Forum - View topicWhats up with the J-rock obsession with God and the devil?
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Mr_Tym
Posts: 18 Location: USA |
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I'm not a big fan of Gack or Hyde so I don't know much about them. I do know that they like to have their album covers and song titles named after certain things. such as satantic themes or Christian themes. I'm a little confused as to their posistion. Cause I just skimmed at the review of Hydes american album on the site. Can someone give me a little info on why they seem to do these themes so much? Are their Christian or satanist or something? Or jus and image thing?
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fighterholic
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They are not Christians, and I can't tell about the other one. They sing because they've done some studying on the subject, but their lyrics will have nothing to do with Christianity.
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Jerseymilk
 Posts: 157 Location: Wouldn't YOU like to know. |
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I can assure you 100% that Gackt and Hyde are not Christian, Satanist, or even Pagan. It's simply just an "image thing". Think of it this way: You know how here we take things like the Yin/Yang symbol or Chinese characters and put them on shirts or whatever? It's the same concept, just reversed. We don't hold Asian imagery in the same high regard that they do since it's their culture so we just use it for superficial reasons. We think it's "exotic" and therefore cool. Well the same goes for them. They aren't Westerners, so they don't have the same deep ties to Christian imagery and such that we do. To them *that's* a superficial thing and it's what they find "exotic".
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space clam
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Why not ask 'what's up with pretty much all rock music and the supernatural?'
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AirCooledMan_2006
 Posts: 594 Location: Delaware, U.S. |
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I'll answer this question the only way I can:
BECAUSE YOU TOUCH YOURSELF AT NIGHT! 
Nah, it's probably got something to do with the Engrish. Hell, I've heard some people say Rammstein and E Nomine are Satanic, but unless you know German, you won't know a word they're saying. Ditto J-rock. |
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Sasukeden
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I'd have to agree, it's just an image thing. Remember, Christianity in Japan is seen as something exotic and different. It's kind of like how we see religions like Shinto here in the US. And I also think it's because they're copying what American rockers sing about as well as that's not so uncommon a theme in heavy metal.
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