6 posts tagged “biyuuden”

Hello!

I've been telling wotachat that this concert owns the wonderful hearts one, and it's more true every time I watch it.

1. I WISH- Morning Musume OG- I loved the way that everyone entered- it looked amazing. Also, I LOVE how they started this concert with the girls who started it all- Morning Musume and H!P. It was such a fitting beginning of a last concert for them. Also, as a bonus, it's a perfectly fitting song to start the concert- a song with hopes for the future.

2. I Know- all- Another "I" song? Anyways, I really liked the opening, and I love this song to follow it. It gets the crowd going, and it's a fun song to do with all the girls together. I also like how they still had Ayaya as the lead, but got everyone involved elsewhere throughout it.

3. Junnen Ai- Kaorin, Yuko, Kei, Nacchi- While I wasn't too fond of Nacchi's dress, I really liked how this song showed off just how perfectly these fours' voices blend together. It also has 4/5 of MM's 1st two generations that's left in H!P, which is awesome. The dance goes well with the song, and everyone's solo lines are just... amazing.

4. Screen- Nacchi- Nacchi sounds great as usual. This was a great performance, and I really love how well the dance, music, lighting, vocals, and costume come together so nicely with this to set the mood. This really worked well for me, and it was a great song to start the soloists out with.

5. Koi no Telephone GOAL- Nacchi- It's great that even though Nacchi's gotten so much older from when she released this, she's still having so much fun with it that it seems she's a teen again. She sounds amazing as ever when she sings this. Does she ever loose any energy?

6. Lalala Sososo- ManoEri- Why the hell is she here again? I really don't care about her or her music at all, so I just skipped it.

7. GIVE ME UP- Melon Kinenbi- Melon Kinenbi is just so amazing!!! I'd never heard this before, and they made me love it! I hope that they find some major way of promoting themselves through variety show appearences or something, 'cause they deserve to sell really well. They're just so great. They even rock those rediculous hats!

8. Kenchana- Maeda yuki- Yuki is such a talented Enka singer, and I love to see her singing something jazzy, because her voice is just so perfect for it. She also needs more exposure. I feel that she'd work really well singing in a jazzy group, not enka, though.

9. BABY! Koi ni KNOCK OUT!- Kei, Yossie, Makoto- WOW! Kei can still do this dance? They all look and sound amazing. It seems that her time studing in New Zealand did nothing to slow Makoto down, and Yossie just owns this as usual. This is what ownage of this song is made of.

10. 100Kai no KISS- Ayaya- Her dress... wow. That print only looks good on minidresses these days. I really like this song better now that her voice is more developed. It sounds great, and I can never say how much Ayaya owns this, for it would be impossible.

11. YEAH! Mechha Holiday- Ayaya- Unlike Ayaya's previous piece, this song gets worse with a more developed verse. Only the verses sound good with her current voice, but they make up a lot of the song. This was fun, and did she really do this with a broken toe?!?!

By the way, Yuko pushing Kei and Makoto over was really funny!

12. Tanpopo- Kaorin, Mari, Rika, Konkon, Ayumi- Mari and Kaorin are just too good to be believed. While everyone else is good, but these two own this performance to no end. They are just so good. It's nice that they get most of the singing time, and they look good too. I can't believe that what happened to Kaorin did. She's just so amazing here!

13. Agekai ni Dakarete- Kaorin- Kaori seems like she's really grown since she was last on stage. She sounds great, looks great, and has so much emotion in her performance. She's just such an amazing Momusu girl.

14. This is UNMEI- Melon Kinenbi- This is exactly why Melon Kinenbi owns my soul in Elder Club concerts. They just rock the stage. They're great preformers, great singers, and they have so much personality all the time while they're up there, no matter what they're singing or doing. This is kind of like H!P's girl power group. They all seem like they'd make awesome sisters or mentors to have.

15. Ai ~Suite Room~- Biyuuden- Biyuuden is back, and wearing next to nothing again. Can they sing something besides this song at a major H!P concert? Also, when this was discussed about on wotachat, my new theory came into being:

Biyuuden's members were chosen by who had the biggest boobs and wasn't busy at the time with another H!P project.

16. Boogie Train '03- Miki Fujimoto- I didn't think she could get better, but she did! That dress is insanely puffy! How did she get through the doors? She sounds really good, but her energy brings up the point: Is she really getting married?! I know she's old enough, but she seems so young and energetic here!

17. Kuyashi Namida Porori- Yuko- Yuko is such an amazing woman in H!P, and I'm almost sad to see her leave. While she is getting a little too old to be an H!P member, I love her so much! She's such a great preformer, and this is just one song that she will always own in my mind. She sounds so good with the type of music. Is she really in her 30's?

18. Magic of Love- Yuki, Acchan- This is the perfect duet. They sound so good together. I love the way that their voices blend so well. They sound great on this song, and I LOVE the way that they interperet it. The costumes are mature and not too over-the-top, so it's just great! I can't praise this enough.

19. Aoi Sports Car no Otoko- Kaorin, Yui, Erika, Acchan, Melon Kinenbi, Mari- This. was. fierce. I loved it! If they took Yui and Erika out, and it was 7 people, it would've been even better! I liked how intense they kept this in spite of their age. The costumes and the "guitars" also looked great for the song! I think that this was one of the most fun songs in the set.

20. Thanks- GAM & others- I would've preferred this if it was just GAM, but some things just can't happen I guess... It was still great with GAM still leading it. GAM should reform after they graduate. They're so much fun to watch and listen to!

21. Kizuna- Ayaya & Miki and Aoi Sports Car no Otoko girls- This was a great song for this concert, and I like the way that they had everyone do it with Ayaya, because while Ayaya owns this, it's fitting for the other girls to sing it too.

22. Come Together- Ongaku Gatas- This was really nothing special. It might be my least favorite song in the entire setlist. It just didn't seem as good as the rest.

23. Narihajimeta Koi no bell- Ongaku Gatas- This is the only gatas song that I thoroughly enjoy, so it was nice to hear. I liked this performance. It wasn't over the top, but it wasn't to plain either.

24. Morning Coffee -> Manatsu no Kousen- Morning Musume 1st and 2nd generations- These girl will probably always be my favorite Momusu girls ever, so there's no denying that this was sad for me, but they sound better than ever. The harmonies are just perfectly balanced and blended. They're really showing why the first 2 generations of Morning Musume were so good, and why no other line-up can beat them.

25. Ai Araba IT'S ALL RIGHT-> The Peace -> Love Machine- Morning Musume OG- Again, Morning Musume's OG show why they're so great. I loved how the other MMOG slipped onstage so quietly, so it looked cool when you saw them pop out for the first song. They seem as energetic and happy as ever. These girls were all in MM's golden age, and they show us why.

26. Koisuru Angel Heart- All- This song is always so energetic, so it's fun to see all the girls all energetic together singing! They all sound great, and the dance is very well done. This sounds so much better than the version with Biyuuden and WH.

27. Never Forget- All- The perfect ending to the perfect concert. It almost almost made me cry, and this isn't even the gradation concert yet. It sounded so great!

A concert not to forget.

-Midori

 

 

Hi!

I know everyone on wotachat knows this was coming, but you didn't know what it was, so here we go!

Oh, and...

IIDA'S BACK!

Edit: We have audio of her and a certain Mari yaguchi singing Tanpopo!

 

1. I WISH / Nakazawa Yuko, Abe Natsumi, Iida Kaori, Yaguchi Mari, Ishikawa RIka, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Konno Asami, Ogawa Makoto, Fujimoto Miki- This will be really great: a great song to start a final concert off with! And it will be done with great singers too!
2. I Know / all- Where did this come from? I like it though. It's good to start off with an energetic song in any concert.
Opening Movie- Opening movie? This sounds interesting! I can't wait to see it. Maybe it's a history of H!P and the Elders Club members
MC
3. Juunen Ai / Nakazawa Yuko, Abe Natsumi, Iida Kaori, Yasuda Kei- The oldest, most well respected Momusu members minus Yaguchi singing one of the bad 10th anniversary b-sides? Why not Itoshiki Tomo e or Bokura ga Ikiru my Asia?

4. Screen / Abe Natsumi- I've heard that this was amazing, so I'll be looking forward to it.
5. Koi no Telephone GOAL / Abe Natsumi- It's great to hear that she'll be singing one of her older songs, so we can see how she's improved, how she's changed, and look back at when she first flew solo.
MC
6. Lalala•Sososo / Mano Erina- Why is she here? Does she transcend all concert unit boundaries?
7. Give Me Up / Melon Kinenbi- Give Me Up? I've never heard of this MKB song... maybe it will be a post-H!P single? Maybe it's just an album track...
8. Kenchana ~Daijoubu~ / Maeda Yuki- I don't really like enka thank you very much... (No matter how talented she is, I just don't like Enka.)
9. BABY! Koi ni KNOCK OUT! / Yasuda Kei, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Ogawa Makoto- 2 classic Pucchi Moni members, and a 3rd generation one! This will be really fun!
MC
10. 100kai no Kiss / Matsuura Aya- Ayaya doesn't get an old and a new, she gets an old and an old... for now.
11. Yeah! Meccha Holiday / Matsuura Aya- I want to see how this will go now that she's a lot older.
12. Tanpopo (Single version) / Iida Kaori, Yaguchi Mari, Ishikawa Rika, Shibata Ayumi, Konno Asami- Why couldn't they have just had Iida, Yaguchi, and Rika? The world may never know. (No matter how much I hate Rika's singing, I only like 1st and 2nd generation Tanpopo.)
13. Agekai ni Dakarete / Iida Kaori- KAORI~!!! I LOVE YOU!!! She actually gets a solo? I don't mind though, she's one of my favorite MM members, simple because of her hilarious personality. Also, it's great that she's able to perform! She'll always be one of the funniest Morning Musume members in my mind. (Along with W and Kei)
14. This is Unmei / Melon Kinenbi- I <3 this song! Thank god they're not singing Akai Freesia! "That's not Melon Kinenbi, that's a solo with back-up!" -Me listening to Akai Freesia for the first time
15. Ai ~Suite Room~ / Viyuden- Biyuuden temporarily reunites... for one song, anyways... and it's not exactly my favorite of their's either.
16. Boogie Train 03 / Fujimoto Miki- It's good to see that she's singing a fun song, not a ballad. The question is if the H!P kids back-up dancers will be there or not.
17. Kuyashi Namida Porori / Nakazawa Yuko- Yuko gets a solo too? This is turning out to be one awesome concert!
MC
18. Magic of Love / Inaba Atsuko, Maeda Yuki- Ooo! An old Taiyou to Ciscomoon song! I can't wait to hear it sung by these two! I'm really excited now...
19. Aoi Sports Car no Otoko / Iida Kaori, Yaguchi Mari, Inaba Atsuko, Melon Kinenbi, Miyoshi Erika, Okada Yui- Why are the 2 Biyuuden back-up girls in here? I want to see a 7-nin version of this again! Anyways, I hope that they do the original dance, 'cause it was funny to watch.
20. Thanks! / GAM (Chorus dancers: Inaba, Maeda, Melon, Miyoshi, Okada)- WOW! A GAM temporary-one-song-reunion too! COOL! I can't wait for this!
21. Kizuna / Matsuura Aya (Chorus: Fujimoto, Inaba, Melon, Miyoshi, Okada)- I'm a little excited for this. Otherwise, I don't really have any reaction to it.
MC
22. Come Together / Ongaku Gatas- NO. Just no. I don't really want them to sing this song. It seems like one of those songs that was meant to fail if preformed live.
23. Narihajimeta Koi no BELL / Ongaku Gatas- Now I'm liking it again.
24. Love Machine / all- I am so surprised. How did I know that this was going to be on the setlist?
Encore
25. MM OG Medley:
• Morning Coffee / Nakazawa, Abe, Iida, Yasuda, Yaguchi
• Manatsu no Kousen / Nakazawa, Abe, Iida, Yasuda, Yaguchi
• Ai Araba IT'S ALL RIGHT / MM OG
• The Peace! / MM OG
• LOVE Machine / MM OG

-First of all: I know LOVE Machine was a hit, and I know that Tsunku likes to make them sing it, but twice in one concert seems way too much. I'm not particularly fond of any of these songs, so I'm a little disappointed. I like the member line up for the first two songs though.
25. Koisuru Angel Heart / all, except Matsuura- That's right! She broke her toe... or maybe this was planned before that happened for no particular reason whatsoever. I don't know weather to be excited about this song or not.
MC
26. Never Forget / all- A perfect song to end a final concert tour. It's a great song, and it was written for Morning Musume's 1st graduate. It's rather fitting.

MC

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Overall, I'm much more excited for this than I am for the Wonderful Hearts concert.

The only thing I'm extremely pissed about is that Love Machine, the most over performed Momusu song in history, is perfromed, TWICE!

-Midori

Another post! >.<

I know Biyuuden just broke up, not even a week ago, but I'm already missing them. Now, I'm pretty sure I've shown my displeasure that this unit is lead by Rika, and she gets all the lines, but the other two girls have voices that fit their songs quite well.

What I'll miss about Biyuuden is their songs. Tsunku always gave them unique songs that aren't idolish, but still good. Their songs are sexy, with interesting arrangements and are usually some of the most unique, creative songs I've ever heard out of H!P instrument and vocal arrangement wise. I don't know why, but I don't think there's a single single by Biyuuden that I haven't liked at one point or another because they're so interesting. Some of the songs Tsunku gave Biyuuden are pure genious in my opinion, and I just can't help but love them. I'll often even overlook the weak vocals by Rika, and watch all the lives of their songs because they're so fun and interesting. I'll go through their singles, and why I love them.

The costumes that Biyuuden wears (at least in the PV's) are always elegant and beautiful, except the ones for "Aisu Cream to My Purin," "Issai Gassai," and "Jajauma Paradise," which are sexy, but fit the song. The elegant ones I've always loved, and I could find myself wearing them, if I had the time and money to make replicas. (Like that will ever happen.)

Koi no Nukegara

 

I had never heard this song before a few months ago when I decided to start listening to more Biyuuden, starting with their first single. I loved the opening insrumental and vocals, so I instinctively bought it on iTunes. It was Biyuuden's first single, and I could only tell by appearence. I love this song for the interesting guitar part at the beginning, and the nice verses.

Kacchoiize! Japan

 

Kacchoize! Japan was one of the first Biyuuden songs I ever listened to. I loved the cool and unique PV, and the costumes are among my favorites from any H!P PV. I don't know why, but I love them. The song isn't the most interesting Biyuuden's released, but I still like it quite a bit. It's a good song, and my love for it only grew after hearing Makoto's amazing drum solo for it. That was probably my favorite performance of this song for the drum solo.

Ajisai Ai Ai Monogatari

 

This might be my favorite Biyuuden song of all time. I love it! The dance is really cool, even during the parts with vocals, and the choreography always goes perfectly along to the music. I also like how Rika and Erika both have a lot of lines between them, instead of it all being Rika. This song has a unique vocal arrangement, a great instrumental, and the costumes in the PV are fairly normal but they look great!

Hitorijime

 

I love, love, love this song!!! I just can't hate it. It's interesting, but pretty in a unique way, and the dresses are amazing in their own right. 'Nuff said.

Kurenai no Kisetsu

 

I just listened to this for the first time last night, and I loved it! It's interesting, and while Rika hogs a lot of the lines, it's still a great piece to listen to, and I can't love these dresses more.

Issai Gassai Anata ni A-ge-ru

 

The first time I heard this song was when I was watching the Hello!Fansubs Veoh channel. At first, I didn't like this song, but for some reason, I kept coming back to listen to it. While it's not on my ipod, I'll still watch the PV every once in a while for fun.

Aisu Cream to My Purin

 

This was the first Biyuuden song I ever heard, and I was turned of Biyuuden for a while by it, but now, after hearing more Biyuuden, I want to watch the PV again for some reason. I like the song itself a lot, and I realised why, Tsunku could only give this song to Biyuuden and have it sound right, and when Biyuuden sang it, it sounded great.

Koisuru Angel Heart

 

I've always loved this song for the fact that it sounded more like some of the things I'd heard in American pop for some reason. I don't have it on my iPod anymore, but that might be because I listened to it so much I got slightly sick of it. This H!F subs version is just so awesome effects-wise, that I couldn't pass up putting it up here.

Jajauma Paradise

 

This is the only Biyuuden song that I really liked until I saw the finished PV, which, unfortunately was after I bought the song and listened to it quite a bit. I like it, but when I think about the PV, I find myself not happy with it again.

Nanni mo Iwazu ni I LOVE YOU

 

 

When I first heard this song on 4th Ikimasshoi, it reminded me of the Spice Girls, which in turn reminded me of my childhood listening to them. This song, the Biyuuden version or not, will always be a great song to me. It's lovely and slow, yet nice and poppy all rolled into one. All the memories this song sturs up for me makes me love the PV and the song even more.

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-Midori

Yes, I'm alive, and no, I'm not having a pajama party. I am talking about the little known Biyuuden song "Pajama na Jikan."

I hate that Biyuuden has been disbanded, as Tsunku always writes cool and interesting songs for them. I really like "Hitorijime", "Ajisai Ai Ai Monogatari" and "Koi no Nukegara." I've never listened to their album, and I still haven't heard many of their singles, but after seeing a video of "Pajama na Jikan" I instantly loved it. It's such a cute and sweet song. I don't know why, but I like it. It's not sexy or up beat, it's just a cute, slow lullabye-ish song. One thing I like a lot about it is how everyone gets equal singing time. Instead of the more talented Erika and Yui put to the back and Rika getting all the singing time, Erika and Yui get a great amout of time to sing, and they always sound lovely. The arrangement of the voices is very interesting, and yet it works.

The staging is always really good for the song. In both the 2005 and 2007 versions, Yui is in the middle, and stays sitting there, singing or looking around while the other two walk around and sit at different points until the end when they sit by Yui's side. The 2005 version brings in a blanket now, but the newer version doesn't, though it's still just as cute! It really shows how well they get along, or at least pretend to.

The only thing that even slightly bugs me is that when Yui sings her high notes, she sounds very young, but it really fits the song even if it's a little annoying. ^^ I hope you like this song too!

 

This is one of my favorite Biyuuden songs, and as Yui says at the end, Oyasuminasai.

-Midori

\I haven't posted in over 10 days. I've been really busy, and I wanted to show off some of what I thought should go in the H!P costume hall of shame since I admire Celestia's series for the costume hall of shame. It's one of my favorite things on any blog, and I love mocking the costumes myself, so here goes nothing!

First, I'd like to say that life will be busy for me for a while, so please don't think I've stopped blogging if I stop for a while. Now, on with the post!

I'll start off with morning musume. I like a lot of Momusu's outfits, but lately, there's been some I haven't really liked. There are many MM fashion disasters, but these are the most outstanding recent ones.

 

These Resonant Blue promotion dresses are hardly the "cool" image of the song, or good-looking. They would look great, but there are giant rose-shaped things all over the skirts, the arms, and the HUGE hair pieces. I haven't been a fan of whoever has been deciding to put huge, ugly hair pieces on the girls' heads. the color just makes the whole flower ensemble terrible. The flower on JunJun's head looks a lot like a failed attempt to make a fabric cinnamon roll.

 

Morning Musume got terrilble costumes for this. I know there's 2 layers under that, and the bodice and skirt colors go nicely together, but those ugly feather things are unforgivable. Was it that the designers were thinking thankgiving or were just really, really drunk. I'm leaning towards the later, but who knows.

 

These, in my opinion, are the worst things morning musume's been forced to wear. Ever. Okay, Aika's is sort of cute if you squint and you don't look at the ugly shoes being eaten by yellow mutant fluff. Ai's shorts make it look like she's one fluffy & green creature and legs and arms just grew out of it. Sayumin looks like big bird attacked her, and everyone else doesn't look much better. Reina looks terrible in this picture, as she not only has most of her hair covered in the mutant yellow fluff, she also has those huge, ugly, always tacky, and larger than any I've seen before legwarmers. Linlin's and Sayu's shoes don't help the look, ans the shoes make their feet look huge.

I also think the fluff must have felt gross when they sweated.

 

Now, we have some that deserve a special place in the costume hall of shame. I really can't say anything else. The girls are cute, the dresses are ugly.

 

Now, for the V-U-Den portion, I tried not to use the same outfits as Celestia, so these are interesting. This is an ugly and skimpy shirt. Whoever designed this should, well, not design "sexy" clothes. This outfit isn't helped by the gems straight up the center of it.

 

These costumes are like really cheap and ugly versions of the Onna Ni Sachi Are costumes. The little things are the bad part. The sun-flower like fabric of the top, all the chains that are hanging down, the side bows of a yellow that just doesn't work, the huge ugly flower piece on Rika's head and the hair net over Yui's head, and the arm things are just too much.

I also have something for our nail feature curtosey of Rika Ishikawa!

 

Fluffy christmas nails!!!

That's all for today. ^^

-Midori

Hi! I've experimented to see how H!P would work in the US. This may be an ongoing thing. I'm IMing my test subject, so please excuse the way they type, as I believe it would be better if I quoted them.

I asked them about the costumes, the song, the dance, the singing, and their favorite and least favorite people.

Test Subject #1

14; favorite types of music: Rock & alternative

Favorite Band: Panic! At the Disco

Notes: Is a huge disney fan, and likes cute things; also is a fan of Hannah Montana. She's been singing in choirs for 3 years.

I started off with a less poppy Momusu song.

Resonant Blue:

okay my favorite part woudl be from 1;18 to the time of 2:00 and i LOVE the costumes and the dancing was really interesting but a good kind i really like that song i thought the singin was really good actually  liek i love the white with the black and i really dont have any least favorite parts at all

Translation: Okay, my favorite part would be from 1:18 to 2:00 and I LOVE the costumes and the dancing was really interesting, but a good kind of interesting. I really like that song. I though the singing was really good actually. I love the white with the black. I don't really have any least favorite parts.

Seems to be going rather well. So far. I'm going to do a lighter song so she can she the other, cuter side.

 

Anataboshi:

okay i didnt like the dancing so much on this one or the  singing as much but i LOVE the costumes i liked the dancing and the whole part on the time 1:53 to the time 2:18

Translation: I didn't like the dancing or the singing so much, but I LOVE the costumes. I liked the part from 1:53 to 2:18

That wasn't as good. The next song I decided to go to Biyuuden. Hopefully that would be good.

 

Hitorijime:

OKAY THIS ONE IS MY favorite :] I really LIEK TEH SINGING AND THE DANCING IS AMAZING ! but th ecostumes are cute but not as cute as the 2nd one hahah my favorite part is liek the whole  thing so far and i dont not liek anything about it yet

Okay, this one is my favorite! I really like the the singing and the dancing is amazing! The costumes aren't as cute as the 2nd song's. I like the whold thing.

 

IT'S GETTING BETTER! She likes Biyuuden. Well, their more mature stuff. I decided to show her Morning Musume's vocal powerhouses in the truly epic sense from the winter concert: Reina & Ai

Everyday, Everywhere:

thats a concert?!?!?!?! wow they sound good theres liek no dancing and i like teh costumes just not the one on the 2nd girl with the short hair  or the yellow on the other one thier voices are REALLY GOOD!!

That's a concert!?!?!?! WOW! They sound good. There's almost no dancing though. I don't like the costumes too much. Their voices are really good!

 

Wow! She really liked the last two. let's not try to ruin it with one more. She and her sister really liked Tokaikko Junjou, so here it goes.

Namida no Iro:

howe doeos that girl dNCE IN a skirt liek that i like this it ha sliek sort of a latin vibe on it

How does that girl dance in a skirt like that!? I like this. It has a latin vibe to it.

 

I decided that since it was going pretty well, I'd end the first part of this with Robokiss, something I'd showed her before.

Robokiss:

i remember this one hahah i love this one with the robots hahaha

I remember this one. *laughs* I love this one with the robots! *Laughs*

 

Well, that went rather well. I hope my other subjects will react as well.

-Midori

To be continued...