Integration

Kamen Rider Lucha · 01-13-2014, 03:01 PM

Oh man, this reminds me of the Super Sentai theme mixtape I made back in middle school.

I listened to that CD, like, every fucking day. In the dark days of the early internet, when the only reliable media downloads you could find were MP3s via Napster, these themes were my only consistent connection to tokusatsu. I clung to them for dear life.

My mix was made of my favorites of the 90s: Jetman, Dairanger, Kakuranger, Megaranger, Gingaman, and GoGoV.

That said, even that era had some stinkers. Zyuranger, Ohranger, and Carranger all have pretty lame OPs.

Still, it's been a loooong time since we've had any Sentai themes as memorable as the hits on my good old mix. And they've completely dropped the brassy, funky, 60s/70s spy vibe that was prevalent even through the 90s, which is super unfortunate.

Recent Kamen Rider has a slightly higher ratio of memorable:lame themes, I find.

01-13-2014, 03:01 PM	#7
Kamen Rider Lucha Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,544	Oh man, this reminds me of the Super Sentai theme mixtape I made back in middle school. I listened to that CD, like, every fucking day. In the dark days of the early internet, when the only reliable media downloads you could find were MP3s via Napster, these themes were my only consistent connection to tokusatsu. I clung to them for dear life. My mix was made of my favorites of the 90s: Jetman, Dairanger, Kakuranger, Megaranger, Gingaman, and GoGoV. That said, even that era had some stinkers. Zyuranger, Ohranger, and Carranger all have pretty lame OPs. Still, it's been a loooong time since we've had any Sentai themes as memorable as the hits on my good old mix. And they've completely dropped the brassy, funky, 60s/70s spy vibe that was prevalent even through the 90s, which is super unfortunate. Recent Kamen Rider has a slightly higher ratio of memorable:lame themes, I find. Last edited by Kamen Rider Lucha; 01-13-2014 at 03:20 PM..