“L’Arc-en-Ciel”, also known as “L’arc”, celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2021. L’Arc is famous for having been influenced by countless people, not only bands of V-Kei, but also J-POP artists and people in fields other than music. It is a monster group in which each member has overwhelming performance and singing skills, and also composes music.
[Image:Voirtouslesclassements49à1]This time we will focus on the “guitar” of the songs L’Arc does. From August 28 to September 4, 2022, we conducted a survey on the topic of “Which unique track from L’Arc~en~Ciel do you think has a cool guitar?” We received a total of 1032 votes in the poll. Thank you for all your votes! Let’s take a look at the top ranking results.
●No.2: FLY LOVE
Second place goes to their 18th single “LOVE FLIES”. The song was used as the theme song for the Asahi TV drama “Blue Bird Syndrome” and as the CM song for Canon’s “Wonder BJ” featuring the members. A rock track with an awesome distorted guitar sound in the intro. According to ken, who was in charge of composing the song, this song, which makes you feel the decadent beauty of an urban city, was created in the image of the scenery of the place visited during the outdoor live tour “1999 GRAND CROSS TOUR”. . It’s a dark and somewhat dreary song, but the guitar solo with a bright tone in the second half is a good accent.
● 1st place: MY HEART DRAW A DREAM
The first place was the 31st single “MY HEART DRAWS A DREAM”. A song with a feeling of speed and freshness that makes you feel like a tailwind is blowing. During live performances, it is common to sing the phrase “Yume wo draw yo” in the second half of the chorus song and get excited. One of the charms of this work is Ken’s dramatic guitar solo in the intro. The synthesizer abstains from this beautiful melody, then the guitar abstains again. Verse A has a soft timbre close to the voice and melody B has a powerful and brilliant tone. The unison with the vocals just before the chorus is really impressive.
Kasumi
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