5 posts tagged “jpop”
Avex: Twinkle Preview (.asf format)
I awoke to a shock that Alan Luo did a collaboration with Koda Kumi. Not that I'm anything less than thrilled. Out of all people, it seemed kind of random, although their musical styles would mesh well.
But this song is in English T_T
I'm glad that Koda Kumi is improving in her English skills. I was disappointed that she couldn't sing her own English version of Real Emotion/1000 Words for the game, but I've heard her unofficial versions and SquareEnix would have been out of their minds to use it (I think the word "lackluster" was used). But since then, A Whole New World showed great improvements in just her general pronunciation.
This song doesn't sound too bad (seriously couldn't be worse than Mika Nakashima's attempt at Amazing Grace), but it leaves me wondering what's up with "clap". Koda Kumi somehow managed to traverse "soaring, tumbling, free wheeling" but not the word "clap"
It seems to ruin a lot of songs for me. Namie Amuro's "No" would be perfect, saving the fact that I hear the word "crap" like 80 times in that song.
Boo. Otherwise, sounds like a reasonably good song. Can't wait for the CD.
[Edit://] The video features the Japanese version of the song and is incredibly entertaining to watch. Very anime.
First, I highly recommend this song, or anything of ayaka's.
Her ballads channel a sort of Onitsuka Chihiro style, but always seem more hopeful than pained. But that could just be the impression I've formed from watching how they sing. Onitsuka oddly tends to sing downward while Ayaka upward at the most emotional parts of their songs. Ah, tricky.
ANYWAYS - I also recommend Ayaka because she has a variety in style of her music. It's also good to take a break from slow piano ballads once in a while.
Current Entertainment Wishlist
01. Final Fantasy XII
Three more days!!! I won't even have time to obsess and play with college stuff though. Damn you SquareEnix for releasing right before college month.
02. Batman Beyond Season 2
I was watching the second Avenger's Movie (NO, I'm not too old to be watching cartoons...) and an ad came on that season two was already out on DVD. I think it's tragic that they cancelled that series because when I was little, it was the coolest thing because it wasn't campy and childish.
03. Rome Season 1
Uh, it's hard for me to not go OMGOMGOMG for everything. Why is this series so good? >_<
Backstabbing, violence, historical elements, plus humor. Wow it just hits on everything I love to watch.
04. Ayaka's Debut Album "First Message"
Nov. 01, 2006
1.Start to 0 (Love)
2.Real voice
3.Sha la la
4.ブルーデイズ
5.I believe
6.Stay with me
7.melody
8.君のパワーと大人のフリ
9.永遠の物語
10.時を戻して
11.1.2.3.4
12.Story
13.ライラライ
14.三日月
15.message
04. Koda Kumi's new CD
Dec. 20, 2006
01. INTRODUCTION
02. Get Up & Move!!
03. 人魚姫 (Ningyo-hime)
04. 夢のうた (Yume no Uta)
05. 月と太陽 (Tsuki to Taiyou)
06. Puppy
07. 恋のつぼみ (Koi no Tsubomi)
08. WON'T BE LONG ~Black Cherry Version~
09. JUICY
10. Candle Light
11. Cherry Girl
12. I'll be there
13. 運命 (Unmei)
14. With your smile
15. ミルクティー (Milk Tea)
16. Twinkle
17. GO WAY!!
18. WON'T BE LONG ~Red Cherry Version~
05. Tickets to Bi/Rain Concert @ Caeser's Palace
Dec. 23 - 24, 2006
I'd gnaw off an arm to go to a Wong Lee Hom concert, but Rain is also one of the people I worship for their music. I need to figure out how to make this work >_<:;;;;
My favorite YUI songs. Like you will not believe.
The childlike quality in her music is more that it is very open and expressive. At first, I found her voice to be very weird, but later it grew on me where I could see how people found her style to be unique enough to stand out in their mind. It just leaves you completely entranced sometimes.
sotto tsubuyaita kimi no kotoba you say it
ugokidase mienai kedo michi wa hirakareteru
Your words that were softly whispered, you say it
I begin to move, unseen, but the path is being shined on
I feel my soul Take me your way sou mogakinagara mo
kitto kono mama zutto aruite yukeru
I feel my soul Take me your way even while I struggle,
I'm sure that I can go on walking forever as I
doro darake yo najimenai tokai de
onaji you ni waraenai utsumuite aruita no
isogiashi de surechigau hitotachi
"yume wa kanaimashita ka?" atashi mada mogaiteru
In the city I'm not used to that's full of dirt,
I can't laugh the same and I walked with my head down
People pass by in a quick pace
I ask "has their dreams come true?" But I'm still struggling
suminareta kono heya wo dete yuku hi ga kita
atarashii tabidachi ni mada tomadotteru
eki made mukau BASU no naka
tomodachi ni ME-RU shita
asa no HO-MU de denwa mo shite mita
demo nanka chigau ki ga shita
furui GITA- wo hitotsu motte kita
shashin wa zenbu oite kita
Ayumi Hamasaki - Beautiful Fighters [Blue Bird Single] (4 Stars)
I know that a big star like Ayumi probably has like a bajillion dollar budget to do these things, and it is very apparent in videos like this one.I actually didn't like this song when I first heard it. I brushed it off as another upbeat happy song, but videos do a lot of change my mind when it comes to music.
Normally people trying to be overly cute or hilarious doesn't amuse me, but through the shenanigans of her and the rest of the girls I really began to appreciate the meaning (of the video at least) more. Even though people can be complete screw ups, everyone is secretly a beautiful fighter on the inside.
"We are Beautiful Fighters
To be honest
There are some terrible days
But the girls who live
Without stopping nor giving up are
Beautiful Fighters"
Ayaka 絢香- Real Voice [Real Voice Single] (4 Stars)
Real Voice presents a lot of opposites back and forth, but more or less gives a good performance view of Ayaka and her trademark vocals which I highly recommend.
Weblogs
-The feeds of my own blogs due to some very silly reasoning. Of course I know when I update, but I would want that someone using my computer to easily find my sites if I needed them to do something important.
-An assortment of personal sites and blogs arranged in whatever order I happen to decide on (usually varies between age, geography, or rate of updating).
News
-BBC International Edition: I love that they seem to present subjects that local media doesn't focus on.
-Blogging Baby: Parenting-related news. Random yes, but I find the ones that relate to teenage issues to be typical issues that we would care about.
-CNN World News: More specifically the Asian news section, I depend more on local offline sources of US news anyways.
-Japan Times Online: I particularly enjoy their articles on either daily life, or ones that contain recent statistics and opinion polls.
-People's Daily Online: The English edition to a particularly political Chinese newspaper. Presents an interesting view and great editorial reads.
-Shanghai Daily: The English paper in Shanghai with a focus on subjects very local to that city.
Entertainment Blogs
-Kaiju Shakedown: Variety's Asian movie blog detailing the status and happenings with upcoming movies from Asia.
-Hikki Texts: Translations of Utada Hikaru's Japanese blog.
-JPop News: Simply details and tracklistings for upcoming Japanese album and single releases.
-Chinese Music Blog: Music reviews.
-Hot Celebrity Photos: Guilty pleasure. Actually I'm mostly just curious as to who is considered hot these days. Contains a good mix of Western, Asian celebrities as well as some fictional characters.
-New Game Plus: Gaming blog focusing on issues and developments relating to female gamers.
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