[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbPvGXJOw0I&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Sometimes an idea comes along that’s so perfect from the get-go thinking it over seems ridiculous. Just do it, if I can get my Nike on for a sec. Taking hyper-catchy trio Perfume…who routinely deliver amazing choruses…and letting them cover The Cardigan’s “Lovefool”…which boasts one of the all-time catchiest choruses…falls into one of those…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh-OomjdUR8&hl=en_US&fs=1&] In which one of the better rock bands in Japan get transformed into the house band for a party desperate to be raunchier than it actually is. Clearly the idea of the record label higher-up thinking “if we combine Artist A with Artist B, we’ll grab both their markets! Double money!”, “Wonder Woman” (take…
VIDEO HERE Kaela Kimura appeared to turn on a corner on early-2010 song “You Bet!” Working mostly as a J-Pop sponge and absorbing whatever popular musical trends landed on the charts before, “You Bet!” stood out by not being chained to an existing Japanese sound. Six months later and out of the sky drops “Ring…
Looking for some good television before the South Africa-Mexico game kicks off the 2010 World Cup? Music Station airs three hours before the match starts, so you could pregame to the week’s finest J-Pop singles. Wait, what am I saying…if you do that you’d have no reason to read this article!!! Rent a DVD or…
I swear I haven’t sold out and become a secret Kentucky Fried Chicken hawker. It’s just Friday and I want to make one more post before I zone out for two days. And nothing says “phoned in” like posting some wacky Japanese commercials the afternoon before Saturday! Both feature some of the bros from Arashi…