Berryz Koubou - Otakebi Boy WAO Preview

As some people will know Berryz Koubou are releasing a new double sided single on the 3rd of March. The titles are 'Otakebi Boy WAO!' and 'Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda!'. Unfortunately I could only find a qood quality preview (And a full radio rip, how awesome am I? XD) for Otakebi Boy WAO! Otakebi Boy WAO is more than likely going to be classed as the better single on this release. Anyway, ON WITH THE PREVIEW!

This 15 seconds preview itself made me excited for this new single. Because seriously Risako can sing like this live, but she can't sing other songs (For example Dakishimete Dakishimete) very well, so it means it'll be the first time in years she'll actually sound like the track. I'm not saying she's a terrible singer (Admittedly she is my least favourite), I'm just saying she has the most trouble when it comes to being able to sing and dance onstage. She still has an awesome stage presence though. I'll admit that. Anyway as the preview shows, they have strange but awesome costumes. I have managed to find a proper clear photo of the costume, only with Miyabi in it XD

Bright pink camouflage dresses with black boots and fingerless gloves. First thought = Are they trying to hide with flamingos!? (Seriously, bright pink camouflage? XD) But it does look awesome, makes a great stage outfit anyway. Apart from the costumes the Berryz, my god, they all look drop dead gorgeous!
Momoko:

Ok, so she looks more cute than gorgeous, but it's Momoko we're takling about, she doesn't stop being cute. It's hard to believe she's turning 18 March 6th.

Miyabi:

Tree on fire in the background and Miyabi's punching the air in front of the camera...should we be worried? I'm quite annoyed though, she appears to have gotten hair extensions and I think shorter hair suited her better...

Maasa:

*hugs* Maasa needs more love, she's the least popular berry, yet she's awesome...

Yurina:

It's blury because she got about 1.5 seconds screen time. A lot less than Risako, this annoys the hell out of me.

Chinami:

Admittedly I am a Chinami fangirl, but you have to agree she's seems to be getting more and more attractive with each video. This is awesome. :D

Saki:

Meh, I'm starting to run out of comments...Saki...Saki's awesome! I think she's the best dancer.

Risako:

Grrr. Risako gets way too much screentime. All of the Berryz are very talented, yet she's almost always put in the middle and sings the most. A lot of people say she's the most talented and the prettiest. I however, completely disagree.

Otakebi Boy WAO! is annoyingly catchy and I'm probably listened to it over 10 times already. It is a good song, and I understand that their voices in this song are supposed to be powerful. (Afterall it's the ending theme for an anime which centres around a very determined football/soccer player) But almost all of their voices sound too forced. To be honest, I think the only ones that have managed to pull it off are Momoko, Maasa and maybe Miyabi...All of a sudden the letter M is magical...Hmmm...Anyway, here's the radio rip of the whole song, and thanks to the wonderful 23idui83 (Youtube) you can tell who's singing. Seriously, otherwise you'd probably have trouble distinguishing their voices... Unfortunately blogspot won't let me upload this second video for no reason whatsoever so we a have a link instead! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPUIqTMlAc4

So I'm very excited about this new single, and I can't wait for the PV. What about you?

Kiyoharu - LAWS

Ok, I'll be honest, I was intending to right this yesterday but many things got in the way, so then I decided to try and write it ealier today but I ended going to the Chinese New Year festival. I didn't know what to expect, but sexy, smily chinese men wearing see-throughish spandex juggling balls gurantees a great show don't you think? Needless to say I had fun. But moving away from my personal activites lets go onto the new Kiyoharu single, shall we? I gotta say, I love this song. It's catchy, the guitars are awesome, the video is awesome, Kiyoharu's voice is as epic as ever and he's still managing to pull of sexy at the age 41.


The video starts of with a lot of different shots of things, mainly dark rooms, fire, Kiyoharu and the band that are playing the music.


This was already 50 seconds into the video, I realised that it was actually pretty damn hard to get clear shots of Kiyoharu or any members of the band.The video has a lot of different shots so the video seems to move very fast, which is pretty awesome. I also like the fact that it shows a band, it seems to make you pay more attention to the music, which is good, because it's very awesome. (Yes, I know I use the word awesome a lot XD)


Kiyoharu's voice is still epic. I wish I could sing at the age of 41, better yet, I wish I could sing now, but that's not going to happen.


In the end this is the best screen shot I could get of the whole band with Kiyoharu. I admit that I'm not particularly skilled at getting good shots yet, due to the fact that this would now be my second time of print-screening video, and the whole fast moving shots and edits is awesome, but it does make screen-printing a pain in the arse. So I'm going to limit the amount I use in this post.


Kiyoharu proves how you can still be hot at 41 XD


I really can't wait to find a subbed version of this video, because I really want to know what the song is about. The video encorporates a dark somewhat sinister room cimplete with images of fire and cars crashing/falling. Which as you can see Kiyoharu is oblivious to.


Still oblivious...I know this imagery is more than likely to help with the message of the song or at least add to the effect, which only makes me want to find a subbed version more, but currently I can't help but think that he shoudl be turning around right now...


Have I mentioned that the video is awesome? I love it :D


*Still refuses to believe that Kiyoharu is now 41*

I seriously recommend watching the video, or at least listening to the song, I love them both. I think Kiyoharu has scored another epic win...I know there's always going to be someone who disagrees with me, but I still think it's awesome :D

Morning Musume - Onna ga Medatte naze Ikenai Review

(Yeesh long title)
To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this new morning musume single. I've only ever liked a few of their songs, and Koharu who had mangaged to become my favourite member had left. So yeah, wasn't expecting a miracle. Although honestly I liked this single. The costumes are strange pimped out dresses, but they make it work and the song is quite awesome :D Although I think the dancing could be better...


As they're walking in you can see the pimped out but awesome dresses. I dread to think how long they took to make...


A somewhat boring background but effective, but like previously mentioned their dancing could be better.


All of the girls however are looking beautiful, although I do appear to have gotten Linlin at a strange moment XD


The song starts with Ai's AWESOME voice, and as you can see she's looking amazingly beautiful.


Yesh, she has a good voice and she's quite cute but I have to say there's something about Reina which I just really dislike. I don't know what it is, but it prevents me from liking her...


Most of this video consits of the girls strutting their stuff. I don't have a problem with this, but it's a bit unimaginative, no?


I don't particularly like Aika (Nothing really draws me towards her) But I must admit she's looking adorable.


I hope I'm not the only person who think that this dance seems to consist of throwing your limbs around in time to the music...


After the first chorus all of the girls start walking down a catwalk, honestly, I think Junjun and Linlin have indeed won the prize for best catwalking.


Anyway, the song and video goes on, both of which are pretty cool, and after a while they all have a second run on the catwalk, but this time in pairs.

To be honest, it's not what I would call their best song, but it's absolutely freaking awesome compared to Kigamure Princess. Seriously, who's dumbass idea was it to chipmunk the voices? It was a terrible last single for Koharu, they could've given her a better last song. But anyway, I like the song, the video's ok and the girls are gorgeous. Not bad considering it's their 42nd single. So yeah, what do you guys think? Awesome or terrible, or maybe somewhere inbetween?