K-On!! television series has been a remarkable anime. Not only did the antics/pranks pulled among the five girls portrayed the light-heartedness of school/youth, the series also introduced lots of remarkable songs. Songs that are commercial successes (constantly appearing on top 5 of Oricon charts on release) and songs that are memorable. The second ending theme song of the second season, "No, Thank You!", is especially memorable. Played in a rockable manner, this anguish-filled song celebrate the present and youth appropriately to the theme of the anime.

放課後ティータイム - No, Thank You!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrsKN4mIip8

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流田Project - No, Thank You!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26fMP1QAHL0

One of my favourite song from Siam Shade V. It is not a single or a prog rock song. But the lines is definitely catchy after some listening…

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Romaji and kanji lyrics for Bye my Melody バイマイメロディー by Hirai Ken (平井堅). Hope you enjoy it.

Apart from the paracetomol derivatives and histamine blockers (like promethazine - key ingredient in Procodin cough syrup), there are no drugs more widely used than alcohol and nicotine. Yet unlike the other drugs, alcohol and nicotine are rarely seen as a remedy for ailments. Rather they are misused much like any 'party drugs', to derive temporary pleasure and to act as acceptable ingredients in many social events.

Alcohol in particular, which have been associated to social behaviour and human history for thousands of years (starting with mead, which was first described in a hymn of the Verdic religion dated around…

I hate to admit this, but I am a bass junkie. Not in the sense of the bad bass you often heard from the overcompensated booming bass from a badly mixed live events or the outrageously vague and booming bass coming out from the aged speakers in CDs shop. I like clear and crisp bass, either in adding the impact of the song or in adding life to an otherwise flat song. And although I love most bass-type instruments, I am biased towards electric bass guitar.

And for the reason alone, I really adore Japanese Rock music, especially the following…