What is visual system and what is non-mainstream?

The concept of visual system

What is the visual system? Judging from the live performance, Japanese visual music refers to something that can give people a strong visual impact. Of course, this place is not only for music, but also for visual effects. It requires that both the content of music and the meaning of lyrics should be expressed from their own cosmetic effects. A Vision Rock's live performances, stage installations and lighting effects are also different from ordinary bands. Many people will think that the Department of Visual Education is a new conservatory of music in Japan in the early 1990s. In fact, music similar to the visual system existed as early as the sixties and seventies, like gorgeous rock and roll. Theoretically speaking, gorgeous rock can be called the predecessor of visual system, because they have the same characteristics: rich and enchanting makeup, clothes beyond ordinary people's understanding, self-pity, provocative performance, and opinions related to artistic factions.

visual shock

The English name is Visual Rock. Originated in Europe and America in the 1970s. Visual rock is based on the progress of the times, and people are no longer limited to the satisfaction of hearing and pursue visual impact. The development of science and technology and the popularity of TV sets, video recorders and DVD players have also promoted the arrival of visual impact. The visual department uses clothes and makeup to express music. Bands often dye different hair colors and wear unusual clothes. In these bands, one or two members often wear women's clothes. From the perspective of music, visual rock is the inheritance and development of androgyny, flash rock and THEEATER in Europe and America. For example, X-Izam is deeply influenced by exaggerated rock kisses and bands, and SHAZNA's makeup is also due to the worship of androgynous BAY GEORYE. The representative figure in Europe and America is "Boy George".

Visual Department (Japanese: ヴィジュァル) is an orchestra developed from Japanese rock. The name "visual department" has nothing to do with any music type, but is used to refer to bands with exaggerated costumes and makeup. In Japan, almost all fans of the visual department are composed of young girls. In other countries, the number of visual fans is relatively small, while the proportion of men and women is roughly the same.

Japanese is the most fertile living soil for visual rock. Japanese visual system was founded in the late 1980s under the influence of GlamRock and the new wave in Europe and America. It can be said that they have absorbed the essence of the European and American visual systems, not only the makeup is bolder and more charming, but also the quality of music is by no means the level of picking teeth. The Japanese are superior in orchestration, arrangement, creative spirit and commercial operation.

Members of visual orchestras usually have eye-catching makeup, exaggerated hairstyles and elaborate costumes. Although most visual bands are men, their clothes and makeup are often considered feminine. Clothing elements are very attractive to music fans, and a large number of girls will cosplay their favorite bands, especially in concerts in Japan or comic-con exhibitions in the United States.

Because the visual system focuses on visual style, it is a type of orchestra rather than a type of music. Most visual orchestras follow the route of Japanese rock (such as Moon Sea), pop music or light rock (such as GLAY, Rainbow < L 'Arc-en-CIEL > and GACKT). However, we can still see that some bands take the music routes of heavy metal, industrial rock, Synth Pop, punk and so on. On a large scale, most visual orchestras take some kind of "rock music" route.

Western observers sometimes confuse visual orchestras with gothic orchestras because their costumes are very similar occasionally. However, most Japanese Gothic fans do not regard the visual system as a part of Gothic, and the visual system and Gothic culture rarely overlap, except Godley, who is influenced by Gothic culture.

The rise of the visual system trend is mostly said to have originated from X Japan. But after X became famous, attracting the public with visual shock gradually became a trend at that time; From this point of view, X is not so much the leader of the visual trend as they present the mainstream pop culture in Japan at that time. 1990s bands, such as Die in Cries, Luna Sea, ZI:KILL, Shazna and Baiser, together with previous bands BUCK-TICK and X-JAPAN, contributed to the explosion of visual system.

Visual music

Visual music is not only rock music, but also a variety. For example, pop rock, heavy metal, gothic rock, classical/baroque music and so on all have the shadow of visual system. Visual tape is not in the mainstream category in Europe and America. Although it is very prosperous in Japan, many Vision Rock gradually broke away from the ranks of Vision Rock and became mainstream bands after being concerned by major record companies, and the visual system became their grandstanding tool. Authentic visual music should be closely combined with clothing and music types, and exaggerated modeling should not only serve music, but should be integrated. At present, hip-hop and R&B are mainstream music circles, and visual enjoyment is just a signboard. It is most important to explore the beauty in their musical essence.

The vision system is in Japan.

background

The visual system is ubiquitous in Japanese music, and few male singers appear without wearing bold androgynous visual system costumes.

The reasons are as follows: first, Japan has had the mentality of "demon worship" and "geisha" since ancient times, and the long-standing art of being able to do something has inspired the gorgeous and seductive Japanese visual rock, which has its historical roots in acceptance; Secondly, young people in Japan pursue novelty and excitement, especially young women. They are eager to buy fancy goods and even dare to spend ten dollars in their pockets. Attractive visual artists are self-evident. Imitating visual artists can make them the brightest and coolest focus in Harajuku and Shibuya. Thirdly, the pressure of the Japanese ranks first in the world, and the pressure of the younger generation comes from schools, families, society and other aspects. Rock music is an ideal tool for them to escape and vent.

In the early days of Japan's development, the visual system was divided into "evil school" and "aestheticism school". At present, the positioning of Japanese visual rock bands tends to be diversified.

Birth and development

Now Japanese rock bands, especially visual rock, are very popular. They use exaggerated makeup models and wild and intense stage performances to express their views on music. Concert is the best occasion for those visual rock bands to explain their music world.

In the late 1970s, "gorgeous rock" represented by DAVIDBOWIE appeared in Europe and America. Gorgeous rock introduces visual elements into rock and roll, which is characterized by gorgeous costumes and live performances. In the early 1980s, a band named X-JAPAN appeared in Chiba, Japan. They inherited the style of heavy metals in Europe and America in the 1980s, and at the same time borrowed from the heavy makeup of rock in Europe and America, and developed into a unique plastic aesthetics with the nationality of Japan-hence the birth of a "visual system". After that, the visual system gradually developed and expanded in Japan, and the schools became more and more diversified. The unique aesthetic and unconventional visual effects of the visual system have become a bright color in the Japanese music industry, winning the favor of countless fans with its great influence on the Japanese rock and roll industry.

Lunaser, Maris M, Dylan Gray ... The emerging Vision Rock not only reached a high level in musicality, but also integrated his personality into modeling and dress, showing deep thoughts beyond the musical category. This makes the visual system occupy an unshakable position in the Japanese music industry. Similarly, in the early 1980s, Europe and the United States also led the visual dress in Gorgeous Rock to another aspect, with absurd, weird and even horrible and disgusting shapes. Visual rock represented by KISS, ALICECOOPER, MARILYNMANSON and SLIPKNOT. It was developed one after another, and later it was also called shock rock.

At present, the music orientation of Japanese visual rock bands is that X-JAPAN and Luna Sea are representatives of heavy metals, GLAY's music style is more POP, and L'ARC~EN~CIEL pays equal attention to English and psychedelic. They can be said to have absorbed the essence of European and American tycoons. Their makeup paintings are not only bolder, more gorgeous, more charming and more enchanting, but also their musical quality is by no means the level of picking people's teeth and wisdom. Compared with some domestic rock music, Japan is superior in orchestration, arrangement, creative spirit and commercial operation.

characteristic

Generally speaking, in the underground India period of visual rock, the band dressed boldly and the music paid more attention to ideas. After entering the mainstream, their clothes and music generally tend to be popular.

Visual rock is not like "R&; Music nouns such as "b" and "punk" refer to a form of music, and its musical forms are varied. Therefore, according to the main musical forms of bands, they are classified as follows:

Wave sugar music: Shazina

Pop Rock: I love you, Gray.

Industrial rock: Zlich, machine

Heavy metal rock: X/X Japan, sex machine gun

Special rocks: gray, gray,

Classical/Baroque Rock: Maris M, Laraine.

There are also gentle bands such as Raphael.

At the same time, a band will be compatible with several music forms, even rock and classical coexist (such as X Japan).

The characteristics of many bands are not only reflected in music, but also cover dressing, behavior, lyrics, playing methods and so on. Therefore, Japan distinguishes them by xx series: such as basement department, dark department (dark vision department) and soft department (soft vision department). Take the basement department as an example. This kind of visual rock band, with heavy makeup, is mostly black and white. Songs have the flavor of nursery rhymes, and the lyrics mainly express feelings, death and loneliness; Musical skills vary from band to band. There are also regional classifications, Osaka School, Sendai School, Nagoya School and Kyushu School. But unexpectedly, although there are many bands established in Tokyo, few of them are all local bands in Tokyo.

Non - mainstream

The mainstream thing should be said to be a relatively stable whole, and the internal movement may be fierce, but it still follows the existing laws and rules, and the result is predictable. For example, if you travel through a travel agency, the tour guide will probably have a general understanding of the itinerary, scenic spots and tourists' reactions today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and there will be no major changes. If you travel alone, you can't predict what you will encounter today: such as social reaction, traffic regulations, compensation, accommodation and a series of problems. But in ancient times, riding a horse was a common way and a mainstream way. Today, it has become non-mainstream, which is also the result of changes in the world.

Non-mainstream is the reverse thinking of mainstream. We should let it live. This vitality does not mean whether it exists or not, but its creative ability. Once many non-mainstream things lose their creativity, although they are still non-mainstream in form, there are only two endings: one is elimination; Second, be assimilated. For example, hippie craze, once it lost its specific historical creativity and failed to develop its own ideas with the times, gradually degenerated into a fashion.

However, it is a reflection of the creativity of non-mainstream things, which cannot be accurately defined or inconclusive. For example, the R & ampb style, when it was born, was not the current complaint about useless affairs. It is also because of its sharp and savage bloodline, full of tension, which is difficult to be accommodated by the mass society. So, now R &；; B-style is popular all over the world, and it is something that has been transformed and processed, retaining the formal beauty, but cutting off the foundation of development. Without realistic nutrition, it has become a part of the mainstream, a buzzword, commercialized, and then displayed and sold in windows all over the world.

These are all non-mainstream things that have been mainstreamed. More non-mainstream things are being produced, but they are unknown underground or in the corner. In a sense, non-mainstream represents the development trend of society, the source of vitality for human progress, the mutated gene fragments in society and creativity. Therefore, please don't regard non-mainstream as gossip news such as recreation and anecdote. If you think the non-mainstream is shallow, it's a pity, which can only prove that you are really mediocre. Because I have lost my confidence and atmosphere, I have no courage to continue to create and accept things that I have never seen before, and exist in the world like a walking corpse. Isn't this the so-called hell

Psychologically speaking, the mainstream always wants to confirm what, build what, delimit what and keep what. However, the original image of the world does not exist because of people. Constantly discovering and rediscovering, creating and recreating, the deeper the understanding of the world will be, and of course the more complicated and profound it will be. This is destined to be a good way to kill brain cells. Non-mainstream not only destroyed themselves, but also destroyed the world around them. Therefore, many times non-mainstream themes are difficult to be accepted by the mass society. This is actually the case in history. The so-called history is often a popular version of history, rather than taking the truth of history as history.

Non-mainstream is an experience, and as an experience, it must go through the sensory thinking and behavior of the subject. Then, it is more popular to say that non-mainstream guys can always show a personality. This kind of personality must be strong, otherwise it will be lost in the * * * of all beings. In fact, all living beings have their own personality, but they are very weak. Most of the seeds of personality are not enough to break through their own chaff, let alone take root and sprout, and produce colorful flowers that others can see. Therefore, not everyone has a personality.

However, the so-called personality seems to be expressed through words and deeds. Words and deeds always follow certain rules and regulations. Therefore, imitation and learning are possible. A schemer with a more developed IQ can deliberately talk nonsense and deceive the world, such as a Taoist priest in Zhong Nanshan. These non-mainstream words and deeds are actually dead. Catchwords and commodities that cut off the ideological roots are the martial arts cheats that can be published and sold on a large scale, and they are doomed to walk. That's why there are thousands of quotations and guardians and all kinds of so-called masters.

I think the mainstream should be a popular trend of the times.

Non-mainstream, of course, is not something that follows the trend of the masses, but something that is different, more ostentatious, or more accurately, something that conforms to our personal psychology. Either in the front or in the back. However, the non-mainstream may become the mainstream.

What is non-mainstream? Non-mainstream means not the most popular and common in the same category.

For example, the mainstream CPU is Intel's Celeron, Pentium, Core 2 dual-core, AMD's Flash Dragon, Athlon and so on. And the high-profile Core 2 Extreme is only used by a few people because of its high price, which is the non-mainstream CPU. Of course, mainstream and non-mainstream are not limited to price factors, but are mainly determined by the degree of audience and the number of users. Of course, this word can also be used in writing, consumer goods and many other fields.

In addition, we now generally use the word non-mainstream, mostly in dressing. It is to publicize personality, to be different, and not to be popular is the fashion trend. In other words, fashion avant-garde is to have a "personality" that suits the tastes of young people now. Non-mainstream has both good and bad aspects, which are mainly introduced below.

Mainstream (regular fixed mode):

As the name implies! It is the main trend that is popular now! What most people are looking for!

(For example: Hari, Hahan, Hasm ...)

Non-mainstream (unconventional flow mode):

Do it backwards! It is rebellious, flamboyant, wild and weird ... a few people show their fashion.

(The earliest non-mainstream mainly pursued elements such as Hari, Kazakhstan SM, European and American court style and vampire strange temperament)

When the next batch of so-called fashionistas blindly pursue non-mainstream! Unconsciously, "non-mainstream" has been pushed to "mainstream"!

Simply put! A beautiful dress! Only one person has worn it! That is fashion! If a large number of people wear it! That's either school uniform or work clothes!

The paint around the photo is broken! Bottles and jars! Are you non-mainstream?

Put on the navel ring! Punch your ears! Press a nose nail! Are you non-mainstream?

PS, make your face white! Draw an eye socket! Add a blush! Are you non-mainstream?

Make a good photo into a negative! Red turns green! Add three small words! Are you non-mainstream?

The camera with extremely low pixels finds a good angle to take a big head and a small body! Are you non-mainstream?

Wide coat+chicken leg pants+small cloth shoes! Dressed like a superman with a big V! Are you non-mainstream?

This blind follow-up is in my heart!

Just like the suit trend in the 80 s! Everyone in China thinks that suits are "self-cultivation" and everyone wears them!

Workers wear it! All vendors wear it! The unemployed wear ... to work! Wear it after work! I can't wait to sleep in a suit! Wear it when it's all out of shape!

Like the European version in the' 90 s! Whoever it is! What figure! What occupation!

European shoes! European pants! Dressed like a penguin! Going up the stairs is like Chaplin!

Do you have the slim figure of Europeans and Americans? Is there any elevator automation that is popular in Europe and America without taking stairs? ……

Say the most impolite words:

"Do you like imported sports cars, intact on the road in China! Do you think "Li Xia" is practical! The chassis will be broken for you in 2 days! "

I'm not saying this to belittle China people! Follow the trend! But don't be blind!

Every country's popular elements, architecture, food, clothing, housing and transportation … all depend on its own national conditions!

For example, our China Tang suit and Zhongshan suit ... aren't they popular now?

What is non-mainstream? What do you mean by non-mainstream?

The answer is 1. Non-mainstream clothes are personalized, flamboyant and unique. They don't blindly follow the trend of today's public, but pay attention to the clothes that suit their own minds.

Answer 2: Non-mainstream means to publicize personality, be different from others, be non-popular, not blindly follow the trend of today's public, and pay attention to clothes, costumes, words and deeds that suit one's own mind.

Non-mainstream means not the most popular thing ... that is, relatively advanced or backward.

In terms of the number of people, there are fewer people who pursue non-mainstream and more people who are called mainstream.

Where there is mainstream, there is non-mainstream. Both mainstream and non-mainstream exist in * * *, literally, such as: hip hop`r &; B or blues is in the mainstream position in western society, so it was not in China in the past. Now it's like Little Tiger is gradually moving towards the mainstream position and gradually losing its mainstream position. It can also be called "experiment", "avant-garde" and "pioneer", which means something else.

Non-mainstream is clothing with personality and publicity. We don't blindly follow the trend of today's public, but pay attention to clothes that suit our own minds.

Non-mainstream is not the most popular thing, but relatively advanced or backward, and relatively few people pursue it (more called mainstream).

Answer three,

What is the mainstream? What is non-mainstream?

Non-mainstream, I don't want to define it by mainstream. Because it is easy to fall into the cycle paradox of chicken or egg first.

In my opinion, non-mainstream has several characteristics:

1, which can't be defined exactly or is still inconclusive.

2, it is changing, or there is still a big change.

Mainstream should be a popular trend of the times.

The user answers:

A friend asked me what non-mainstream is.

In fact, you are the mainstream.

Because there won't be anyone exactly like you in the world.

In this way, I am also a non-mainstream

People who have their own way of thinking are non-mainstream

No matter how strange this person is, he is just a pseudo-non-mainstream.

People who blindly follow the trend play with other people's things.

I can't find my true self.

Maybe this is their personality.

My personality is no personality.

Character is not appearance.

Character is also thought.

Realistic analysis

Non-mainstream embarrassing situation

Non-mainstream meaning itself is the representative word of petty bourgeoisie and minority, but it has been seriously vulgarized in China.

Now, if you search for non-mainstream, all related websites are nothing more than stealing some photos from 163, Sohu photo album, trendy websites or some well-known blogs, pirating fashion clothes, stealing the works of excellent designers, and then calling them "non-mainstream", which is highly hyped, or advertising on googlepicasa. Google itself says that it is just a photo management tool. Then, in order to earn advertising fees, the "non-mainstream" webmasters who were maliciously hyped made it so powerful and wonderful that they induced and deceived those members to download it. Google never imagined that it spent so much money and was smashed by these unqualified webmasters in China. Nowadays, "non-mainstream" even scoffs at those marginal people who are truly anti-traditional. Hey! The representative words of a very petty bourgeoisie and a small circle have been so rampant. Now the non-mainstream has been completely pirated and has become synonymous with garbage and counterfeiting. I hope some unscrupulous people will show mercy and stop misleading the culture of the younger generation in China.

Relationship between non-mainstream and mainstream

Where there is mainstream, there is non-mainstream, and mainstream and non-mainstream coexist. Literally, for example: hip hop`r &; B or blues is in the mainstream position in western society, so it used to be non-mainstream in China, but now it is gradually moving towards the mainstream position, just like Little Tiger. It can also be called "experiment", "avant-garde" and "pioneer", which means "alternative".

Some characteristics of non-mainstream

Non-mainstream, with several characteristics:

1, which can't be defined exactly or is still inconclusive.

2, it is changing, or there is still a big change.

Non-mainstream should keep alive. This vitality does not mean whether it exists or not, but its creative ability. Once many non-mainstream things lose their creativity, although they are still non-mainstream in form, there are only two endings: one is elimination; Second, be assimilated. For example, hippie craze, once it lost its specific historical creativity and failed to develop its own ideas with the times, gradually degenerated into a fashion. However, it is a reflection of the creativity of non-mainstream things, which cannot be accurately defined or inconclusive.

main performance

Pictures: I like strange pictures, such as pretending to be stupid and decadent when posing. Such as PS pictures.

Dressing: It's different from the public. For example, women wear men's clothes and hip hop, and they are dressed in rags.

Hairstyle: dye blue and white hair, or do exaggerated modeling.

Music: explosive, avant-garde, fashionable and other popular music.

Life: don't follow the crowd, don't pursue popularization, rebellious and radical, and be creative.

Personality: Unlimited display of self-confidence, sunshine and vitality.

character trait

Mars language

"Martian" is composed of symbols, traditional Chinese characters, Japanese, Korean, rare words and other non-standard characters. At first glance, words that look like garbled or misspelled characters are not as standardized as Chinese characters, and they are literally incomprehensible. In fact, "Martian" became popular as a game term in the bubble hall several years ago, and then spread rapidly through QQ materials and chats, becoming the language of many young people. According to textual research, "Martian language" originated in Taiwan Province Province. In order to facilitate typing, some netizens initially used phonetic symbols instead of some commonly used words to communicate online, so as to achieve the effect of typing quickly and understanding the content. Soon, some netizens in Taiwan Province Province thought that this writing method was unusual and eye-catching, so they carried forward this input method. With the popularity of younger online games such as Dance Troupe in Chinese mainland, this trend has also entered the mainland with online games and other channels. Groups of post-90s netizens began to continue this unique writing style and create their own input methods suitable for simplified Chinese, such as "labor", "male friends", "powder can endure" and "who are you". When the crowd and the use of new phrases formed a certain scale, some network experts who were keen on software development made special software for "Martian", and some software such as "Big Black Fish" became popular on the Internet. The appearance of conversion software makes "Martian" have the password function, and it has become a group's method to protect privacy. Among the audience, the new generation of "post-90s" groups have become the pursuers and disseminators of Martian literature, seriously misleading the younger generation in China.

Martian is just an influential circle language. In fact, due to the convenience of the Internet, everyone can form circles with others according to their own interests, and these circles have produced "Martians" according to their own characteristics, which is the so-called "small circle slang". Of course, it is difficult for people outside the circle to understand the meaning.

Due to the bad influence of Martian articles, non-mainstream is in an awkward position among netizens, and there are often slanderous words such as "little P-child", fat pig oil and brain-dead articles. The current non-mainstream represents not only a group or circle, but also a social phenomenon.

Non-mainstream means to publicize personality, be different from others, be non-mainstream, not blindly follow the trend of today's public, and pay attention to clothes, costumes, words and deeds that suit your own mind.

Non-mainstream means not the most popular thing ... that is, relatively advanced or backward.

In terms of the number of people, there are fewer people who pursue non-mainstream and more people who are called mainstream.

Where there is mainstream, there is non-mainstream, and mainstream and non-mainstream coexist. Literally, for example: hip hop`r &; B or blues is in the mainstream position in western society, so it used to be non-mainstream in China, but now it is gradually moving towards the mainstream position, just like Little Tiger. It can also be called "experiment", "avant-garde" and "pioneer", which means "alternative".