Rainism
Rain - “Rainism”
The song is mostly composed of Rain being sexy and saying “I wanna be a bad boy, I wanna be a bad-bad boy”; it gets pretty repetitive. Question: is the loincloth thing really necessary?
Although it’s been released in October of last year (2008), it’s still fresh on the scene today. However, the title song has been deemed inappropriate and banned by the Commission, due to references to ‘magic sticks.’ As SeoulBeats’ Ellie says, “Because apparently you can’t have sex in Korea.” That being said, here’s the track listing:
- My Way (Intro)
- Rainism
- Only You
- Love Story
- 사랑이라는 건
- 내 여자
- You
- Fresh Woman
- 더 끌려 (Feat. 태완 A.K.A C-Luv)
- 고개 돌려
- 9월 12일 (September 12)
- My Way
- Rainism Remix
Review: 1 out of 5 (5 = highest)
1. Intro: there’s this weird background noise like scribbling on a board. Just plain odd, and really short.
2. Rainism: the opening is cool, upbeat and good rhythm. Has this mysterious quality to it, and drips smexy. Definitely one of those songs that’s better to watch than hear. By the end, there’s this awkward part where he repeats “ho! hey! ho! hey!” Ultimately, this song is forgetable.
3. Only You: the song just started, and I’m already bored. It didn’t get any better; the first few seconds show you exactly what the rest of the song is like. I sighed with relief when it was over, and sat through it for the sake of hearing it all. Completely, utterly uncompelling. Maybe if he had a good music video for it…
4. Love Story: it reminds me of the previous song. I’m starting to worry that I won’t like the whole album. This is a little better, but it’s probably not a song that you consciously seek out. It’s a Oh-look-it-appeared-when-I-shuffled-my-library kind of song. By 3:35, I want to skip to the next. Ah well it’s nearly over anyways…
5. 사랑이라는 건: the opening is promising. However, I’m starting to realize that Rain’s songs are mostly boring without his dancing. This song is ok. *desperately tries to come up with compliments* Um, his singing’s good here…?
6. 내 여자: The previous song ended with “hey baby,” and this song begins with the same line. And then “baby girl.” Why not just call this song “My baby” instead of “My girl”? By 1:04, I’m really bored. I have to admit that I might not be so blunt if I were listening to Super Junior, but they seem so sincere, sweet, and hard-working. Rain, I don’t know, I don’t know much except he exhales pheromones these days. Anyhow, ranting off topic meant that I finished the song without going insane.
7. You: Reminded me of Rainism. Is he trying to go Michael Jackson high voice here? Different style from the previous songs.
8. Fresh Woman: Ok, that title is weird, and hearing it is even worse. Fresh woman?! Have to say that it’s preferable to the previous songs, though.
9. 더 끌려: Opening was interesting, leans more to the Rainism style. And then the rest of the song totally flips a 180 and goes to that boring repeat of songs like Only You. I decided that I am so not going to do this anymore; I only want to write about good songs that I can keyboard smash over or really praise.
10 - 13 are up to you to find out, because I can’t stand it anymore!!
