlier in the year, so this one will also have to pass.

Album: Life
Artist: plenty

Song Title: Kokoro no Mama ni
Reason: Melody is passable, but just barely. Not good enough to be give four stars.

Single: Wake up
Artist: KANA-BOON

Song Title: Weekend
Reason: Half the song is the other half of rap style that I didn't favour of the group. Verses are weak too.

Single: Juunigatsu no Himawari
Artist: Aqua Timez

Song Title: Gift
Reason: The rap I missed, but not the rap melody I liked. Background beats are not as strong either.

Single: Yui
Artist: miwa

Song Title: On My Way
Reason: This song… it's not clicking in me. I feel the beats, but the melody isn't impressive enough.

Single: Reason Living
Artist: SCREEN mode

Song Title: Distance
Reason: Close to something good, but overall song is weak to give.

(So close, and SCREEN mode would have been on my shelf. Phew)

Single: Kaze ga Fuku Machi
Artist: LuckLife

Song Title: journey
Reason: Statistics show I will get bored of this song, and I have given quite a lot this year. So… no.

Single: Sakebe
Artist: Numakura Manami

Song Title: Koto no Ha
Reason: The bridge part is too hard to give, almost as hard as cinema staff's "YOUR SONG", or worse.
Song Title:HEY!
Reason: Very lively, catchy chorus, but then again this song doesn't suit her voice. So overall rejection here.

(Ah, this one. Maybe it's because of Mikakoshi I'm scared of giving Nu-chan her debut single)

Album: EXIST!
Artist: [Alexandros]

Song Title: Aoyama
Reason: Weak verses throughout song, bridge also weak.

Album: MAMI KAWADA BEST F
Artist: Kawada Mami

Song Title: Contrail
Reason: Too long of a bridge and occasional unsuitable pop sounds, but otherwise has good chorus.

Single: Million Litmus
Artist: Kotobuki Minako

Song Title: Million Litmus
Reason: Verse is poor, spoils overall good song including bridge part which is decent.

Single: TV Anime Kono Bijutsubu no wa Mondai ga Aru! Character Song CD Vol.1
Artist: Usami Mizuki, Colette, Tachibana Yumeko

Song Title: Aozora Canvas
Reason: Less than catchy chorus, weak overall mood even though have decent bridge

Album: Tokowaka no Kuni
Artist: Yuuki Aoi

Song Title: Rezetowaru
Reason: Like the rest of the mini-album, lack of instrumentals plus her less than perfect slurs make for less than wonderful songs.

Album: SHARE THE HAPPY
Artist: Miyawaki Shion

Song Title: #Doko Made mo Share ~girlyparty~
Reason: Weak verses and chorus, overall less than desired song
Song Title: Puchi Pura
Reason: Good chorus, rest of the song sounds like typical pop tune, so not giving due to unprecedented bias

(Yeah, the second one got stuck in my head for way too long, so much so I had thoughts of extending the song count even after I started calculating results and giving awards)

Album: OH! MY MISTAKES!
Artist: Tsuji Shion

Song Title: Horoyoi
Reason: Too simple a melody compared to rest of song, rejecting due to song count/extended tones in every verse (refer Primary album songs)
Song Title: Obake wa Kowakunai
Reason: Sub-par chorus, songs has many parts of speech than singing

And then I realised this took a lot more time for me to do up and it looked more confusing than last year. Also, if you prefer to use the search function on your browser start with artists first it'll give you a better chance. Then again, why would you? All these are trash. Go listen to the new songs this year. Or the best from last year. Now let me go sleep, please. This post is tedious to do, seriously.

P.S. Once again, sorry to all the artists and their songs mentioned here, especially if you wrote them. Unfortunately this is the only dark side to Klassic Note, and it's a necessary evil.