June 2nd, 2010
BrianOh shiiiii-. (No, not oishii you dirty weeabo!) I’m on a blogging spree! Someone stop me! No, don’t! I’m on a roll here. Today I present to you the official time measurements from the new Morning Musume single!!
But first let me say to you that I love this single. It’s such a classic tune! It could fit well under any anime series. In fact, it reminds me a bit too well of one ending in particular. It’s the only 4.000.000 episode Anime I managed to watch: Dragonball. Most probably because I have dragon balls myself. *wink* *wink*
Enough with the pervynes, on to the Dragonball theme!
Yes! I love this song! Dan dan~ whatever. I bet you don’t really care.But I know one thing you care about… the results from my trusty stopwatch and one hell of a boring PV. It beats the green screen, but it makes me sad that it’s filmed on a football field and the showroom at IKEA Japan. (Well, it looks like that anyway)
- Takahashi Ai – 12 seconds
- Kamei Eri – 12 seconds
- Tanaka Reina – 11 seconds
- Niigaki Risa – 11 seconds
- Lin Lin – 10 seconds
- Jun Jun – 9 seconds
- Michishige Sayumi – 9 seconds
- Thingy – 9 seconds.
Wow isn’t that interesting? Eri has as much screentime as Aichan! Now to complete the post a pretty graph and I’m done for the night!
Draw your conclusions and drop them in the comments! I know you want to!
Tags: I am awesome, Morning Musume, Seishun Collection, time trial
Categories: Hello! Project, J-pop, Morning Musume, Wota Worthy, time trial3 Comments »
May 25th, 2010 BrianIn this new series of posts I will look back at what Hello! Project and other j-pop groups once brought us. It’s like a history class but with Idolicious content instead of evil men with silly mustaches and swastika filled backdrops.
Who still remembers Mini Moni (ミニモニ。)? Who still listens to Strawberry pie? Who still feels his nerd weaboo rage coming up because Takahashi Ai was placed inside of Mini Moni? Well I bet none of you listen to Mini Moni and that only a few are still upset about Aichan joining. It’s been 6, and I mean SIX fucking years since Mini Moni disbanded.
And so I bring you, back from the grave it never went to, Genki Jirushi No Oomori Song. The theme song for the Mini Moni movie “The Great Cake Adventure”. The only song that featured past and present Mini Moni members at the time. The song itself was released back in 2002 and sold a whopping 50k singles. More than Morning Musume sells these days! The PV also features 4 very young girls who have all too familiar faces. Can you guess who they are?
And now to finish this poorly written blog post I shall serve to you the PV that goes with the song. Hoping it’ll bring you a big serving of cheer! \o/
Tags: Hello! Project, History, Mini Moni Categories: Hello! Project, J-pop, Jewels from the past, Wota Worthy4 Comments »
November 11th, 2009 YiKittyToday marks the release of a new Yuna Ito single! The PV shows Yuna Ito in 3 or 4 different settings, wearing an exciting costume everytime. From gothic lolita-esque to casual.
A more in-depth review will come just soon enough!
Tags: Ito, J-pop, Jpop, Let it go, new single, PV, Yuna, Yuna Ito Categories: J-pop, Let it go, PV, Yuna Ito2 Comments »
November 5th, 2009 YiKitty
October 4th, 2009 BrianIt’s noon. You sit in your car listening to Buono!. Or perhaps you’re riding the train back to the place we all long for, as the sweet tunes of Ikimono Gakari are being excremented by your earbuds. Where you are doesn’t matter for the audiogasm. What matters is is what you listen to. So you’re listening to your favourite tune… suddenly you feel excited. You look around, and ask yourself what these feelings are all about. Within a split second you realize you’re listening to Perfume. The vocals kick in “kono michi wo hashiri susumi susumi susumi” and before you know it your whole body is filled with a euphoric feeling. Congratulations; you have just experienced an audiogasm. Perhaps it’s the crescendo in Vivaldi’s La primavera. Or maybe it’s the previously mentioned song.
Anyhow, seeing as this is a J-pop blog and since J-pop still the music I listen to the most I will show you parts of songs which give me an audiogasm; and I’ll try to explain for myself what causes the orgasmic relief that’s being brought forward by high pitch voices and synthesized instruments.
Buono – Minna Daisuki: Kimi ga iru kara, doruu dorou doroun.
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Kimi ga rhymes with Iru Kara. Which makes it very nice for me to listen to. That, and the harmonic way of singing by Momoko is a guaranteed audiogasm.
Kusumi Koharu – Balalaika: Kono omoi wa tomarenai.
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The key part is the “to-me-re-nai”. There is something with this word that if it’s sang at the right pitch, it sounds extremely pleasant. And gives me an euphoric feeling. Why i picked Balalaika? Fuck knows.
Morning Musume – Nanchatte Renai: Renai wo kurikaesu. Onna no ko no kimochi.
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Wow, I don’t know why but this part makes me cream my audio pants. This is Niigaki her voice at its best; and her way of singing trough the syllables of the lyrics is very rhythmic. Perhaps the almost bitter sweet tones of the melody has a huge play in why this sounds eargasmic to me.
Ikimono Gakari – HANABI: kirameite yurameite tsukami yuku yume no hana
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I know a lot of people aren’t fond of Kiyoe Yoshioka her voice, and the reason why people dislike her voice is the reason why I like her voice and why I particularly like this bit. She shows that she has an amazing voice and jumps from high tones to low tones within a single word. Add a snappy bassline and equal work from drummer-kun. Great stuff. The harmonica, albeit not as present as Kiyoe her voice, doesn’t sound out of place either. The entire song sound eargasmic to me. Don’t tell anyone though.
Yuna Ito – BREEEEEZING!!!!!: So breezing, Namiutsu heart beatin! Gokujou no party time!
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The key to me liking this this bit can be found in 2 parts. The “Breezing” which sounds very harmonic, together with the “Gokujou no party time” where miss Yuna Ito lowers her tone with each syllable that passes. Very nice to the ear. Makes me almost feel euphoric.
Berryz Koubou – SEMI: otouto wa genki ni SEMI wo totte.
[mp3=http://www.wotakular.com/audiogasm/semi.mp3@]
This song is older than time itself. And the ever so young Berryz had very little singing in experience. Which is what makes so awesome to hear. It almost sounds as if they’re moaning the song. And that makes it sound as if there is so much emotion in the song. I doubt it’s done on purpose, but it makes this song really good. Especially this part.
So that’s it. These are some of the songs that make me experience acoustic relief. I’m interested what your views are about this subject. Have you ever come across a more feasible explanation on how the syllables combined with the music gives you this special feeling? Or do you wish to share your favorite part? Please do so!
Tags: Audiogasm, Berryz Koubou, Buono!, Eargasmic, ikimono Gakari, Morning Musume, Music, Yuna Ito Categories: J-pop, Life, Other J-pop Artists, Wota Worthy5 Comments »
September 22nd, 2009 Brian2005 was the debut-year for the lovely miss Yuna Ito. The release of just one single, ‘Endless Story’ in her debut year has earned her many awards such as the Best New Artist award for both Best Hit Kayousai and Best New Artist award for the Japan Cable Awards. It was only 2 years later when she released her very first album titled ‘Heart’, which earned her a hard earned #1 position in the Oricon charts. The album went double platinum and as a result of this she won the MTV ‘Best Asia of Japan’ award in the same year.
However, both her 2nd and 3rd album sold less than her debut album and entered the charts at #3 and #7 respectively. Her 3rd and latest album was released just a few months ago in May. Despite the fact that her latest single sold over 45.000 copies it remains a bit too silent around Yuna Ito. How could it be that a J-pop star with the ambitions and talent to become a big star has slowly faded away to the background? Let’s hope that we’ll all hear from the lovely Yuna Ito soon, as her voice is a rich addition to the Japanese Pop-music scene.