explode-a-meme

[yeouya]

sadisticplay posted this like, a month ago, and I was going to do it then because I felt bad for guessing so many of hers (and so me posting it myself would make me feel better? I do not know). But of course, I got carried away, and so because I felt like the Jrock/pop would be so easily identifiable, I made two pictures - the cropped, "normal"-sized ones might make it a little harder to guess, though some people are pretty recognizable all over, and if you click them (just for jrock/pop), they link to bigger, more obvious pictures. And then, because I felt like no one would get most of the western groups that came up (honestly, I'm looking at these pictures, and I can't tell you who half of them are, and there's one band I couldn't even find a mediocre, decently-sized picture of so I used an album cover) - but also that I should try and make this more accessible to people who aren't on my flist for Jmusic reasons - I decided to add more Jrock/pop. So instead of 20, there are 39. >.>

1. Open a music player.
2. Go to 'all music'/'library'.
3. Hit shuffle/repeat/randomise.
4. Find photos of the first 25 artists/bands that come up (no repeats and no cheating).
5. Have people guess who the artists/bands are.
6. Paste this in your journal and do it too, so I can have fun guessing as well.

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01.
Ben Folds Five - guessed by l33t_dreams

02.
LiZ - guessed by sadisticplay

03.
Gackt - guessed by sadisticplay

04.
Matenrou Opera - guessed by sadisticplay

05.
Epik High - guessed by swtjemz

06.
L'Arc~en~Ciel - guessed by sadisticplay

07.

08.
Alice Nine - guessed by sadisticplay

09.

10.

11.
NEWS - guessed by sadisticplay and swtjemz

12.

13.

14.
Aerosmith - guessed by sadisticplay

15.
The GazettE - guessed by sadisticplay

16.
Sarah McLachlan - guessed by zenni

17.
Phantasmagoria - guessed by sadisticplay

18.

19.
Kirito - guessed by sadisticplay

20.

21.

22.

23.
We Are Scientists - guessed by ittykat

24.
Jason Mraz - guessed by ittykat

25.
Versailles - guessed by sadisticplay

26.
Kisaki - guessed by sadisticplay

27.
Nightmare - guessed by sadisticplay

28.
DuelJewel - guessed by sadisticplay

29.
Plastic Tree - guessed by sadisticplay

30.
Miyavi - guessed by sadisticplay

31.
Jay Chou - guessed by soulfulmaverick

32.
SID - guessed by sadisticplay

33.
Malice Mizer - guessed by sadisticplay

34.
X Japan - guessed by sadisticplay

35.
Utada Hikaru - guessed by sadisticplay

36.
Acid Black Cherry - guessed by sadisticplay

37.
HYDE - guessed by sadisticplay

38.
Arashi - guessed by sadisticplay and kestral_kitsune

39.
Kagrra, - guessed by sadisticplay

Have at!

Also, alsidjfaoiwe slutPon. I may have to amend my "pon is the cutest thing ever" tag. Not that he isn't, but his photoshoot image seems to be veering away from that. Significantly. XD And randomly, what is Ryouhei wearing on his head? Bizarre rabbit ears? O___o

Comments

[liangzhu.livejournal.com]

Well, well, 100%. I DO NOT FEEL BAD ANYMORE. XD Just out of curiosity, were they all still really obvious from the little pictures?

[kestral-kitsune.livejournal.com]

>:P3 38 looks like arashi XD jun's bad hair is recongizable anywhere XD

[liangzhu.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, indeed. XD

[liangzhu.livejournal.com]

SIGH.

38 is Arashi!

[ittykat.livejournal.com]

23 - we are scientists
24 - mraz

[liangzhu.livejournal.com]

Ooh, IMPRESSIVE. But I should've expected no less from you, right? XD

[ittykat.livejournal.com]

12. >.> I want to say Interpol, but I'm pretty sure that's wrong.
13. I'm guessing Jump, Little Children, since, you know, there are little children jumping.

[liangzhu.livejournal.com]

12 is not Interpol. 12 is kind of obscure (to me, at least - maybe not elsewhere >.>)...

Haha, 13 is not Jump, Little Children, but that is a good guess. I hadn't thought of that. The album title/bandname has nothing to do with children, though. XD The band does share a name with an X-man.

[ittykat.livejournal.com]

Arrre my guesses somewhere else unidentified in your list :D :D :D??

Did you know there is an Australian band from the 80s called The Uncanny X-Men?

[liangzhu.livejournal.com]

They are not. :P

O rly. They didn't have copyright issues with Marvel over that?

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

5. EPIK HIGH
11. NEWS

[liangzhu.livejournal.com]

YES and YES.

(WELCOME BACK)

[soulfulmaverick.livejournal.com]

31 looks like Jay Chou. BUT I'M NOT SURE. Everyone already took everything else. T.T

[liangzhu.livejournal.com]

31 looks like Jay Chou because it is! Though I realize I lumped him in the Jrock/pop section. Oops. >.>

But yay!

[zenni.livejournal.com]

I feel I should know a bunch of these people, but I... don't >.>

16 = Sarah McLachlan?

[liangzhu.livejournal.com]

XD Well, 10 is Australian. Or at least, he came off of a mix of Australians that Kathy made a couple years ago. It doesn't seem like his career has gone anywhere since then, though.

16 is indeed Sarah McLachlan :D

[l33t-dreams.livejournal.com]

Is #1 Ben Folds Five? And if so, how do I even know that, seeing as I haven't seen or heard them since the video for Brick, which was shown all the time when I worked nightshift at the hospital??

I also really want to know who 21 is because they're pretty. :D

[liangzhu.livejournal.com]

#1 is indeed Ben Folds Five! *had to check the cheatsheet*

I will tell you who 21 is if no one gets them by tomorrow. :D