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SO ONCE UPON A TIME I had like. All seventy million songs from the various Slayers soundtracks. But at the time I was thirteen or fourteen and over the years I've gradually weeded that list down to all but my absolute favorites.
Now that I'm playing Lina I imagine I'll go on a nostalgia trip and dig it all up again at some point. But for now? Here are the songs which have with stood the trials of the ages.
FYI unless otherwise noted? It's PROBABLY SONG BY HAYASHIBARA MEGUMI who happens to be. You know. Lina's seiyuu.
Get Along - Opening for the first series of Slayers. Looooooove this song. While Give A Reason is largely regarded as The Best Slayers OP (and yes, okay, it IS) I honestly find Get Along no less enjoyable. It's just fun and has a nice feeling to it. It helps that it brings back many good memories though. Mm |D
Give A Reason - Yah okay. To me this song is just... everything that is Slayers. It is always the first song that comes to mind (and the last to leave it) for Slayers related music. I don't know. It's got fun and excitement and determination and a certain kind of raw power to it, and it's really probably still my favorite anime OP ever.
Give A Reason (Remix) - The previous song! Only REMIXED! I like this more than the original, honestly. It.... sparkles. Keeps the beat better. I dunno. I just do.
Breeze - MEET THE BACKGROUND SINGER LADIES. You will find them in many songs to come! They used to annoy me now I look on them with some fondness. Fortunately, they only like to show up at the beginnings of songs.
ANYWAY Breeze is the OP to Slayers TRY the third season of Slayers. And like the previous two OPs? It's very good. This one is more wistful than Give a Reason, which I think kinda fits with TRY pretty well. It still makes my heart ache a little (TRY was a very uh. bittersweet season) but it's really a beautiful song. I love ALL the songs I'm pimping here, so it's hard for me to say "If you only download three..." but really? You are a sham to the anime fandom if you aren't at least familiar with the three Slayers OPs. They're so widely spread I tend to assume people just know what they are, but I realize Slayers isn't in hit's hay-day anymore SO. You have no excuses! Chop chop and download.
Ganbare Necromancer - I have NO IDEA what that title is meant to imply but this song is horribly cute. Normally Megumi sings in the "Lina voice" which is much sharper and more happy. This is a lot more relaxed.
Gloria ~Kimi ni Todoketai~ - You know it's hard to think of stuff to say about music when I can't talk about the lyrics? Not that I ever actually LIKE japanese lyrics but that's not the point. So. Good song. I like it. Etc.
Going History - Now I'm not going to claim that Megumi is the most original artist ever. Cause. Well c'mon, she's a japanese idol, she sings what she's told to sing. BUT her songs have this tendancy to start out very rhymtic and pump up toward the middle, which is the main thing I like this. It really punches at the chorus and makes it fun. That and the "we can we can" or whatever she's singing there that just stands out.
In The Limitless Desire - So there are four songs I'm going to pimp here which are just... different. I mean. I LIKE nearly all Slayers music. But these four I love as songs, not as enjoyable bringers of happy memories. Cause while Slayers music is, I think, better than MOST anime music. It's not what I consider very... uh. Real music. But these four? Totally are. Give A Reason is one of them, this is the next. It's a little strange, a little mysterious, a little passionate. I've always loved it. I THINK this is an ending... to either a OVA or TRY? Can't remember... Probably a OVA, since those always get really good quality EDs.
Midnight Blue - This is the ending to the Slayers Motion Picture aka Slayers Perfect (which is the same as any other Slayers OVA just with better animation). I've always loved this song. Just download it D=
Reflection (Last Summer Remix) - I don't have a non-remix version of this, which means I liked this version a lot more than the original and got rid of that. Anyway. LOVE THIS SONG. Does that snappy rhythm thing, only to a more extreme extent (kinda reminds me of Hamasaki Ayumi's Evolution in that sense?) but has sassy background singers from In The Limitless Desire |D Anyway. This song always feel really defiant to me, so I associate it more strongly with Lina than the others (which might be SUNG by Lina's seiyuu but doesn't always have that flare of Lina-ness). Badass song. Tons of fun, get.
Run All the Way (Fireball Groove Mix) - LIKE IT SAYS, IT GROOVES.
Don't Be Discouraged - I'm running out of things to say! It's good. Get it. I kept it for the past seven years for a reason. Etc.
Exit Running - This title is hilariously Lina... and uh. Just about everything Slayers really. Man they run away a lot of heroes. ANYWAY. Another good song. Get it.
Slayers 4 the Future - OMG A SONG NOT SUNG BY MEGUMI. Not... entirely anyway. This features the entire Slayers cast (and by entire I mean Lina, Gourry, Amelia and Zelgadis) and it's. You know. Fun |D If yo'ure curious the singers go Lina > Gourry > Lina and Amelia > Amelia > Zelgadis > L & A > Amelia > Zelgadis > All > BRIDGE > Amelia > Zelgadis > L & A > Lina > Gourry > L & A > Lina > Gourry > All
Also actually a good song, even if Gourry can't really sing.
We Are - ZELGADIS SONG, still with background singers~ I love this song. It's totally sexy to me, even if I'm sure Zel is emoing about something in it. Actually, as I recall it's kinda hopeful but whatever. ZEL IS HOT OKAY? And this is a great song. And the boy can actually sing pretty decently. SOMEONE APP ZEL D=
Also, Nuriko-mun lovingly pimped these earlier this week. But it was under a cut. So for the sake of anyone who missed it? Some NEW Slayers Music. I understand these were made to celebrate Slayers' ten year anniversary. One new song and some remakes~
Give A Reason (Ballade Version) - Give A Reason. Only slower. A la ballet. I don't care for it much myself, but worth a listen to if it sounds like your kinda thing.
Meet Again - ALL NEW SONG. I like this song a lot, it contains a lot of Lina's inate chipper spunky cuteness. I think people get really caught up in the fact that Lina is a crazy tempermental redhead who will set you on fire. But REALLY? The core of Lina isn't that she's violent. It's that she's HAPPY. And that she's cute. But mostly that she's happy. The girl always has a positive outlook and she will occationally kick you in the ass if you try to rain on her parade JUST BECAUSE she can be happy if she wants. HAH! And what the hell is up with everyone wanting to be an emo kid anyway? When did that become cool? Etc. And this song is happy and cute and determined and has that certain kind of spunk that tends to make people like her. IMO an EXCELLENT song to give us for the anniversary.
Get Along (SelfTag Vesion) - OKAY so you know how the remix of Give a Reason (the one listed WAY UP THERE that I said that I like more than the original?) kinda pumps up an already good song just a little more? This is like that. And so I really think I like this more than the original. I COULD do without the "oooohing" background singers. But I like the remix a lot. Also, I think there are some new lyrics in here? NOT SURE. Would have to pay more attention.
Randomly, I was singing along with all of these while making this post. Now, while it's a given that I WASN'T GETTING THE WORDS RIGHT. AT ALL. It's still weird to see how much I still have these songs 'memorized' >D
Now that I'm playing Lina I imagine I'll go on a nostalgia trip and dig it all up again at some point. But for now? Here are the songs which have with stood the trials of the ages.
FYI unless otherwise noted? It's PROBABLY SONG BY HAYASHIBARA MEGUMI who happens to be. You know. Lina's seiyuu.
Get Along - Opening for the first series of Slayers. Looooooove this song. While Give A Reason is largely regarded as The Best Slayers OP (and yes, okay, it IS) I honestly find Get Along no less enjoyable. It's just fun and has a nice feeling to it. It helps that it brings back many good memories though. Mm |D
Give A Reason - Yah okay. To me this song is just... everything that is Slayers. It is always the first song that comes to mind (and the last to leave it) for Slayers related music. I don't know. It's got fun and excitement and determination and a certain kind of raw power to it, and it's really probably still my favorite anime OP ever.
Give A Reason (Remix) - The previous song! Only REMIXED! I like this more than the original, honestly. It.... sparkles. Keeps the beat better. I dunno. I just do.
Breeze - MEET THE BACKGROUND SINGER LADIES. You will find them in many songs to come! They used to annoy me now I look on them with some fondness. Fortunately, they only like to show up at the beginnings of songs.
ANYWAY Breeze is the OP to Slayers TRY the third season of Slayers. And like the previous two OPs? It's very good. This one is more wistful than Give a Reason, which I think kinda fits with TRY pretty well. It still makes my heart ache a little (TRY was a very uh. bittersweet season) but it's really a beautiful song. I love ALL the songs I'm pimping here, so it's hard for me to say "If you only download three..." but really? You are a sham to the anime fandom if you aren't at least familiar with the three Slayers OPs. They're so widely spread I tend to assume people just know what they are, but I realize Slayers isn't in hit's hay-day anymore SO. You have no excuses! Chop chop and download.
Ganbare Necromancer - I have NO IDEA what that title is meant to imply but this song is horribly cute. Normally Megumi sings in the "Lina voice" which is much sharper and more happy. This is a lot more relaxed.
Gloria ~Kimi ni Todoketai~ - You know it's hard to think of stuff to say about music when I can't talk about the lyrics? Not that I ever actually LIKE japanese lyrics but that's not the point. So. Good song. I like it. Etc.
Going History - Now I'm not going to claim that Megumi is the most original artist ever. Cause. Well c'mon, she's a japanese idol, she sings what she's told to sing. BUT her songs have this tendancy to start out very rhymtic and pump up toward the middle, which is the main thing I like this. It really punches at the chorus and makes it fun. That and the "we can we can" or whatever she's singing there that just stands out.
In The Limitless Desire - So there are four songs I'm going to pimp here which are just... different. I mean. I LIKE nearly all Slayers music. But these four I love as songs, not as enjoyable bringers of happy memories. Cause while Slayers music is, I think, better than MOST anime music. It's not what I consider very... uh. Real music. But these four? Totally are. Give A Reason is one of them, this is the next. It's a little strange, a little mysterious, a little passionate. I've always loved it. I THINK this is an ending... to either a OVA or TRY? Can't remember... Probably a OVA, since those always get really good quality EDs.
Midnight Blue - This is the ending to the Slayers Motion Picture aka Slayers Perfect (which is the same as any other Slayers OVA just with better animation). I've always loved this song. Just download it D=
Reflection (Last Summer Remix) - I don't have a non-remix version of this, which means I liked this version a lot more than the original and got rid of that. Anyway. LOVE THIS SONG. Does that snappy rhythm thing, only to a more extreme extent (kinda reminds me of Hamasaki Ayumi's Evolution in that sense?) but has sassy background singers from In The Limitless Desire |D Anyway. This song always feel really defiant to me, so I associate it more strongly with Lina than the others (which might be SUNG by Lina's seiyuu but doesn't always have that flare of Lina-ness). Badass song. Tons of fun, get.
Run All the Way (Fireball Groove Mix) - LIKE IT SAYS, IT GROOVES.
Don't Be Discouraged - I'm running out of things to say! It's good. Get it. I kept it for the past seven years for a reason. Etc.
Exit Running - This title is hilariously Lina... and uh. Just about everything Slayers really. Man they run away a lot of heroes. ANYWAY. Another good song. Get it.
Slayers 4 the Future - OMG A SONG NOT SUNG BY MEGUMI. Not... entirely anyway. This features the entire Slayers cast (and by entire I mean Lina, Gourry, Amelia and Zelgadis) and it's. You know. Fun |D If yo'ure curious the singers go Lina > Gourry > Lina and Amelia > Amelia > Zelgadis > L & A > Amelia > Zelgadis > All > BRIDGE > Amelia > Zelgadis > L & A > Lina > Gourry > L & A > Lina > Gourry > All
Also actually a good song, even if Gourry can't really sing.
We Are - ZELGADIS SONG, still with background singers~ I love this song. It's totally sexy to me, even if I'm sure Zel is emoing about something in it. Actually, as I recall it's kinda hopeful but whatever. ZEL IS HOT OKAY? And this is a great song. And the boy can actually sing pretty decently. SOMEONE APP ZEL D=
Also, Nuriko-mun lovingly pimped these earlier this week. But it was under a cut. So for the sake of anyone who missed it? Some NEW Slayers Music. I understand these were made to celebrate Slayers' ten year anniversary. One new song and some remakes~
Give A Reason (Ballade Version) - Give A Reason. Only slower. A la ballet. I don't care for it much myself, but worth a listen to if it sounds like your kinda thing.
Meet Again - ALL NEW SONG. I like this song a lot, it contains a lot of Lina's inate chipper spunky cuteness. I think people get really caught up in the fact that Lina is a crazy tempermental redhead who will set you on fire. But REALLY? The core of Lina isn't that she's violent. It's that she's HAPPY. And that she's cute. But mostly that she's happy. The girl always has a positive outlook and she will occationally kick you in the ass if you try to rain on her parade JUST BECAUSE she can be happy if she wants. HAH! And what the hell is up with everyone wanting to be an emo kid anyway? When did that become cool? Etc. And this song is happy and cute and determined and has that certain kind of spunk that tends to make people like her. IMO an EXCELLENT song to give us for the anniversary.
Get Along (SelfTag Vesion) - OKAY so you know how the remix of Give a Reason (the one listed WAY UP THERE that I said that I like more than the original?) kinda pumps up an already good song just a little more? This is like that. And so I really think I like this more than the original. I COULD do without the "oooohing" background singers. But I like the remix a lot. Also, I think there are some new lyrics in here? NOT SURE. Would have to pay more attention.
Randomly, I was singing along with all of these while making this post. Now, while it's a given that I WASN'T GETTING THE WORDS RIGHT. AT ALL. It's still weird to see how much I still have these songs 'memorized' >D