thoseguiltyeyes wrote:

mio_akiyama wrote:What's the delay like from actual release to receiving goods from CDJapan?

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/guide/help/shipping/available_shipping_methods

It depends on what shipping option you go with. In my experience, items sent by FedEx typically arrive on the day of release if you order it by the weekend before the item's out. EMS probably has close to the same time frame. The other options are slower and vary from 5 days to 3 weeks.

Sorry, that came across as a dumb question. I'm good at making dumb statement on this forum it seems .deli.
I guess I was wondering if it pre-shipped a few days beforehand, but you've answered that, thank you .uhuh.

So LOVE is really a reggae song. I'm excited to hear how they experimented it.

Here's part 2 of 「SCANDAL to New Album 『YELLOW』 wo Kikou - Konya wa Pizza Party!」 (Listening to New Album 『YELLOW』 With SCANDAL - Tonight's a Pizza Party!):



For those in countries unable to watch it, click to watch through a proxy


English subbed:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3uf7oj


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Thanks for the subs ^ω^

Scandal listens to Nirvana... nice!

I can't wait to hear all the songs now,  especially Heaven na Kibun and Love. .clap.
4 days left

After watching both parts of the pizza party, I'm really looking forward to YELLOW...!
It's a lot better than the leak from Amazon...w

While it's a little disappointing that Haruna didn't have any songs by her included and no solo songs this time around, YELLOW looks like it'll be a solid release that shows how much they have grown as a band until now. That Mami & Rina comparison to Lennon & McCartney seems spot on!

As expected, Heaven na Kibun is probably at the top of my "looking forward to list." While I was hoping that they'll experiment with some Japanese instruments, I like that they tried for an oriental sounding rhythm.  The grungy sound just amplifies my excitement!  Surprisingly, LOVE caught my attention.  I wasn't expecting Tomomi to write a reggae-styled song.  I'm really liking its island song sound.

Now for LOVE ME DO....
Normally, I don't really listen to poppy sounding love songs.  Usually, the only love songs I listen to are sad and painful, or somewhat dark.  LOVE ME DO is just so catchy and well made, yet still somewhat different from the usual pop-styled love songs.  These kinds of songs are good once in a while, isn't it? w
Also, I'm kinda glad people pointed out the cowbell....It's nice, isn't it?  Who else thinks it needs more cowbell? www


OK, stupid references aside...as for the MV, I liked it's colorful, pop setting.  Not to mention, it's really, really cute...w Very 60's/70's-ish.  As pointed out, it also reminded me of Ninagawa Mika's style.  The various SCANDAL references were a plus.  It was easy to feel a little jealous of the guy, but I kinda felt sorry for him at the end....w

Heh, I'm glad I wasn't the only who noticed that their eyes seemed bigger.  Maybe it was the make-up, but Rina's usual big, round eyes seemed overwhelming powerful this time.  Almost hypnotic....

The amazon previews really gave a disappointing judgement on some of the songs but after watching both parts I must say Heaven na Kibun and LOVE are the songs I am looking for. SCANDAL taking on Grunge and reggae is a huge plus meaning they are once again stepping out of their comfort zone.

MICHIO87 wrote:OK, stupid references aside...as for the MV, I liked it's colorful, pop setting.  Not to mention, it's really, really cute...w Very 60's/70's-ish.  As pointed out, it also reminded me of Ninagawa Mika's style.  The various SCANDAL references were a plus.  It was easy to feel a little jealous of the guy, but I kinda felt sorry for him at the end....w

I'm sure you're supposed to wish you were him and imagine yourself in his place

After "Sisters", this video is definitely one for their guy fans.

I like the video and the song's ok for what it is, but I'm really waiting with bated breath for their next hard rock single or video. It feels like it's really been a while, and that's their bread and butter. The last three videos have all been pop (I guess "Stamp!" is debatable, but to me it sounds total pop.) I don't mind the occasional pop song and they've had that for a while, but I'm just left a bit unsatisfied recently. Hopefully the album itself is more rocking.

Heh, I'm glad I wasn't the only who noticed that their eyes seemed bigger.  Maybe it was the make-up, but Rina's usual big, round eyes seemed overwhelming powerful this time.  Almost hypnotic....

I'm sure it's just makeup and acting. They're going for expressions they think their fans would find cute. They're pretty good at it, I must say...

Here's a commercial for YELLOW, and it looks like it gives us a glimpse as to what's on the DVD Edition (which, btw, we're giving away for free--the deadline to enter is tonight at 11:59 pm PST: https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t12559-yellow-dvd-edition-giveaway):



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What I find the most intriguing is that, despite Yellow being the first album where they've written every song (with 90% being composed by Mami) I feel like it will be even more diverse and all-over-the-place than any of their previous ones where they had a bunch of different people working on it. That's just so great IMO.

Also I think calling "Stamp!" a pop song is stretching it a bit, plus the b-sides were more on the rock side of things.

I love grunge bands like Nirvana and Alice and Chains, so I'm really looking forward to "Heaven na Kibun".

I'm also glad that we got to hear more of the english verison of "Your Song" in the 2nd pizza party video. I was able to make out some of the english words this time, and it sounded better than the amazon preview we previously got.

1 week, (or so…) first ever music preorder. For me, that first track is gonna rock. The rest is gonna be a ride to experience as I've tried not to get too involved with the previews too much.

Bring on March!

Star~world96® wrote:
So it was inspired by American 80s music,  in particularly the song I mentioned before "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".  I'm not sure specifically, but it does has some elements of it.

lol, look: SCANDAL's Favorite: Music Roots (Apple Music Playlist): #7 Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"

sillentdx wrote:lol, look: SCANDAL's Favorite: Music Roots (Apple Music Playlist): #7 Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"

Just wondering, how are you able to view the playlist? I can't get it to work on my computer. When I click the link it just tells me to download iTunes.

Either try to open it in an another browser (not Chrome) or go to a random app's page (example) and choose the grey "I have iTunes" icon (you may need to delete your browsing history to see that, though) and then try to open the playlist again

sillentdx wrote:

Star~world96 wrote:
So it was inspired by American 80s music,  in particularly the song I mentioned before "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".  I'm not sure specifically, but it does has some elements of it.

lol, look: SCANDAL's Favorite: Music Roots (Apple Music Playlist): #7 Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"

Haha, so it was true, .clap. Im guessing that's the playlist of inspiration for Yellow since they have reggae, and grunge rock.

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From SCANDAL's Twitter:

Starting from today until 3/12 (Sat.) Osaka Municipal Subway's Midosuji Line will be 『YELLOW』 & 10th anniversary-fied! Those who use the Midosuji Line, you might be able to ride on a SCANDAL-fied car.

https://twitter.com/scandal_band/status/703831395097948160

Also, here's what the T-Shirt Edition looks like in person:

thoseguiltyeyes wrote:Also, here's what the T-Shirt Edition looks like in person:

Great!

Now we know which skull belongs to which member. Sorry to sound a tad morbid! ^^

Scandalsuki wrote:I think it is the regular band order starting with Haruna and ending with Rina?

Good guess, too.

I think it was rather bizarre to have a T-shirt like that on such a "Sunny" album. I still don't regret not getting it.

Not sure who wanted to put that design on the SCANDAL t-shirt, but it's undoubtedly based off of this Suicidal Tendencies t-shirt:

mio_akiyama wrote:I think it was rather bizarre to have a T-shirt like that on such a "Sunny" album. I still don't regret not getting it.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, just look at the Hello World t shirt and listen to the album...yeah(0-0)
So if they make a very cutest girly t shirt for their next album, expect a hard core album.

@thoseguiltyeyes

Yeah, that is definitely similar, that band is from the 80's so i guess they were influenced by that bands design.....much like their influenced from KISS in their last album  t shirt design-

Scandal is just full of influences.

(Its still a cool t shirt tho :D)

thoseguiltyeyes wrote:Not sure who wanted to put that design on the SCANDAL t-shirt, but it's undoubtedly based off of this Suicidal Tendencies t-shirt:

And for HW, the T-shirt design was reminiscent of KISS' Destroyer. Sans makeup of course. ^^

flyingwill wrote:Also I think calling "Stamp!" a pop song is stretching it a bit, plus the b-sides were more on the rock side of things.

Well, we've been over this, but it's quite reminiscent of one of Weezer's most popular (and mainstream pop) songs, "Beverly Hills". That song hit #2 on the pop charts, so it's pretty much the definition of a pop song. Scandal themselves said they were going for a west coast USA sound, which is where Weezer's from, so it all fits.

And the b-sides aren't on the album, so they don't count towards my evaluation of it. If things had been reversed and the b-sides were the a-sides and were also on the album, then I'd be saying something different. I'd have loved it if those songs were on the album, rather than something only their most hardcore fans who buy all their singles would get to hear.

But we'll see what the album's actually like. I've learned to give them the benefit of the doubt. So far I can only judge based on what I've heard, though.