Yo! Peoplezz! This is just a world where I give you info about good j-pop singers and songs that I can't stop listening to! ^ ^ Like for instance: Ah Merry-go-round
I am listening to that song currently.
And since I'm a HUGE fan of j-pop this'll be fun and easy!
I've noticed by going on the chat thingy that most people don't know some of the most popular of j-pop artists, well, I need to make it known, especially on a website like this. You guys to need to know and love these j-pop singers!
There are a lot of funny songs out there, but I'll just show you the ones that I can think of (and fit into this post). Most are gonna be by Berryz Koubou.
This first one is really catchy. The song is called Suhada Pichi Pichi:
This song doesn't have a PV, sorry! ^ ^;
This next one is called Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance:
I love how their dance is JUST like a Monkey! ^ ^ Hah!
This next one is by Perfume, it's called Love the World:
I don't think it was THAT funny, but it's kinda more interesting and pretty at the same time. Their dances are funny, though! ^ ^
This is next one is Koi no Dance Site by Morning Musume:
This one's really funny especially since the "Sexy Beam!" is Mari Yaguchi's kinda thing. She was embarrassed to do it, but she had to. In order of solo appearances: Abe Natsumi, Yuko Nakazawa, Maki Goto, Mari Yaguchi, Sayaka Ichii, Kaori Iida, and Kei Yasuda. I just realized something! This is the first Morning Musume video/song I've ever seen! O.O
Here are some songs that I'm sad when they end. They're so short, but so interesting and you're still waiting for the good part, but it's already passed and the song's over. TT.TT
First song! This one is called Edo no Temari Uta II (by C-ute):
I hate it when it ends! It's soo good! I love the dance also, and I have no clue why. This song is also very catchy! ^ ^ The people in this video consist of (by solo appearances): Airi Suzuki (in the pink), Maimi Yajima (in the red), Erika Umeda (in the black), Saki Nakajima (in the yellow), Mai Hagiwara (in the white), Kanna Arihara (in the blue), and Chisato Okai (in the light green),
This next song isn't very short, but I always zone out when listening to it so I miss a lot and I'm really sad when it ends because I can't remember what I just heard. It's called Sakura wa Raku Sa and it's by Berryz Koubou:
Sorry their singing isn't as good in this one. Sorry, too much going on, I can't really list the people who are in this video.
And next is a song that many are familiar with ('cept me, and I have no clue why). But it's BEAUTIFUL and should be longer. It's Omna Magni by Makino Yui:
Sorry, it's just a picture. I don't think she has a PV for this song.
Next song is a funny song. It's called Dancing! Natsu Matsuri:
My favorite part is when Johnson sings all weird. Umm...you probably don't know who Johnson is. Johnson's Kaori Iida from Morning Musume. Anyways, this is a Shuffle group from H!P. During the summer H!P shuffled into new groups like this one. Members in this one by solo appearance: Natsumi Abe, Tsuji Nozomi, Kaori Iida (Johnson), (I'm not sure), Yoshizawa Hitomi, (I don't know the three of the others), Mika Todd (she's American), and Yasuda Kei (she's the person singing Everybody-body).
Out of research for several pictures and my manga Mariko!, I've found some really epic songs by accident. Most of them are H!P related.
This first song is VERY popular. It was a promotion for Morning Musume's Cinderella play:
This song is by High King, which consists of (by solo appearance): Tanaka Reina, Takahashi Ai, Maimi Yamajima, Saki Shimizu, and Yuuka Maeda. This PV, in my opinion, is extremely awesome!
If only somebody recorded Cinderella or there was a DVD of it or something. It's definitely worth seeing.
This next song is also by High King:
I think this song is definitely EPIC. And the cheering really adds to it! ^ ^
This next song is called Kimochi wa Tsutawaru by BoA:
It doesn't say very epic at the beginning, just another on of those ballads, but then it gets REALLY good. Airi Suzuki from C-ute sung this in her audition for Hello! Project Kids and she sounded EXACTLY like BoA, even though she was like 10 or something.
This next song is called Suki Sugite Baka Mitai and it's by DEF.DIVA, another H!P group:
This song sounds oddly familiar...hmmm...Anyways, DEF.DIVA consists of (by solo appearance): Abe Natsumi, Goto Maki, Rika Ishikawa, and Aya Matsuura. Ummm...this PV....I don't like it very much. It moves around to much and it looks weird.
Since right now I'm currently bored, I'll just show you my favorite j-pop songs! One of them is in the introduction of my other world. Alright, well, here they all are. I'll start with my kinda favorite song and then go to my favorite song:
I love this song! But it's not my VERY favorite. Most of you guys are probably familiar with this song. It's very sad, yet very beautiful and catchy! ^ ^ And I love this PV for it. None of the other videos I've seen are as interesting as this one. It's just so simple, but so interesting!! O.O
This is a funny song and has a funny PV. But I can't stop loving this song for some reason. I have 5 mp3 files on mp3 player of this song. They're all the same thing...I have no clue why I have so many...O.o; Anyways! This is by Perfume. Perfume sings a lot of techno-pop and techno-pop is similar to j-pop in a way. But I love most of their songs. If you're wondering what this song is about, it's actually about Valentines Day and giving gifts of chocolate and such and such.
I LOVE this song to death!! It's in Berserk somewhere...It's sung by Susumu Hirasawa. The PV's pretty blah, but the song is amazing, isn't it!?
This is my favorite j-pop song. It's so cute, catchy, cool, fun, happy, energetic, and I just love it! This is sung by Berryz Koubou. I also love Berryz Koubou! ^ ^ The singers in this PV are my solo: Saki Shimizu, Miyabi Natsuyaki, Maasa Sudou, Chinami Tokunaga, Momoko Tsugunaga, Yurina Kumai, Risako Sugaya, and Maiha Ishimura (who's the only member to graduate so far).
Alright! Now this is the second post so I'll show you the first singles by my favorite j-pop group. You'll probably see a lot of this group in this world.
In 1996 or 1997, somewhere around those dates, there was this contest to make a star out of these girls who entered. And though there was only one winner, the runners up were put to a task to sell 50,000 copies of their first single and if these sold them all then they would become the new j-pop group Morning Musume. They did so and over time Morning Musume has grown up to become one of the most popular j-pop groups in Japan.
This is the song that they had to sell 50,000 copies. It's not Morning Musume's first official single, but I like to think that it was. The song is called Ai no Tane:
The singers in this video are (by order of appearance) Asuka Fukuda, Natsumi Abe, Kaori Iida, Aya Ishiguro, and Yuko Nakazawa(who was the oldest).
This next song is Morning Musume's first official single (Morning Coffee):
From order of appearance the singers in this single are: Kaori Iida, Yuko Nakazawa, Aya Ishiguro, Asuka Fukuda, and Abe Natsumi.
In this next song you will see new members. The song is called Summer Night Town:
The solo appearances are too far from each other that I can't really list them. The new members are Sayaka Ichii, Mari Yaguchi, and Yasuda Kei.
This next song is called Daite Hold on Me!:
Same problem with Summer Night Town.
As you can see in these videos Abe Natsumi slowly becomes the main vocalist. This is because of her popularity at the time.
How Morning Musume Works: Other people audition to be in the group as older members graduate. Soon, many of the members of Morning Musume in these videos will graduate. Currently, none of the original members of Morning Musume are still singing in H!P (it's basically all these groups like Berryz and such that are in one big group all created by Tsunku) or Morning Musume.
