Friday, May 22, 2009

»» Chihiro Onitsuka - X / Last Melody

01. X
02. Last Melody

To be perfectly honest, I had never heard of Chihiro Onitsuka until she released this single. I'm glad to say that I've become a fan of this lady.

What struck me most about Chihiro is how similar to Utada's voice her voice is. It really shows in Last Melody. X starts of like a slow ballad, but then it turns into a pop/rock ballads. Chihiro has a very unique way of singing that makes you think of no one else when she's singing a rock track. Well, at least that's what I got from this one song. I love the guitars and the chorus is quite catchy, while keeping a very dark atmosphere. It's almost like they mixed Ai Otsuka's Cherish with Ayumi Hamasaki's talkin' 2 myself. Very good stuff.

Last Melody, as the title might have given away, is also a ballad. And boy, what an amazing ballad it is... I must admit I didn't like it too much the first time I listened to it. But then I didn't feel like putting something else on either, so I just let it play on repeat along with X. A few listens later, I realized I liked this better than X. Her voice reminds me of Utada Hikaru's voice in this song, especially in the bridge, when she hits some higher notes. The song is absolutely beautiful, and for a song whose title includes the word 'Melody', it has quite a well-thought one.

X / Last Melody is a great single by Chihiro Onitsuka, and I'm definitely going to follow her careeer closely from now on, and probably going to check some of her previous works.

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by Sairo!


Wednesday, May 20, 2009

»» Shouganai Yume Oibito is #1!!



Yay!! They did it! Morning Musume is #1 on the Weekly Charts!!
Congratulations for your first #1 single, Aika, JunJun and LinLin!!
I'm so happy ^^

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by Sairo!


Monday, May 11, 2009

»» Look What I Just Bought!!


Shabondama and Iroppoi Jirettai (Limited Edition)! Yay! As of now, I own 7 MM singles. Hopefully, I'll have at least 25 by the end of the year :)

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by Sairo!


Saturday, May 9, 2009

»» Ikimonogakari is back!

Ok, this might be old news to everyone else, but unfortunately I just don't know where to look for Ikimonogakari info. I find out they're releasing new stuff when I see the torrent up on jpopsuki. Today, I saw their new music video, Futari, on jpopsuki, so I immediately downloaded it. The video itself isn't too great, and it doesn't even feature Hotaka and Yoshiki, it's just Kiyoe all the time, lots of way too long shots and she doesn't even sing. She stays there waiting for a train, and that's the video. I'm not saying it's not good or anything, but if you're not very much into the band, or doesn't get the point, or some words in the song, you'll find it immensely boring.

The song itself, is exactly what you expect from an Ikimonogakari ballad: pure awesomess. Kiyoe's vocals are as great as usual, the song is very heartfelt, like a new Kaeritakunatta yo, and the chorus is catchy. The song is the theme song of the TBS drama 'Boku no Imouto', and the single comes out on May 27th. Here are the cover and the tracklisting:


01 Futari
02 Blue Bird （LIVE ver.）
03 Kokoro no Hana wo Sakaseyou （LIVE ver.）
04 Futari -Instrumental-

Ikimonogakari is also providing the music for the new Naruto Shippuden opening, it's a new song called 'Hotaru no Hikari', which I thought would be featured in this single. Maybe it's the next single? It's probably a mistake to not release a Naruto Shippuden opening song as a single, 'cause it'd sell a lot.

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by Sairo!