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Yuu Hasebe 2006 Calendar

I finally got a call to collect my Yuu calendar yesterday, after a month or so of waiting... I actually went to the same shop the day before to ask about it but it still hasn't arrived so I thought it would be a couple more weeks, but silly enough it actually came right after I asked. Well I quickly opened it when I got home... I was wondering if it was gonna be full of bikini pix... well as i half-expected already it was. Hmm my mum's not gonna be too happy but who cares lol. And she looks hotinside!
However, I was kinda disappointed that the clothes/bikinis worn were the same as those the I Love Yu pb (except for that black bikini), which I already had, so you get the feeling that it's kinda recyled... guess she hadn't had time to go for a special calendar photoshoot... too bad. :( One good thing is that at least the calendar is better designed this time than previous years, such that they actually had perforated lines for one to tear each month out easily. Well, actually I don't like to tear months out but flip them over, but that will ruin the calendar this time round...

Anyway, here are the pix...!

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Actually honestly speaking i still prefer her to be wearing nice clothes rather than bikinis... coz i still don't really think of her as the "gravure model" type... (old habits die hard... unlike Michi or Nao lol) That's why I think she looks the best on the 4th and 7th pic, although she does look great in that black bikini too.

I wonder if she will be releasing more dvds in 2006? Or will she be progressing further in her blossoming acting career? She already had quite a few supporting roles in doramas so far and she had a lead role in the Chikan Otoko movie opposite Nao Nagasawa and Sayaka Isoyama which just finished. I just gotta try and catch that one for both Yuu and Nao!

It's a shame that she doesn't get to hang out with the rest of the dream members often now because of all this extra work, but I hope their team unity will stay strong. She is the "Queen" of Girl's Box Land but I still want her to do things with her "subjects" once in a while lol! In fact, I wonder if she can be found in the Transit pv even? (I guess even if she isn't, that's only fair since she was the only one found in the previous pv) Sometimes, with all the stuff the dream girls are doing nowadays, like futsal training, I really wonder where they find the time to come together to actually record this mini-album! Nonetheless, I'm reasonably confident that it will be a quality work ... just waiting for my order to arrive now!
# by montevi77 | 2005-12-01 18:26 | dream

Wish List

Everytime I think about it, I get more and more convinced that my "Attack All Around" Jpop policy (although I'm more or less a "dreamy" GIZA guy, with a dash of Avex) will leave me stuck in an eternal poverty cycle, lol. There are always sooooooo many CDs and goods to buy and never enough money to buy them. I need a real job fast!


Things that I am getting this Christmas

1. dream - Boy Meets Girl (album)

The anticipation has been building up for this mysterious "concept album"... can't wait! The theme is the title... I wonder if the pv will have a story again...? (like Kono Natsu ga Owaru Maeni)


2. dream - Table Calendar 2006

39p of pics! I have never bought a real table calendar before and it will sure make a nice change from the generic free ones I have right now, although I would not be able to bring myself to write any notes on it, that's for sure. All photos taken and produced by Aya Takamoto. You know, she's never really been my favourite but I'm growing to like and definitely respect her more and more. She can do everything! From updating the member diary frequently, to performing miracles during futsal, being the virtual dream cheerleader and now taking all the shots. She is GOOD!


3. Yuu Hasebe - 2006 Calendar

Wall calendar! So it can definitely complement my dream one. It's her first solo calendar, I think... I wonder if it comprises of bikini shots....??


4. Harenchi Punch - Megaphone (single)

I definitely want the limited ed one-- it includes the director's edition of the Hakusen~Start Line~ and Megaphone pvs... I wonder what's the difference???


5. Garnet Crow - Garnet Crow Best (album)

It's beautiful! The packaging. Picture book, CDs, everything stuffed into a nice box. When I saw it, I knew I had to get my hands on it, especially since it is their best album after all!


6. Azumi Uehara - Himitsu (single)

Wayyyyyyyyyy overdue. Azumi-chan, it's been 3 years!!!!!!!! I missed you.... ;_;;;;; Her first album was so good... It was a terrible wait. I almost thought she was never gonna release anything again.


7. Hitomi Shimatani - Heart and Symphony (album)

Well I have to hunt for the overseas ed but I'm sure it will be in the shops... the latest songs are the best she's done in a while, she really never disappoints.


8. Ai Otsuka - Love Cook (album)

Gotta get the overseas ed for this one too, since it will also be there. Still hasn't decided if I want the photobook or picture book ed? I got the picture book for Love Jam and I always thought the story was very interesting...




Under consideration

1. Sayuri Iwata - Thank You For...

Oh.... I'm sorely tempted to get this one. I didn't really pay attention to her when she debut but thanks to some promotion from hananokoi, a big Sayuri fan, in JPM, I find I like her works more and more now. Her songs are pretty good. It includes her last 2 singles, and if the songs are anything like those, they'll be fine. Should I give this a go?


2. Girl's Box - 3rd Christmas

Ok... I'm feeling very guilty now for not getting this, since it's not doing well on the charts, despite being boasting the biggest "all-stars" lineup yet! It must be that evil "Kayucks' fault.... X_X What should I do? i don't especially like this year' song...


3. Michi Saito - Dakara...

I'm feeling more and more confident that I will eventually get this one... she's like those doe-eyed puppies you see in the pet shop whose eyes seem to tell you, "Don't you want me? Boo hoo..." yah well, I'm a sucker for that kind of thing lol.


4. Mi - M-1 (album)

Oh I really want to get this one... just can't find the $$$ for now.... Maika rox.


There! Any donations to my Jpop fund will be welcome, just drop me a msg. XD In return, maybe I will reward the donor with some clips from my large Jpop clips collection, lol. (if only I have labelled them better!)


Anyway, in case anyone is wondering I guess I just ought to list down the artistes who I support... I'm kinda pragmatic in the sense that I normally don't buy singles unless they are really cheap (eg. 2nd-hand stuff)... well I can't afford it duh! But I will buy their albums.


Artistes whose albums I would definitely buy

Avex
dream - fav girl group... they can do it all!
Hitomi Shimatani - quality assured!
Ai Otsuka - very quirky lyrics+songs... weird Osakan humour!

GIZA
Aiko Kitahara - I love her... lol. My all-time fav GIZA girl. Wonderful songs, and she can speak Spanish! I don't know anyone else that does Latin music like her. New DVD out 1/1 - that's more money gone!
Shiori Takei - her quiet songs calms the disturbed soul and her incredible voice touches my heart...
Hayami Kishimoto - fantastic dancer and performer!
Azumi Uehara - finally she has returned... Ohisashiburi
U-ka Saegusa IN db - genki ippai!she is a living dynamo of energy

Others

Boystyle - my 2nd fav girl group not for no reason!
mi - need to hear their new band sound once it forms!
Tommy February6 - oh I love Tommy retro!!
Harenchi Punch - they have been impressive so far
Aya Ueto - genki hatsuratsu!
Ryoko Kuninaka - I really love her Okinawa-flavoured songs, but she's another one that's been lying low
The Brilliant Green - not that they have released anything in ages
Zard - more out of habit though because I've been buying their stuff for like, 10 years, lol, although their songs now are not that great


Artistes whose stuff I consider buying

Giza
Sparkling Point - irresistably catchy tunes
Rina Aiuchi - although her songs aren't always that good
Garnet Crow - singles are good but otherwise does get boring
Sayuri Iwata - fresh face, fresh voice...

other
melody - really really really really pretty... <3
Bon Bon Blanco - the only "bongos group" around... irreplaceable
TommyHeavenly6 - more rock than TBG
Mika Nakashima - great voice, plus I've watched her concert...
Berryz Koubou - more cute tha c-ute... and they get some of the best H!P songs
Kaela Kimura - really no other reason to watch Saku Saku
move - best dance-rap-trance group in town
Nakanomori Band - softer kind of rock
Sister Q - need to hear more from them though
Changin' My Life - they have reformed!!!!... amazing. I wish I know the full story behind it
Younha - well she had that ONE song that I'm crazy over...
Yuna Ito - Endless Story was good...!
# by montevi77 | 2005-11-27 18:01 | Personal

D.D.D - Heart (Pop Jam)

Ok I was only interested in one artiste in last week's PJ (my fav music bangumi) and it was D.D.D. Unfortunately, no kind soul wanted to rip the group's performance out to share anywhere (kinda suggests their lack of popularity, but more on that later) so I had to download the entire Pop Jam episode... what a waste of space... (usually I download the whole thing only if there were maybe 3 artistes I like; on normal occasions BigRon will usually rip those that I like out so I only had to download those that I want to watch, but not this week)

But anyway at least I found out inadvertably while scanning through the rest that Koike Teppei was in WaT (a fact that I had somewhat forgotten).
WaT had a really long segment in PJ this week. While I was watching I though hmm... his face looks familiar... ahhh Dragonzakura! If I am not wrong he was the guy with the pink extensions in his hair, the guy who was not the nerd nor Yama-p (who Masami liked in the show...grrr...). He looked totally different now, but I never thought badly of him, because he had the kind of face that looked friendly and sincere, someone you want to be befriend. No wonder the girls like him. As opposed to those arrogant looking guys (like a certain T Kimura) who I cannot stand watching because I feel like punching the TV set when he steps on all the ladies on the time in the doramas but they still flock towards him like flies to honey for some bizarre reason. (Luckily he got cursed with an ugly wife-- hah!) They also showed Teppei's younger photos and old footage... he was cute! Boy-boy cute, to be exact. I might just be supporting this guy from now on lol. His partner -watshisname- though looked like some Eurasian though.

Oh, before I deviate further, back to the main course... D.D.D was all the way at the back in the Break artistes section. Which I expected, since this was their debut single. Being addicted to this song for the last week (before Megaphone took over), I was curious to see how they will perform. It was only today that I realised D.D.D actually stood for Dance Dance Dance, because I hadn't exactly done too much research on them...

For some bizarre reason, even though I had watched their Melodix perf of Heart I always thought D.D.D consisted of 5 people. Watching their live today, I realised what was wrong. They looked horribly... unbalanced. Yes, it's the poor symmetry! Just see the caps.
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It can be seen clearly that there are always 2 girls on Maria Sakamoto's right during almost all the dance (something that was not evident for Melodix due to clever camara angles and frequent close-ups of Maria). It looks WEIRD. Couldn't they just recruit one more girl, or better yet, rework the dance part so that they can spread out more evenly? Surely it can be done? The problem was that Maria was relatively stationary most of the time singing at her position, so the other 3 have to be dancing by her side -- so it was always 2 and 1. It looked so damnedweird that I actually went to check their website because I thought maybe one member was absent or something.

One thing I have to say though - D.D.D can certainly dance. Symmetry aside, I'm quite impressed by their dancing. I especially like the part below during the bridge when they did a circular rotation and took turns to do solo dancing at the front.
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As for the vocals, I already knew from the song itself and melodix that Maria does not have great vocals. You can see that she cannot really hit the high note during the "ashita e to..." part of Heart. But somehow tonight seemed even worse, she sung so hoarsely it was like she was having a sore throat or something. It wasn't so bad during Melodix. And her supporting cast didn't help much, because despite all of them wearing headsets, which was evident during the talk,
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I could not remotely hear any of them during the song itself, above Maria's reedy voice. All I could see was them opening and closing their mouths during the chorus. Hmm, were they singing or breathing?!


In fact, I finally figured out why the group was called Dance Dance Dance, because that's just about only the only thing these 3 girls ever did.


Anyway, faced with the fickle PJ audience, it didn't bode well for the group, and indeed most of the audience put their uchiwas down, leaving them with a pathetic score of 37%.
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which left them at a crap ranking of 42 which put them below most of the others except the truly crapoids like VoVoTau, who probably wouldn't be saved by the audience if there was an earthquake.Compare their score to that of Angela Aki, who got 92% or something last week, something I haven't seen since... Younha? Too bad, she picked the worst possibly ball during the lucky draw (which newcomers having 90+% qualify for) ... tissue! I was rolling on the floor with laughter, not just because of the result but because she was so anxious in the first place she spun the globe holding the balls so quickly! XD

Anyway that said, I have a lot of sympathy for D.D.D, because it is a GOOD song. And I like these kind of catchy dance anthems (not so much the cheesy -although insanely catchy- europop ones like those that Hinoi Team sometimes give us, which can get one sick after a while) a lot. And they dance so well (could I say sexy dance moves?)! So they actually deserve a higher score than 37%, at least above prehistoric jokers like... Jurassic?!. Sadly, I don't really see much of a future for this group, at least based on the results of this single anyway. They have to change their main vocalist -- Maria's voice cannot really cut the mustard, unlike Asuca Hinoi --, add one more member if they want to persist dancing this way. Maybe they can recruit Nana Katase, she's the last artiste I remember who was performed this sort of dance songs, lol. I wonder what happened to her? Whatever the case, I will be looking forward to hearing more from D.D.D !
# by montevi77 | 2005-11-26 05:22 | Live Review

ハレンチ☆パンチ - メガホン

Wow! I just found the lyrics to Harenchi Punch's Megaphone (that I mentioned earlier that I've been crazy over this week) is out. (i almost thought Uta-net wouldn't have it)  Tomomi's cry at the start of the PV (right after her 告白 to that lucky guy) is pretty unforgettable...

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「負けてもいいじゃん!朋美と翔太の高校三年間はなにも変わらないよ。」

Yep, the lyrics are all about a high school girl finding the courage to declare her love for her classmate. (lol how i wish this sort of thing ever happened to me) Maybe they could have named the song 「高校の中心で、愛を叫ぶ」 instead? This is definitely one to add to my karaoke list... And what do you know, it's again written by the girls themselves (just like 白線~start line~) ... Well I definitely have more respect for the "real" artistes who create their own work, so even though these lyrics aren't exactly profound (well they are high school girls after all) it does make me respect them a lot more! You could tell that Harenchi Punch won't likely be the sort that are quitters, in school, in love or in music...
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And you really got to love the PV as well. The dance where they wave the megaphones in circles in the air (why do they remind me of the 野球clapboards?!) and turn left and right while doing those funny horsekicks is so cute...
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I guess the only looker in the group is Tomomi. Don't you think her face is very round? Like... dumpling? Or bao?
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Mako looked kind of weird (I think her ears are too big?) last time round although she looks better now while
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Saya "TF6" still has a funny face, with or without those specs... ah well.

Hmm, Tomomi likes Avril Lavigne! And she thinks she is 二重人格. Hmmmmmm... I wonder what she means by that...... (she's naughty and she's nice?) Seems like all of them come from Kinki region -- Saya from Osaka and the others from Kyoto. Ah, this just goes to show that Osaka prefecture is the best city in Japan for music. (don't forget Kana, Shizuka, Ami, Aya from dream hail from Osaka too! Not to mention countless GIZA artistes -- do I feel like running back there now or what)
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Here's the "enigmatic" smile Tomomi gave at the end. Hmm... the cap doesn't do the actual scene justice. Ka-wa-ii....

Man, do I feel like waving the H☆P flag now. XD




ハレンチ☆パンチ - メガホン
作詞者名  H☆P   作曲者名 TO-WEST

負けない勇気 風に預けて

いつも通ったこの道も 今日は特別で
見上げた青空の下 照りつける太陽

校舎の傍 砂埃と 君の必死にガンバル姿
ずっと見守ってたよ 目をこらしてほら
ちゃんと今日を見届けていたいよ

泣き虫な僕の臆病を すっと掻き消してくれる君の汗

※夢を話した放課後あの日から 君を好きになったんだ
希望のせる赤色のメガホン 精一杯大声上げるから
コダマする歌声に負けない勇気 風に頂けて※

夕日照らすグランドに 今日も君の影
見慣れたはずの姿 止まらないドキドキ

帰り道遠回りしてでも 君と一緒歩いてく時間
ずっと大切だよ いましかないから
しゃんと胸張って 隣にいたいよ

交換したノートの隅っこ 伝えそびれた気持ち合図した

夢を描いた教室から僕ら 大人になってゆくんだ
希望のせる赤色のメガホン 精一杯大声上げるから
息詰まる瞬間に 負けない僕で今日はいたいよ

「負けない…」

(※くり返し)
# by montevi77 | 2005-11-25 05:19 | Song/PV Review

夢のおすすめ

Just some "stats"...


My favourite Dream members:

1. Kana Tachibana
2. Yuu Hasebe
3. Ami Nakashima
(there will always be a spot reserved for Mai Matsumuro though)


My favourite Dream songs in order:

1. Get Over
2. Stay ~Now I'm Here~ (Original mix)
3. Kimi to Itasora
4. I Love World ~Sekaijuu no Shiawase wo Utaou~
5. Movin' On

The top 3 are certainly some of the best Jpop I've ever heard: Get Over is a dancepop classic in my opinion and Stay ~Now I'm Here~, one of my favourite ballads ever. It almost moved me to tears last time.


Favorite Dream albums

1. Dear...
2. Process
3. Euro Dream-land

Ok so they didn't actually have that many albums to choose from, but it shows when their best 3 albums are the ones from the 3-nin era. Dear... is peerless, really.


My favourite Dream PVs

1. Get Over (it's really really cool I feel which more than made up for the delay it had in making, if anyone still remembered Kana was injured at the point in time)
2. Music Is My Thing (cosplay show ... really funny)
3. Stay ~Now I'm Here~ (It just has a really nostalgic and dreamy feel to it... filmed beautifully)
4. I Love World (loved the way they showed the girls doing all kinds of funny things, playing about in real life and how the lyrics appeared here and there on the screen)
5. Sincerely ~ever dream~ (Mai on the piano... set in a school... sure brings back memories)



My favourite Dream "dance" moves

1. Movin' On (the funny opening-your-heart hand movement ^^)
2. My Will (both fists knocking together...)
3. Private Wars (too complicated to describe =p)
4. Reality (jumping up and down...)
5. Music Is My Thing (dancing in costumes is always cool in my book...)
# by montevi77 | 2005-11-24 22:01 | dream



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