Madome Rosa no Shoukan -Jyakou- [Limited Release]

I LOVED this single, for both of the music and the lyrics. The song begins and ends using a remix of the famous "In the Hall of the Mountain King". The concept of Madame Rosa is the opposites of beauty and death. The mood of the song turns gloomy when the lights of the brothel are turned off, and Kaya invites the listener to drink an aphrodisiac that will make him sleep... forever. Then, with a soft kiss, he calls the name of Thanatos, the Greek god of death, in a place where Eros, the Greek god of love, is also present. The story is inspired on the famous legend of Elizabeth Bathory. Madame Rosa does talk about murder, it uses roses as a metaphor for blood, saying "white skin is painted in the color of roses", and that the brothel is a "wavering dream of roses". As for people complaining for not receiving their autographed postcard with the purchase of one version, it's not CDJapan's fault entirely. I pre-ordered both versions the same day it was listed, and around 2 or 3 days after, I got an apology e-mail from CDJapan explaining that there was a mistake, that the postcard was for people who purchased both versions, but that they would send both to those who had already pre-ordered it as an apology. Also, the item listing was changed that same day, as far as I recall. These kinds of things are not 100% up to the stores, the artists' management plays a big role too, and yes, they DID explain the issue regarding the bonus, timely. People need to actually read the "small print", which is actually not small, and it's included in all the product's pages: "All product details, including availability, images, language(s), special features, and bonus extras, are subject to change without prior notice. Actual item weight may be different from the one indicated above."

hello, I agree with you Lachele, I did order that stuff 2 months ago to receive the novel and the autographed photos. It was not written that we shall order the 2 cds ...... Im a bit disappointed that time!!!!!!!!!!! First time happening but really disappointing.

A good song by Kaya. I wish there had been another song on the CD to accompany this one, but this one song is very good and worth buying this CD for. This song is pretty neat alone, and the remix is also very nice. The instrumental is also very handy if you want to do karaoke with this song or want to listen to something pretty in the background without it being so distracting. As for ordering this one, if you are expecting to receive a novel and autographed postcard, you will not. I ordered this so that I would get those items to make this more worth the money and because I really wanted them, but CDJapan failed to explain that you have to order this one and the other single of this in the same order to get those items. This was not stated at the time I preordered and it has ruined my enjoyment of this item.