Hello! I’m back!
Hi o/
So, I come back to the internet to find that the Berryz Koubou, Manoeri, and Morning Musume PVs are out.
Well, Manoeri’s is a “riverside” version and not the real PV, but it’s still better than a 30 sec. preview (which was also released) because you get to hear the full song :D I LOVE IT. SO SO MUCH.
She also has stunning promo pics that were released a while ago (click for larger size).
My favorite ones are the last two in the series of pictures I posted (so fierce!) but I always love Manoeri smiling more :)
Quick opinions on the other two PVs:
“Ai no Dangan” has a pretty cool dance, powerful sound, interesting outfits (all I could think was “Berryz Kamen ver 2″) the screen had some really neat applications (displaying the dance shot and the close up versions in the background, showing graphiclight displays) and I really liked that although the PV was pretty basic in execution (all they really needed to film were dance shot/close ups, though they did have some other shots), they found ways to make the two work together in an interesting fashion, like having their solo shots put in front of the dance. Massa’s hair looked awesome. I approve of more Captain(!) in songs, and the fairer line distribution trend Berryz Koubou has had for the past couple of singles.
“Only You” is more powerful then Berryz Koubou’s song, the dance is practical but doesn’t fit the song very well (it’s not sharp enough) and a lot of people have less than appealing hairstyles. I wish the song had better distribution after talking about it last time, but I guess it’s not easy to do with this song :/ Riho as third lead is a little weird since her voice isn’t exactly up to par, and Risa getting autotuned/vocoded was disappointing since she sounded so great in the concert rip (maybe if they’d had her sing over like Saki did in °C-ute’s “Bye Bye Bye?” though that might’ve sounded weird). Honestly, if they did it they should’ve kept it consistent. The verses ran a little weird, and the patterns went different lengths. Some of the shots in the PV were kind of like “Nanchatte Renai”‘s in a way – they all just sit there… but there’s floating gems this time. Oooh.
Oh, and Ai’s new hairstyle looks neat, but almost every time I saw her, I saw Ueda (a member of KAT-TUN). I’d provide a picture for proof, but I really only have pictures of Junno… here, Google one.
Also, AKB48 sold almost one million copies in one day! Which is amazing. I don’t like the song very much (when you listen to a song and start wondering when is it going to end after the first chorus, it’s not a good sign), but that’s amazing sales. Hopefully next single is better? I liked “Sakura no Ki ni Narou” as a song, and the PV somewhat, though the shots of people singing could have been done better and I’m pretty sure it was a thinly-disguised ploy to make people love Jurina (guess what, it kind of worked on me ahahaha).
Eh. I don’t really know what else to talk about, so I’ll just end the post here…
H!P fan who likes many J-pop & K-pop artists. always looking for more music.
Hey welcome back :) I’m back as well harhar.
I have to say, I can’t get enough of “Only You”‘s PV personally. The line distribution is certainly less-than-desirable, but hey, idols will be idols. The PV itself looks pretty good I think, and I LOVE the chorus. The only hairstyle I found really unattractive was Zukki’s (fdad;fj;sfksjd).
Oh, hey! :) I haven’t seen you around for a while!
I really liked the concert rip of “Only You,” but then I heard the radio rip and was disappointed. It’s grown on me since then… I guess it helps that I liked it initially.
Hers, Mizuki’s, and Aika’s were the ones that I didn’t like the most. Sayu’s was okay in some shots but not in others.
Glad to see you back!
I’ve found “Ai no Dangan” to actually be really, really catchy. Berryz has really been growing on me lately.
Also, I couldn’t agree with you more about “Only You.” Poor Risa, she finally gets some decent solos and they horribly distort her voice =\
You actually like that Ai’s hair makes her look like a boy band member? lol
Yeah it is really catchy, and their new releases have been really great recently.
I KNOW. It’s disappointing. But I bet she’ll get a lot more lines when Ai leaves (even if it’s still sad she’s leaving :c )
Hahaha I thought it looked good on her, but I didn’t make the boy band connection until I saw the PV.
You didn’t use the Erina Mano tag, and there are like 100 pictures of her in the post!!!
By the way, I went to her solo concert. It was great. She did a hilarious live version of “Datenshii Erii” from the album.
There’s only 7!!!!! But I get your point. Sometimes I think tagging is the hardest part of the blogging experience… ._.
:O LUCKY. What was the song like? I had a hard time imagining it live. Was it the same dialogue as the studio version, or was it different?
Well, it was the number one requested non-single song, so she said they had to do it, but they were like “how we gonna do this?” The foreboding part of the dialogue was slightly different, but she acted it out and it led to a wonderfully goofy choreographed battle inside of a saloon. Then it came to the riddle portion, and that was all done live with of course new riddles. The host’s voice continuously hilariously teasing the girl. After each question, the eggs would come out with pompoms.
Hahaha I think I actually requested the song when they had the voting, but I can’t remember for sure -_-; it sounds really fun though. It’ll be interesting to see on the DVD (there’d better be one…)
Of course there will be a DVD. H!P releases everything!
(Also, after the voice forced her to do something embarrassing, he said “OK, well, that one’s goin’ on the DVD!” to Mano’s chagrin.)
Well, not always. They never released that one Buono! concert that I really wanted to see.
Oh dear. Haha. I hope it’ll be fun to watch!