my love has concrete feet

[esmenet]

I am enjoying Uta no Prince-sama quite a bit! In related news, the only way episode four could have been more of an Utena reference was if they'd found an occasion for Ren to actually say "Baby, you light my heart on fire."

Also, the violin-playing in the opening isn't totally unbelievable! I used to think that no animators in the world actually had a clue about how stringed instruments worked. (Hint: the bow does not go over the fingerboard! There are only four strings, not six. Moving the bow slowly back and forth will not magically produce staccato eighth notes. Et cetera.) These ones also seem to have a reasonable idea of pianos and saxophones! It's very exciting.

The only thing I take issue with, actually, is the lyrics. I know it's idol music & it is not known for the deepest, most meaningful phrasing, but after spending two days listening almost exclusively to Florence + The Machine, Janelle Monae, and Marina and The Diamonds, it almost physically hurts to listen to such fluffy, peppy variations on the 'teenage love song' theme. Mood whiplash to the extreme.

Comments

[littlebutfierce]

Hee, glad you are enjoying it! I actually love the ridiculous inane lyrics. & also the ridiculous dancing (the off-beat arm-waving in the ED [which was kind of set up like the OP in the first ep? Wish it had stayed.] & the hip gyrations!).

Moving the bow slowly back and forth will not magically produce staccato eighth notes.

Bwahahaha! You think?

[esmenet]

Haha, I love them too! The lyrics especially are entertainingly terrible. And I kind of adore the ED. (Now that you've mentioned it, I have to go watch it again! So much silly clothing.) It's all so beautifully ridiculous! I'm just having to recalibrate my brain.