Well In a way I agree with Winter. Vanilla was actually the 2nd song I ever heard but I never really liked it. The lyrics themselves are rediculous, but to be honest thats how I feel about most of the lyrics he writes. And will someone PLEASE tell me what on earth "a crew sees crying knees" is supposed to mean, I mean honestly! But as for his voice, I admit when I first heard it I sat there for a momment staring rather blankly at the screen. More or less I think the fact his vocal range is fairly limited(minus a few songs) and the fact its low and just that kinda voice, that we aren't used to it and the fact its different is what attracts us to it. So do I think the man can sing? Yeah. Do I think he can sing well? Not really.
As for the song Story, I can't say I like it, in fact its rather on the bottom of my list. But more on Vanilla. I can't agree that the beat is awful, its irregular and a bit "flashier" perhaps then is really called for(rather reminds me of a Los Vegas show when I think about it)
But as for Winter's insult in saying:
Winter said:
If you want a good Gackt song, listen to Story. Its probably the best one tarnished with his dreadful name.
The fact you say that a song may be tarnished by his name is more of a personal hate, and I thought you just hated his voice? If that were the case, would the song not be tarnished by his voice? Just curious.
But anyway my suggestions are:
Last Song
Fragrance
Another World
My personal thought is his voice sounds almost fake in Last Song, not because of the varrying pitch while he sings, I mean allot of artists do that but the fact of the matter is he did it EVERY time he held out a note, rather unnecicary I'd say. Fragrance isn't all that good either and I think actually rather proves his bad vocals even more, but Another World I can't say I have a comment on to be honest.