Comments on: To Aru Majutsu no Index OP Single – Psi-missing – Review

By: zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Wed, 12 May 2010 00:04:04 +0000

@Yi
Yeah, I think the beats are pretty much why people are sold on this track. Since I was more focused on the vocals, Mami Kawada’s singing just didn’t really work for me because I like my singers to deliver with passion

By: Yi

Yi — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:19:14 +0000

After reading the post, I can begin to feel the listlessness in her vocals. In the end, I thought that she did just enough to deliver the excellent beats to make this a good song.
I liked it in the same way I like Triangle (Savia).

By: zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:33:36 +0000

@songhunter
I thought “Hishoku no Sora” carried itself well with the amount of energy she puts forward. “PSI-missing” lacks that same sort of energy that I had hoped for, and therefore, that’s a strike against it.

Furthermore, I’ve not exactly listened to her non-anime works so I can’t render an opinion either way. What I can say though, is that not having an opinion about something does not mean I like it, nor does it mean that I hate it. So I will be sure to keep your last point in mind and avoid her works then. Thanks! :p

By: songhunter

songhunter — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:52:15 +0000

This blogpost saddens me, not because of the writer’s harsh attitude towards a song I enjoy but because I recognise that the writer’s words are true. Mami Kawada does sing without emotion. Her songs are trashy. But I would go further than you have, to say that emotion is not the point in her songs. Her style IS bland and vaguely emotionless, but it is appealing for that very reason – it’s polished and suits the style of her music well. I don’t understand why you would say that she is capable of singing much better, because in my opinion she excels at what she does, and PSI-Missing is a typical example of this. As for the arrangement, it’s nothing new, but that doesn’t make it Not Good. In fact, I for one cannot understand all the hype about Hishoku no Sora, which in my opinion was inferior to this (although as you have said they sound remarkably similar).

I’m not trying to say that we should all have low expectations of Mami Kawada because she is bland and her songs lack musical ambition (although they kind of do). But I don’t know why a song like this would disappoint someone who liked her other stuff as it’s ALL THE SAME.

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Sun, 08 Feb 2009 07:41:42 +0000

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