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Otome Pasta Kandou - Hachi/Angela (Kaori, Ai) (23rd Dec)
Kowarenai Ai Ga Hoshii No - Angela/Yasu/Chococat (Ai, Masae) (23rd)
Merry Pink Christmas - Yapinku and Anpinku (Shigepinku) (Tuesday or Monday)
Shabondama - Angela + a ton of people (Makoto, Abe, Sayumi, Eri)
Shabondama - Angela as Rose with Naoko as Sumire
Remind - Angela/Reina ect (Yusuke) *DUE SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY I DON'T REMEMBER*
Ice Cream to My Pudding (HAAHHAAHHAHA.) E-chan/Angela (Erika/Yui)
Hitorijime - Angela + 17 other people (Erika) ALREADY IN.
Sakura Mankai - Angela + 17 other people (Primarily Yossie) (Next week)
Raison
D'etre - Angela and Suu as AIZO (there's...only one person. Kyo. : |)
DUE WHENEVER THE HELL I WANT IT, I'M THE LEADER. >:D
Chibikko Folk - Angela TONIGHT!
Sakura Sake - Angela (Matsuu Jun AHAHAHA I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO SPELL HIS NAME.) (24th)
Daidanen - Angela + a TON of people (Tsuji Nozomi) (22nd)
Change Your Life - Angela + people as Owari Monogatari (don't know)
Jun Lover - Angela (Rika/Ai) (22nd)
Kanfuu Fighting - Angela (Shibutani Subaru) (I....don't...know.)
AND MORE! : DDDDDDD
AND WHAT I HAVE TO PRODUCE AND MIX OH THIS IS FUN! THIS IS WHERE YOU -REALLY- PITY ME!
It's Chou Very Bad
Yatto Aeta ne
Mori de Tanoshiku
Over the Moon
Chikyuu'iro wa Salad Time
Innocent Demand
Tabidachi
Black Moon Signal
Light ni Adventure
Mori de Tanoshiku
Tsuki'iro no Syndicate
Oitsumerarete
Pinky Typhoon
Torawae no Arutouka
La Moon
Chasin' After You c/w Unubore Shoujo ga Yatte Kita
Raison D'etre
Fukai Mori
This is Unmei
Secret Base
Happy Days
Hold Heart
Yume Kara Samete (x2)
Sotto Kuchizukete Dakishimete
100kai no Kiss
Kawaii Kare
Merry Pink Christmas
Change Your Life (?)
Ice Cream to My Pudding
Kowarenai Ai Ga Hoshii No
Otome Pasta Kandou
And more!
So, it is now, I tell you, I SURE AS HELL SUCCEDDED AT BUSYING MYSELF THIS WINTER! I told myself, "You're not going to go day to day with just schoolwork. You're going to DO something." and so I am. Luckily, I'm not actually boggeed down. I could finish ALL of these in one day, so tch. But the actual interacting and planning for it is what takes the time.
And, your reward (or punishment, depending) for sitting through this? Michiyuki English ver. by me. Enjoy it. Love it. Praise it. NOW. I PROMISE real blogging later this week
I, like Unchained, now have a blog extention. This one will always be updated...but I want you all to please read Momoaji! Momoaji (named to keep with the theme of fruits) will have translations of interviews with some of, I'ms ure, your favorite artists, like Maki Goto, Morning Musume, ect. But not just H!P, it'll be basically anyone I ever emntion in this blog.
A funny note is, I'm still in the process of learning Japanese. I'm not fluent, I can hold a rather crappy conversation, but that's it. The good thing is, I know some great translators, both programs and people, who I use for help. I recently finished a Maki interview this way, and had it reviewed by someone fluent, and I only made about three mistakes in the whole thing. So, I ask you to please read and comment on it: Translations are a lot of work if your fluent or not, and I'm not going to continue them if I think they're useless. The first project is up already, it is an indepth (or, somewhat so) interview with Maki about her new tour. Please rea dand comment on it, and I'll less than three you forever.
Okay, so photoshop is just TOO fun sometimes. Someone was doing this on JPM, and, well, I wanted to try my own combinations.
Please reply with which daughter/son/shim you prefer. =)
First up... Kaori/Eri
Ayaya/Yossie
Mari/Ai
Shinya/Sayumi (I don't even know...)
Oh, and the daily song is now weekly because I'm LAZYYYY. You get one tonight, and then you have to wait.
1. Mako's Solo PB
There is a certain justice when someone ignored their entire career can go out with a bang. And, disregarding actual sells, the PB is great. Mako looks both mature and silly depending on the photo set, she got her old haircut back and it looks amazing and hits her in all the right places, sort of like a really well fitted dress. I'm not much for PB's, but as I'm a photoshop junkie, they're much fun to play with (not like that, though I'm sure that's fun, too.)
<3 Mako. And again, I remind you of the fanlisting I made.
Err, okay, so maybe they didn't. But surely it's one step closer, right? Regardless, wota seem to like lesbians because, sales have been satisfactory...and that video is certainly "satisfactory".
I hated this single. Hated it. A lot. Despise dit. Said it was their worst single yet.
But the video and lyrics saved it for me. It's nice to finally have a song by them that isn't about some kind of "sexy" boy or "ambitious" girl. A normal song, maybe?
The video highlights all the girls best features, including their normal clothes, and they all look cute or mature. The song also hit number one on th eOricon chart, their first #1 in years. I think it COULD possibly show a bit of a rise in the girls popularity, maybe only temporarily and for a few more singles, but the better the sales, the better the singles we're going to get. Maybe they will stop experimenting, and start caring again.
I have a subbed version of the video you should look forward to, also.
4.Some Boys! Love to Touch to Maki!
At first the sexy image pissed me off, but lets face it; It sells, it's hot, and the songs are a huge improvement. Even my mom likes Some Boys!, and she hates both slutty singers, and jpop. ESPECIALLY H!P jpop. But I find her now singing it, Nature is Good, and Massara Blue Jeans under her breath while she works.
It appeals to a wide audience and has both a killer melody and rythm, Overall, I expect a lot of good from Maki from now on, music wise.
5.Return of Yuko to HM
HM has been a boring, sad little place for awhile now, but the queen has returned. LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!
Uh, yeah. But it seem the producers are smokin' the good stuff again, because Yuko has returned, along with some drag queen who is not completely devoid of any form of sexual attractiveness.
I wish she'd be the host again, honestly, and we'd get more games with Nono et al. Karaoke games where the girls embarass themselves, anything. Just something owrth watching again. The girls are cute, and so were the animals, but animal cafe's and such are not cute. At all. =(
BONUS
6. Munasawagi Scarlette (Scarlet Apprehension)
I hated Berryz. Despised them. They failed at catching my attention, and singing, But I REALLY like this single. More than I should. The PV is cheap, but still fun to watch, especially seeing the girls apply make up and "chu" the camera. The dancing is insanely good, I'm wondering where all the dances for Momusu and Biyuuden come from.
I have this single on repeat, and it's my first Berryz single (only other ones I've heard I popped the window closed within two minutes.) I want to have the children of whoever made this single...okay, well, now I remember that's Tsunku. But hey, Tsunku ain't so bad...
With added pedoliciousness from my anime voiced friend, Yasu (AKA making up for my lack of cute. I sing Sayumi's parts and sound like a gramma.)
This one was pretty easy to do, with some mixing problems towards the end: ALL done in one day. Both recordings, AND the mixing.
Not much more to say today, folks, it's late. Chu!
This is rock chick Aya (No, not Aya Kamiki (? spelling ?), the Aya that it seems almost no one knows about who I desperately want to get some better guitar players into because I NEED to figure out Crazy Mermaid or I will go INSANE.
I think Aya is a fairly easy listen, even if you're not much into rock.
It starts off with a riff that makes me happy in my pants (Then again, this is AYA we're talking about. Aya is just awesome.)
which, Aya's tend to be extremely infectious, whether sloppy or simple.
But I do vocals, my guitar skills are very. . ."simple". . ."special". . ."bad".
So I don't particularily -care-. One of the things I like about Aya's music is the vocals; Normally Hokkaidou accents make me bang my head over and over again, but I feel Aya's suits her music well.
Onto the video;
It's got more than it's fair share of random imagery, though I think that's just a rock thing in general (though, it may not be so random. People seem to be dead set against noticing Aya's
The song won't widdle it's way offmy playlist for some reason, maybe because it was my 4th Aya song (First being Sadism and Chains from an mp3 rotation,followed by finding the video for Crazy Mermaid, and in turn finding this one.)because it's just too. damn. addictive.
Back to the video; And near the end we see two Aya's, one looking into the mirror, and one IN the mirror that seems to have a life of it's own (have you noticed a trend in these last two posts, with double Aya-ness?)
and then you see Aya with this...THING in her hand (some intestines and a kidney or heart, by the looks of it. Overall, I rate this song an 9/10. I'd give it a 10 if it weren't for the fact I know she has better songs. Then again, I could be wrong and they all suck, but I doubt it. It's all a matter of opinion, and I feel the need to spread some Jrock love.
Today's song is by the one and only, the queen of kawaii, Aya Matsuura.
I'm confused~!
Is it sexy? Is it cute?
I'll be confused~!
I just want to hear your side of it
Such a pure heart of a young girl
Such a pure heart of a young girl
This song seems to be about a confused girl in love, and the last line of the first verse interests me, because being an innocent or unpure girl seems to be a trend in Aya's work. Just look at the lyrics of GOOD BYE Natsuo
Goodbye boy
Let's just say goodbye after all
Without a kiss
Goodbye boy
I'm not as innocent of a girl
as you think I am
Regardless, perhaps Tsunku was trying to create a little trend or story line?
Heeey, I said, heeey
Listen to me
Listen to me <sad>
Stop sending mail all the time <angry>
Heeey, I said, heeey
Can I hold onto your arm? <happy>
... but
You're not listening to me at all! <angry>
The song is so cute, actually, that more than two listens in a row can be annoying.
Regardless, Aya never disappoints (I even like all her ballads), and delivers teeth-rottingly kawaii pop for you.
It has an almost retro feel to it with the claps and bells.
I wonder if Tsunku has had a lot of annoying girlfriends (hey, Tsunku ain't that bad looking!), because girls in his songs tend to be hormonal, possesive, and overly emotional.
The video for the song suits it well, with 70's/60's flower power everywhere, orange and yellow, and Aya in the cutest dress and hat I've ever seen. The dance involves her making heart signs, winking, and smiling big while lip syncing HORRIBLY (Aya is, seriously, the worst lip syncer I've ever seen.) and then stumbling occasionally to signify a blunder made in her relationship.
Aya also has the cutest little small face, that, paired with a pout, I doubt any guy could turn her down on anything. But, back to the song, it's sugar-coated pop, even for jpop it's a bit too sweet, like adding a table spoon or two of sugar to hot cocoa, but it's enjoyable. The sound is very retro, which Aya's bretahy, high voice suits well. the song reminds me vaguely of Lonely In Gorgeous by Tommy February6. There are scatteredbells, twinkling, and popping noises throughout the whole song, which add an extra cute yet
Overall, the song gets an 8/10 from me. It's only problem is it's a bit har dto listen to repetitively without getting sick of it quick, so listen to it in moderation.
I think we all know asians are technically, usually smaller. I say this fully aware that my BMI list me as 1%
But I am expressing a specific worry for Asian men. I had always thought Shinya to be tiny but figured, "Hey, he's still alive. He must be doing SOMETHING right."
But I was more than shocked when I found out his weight....90
This places his BMI at 14.0, with the underweight category starting at 18.6. My BMI is 26.4 (overweight starting at 25.0)
I have noticed an odd misocnception these days, that people like Shinya, are probably healthier than people like me.
If he were a woman, his dress size would be 0, or -1, if such a size existed.
I love the guy, I really do, and he may be more pleasing to look at than me, but let's face it...he's unhealthy.
And then, I found out Teruki's (An Cafe) measurments....His BMI is 12.8.
And now I beign to wonder, just how rampant IS this problem? So I type up Gackt's, Mana's, Kyo's, Kaoru's, Toshiya's weights and heights. All underweight by atleast 2 or 3 percent.
Sure, perhaps my or Makoto's, or Aibon's "flab" isn't quite that fun to look at...but is looking at protruding bones any more arrousing?
This is a rather badly put together post, but it's something that I truely care about, because I IDOLIZE these men, and not only did such idolization (is that a word) as that lead to me going two weeks only eating once every couple of days last year, but I don't want anything to harm them. Anything at all, and I know I can hardly protect them, and I know I certainly can't protect them from themselves, but isn't their something wrong with this?
The odd thing is that most teen girls, American and not, find no problem with this, find it NORMAL even. I showed my friend a picture of Teruki with his ribs, quite visibly, sticking out, told her his weight and height, and she just stared at me like, "So what?" I asked her and she said that sounded perfectly normal to her.
Then again, we also live in a world where Eri (no more than probably 80/90 pounds or 40 or so kg) is considered to be a fatty.
Then again, I am sometimes somewhat put off by 30 and 40 year
old men lusting after 14 year olds...
Maybe I'm just not cut out for writing, or jpop...
Subsequently, this album is for whips, chains, blood, and eating babies.
So the album and I have many things in common.
Once again, written AS I listen, though I know every song by heart anyway.
1. AUDIENCE KILLER LOOP When I first got this CD, and this song started, I turned my volume all the way up on my headphones as I couldn't hear anything but a very, very light noise...and then this huge "ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!" comes through my headphones so loud I think I saw a car stop (this was two days before my birthday party, and I was outside on my swingset to "get in the mood" while listening) and nearly sending my headphones vibrating off my head, and when I heard that and the rest of the song, I knew, instantly, and went "FUCK YEAH!" instead of "HOLY FUCK?!"
This song is love. No, really. There's a lot of emotion in it, that you can hear, even though you know it's one of those songs Kyo wrote about something he probably doens't have personal experience (translations tell me it's rather anti-war in a way, if I gather anything from it.)
2. The III D Empire When the previous song lead into this one, I knew I'd made the right decision choosing this over Kaori Iida's debut photobook or a Malice Mizer album I already knew every song off of.
This song I like slightly less than Audience Killer, until the end when it slows down a bit (LSOB), and such. I like those little random lapses that lead right back into more growling.
3. INCREASE BLUE I also love this track (oh, hell, I love them all.) this guitar on this song is very...filling. It gives you, musically, that feeling you get after the third Thanksgiving party you had to go because your other side of the family have decided they need their own party too.
This song is rather odd, but nonetheless, I like it. I like it slightly less than Audience Killer aswell, but I love some of the effects on the vocals. At this point, I was swinging in my swing to the rhythm of the drums while headbanging as the dogs gave me strange looks and several cars slowed slightly as they passed by. I'll also remind you, this was at 4-7 PM on a friday, so it was slightly dark outside, and it had rained a lot all day, but this made me even HAPPIER, because it fit the album so well, so far.
4. Shokubeni It feels weird referring to this song with a name, because for ages I only knew it as "Song Number Four" because I couldn't read hiragana, katakana, or kanji. Nothing. I LOVE this track. You have a great melody, heartfelt vocals, all mixed in with that screaming that just needs to be done to express those emotions you have no words to explain.
As soon as the "Uhuh! Uhuh! Uhuh!" noises came, I laughed because I was reminded of OBSCURE instantly, and Kyo's little noises amuse me greatly. I guess this song is technically very "metal"? I don't technically know, I don't listen to metal, and I don't put Deg in that category.
5. Sajou no Uta This song is another favorite, and a big turn from the previous. This song is a "experience" to listen to. Because of this, I can't find words to describe listening to it. All I know is it gives me a "butterflies" feeling in my stomach, and while reading the lyrics actually doesn't give me much emotion, listening to the song give sme more than is probably healthy. Perhaps I am more meant for my guitar or my voice than my writing. Writing is so literal, but with music, emotions cross the boarders that languages can't.
6. RED [em] At this point the sun and weather were telling me, "Go inside, bitch!" I of course, was far too busy, still headbanging while slowing cars, in which I am sure people were saying "Why is that girl with pink hair having a spasm?", and earning looks from even the birds, to go in, and instead got slightly rained on. Did I ever mention the guitar solo in this song makes me feel like happy fluffy bunnies inside? Then again, I am terrified of bunnies...so lets say it makes me feel like happy, fluffy puppies and rainbows.
This was the second song I went looking for online when I lost the album (pissed me off so badly...for all I know, it's still at my grandmas pool somewhere, but I don't have it anymore and don't have the money to buy a replacement. Atleast I bought it at all, right?) so I think that shows where it is on my list of "Songs that make me want to orgasm on the spot".
7.Asunaki Koufuku, Koenaki Asu I hate titles containing more than two words that aren't in English that I have to copy and paste because I'm a horrible, lazy bastard. Another song I love. Then again I love every song, I keep forgetting that...there is so much fangirling in this thing. Anyway, so I was still on the swing, and then swinging so high I banged my head on the back of the swing and flew out of it (because I'm SO SMART!) and such but still listening because my discman will be one of the last things left on earth when it ends: My discman, Keith Richards, and The Lochness Monster.
8. MARMALADE CHAINSAW This song and I will have psychotic, musical babies. And then our babies will have babies name Kodou, which will be my favorite grandchildren, favored even over my grandchild Raison D'etre.
(Ignore, I'm sleepy and have been up for 24 hours, have a cold, and...apparently just ran out of soda.)
I was already wondering what Kyo was saying in this damn thing, and apparently it's "suck me".
HOT.
I guess.
Shit, anything Kyo does is hot. Even when he looks like a burnt marshmellow. ANother song that has been let down by it's lives (that I've seen, anyway.)
9. Kasumi And for this song I turn around sideways in my swingset and watch the cars go by (Very dizzying, so you know.) I forgot how much I like this one. I mean, I didn't think it was a weak song, but I think I forgot about it, sadly.
Another "experience" song. I think I'm adding it to my "songs not to ever cover" list because I could never do it anything close to justice.
10. R TO THE CORE I want to have more babies with this song. Yes. This album makes Angela a pimp (I love how people are writing my name with an X now because of the American Wota board. XD Makes it less boring.) Okay, I am RESTARTING the song to listen again because it makes me happy, and reminds me that it pisses me off beyond beliefe that fans would abandon a band because WHAT THE FUCK WHY ISN'T TOSHIYA A WOMAN ANYMORE I DEMAND AN EXPLANATION.
Yeah. My dirty mouth is showing more apparent lately, isn't it? It's the lack of sleep.
11. DRAIN AWAY One of the best songs on the album, and I think I prefer this video than the others for VULGAR, though it's much more fun to introduce people to Diru with OBSCURE. I don't have much to say on it, I suppose it renders me speechless, and that takes a lot. :P
12 NEW AGE CULTURE Around now the sun was set, and the dogs had been put in, so I was alone, and the traffic was gone, save the occasional car, so I had slowed down aswell. I don't even think I was swinging anymore (before you think I have a killer memory, remember I branded this into my head because it was A. only this summer and B. my first ever jrock album so I was -savoring- the damn thing. I also like this song, but I find it slightly less remarkable as the other so it is now I decide to get a drink. I think the vocals get a bit old on this one, after awhile, though I like when all the growling overlaps.
13. OBSCURE This video makes so many peoples heads explode, but I love it. Though it doesn't once make me raise my eyebrow, or anything. I'm still trying to record this one, but I'm sure you understand how awkward it is to scream "BLOODY BABY SACRIFICE" in the middle of a crowded living room, right?
I like this song. We will have babies and then eat them when my pimping habit starts costing too much money and we can't afford food.
14. Child Prey I list this as the weakest song on the album, but I've decided I'm wrong. Why? Because the only reason I found it weak was because it was one of my first Deg songs, and at the time a favorite, which means I played it until I hated it, or, hated it as much as I could (which isn't much.) but after not having heard it in months, I'm enjoying it. But maybe that's just because I'm replaying Kaoru licking his lips in my head over. And over. And over. And over...again. Because Kaoru is a sexy, sexy man, while Shinya is a sexy, sexy wo-man. There's a difference.
15. Amber Also goes on the favorite songs list. Though, I think I rather make love to the lyrics than the song, though I love the song, but my inner writer is again screaming to come out and claw my eyes out if my musical side doens't stop dominating my brain.
Overall, it's a great song to sum up a great album that makes me squeal. At this point I'm rather sad because, almost like when I finish a great book, I feel as if something greta has been summed up too soon (Because 15 tracks is SOOOOO short.)
Overall rating...20/10.
Yes.
Now, I think it's almost time to pass out on the couch and end the fangirling, lest I stay up all night AGAIN.
A quick overview:
Natsumi: Has the worst case of eggplant nose I've yet to see, but for some reason she's grown on me. I tend to like the "ugly" girls. Kei, for example, was one of my favorite MM members, and I think she is now one of the more talented H!P members (and could maybe have a little success in America with english as good as hers. :X) and girls like that tend to take the teasing and turn the tables and generally earn their place relatively fast. Plus, her singing is better than some in here, plus she seems really sweet, and she has a cute smile.
Aika: It seems she has mixed repsonses. SOme hate her and think her retarded, some are begging for her to get in.
I'm not begging for her to get in, but I think she'd be a really nice addition. She may have a nasally, Ayaya esque smokers voice, but I for some reason find it very fun to listen to, if not a bit grating in excess.
Her singing is relatively solid, and I think she was the only girl NOT seen crying in the pre-training came footage.
Yuu: Gangly, a bit gawky, dorky, with added cute. I think she's adorable, her singing Furusato sounded more in pitch than the rest, and I think the H!P make over could do her some great, though she's already really cute. She reminds me of a less awkward Erika. I'd be glad to have her in.
Ayami: Seems to be a bit of a camera/stage ham. While she seems normal now, I think she might end up a bit like Koharu in personality, and I find her FAR more annoying than Sayumi. I'd say no.
Sumire: FUCK NO. There's this seen in American Dreams, where they show footage from when the singer was a kid, at her birthday party when she was a baby, with her mother screaming in her face, going, "FUCKING SING! NOW!" and then turning from the footage and saying, "But she's always wanted to sing!"
That was Sumire's childhood so far right there.
Minami: Again, no. I dislike Reina, why would I want a Reina wota? Her cross eye is ten times worse, and twice as scarey. They move AS she talks: One moves to the middle, then the other, then both snap back, then one goes to the left randomly, and the other goes up towards the right (AKA googley eyed). Plus, here's your added scandal.
I often visited her blog and site, to look at pictures. She's the only finalist we've uncovered anything about, so we learn a bit form it, and while I don't like her, I'm interested.
So,
She recently updated with this....charming new layout;
She has listed her special skills as "being wile", and "drinking heavily".
She also randomly mentiones Takahashi, though I'm not sure in what context. Probably wota-worship of some kind, Maybe a prayer or something.
Anyway, she also has pictures with a boyfriend or something who is, oddly, shirtless,
But, really, is it a good idea to post that sort of stuff RIGHT after auditioning? If Mari fucking/dating someone while after gaining respect is no dedication, what is doing it before you've even earned any right to break any rules?
I want to scream at her to lighten up the goddamn eyeliner, it's not flattering, and makes her eyes look both more crosseyed and beadier.
-sigh- I don't hate her at all, but I just really hope she doesn't get in...
