This week we pick MELL, the Queen of Engrish. She does love using--and abusing--the English language, most notably in the opening song of the anime Rideback, titled the same. It's... interesting, to listen to. I may tackle that one later, but today I pick what's probably my second favorite MELL song ever (and the favorite, kicks!, is on the same single as this one).
Sky Girls is an interesting series. In many ways, it's a more sci-fi oriented version of Strike Witches; from my understanding, the production team wanted to go two different ways, and so they did; the more tech-oriented Sky Girls aired first, and then a bit later Strike Witches hit the airwaves in all its pantsu glory. Pretty obvious to see who won that battle. But then, I think the opening songs for Strike Witches suck, as much as I might like the series. On the other hand, this song is patently awesome, but I still haven't managed to get through the series.
Anyway. MELL has a great voice, her inability to string English words together coherently notwithstanding. And she really carries the song too. She starts a bit calm, almost whispering, but it doesn't take long for her to ramp to full volume. Displaying pretty good range, she provides perfect counterpoint for the instrumentals.
Ah, the instrumentals. The guitars are just about perfect in this one, and when combined with a techno sort of beat to drive the song forward, it's just all kinds of good. It's very hard not to tap the feet, and when listening to this in the car, I usually have to skip back and repeat it two or three times. The only other song like that is masterpiece, which I might get to another time.
5/5 for this song. It's frankly excellent, and after listening to it a dozen times in a row, writing this entry, I can't think of anything wrong with it, other than the Engrish. And as I've said before, I don't listen to anime songs for the lyrics. So nyah.
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