A Trip in the Time Machine: Going to the 70's and the 60's with Asian Pop Groups, Pt. 1

Wow, I seriously fail at keeping a blog. But, it's winter break for me now, so I'll probably be better at it.

So, I've been kind of baffled lately on why of a sudden a lot of pop artists in Asia are hopping in their time machines and giving us styles from the 60's and 70's. We'll start with the biggest ones in my world:

Morning Musume: With both a cover single and a cover album, they are a lot more obvious in their blast from the past. I never heard these songs before Morning Musume did them, except for the exception of the Pink Lady songs Nagisa no Sinbad, Pepper Keibu, and UFO. Overall I like the album, though, I'm really confused by why the Pepper Keibu in the album has the intro playing at the end. It sounds like someone just slapped it on because they thought that the album version needed to be different from the single. I wish I heard the originals, but I still feel like it's like a karaoke studio album for Morning Musume... it wasn't like Pepper Keibu where they added their own flair of it with the dance break. Here are some of my favorite songs:
Nagisa no Sinbad: <3 the "Sexy. Anata wa Sexy" and the low notes. Oh and the harmony. There hasn't been enough of that in Morning Musume lately.

Koi no Dial 6700: The chorus solos sound amazing... especially I think it's Eri's one in the first part. Though, Koharu's solo sounds painful for her.

Pepper Keibu: I'm including this one because prior to writing this. Though, this version has some of them standing on this platform for like solo parts? I don't know... it looks kind of cheaply thrown together. But I still <3 the song. Well, except that Reina gets the only solos. I was hoping for an Ai and Risa lead for this song, but the line distribution here is much better than Resonant Blue.


Overall rating of the album: B It was fun, but not the best. Still wish that Musume would have added their own flavor to it. Whatever that is since they've been doing so many different styles since Aruiteru.

This is getting split into more parts because I'm lazy >.<

How did this turn into a review post?!

The Mandatory Introductory Information: now available in smaller bites for easier digestion!

In this vast dimension known as H!P blogging, it is customary for the H!P blogger (in this case, me) has to introduce to the readers (you, if you exist) their feelings on all the groups, individual members, etc. So, this is part one of who knows how many to get this over with.

So, let's start with the current artists: Morning Musume, Berryz Koubou, C-ute, Buono!, Melon Kinenbi, Ongaku Gatas, and the solo artists.

Let's start with the solo artists. I don't really listen to them much except for Aya Matsuura and Yuko Nakazawa. I love the sound of both of their voices. Though I would love them to leave H!P and go somewhere where they would be appreciated more.

I'm not a fan of Ongaku Gatas and Buono!. So far, all of their songs that they have released are very boring. Nothing has really caught on. It such a shame too because both of these groups have some amazing performers on there.

Melon Kinenbi is the first H!P group I heard. I got interested in them because of their song "Akai Freesia", which I thought it was cute and catchy. But then I got into their other stuff, and man are they good. All 4 of them are strong singers, which is really hard to find in an H!P group. they're songs are difficult, have beautiful blended harmonies, and maturer sounds. If you guys ever get the chance, just listen to "Kousui" and "This is Unmei". Two amazing songs that showcase their talent.

Now for the H!P kids group. I have to be honest, I'm like the millions of other bloggers out there that is a bigger C-ute fan than a Berryz fan. I can go into detail more later about it.

Now Morning Musume. What can you say about Morning Musume? Apparently a lot. Which is why I'm going to keep this post short by talking about it at another time.

Another First Post

Hey all. This is Kan. My pseudonym comes from the H!P cover duo I'm doing with my friend (whom I'm am going to call Shin, her pseudonym). Our H!P cover duo is Shinkanren, and you can click here. My half is named for a kanji that means pluck or nerve. Or in general for me, how I kind of go through life.

The name of my blog comes from the coupling song of "Ai Araba IT'S ALL RIGHT"(which btw, I think is the most boring Morning Musume song ever). I chose this name for a couple of reasons: 1. it fit with what I am on my duo, and 2. the song is awesome. Or maybe I'm impartial because I LOVE Queen, and "Dekiru Onna" was inspired by it.

Anyway, I'm about to join the masses out there with an H!P blog. I would think it's more of a place to share my inner thoughts on H!P and the fandom. So yes, nice to meet everyone, though I highly doubt anyone is reading now. Look forward to more later!