We’re knee-deep into baseball season so sorry for the unrelated-to-anything image above of the only Japanese player on my favorite team. Who needs real news hooks! Anyway, let’s get into this, starting with probably my least favorite J-Pop group in all of Japan. Kanjani8 “マイホーム” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8_DqDZAHrs”] About ten minutes from where I live is a…
Let’s dive right in as I have a very busy day ahead of me. KAT-TUN “ULTIMATE WHEELS” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2_x8_kdaXE”] Talked about…and heaped praise on!…this one last week. Song remains the same, a surprisingly out-of-the-box Johnny’s single incorporating Russian-evoking strings to make one of the more interesting Johnny’s releases as of late. The track comes bundled with…
UVERworld “NO.1” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEBD56ynXHI”] This UVERworld song presents an interesting dilemma…should a single trying to be something mammoth get points for effort when in the end it still sorta comes off as just another J-Pop track? “NO.1” wants you to leave thinking you’ve just listened to an epic production, a five-part play stuffed into six minutes….
After reading this, I hope you’ll see why I think I need a small vacation. Arashi “Hatenai Sora” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTG1HAxgfWM”] Glancing back at recent entries into this series…collect ’em all by clickin’ the tag!…I’ve noticed a slight increase in overall negativity aimed at most of the tracks appearing on Music Station, one of my major sources…
Update: Turns out this addition of Music Station doesn’t run until October 1, meaning I was a whole week early. Well…I guess you can get really comfortable with the songs now. This week’s Music Station seems packed with a lot of big names. I guess they want to start fall off right. Let’s get into…