THE SOUND OF QUESTION? (a pimp post of sorts :P) PART 2
If you’re a fan of Question? you’ll probably find yourself following the Shounen Club episodes really closely. Outside of Shounen Club, Question? doesn’t have many activities so you’ll always be tuning into Shounen Club, hoping and praying and biting your lips that Question? will perform a little number or at least appear in their Junior Leagues.
I’ve kinda got used to the way I resort to watching other people’s performances just to watch Question? in the background. You kind of get used to watching Question? in the background doing their thing, while the key performer is in the front but you’re not really giving your attention to the performing people at the front.
I remember this time when I was watching Nakamaru Yuichi from KAT-TUN perform “Key of Life” in Shounen Club - Gaki was playing the piano in the front where Nakamaru was, but the rest of Question?, which I eventually discovered, was behind, bathed in darkness, moving a bit to the music as they strummed their guitars and poked the snare. I couldn’t see them a lot, but they were there and I kinda felt like, “Ah, that’s all that really matters.”
So don’t fret! If you like NEWS, KAT-TUN, Tegomass or whatever other senior band you can think of, and if they happen to perform in Shounen Club, you’d still be able to see Question? behind :D
SO WAI IS IT THAT I HAVE TO WATCH SHOUNEN CLUB JUST FOR QUESTION? AGAIN?, you may ask?!
BECAUSE QUESTION? IS FULL OF GAY, MEMBER-LOVE AND IT’S SO UGFUHGUFHFUIFHA73DSAHD9024HFSADNF THAT YOU CANNOT MISS IT.
BECAUSE YONE AND AKUN LOVE TO KISS ON SCREEN... OR OKAY... ALMOST KISS ON SCREEN.
BECAUSE YONE HAS A TENDENCY TO GO GRAB HIS FELLOW MEMBERS WHEN HE’S SINGING.
BECAUSE YODO ALWAYS HAS THAT CUTE STONED FACE WHEN HE PLAYS THE DRUMS... YOU KNOW HIS EYES ARE JUST ALWAYS KINDA FIXATED ON THE MOVING CAMERA WITH HIS HEAD BOBBING LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT.
BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE SOMETIMES THAT GAKI’S HANDS AND FINGERS WILL CRAMP SOONER OR LATER BECAUSE OF THE FAST-MOVING SONGS THAT THEY HAVE (NOTE THIS ESPECIALLY IN PARALLEL WORLD EHEHEHEHE).
BECAUSE AKUN’S GUITAR SOLOS ARE ALWAYS SO SEXY AND I JUST LOVE TO SEE THE WAY HIS LIPS PURSE WHEN HE PLAYS.
BECAUSE YORI IS JUST WORTH WATCHING. BECAUSE HE WILL OCCASIONALLY STICK HIS TONGUE OUT AT YOU AND WINK AT YOU. YES YES YES!
AND LATELY HE'S BEEN VERY FOND OF UNBUTTONING HIS TOP YES YES YES (he used to have it buttoned very decently :P).
Some performances you might want to check out on YouTube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=33FgcShrPYI
“Feel It” on Shounen Club 2004.12.12
Question? playing “Feel It”, an original song from TOKIO. Very cool, but the vocalist here is Shun Watanabe who looks really handsome and charming. No Gaki or Akun either, because this video is pretty old. But I like this rendition anyway because 1) it’s a TOKIO song and 2) the bass is really catchy and 3) because it’s Question? :D You’ll also be able to see Noda Yuya here!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dDjQx5GkXOg
“Precious Memories” on Shounen Club 2005.09.18
Question? playing “Precious Memories”! You’ll be able to see Noda Yuya here, doing his thing (very coolly if I may add) and their costumes all look two sizes too big for them!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ASqeTs4qA2g
“Kanjitemiro” on Shounen Club 2005.10.09
You have got to love the bass in the starting of this song!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kGhJPEQPkKk
Question? medley on Shounen Club 2006.07.02
Question? playing “Precious Memories”, “Holy Heaven” and “Kanjitemiro” - three really awesome songs. This is where Akun and Yone get all wound up in their own world (watch this when “Holy Heaven” ends and they transit to playing “Kanjitemiro”)!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7Ya2C4TsiUE
“Bitter-ender” on Shounen Club 2006.10.08
Another awesome song from Question? because you have got to love it when the lyrics are so catchy like that :P
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cXFcMvbHbH8
Chance Medley on Shounen Club 2006.11.05
Not completely Question?-centred - in fact, not at all because you’ve got a thousand and one juniors cramped onto the very amazingly spacious Shounen Club stage - but you get to see a bit of Question? here and I think the way Yone moves when he emerges from the stage kinda reminds me of Koyama Keiichiro in NEWS’s “Weeeek” PV :P
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BLa_RhedzWY
Question? medley on Shounen Club 2006.11.12
Question? plays “Sorafune”, “-so young blues-” and “I to You ki to”. Yone doesn’t appear in this video until the last song, but when he comes out he looks like a complete star and it is pretty damn awesome because he grabs Yori for a hug here :D
http://youtube.com/watch?v=utHK0U3mVkM
“Head Banging Boogie” on Shounen Club 2007.01.14
Akun is love, and so is everybody else because they look like they’re having a lot of good fun :D
http://youtube.com/watch?v=r4bCr_dS-6A
Question? with A.B.C. medley on Shounen Club 2007.05.13
What do you get when you put two awesome junior groups together oh yes! A mix of original A.B.C. and Question? songs are in this video: “Freedom”, “Precious Memories”, “Crazy Accel” and “Head Banging Boogie”! I love this video because A.B.C.’s in it too, and watching them prance and dance about Question? is just absolutely funny. You have to give Question? props for trying to mouth the lyrics to A.B.C.’s songs too :P
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OSamZ-Uw6lQ
“Naked” on Shounen Club 2007.06.10
Yes yes more Yori airtime! A collaboration between Question? and A.B.C. It gets a bit confusing when they’re all dancing around and the music is just in your ears but it’s a fun song nevertheless and it’s always nice to see A.B.C. and Question? together... oh yes :D
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CeriqlCwHxE
“Parallel World” on Shounen Club 2007.11.04
My sister thinks it’s gay the way Yone moves in this performance but to me it’s pretty sexy. IDK MAN, watch it and determine for yourselves :D
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OP1GGXC375o
“Mezamero! Yasei” on Shounen Club 2008.01.06
You get to hear how this awesome song is like without Matchy’s voice. It gives you this... raw feeling, especially since Matchy’s voice isn’t blending in with them, but it’s a video worth checking out anyway, because this is their song.
Yori’s shirt is distracting ♥
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J5PT7oZiOK4
“Midnight Shuffle” & “Mezamero! Yasei” on Shounen Club 2008.03.02
Great performance again, without Matchy, again! I mean we can’t possibly ask Matchy to come back to Shounen Club... right?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lKIv08LPz6k
“Mihari” on Shounen Club 2008.06.08
An original song by Otokogumi, I managed to recognize this song because Nishikido Ryo from NEWS sang this before in... somewhere, I forgot *fails* Question? does a pretty cool rendition of this song and it doesn’t matter that Gaki looks a bit pained halfway while singing.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=loVrVdamrv0
“Beautiful Mind” on Shounen Club 2008.05.04
Akun’s guitar here is something to look out for... among many other things, like Yori’s shirt... or something... IDK... *flails*
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yRTCuD6xcqM
“Head Banging Boogie” on YOUtachi! 2007.06.10
No fans screaming here but the downside to this video is that THE SPONSORS’ LOGOS AND THE LYRICS FLASHING ABOUT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN ARE IN THE #@&$#* WAY.
Shokura Mania with Kamenashi Kazuya 2005.06.07
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yAIkm94ApCw
Kamenashi Mania! Although Question? is divided into two groups - Passionate Rainbows and Dreambombers - they still show that member-spirit by deciding on their answers together… ultimately getting kicked out from the game. This YouTube video stops after the Question? part, since Question? doesn’t appear anymore after that, so if you were looking for the full Shokura Mania with Kame inside, sorry! ><
Nekketsu Junior League 2007.11.04
Part 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=y2D5HHh_2ZA
Part 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NtEbR0op_NU
Yone and Yori is in this one! Watch how the both of them fail miserably at drawing but eventually work to get points for their respective teams :D
Nekketsu Junior League 2008.04.06 Takizawa Hideaki Mania
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_tg845R7MoA
All about Tackey O.O Gaki is in this one!
Nekketsu Junior League 2008.04.16 with Tomoyuki Yara
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tKjxplr32Uo
Oh Yodo ♥
Nekktsu Junior League 2008.03.02 with NEWS
http://youtube.com/watch?v=V9B539_jKcs
Shige strips, Senga wins at poses, Hikaru’s bento seems exciting... but Gaki and Yodo doesn’t really do anything else except laugh at their fellow members.
There are a few more Nekketsu Junior Leagues I have in my possession that features one or two of the members from Question? - once I am able to get them up on Mediafire, or at least find the relevant videos on YouTube, do check back to see if I’ve added any new links! *thumbsup*
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QUESTION? .MP3 RIPS & SONGS, ETC
I’ve uploaded all the Question? .mp3 rips I could get my hands on - I got these from various places around the Internet and I’m pretty unsure about who the original uploaders are for certain files, but if there's anything that I should take down immediately, do tell me and I'll do so promptly!
MATCHY with QUESTION - [MS 2008.01.18] - Mezamero! Yasei.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?egkjyy2jmel
Question - [SC 2004.12.12] - Feel It.MP3
http://www.mediafire.com/?0zm3x5n0ooz
Question - [SC 2005.05.08] - Holy Heaven.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?nfmnn2hfy9g
Question - [SC 2005.09.18] - Precious Memories.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?ns1zzdwcmxh
Question - [SC 2005.10.09] - 感じてみろ Kanjitemiro.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?dm4sleixmjw
Question - [SC 2006.10.08] - Bitter-ender.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?mv3rprw4tf4
Question - [SC 2006.11.12] - Sorafune, So Young Blues, I To You Kito.MP3
http://www.mediafire.com/?bdmnyszwg2i
Question - [SC 2007.01.14] - Letter for Juliet.mp3
http://ww.mediafire.com/?nz2cgvcym2m
Question - [SC 2007.10.14] - Beautiful Mind
http://www.mediafire.com/?ms4zdamdijj
Question - [SC 2007.11.04] - パラレルワールド Parallel World
http://www.mediafire.com/?mdmvtmy08mx
Question - [SC 2008.03.02] - 目覚めろ！野性 Mezamero! Yasei
http://www.mediafire.com/?18rwwbdybj0
Question - [SC 2008.03.02] - Parallel World
http://www.mediafire.com/?zjzmgytngej
Question - [SC 2008.06.08] - Mihari
http://www.mediafire.com/?uxykjny1myk
Question & A.B.C. - [SC 2007.06.10] - Naked
http://www.mediafire.com/?9xnx9xl8vjh
Because singing along to their songs makes you feel like you win at life, you can check out the Romaji, Kanji and translated lyrics of some of their songs here at goro_chan’s LiveJournal: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/tag/question%3F
To make your life easier, here are direct links to the existing songs that goro_chan has worked on:
Holy Heaven: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/8508.html
Kanjitemiro: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/36302.html
Precious Memories: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/36429.html
Bitter-ender: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/39672.html
Days (Yone’s solo): http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/44694.html
Head Banging Boogie: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/44897.html
Naked (collaboration with A.B.C.): http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/46705.html
Beautiful Mind: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/86353.html
Parallel World: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/86684.html
Mezamero! Yasei: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/95144.html
I’ve also done a few ringtones from a few Question? songs, they’re not a lot, but when I’ll add more with time :D
[MATCHY with QUESTION] - MIDNIGHT SHUFFLE '08 remix.mp3 (1.47 MB)
[MATCHY with QUESTION] - 目覚めろ！野性.mp3 (1.32 MB)
[Question] - Head Banging Boogie [SC 2007.01.14].mp3 (372.65 KB)
[Question] - パラレルワールド Parallel World [SC 2007.11.04].mp3 (976.16 KB)
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QUESTION? IN MAGAZINES
Being juniors in the Jimusho is a pretty sad thing - when it seems as though your future is still a bit foggy, the best that you can get in magazines like Myojo and Potato is a one-page spread... if you even call that a spread.
Question? appears (regularly) on magazines such as Myojo and Potato. You can forget about buying Popolo, hoping that there will be a concert report on Question? because Popolo, as I know, hasn’t featured Question?. I’ve seen Kis-My-Ft2 on Popolo before, but I haven’t seen Question? so I guess if you’re planning to buy magazines just for Question?, don’t get Popolo! Things might change though, hopefully, so we can all have more photos to look at and more holes in our pockets :D
The thing about magazine scans for Question? is that not a lot of people scan them... in fact, the last time I’ve seen a scan for them is a pretty long time ago. Usually in the magazines they appear in only one page, and their interviews are short, but then if you appreciate them you’ll also learn to appreciate that one page like a jewel.
I haven’t been able to get my zipped files of Question? scans up on Mediafire for weeks now (in my possession I have about 100 +/- pictures in about 49 +/- magazine issues so far) so in the time being, for scans, do check out:
Question? tag in
boys_paper community
http://community.livejournal.com/boys_paper/tag/question
deepintoblue has also uploaded over 60+ scans which you will be able to find here:
http://deepintoblue.livejournal.com/291054.html
Because
likeyesterdays is so awesome, she has translated a few articles for us, which you can check out here:
Potato March 2008 issue
http://heiseifamilies.livejournal.com/6612.html
Potato May 2008 issue
http://heiseifamilies.livejournal.com/6714.html
Find out what the boys are thinking when they close their eyes and the "ideas that happen to cross my mind" :P
Also, do check out the translations done by enshinge over in this link (which is a direct link to all her posts tagged "Question?", but also do check out her other translations of other groups :D)!
http://enshinge.livejournal.com/tag/question%3F
Remember to give your thanks to the people who took the time to upload the files :D
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USEFUL LINKS
Question? video channel on Veoh
http://www.veoh.com/channels/JohnnyEntertainmentQuestion
Useful for people who want to start hoarding Question? videos! Veoh allows you to download videos REALLY easily so all you really need to do, if you’ve got Veoh, is to click “Download All Videos” and you’ll get all the videos downloading in a spiffy jiffy :D
HatenaPenguin’s channel on YouTube
http://youtube.com/user/HatenaPenguin
Really useful for people who are more accustomed to watching things on YouTube. HatenaPenguin’s got a lot of Question?-related videos so you can feast on them until you keel over :P
newshfan’s subbed videos with Question?
http://newshfan.livejournal.com/tag/question%3F
This is a direct link to all of NEWShFAN’s subbed videos tagged Question?
Question? on LiveJournal
http://community.livejournal.com/question_jrs/
A community on LiveJournal dedicated to Question?! If you dig hard enough you’ll be able to find your way to links to a lot of Question?-related stuff! Support Question?! Join the community :D
Ambitious Boys on Livejournal
http://community.livejournal.com/ambitious_boys/
*QUE FOR KAWAI TO START CROONING “AMBITIOUS JAPAN”*
A community on LiveJournal dedicated to the junior counterpart of the Jimusho! The tags are awfully useful, you’ll be able to find videos of not just Question? but many of the other awesome junior groups out there! Support the juniors and join the community and spreaaaaaaaaaad the junior love all around like peanut butter and jelly!
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CREDITS
Wiki.ThePPN’s article on Question?
http://wiki.theppn.org/Question_(band)
deepintoblue's pimp post for Question?
http://deepintoblue.livejournal.com/291054.html
among_the_lost’s translation for Yone’s profile
http://community.livejournal.com/question_jrs/3429.html
chaakeeouyo community on LiveJournal, for some of the Question? .mp3 rips
http://community.livejournal.com/chaakeeouyo/
This community is pretty awesome because you’ll get to download .mp3 rips from various performances, especially Shounen Club ones. This is really important because Question? plays in Shounen Club and since they don’t have any proper release of their songs, you’ll only get to hear their original songs through .mp3 rips and this is probably the best place to download them :D
boys_paper on LiveJournal
http://community.livejournal.com/boys_paper/
The best community to turn to for scans... if you haven’t joined you really are missing out on a lot of things WHICH SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING! I managed to salvage some of the Question? scans that were uploaded there before it got lost in the depths of the intarnetz!
There are probably a lot of other sites where I’ve got my information and materials from but left them out in the credits, but a big thank you for the existence of all these wonderful websites and people around who helped in this post in one way or another.
*thumbsup*
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ALSO CHECK OUT...
TOKIO
Sorry I had to recycle that photo I'LL FIND A BETTER ONE ASAP, LOL.
TOKIO! Yes yes! Putting aside that fact that Question? was supposedly modelled after TOKIO - TOKIO itself is a band that’s definitely worth checking out. They’ve had a long history and since they’re under Johnny’s too, that might work as an incentive for you to check them. Nagase Tomoya is also very hot. I uploaded only two songs, but if you’re truly interested then I think you’re in for pretty awesome music!
TOKIO - “Feel It”
http://www.mediafire.com/?dkwcxknneb0
This song is in almost every genki medley there is out there because the beat and bass is so funky.
The first time I heard “Feel It” was when Ayukawa Taiyo covered it in a medley he did with Yamashita Shoon. I thought it was a ridiculous song because it sounded so cheesy but after listening to the original song it’s ♥♥♥
TOKIO - “Sorafune”
http://www.mediafire.com/?ltz2jmyhadk
Other links you might want to check out:
TOKIO on Wiki.ThePPN
http://wiki.theppn.org/TOKIO
TOKIO community on LiveJournal
http://community.livejournal.com/to_ki_o/profile
ONE OK ROCK
Some of you might recognize ONE OK ROCK for various reasons... for starters, their vocalist, Taka, was once a NEWS member in their “NEWS Nippon” days. It wasn’t for very long, and he has since moved on to develop himself vocally and musically with his band ONE OK ROCK. If you’re into bands and you appreciate the music that bands are able to come up with on their own, then ONE OK ROCK is worth checking out. Try songs like “Keep it real” and “Yume Yume” first - I personally like these two songs the most!
ONE OK ROCK - "Keep it real"
http://www.mediafire.com/?eged9dxmn44
You can start by checking out these links:
ONE OK ROCK on Wiki.ThePPN
http://wiki.theppn.org/ONE_OK_ROCK
ONE OK ROCK Discography on
drugtrax
http://community.livejournal.com/drugtrax/15554.html
ONE OK ROCK community on LiveJournal
http://community.livejournal.com/one_ok_rock/profile
A.B.C.
A few reasons why you should check out A.B.C.:
1) They’re a junior group like Question? and they’ve been around for quite some time already.
2) They can do back flips, side flips, front flips and I don’t know what other flips there are in the world but if there’s a flip that needs to be done, A.B.C. can definitely do it.
3) They’ve collaborated with Question? before to come up with the song “Naked”.
4) Junior groups should get more love!
You can start by checking out these links:
crazy_accel on LiveJournal - an A.B.C. community
http://community.livejournal.com/crazy_accel/profile
Kis-My-Ft2
Why you should check them out:
1) Another junior group and,
2) They’re supposed to be awesomely good on roller-skates, which is... IDK, something to look forward to in their dances :D
3) They’re actually a hilarious bunch and Junior Leagues are always so much fun to watch when they’re on it!
Start here:
Kis-My-Ft2 community on LiveJournal
http://community.livejournal.com/kis_my_ft2/profile
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With that, I hope you enjoyed this post as much as I did making it :D Please do spread the word around about this post; you may employ the help of either of the little banners I’ve created below:
If you do intend on linking back to this pimp post, remember to link back to the first part of the pimp post! You can find the first part of the pimp post over here, or if you want a direct link to the first post: http://15thminute.livejournal.com/50890.html
Thank you so much for reading up till here :D
PLEASE DO HELP TO PIMP THIS POST OUT! ♥
Support Question?
YES YES YES!
Finally, if you’re still wanting moar Question? goodness, please do check out the capfest that I’ve done for them over here:
AKUN, YONE AND YORI BECKONS YOU TO CLICK ON THIS LINK (and you won't regret it :P)!
Once again, thank you so so much for reading up till here, and have a great, great day!
I’ve kinda got used to the way I resort to watching other people’s performances just to watch Question? in the background. You kind of get used to watching Question? in the background doing their thing, while the key performer is in the front but you’re not really giving your attention to the performing people at the front.
I remember this time when I was watching Nakamaru Yuichi from KAT-TUN perform “Key of Life” in Shounen Club - Gaki was playing the piano in the front where Nakamaru was, but the rest of Question?, which I eventually discovered, was behind, bathed in darkness, moving a bit to the music as they strummed their guitars and poked the snare. I couldn’t see them a lot, but they were there and I kinda felt like, “Ah, that’s all that really matters.”
So don’t fret! If you like NEWS, KAT-TUN, Tegomass or whatever other senior band you can think of, and if they happen to perform in Shounen Club, you’d still be able to see Question? behind :D
SO WAI IS IT THAT I HAVE TO WATCH SHOUNEN CLUB JUST FOR QUESTION? AGAIN?, you may ask?!
BECAUSE QUESTION? IS FULL OF GAY, MEMBER-LOVE AND IT’S SO UGFUHGUFHFUIFHA73DSAHD9024HFSADNF THAT YOU CANNOT MISS IT.
BECAUSE YONE AND AKUN LOVE TO KISS ON SCREEN... OR OKAY... ALMOST KISS ON SCREEN.
BECAUSE YONE HAS A TENDENCY TO GO GRAB HIS FELLOW MEMBERS WHEN HE’S SINGING.
BECAUSE YODO ALWAYS HAS THAT CUTE STONED FACE WHEN HE PLAYS THE DRUMS... YOU KNOW HIS EYES ARE JUST ALWAYS KINDA FIXATED ON THE MOVING CAMERA WITH HIS HEAD BOBBING LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT.
BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE SOMETIMES THAT GAKI’S HANDS AND FINGERS WILL CRAMP SOONER OR LATER BECAUSE OF THE FAST-MOVING SONGS THAT THEY HAVE (NOTE THIS ESPECIALLY IN PARALLEL WORLD EHEHEHEHE).
BECAUSE AKUN’S GUITAR SOLOS ARE ALWAYS SO SEXY AND I JUST LOVE TO SEE THE WAY HIS LIPS PURSE WHEN HE PLAYS.
BECAUSE YORI IS JUST WORTH WATCHING. BECAUSE HE WILL OCCASIONALLY STICK HIS TONGUE OUT AT YOU AND WINK AT YOU. YES YES YES!
AND LATELY HE'S BEEN VERY FOND OF UNBUTTONING HIS TOP YES YES YES (he used to have it buttoned very decently :P).
Some performances you might want to check out on YouTube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=33FgcShrPYI
“Feel It” on Shounen Club 2004.12.12
Question? playing “Feel It”, an original song from TOKIO. Very cool, but the vocalist here is Shun Watanabe who looks really handsome and charming. No Gaki or Akun either, because this video is pretty old. But I like this rendition anyway because 1) it’s a TOKIO song and 2) the bass is really catchy and 3) because it’s Question? :D You’ll also be able to see Noda Yuya here!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dDjQx5GkXOg
“Precious Memories” on Shounen Club 2005.09.18
Question? playing “Precious Memories”! You’ll be able to see Noda Yuya here, doing his thing (very coolly if I may add) and their costumes all look two sizes too big for them!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ASqeTs4qA2g
“Kanjitemiro” on Shounen Club 2005.10.09
You have got to love the bass in the starting of this song!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kGhJPEQPkKk
Question? medley on Shounen Club 2006.07.02
Question? playing “Precious Memories”, “Holy Heaven” and “Kanjitemiro” - three really awesome songs. This is where Akun and Yone get all wound up in their own world (watch this when “Holy Heaven” ends and they transit to playing “Kanjitemiro”)!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7Ya2C4TsiUE
“Bitter-ender” on Shounen Club 2006.10.08
Another awesome song from Question? because you have got to love it when the lyrics are so catchy like that :P
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cXFcMvbHbH8
Chance Medley on Shounen Club 2006.11.05
Not completely Question?-centred - in fact, not at all because you’ve got a thousand and one juniors cramped onto the very amazingly spacious Shounen Club stage - but you get to see a bit of Question? here and I think the way Yone moves when he emerges from the stage kinda reminds me of Koyama Keiichiro in NEWS’s “Weeeek” PV :P
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BLa_RhedzWY
Question? medley on Shounen Club 2006.11.12
Question? plays “Sorafune”, “-so young blues-” and “I to You ki to”. Yone doesn’t appear in this video until the last song, but when he comes out he looks like a complete star and it is pretty damn awesome because he grabs Yori for a hug here :D
http://youtube.com/watch?v=utHK0U3mVkM
“Head Banging Boogie” on Shounen Club 2007.01.14
Akun is love, and so is everybody else because they look like they’re having a lot of good fun :D
http://youtube.com/watch?v=r4bCr_dS-6A
Question? with A.B.C. medley on Shounen Club 2007.05.13
What do you get when you put two awesome junior groups together oh yes! A mix of original A.B.C. and Question? songs are in this video: “Freedom”, “Precious Memories”, “Crazy Accel” and “Head Banging Boogie”! I love this video because A.B.C.’s in it too, and watching them prance and dance about Question? is just absolutely funny. You have to give Question? props for trying to mouth the lyrics to A.B.C.’s songs too :P
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OSamZ-Uw6lQ
“Naked” on Shounen Club 2007.06.10
Yes yes more Yori airtime! A collaboration between Question? and A.B.C. It gets a bit confusing when they’re all dancing around and the music is just in your ears but it’s a fun song nevertheless and it’s always nice to see A.B.C. and Question? together... oh yes :D
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CeriqlCwHxE
“Parallel World” on Shounen Club 2007.11.04
My sister thinks it’s gay the way Yone moves in this performance but to me it’s pretty sexy. IDK MAN, watch it and determine for yourselves :D
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OP1GGXC375o
“Mezamero! Yasei” on Shounen Club 2008.01.06
You get to hear how this awesome song is like without Matchy’s voice. It gives you this... raw feeling, especially since Matchy’s voice isn’t blending in with them, but it’s a video worth checking out anyway, because this is their song.
Yori’s shirt is distracting ♥
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J5PT7oZiOK4
“Midnight Shuffle” & “Mezamero! Yasei” on Shounen Club 2008.03.02
Great performance again, without Matchy, again! I mean we can’t possibly ask Matchy to come back to Shounen Club... right?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lKIv08LPz6k
“Mihari” on Shounen Club 2008.06.08
An original song by Otokogumi, I managed to recognize this song because Nishikido Ryo from NEWS sang this before in... somewhere, I forgot *fails* Question? does a pretty cool rendition of this song and it doesn’t matter that Gaki looks a bit pained halfway while singing.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=loVrVdamrv0
“Beautiful Mind” on Shounen Club 2008.05.04
Akun’s guitar here is something to look out for... among many other things, like Yori’s shirt... or something... IDK... *flails*
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yRTCuD6xcqM
“Head Banging Boogie” on YOUtachi! 2007.06.10
No fans screaming here but the downside to this video is that THE SPONSORS’ LOGOS AND THE LYRICS FLASHING ABOUT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN ARE IN THE #@&$#* WAY.
Shokura Mania with Kamenashi Kazuya 2005.06.07
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yAIkm94ApCw
Kamenashi Mania! Although Question? is divided into two groups - Passionate Rainbows and Dreambombers - they still show that member-spirit by deciding on their answers together… ultimately getting kicked out from the game. This YouTube video stops after the Question? part, since Question? doesn’t appear anymore after that, so if you were looking for the full Shokura Mania with Kame inside, sorry! ><
Nekketsu Junior League 2007.11.04
Part 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=y2D5HHh_2ZA
Part 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NtEbR0op_NU
Yone and Yori is in this one! Watch how the both of them fail miserably at drawing but eventually work to get points for their respective teams :D
Nekketsu Junior League 2008.04.06 Takizawa Hideaki Mania
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_tg845R7MoA
All about Tackey O.O Gaki is in this one!
Nekketsu Junior League 2008.04.16 with Tomoyuki Yara
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tKjxplr32Uo
Oh Yodo ♥
Nekktsu Junior League 2008.03.02 with NEWS
http://youtube.com/watch?v=V9B539_jKcs
Shige strips, Senga wins at poses, Hikaru’s bento seems exciting... but Gaki and Yodo doesn’t really do anything else except laugh at their fellow members.
There are a few more Nekketsu Junior Leagues I have in my possession that features one or two of the members from Question? - once I am able to get them up on Mediafire, or at least find the relevant videos on YouTube, do check back to see if I’ve added any new links! *thumbsup*
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QUESTION? .MP3 RIPS & SONGS, ETC
I’ve uploaded all the Question? .mp3 rips I could get my hands on - I got these from various places around the Internet and I’m pretty unsure about who the original uploaders are for certain files, but if there's anything that I should take down immediately, do tell me and I'll do so promptly!
MATCHY with QUESTION - [MS 2008.01.18] - Mezamero! Yasei.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?egkjyy2jmel
Question - [SC 2004.12.12] - Feel It.MP3
http://www.mediafire.com/?0zm3x5n0ooz
Question - [SC 2005.05.08] - Holy Heaven.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?nfmnn2hfy9g
Question - [SC 2005.09.18] - Precious Memories.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?ns1zzdwcmxh
Question - [SC 2005.10.09] - 感じてみろ Kanjitemiro.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?dm4sleixmjw
Question - [SC 2006.10.08] - Bitter-ender.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?mv3rprw4tf4
Question - [SC 2006.11.12] - Sorafune, So Young Blues, I To You Kito.MP3
http://www.mediafire.com/?bdmnyszwg2i
Question - [SC 2007.01.14] - Letter for Juliet.mp3
http://ww.mediafire.com/?nz2cgvcym2m
Question - [SC 2007.10.14] - Beautiful Mind
http://www.mediafire.com/?ms4zdamdijj
Question - [SC 2007.11.04] - パラレルワールド Parallel World
http://www.mediafire.com/?mdmvtmy08mx
Question - [SC 2008.03.02] - 目覚めろ！野性 Mezamero! Yasei
http://www.mediafire.com/?18rwwbdybj0
Question - [SC 2008.03.02] - Parallel World
http://www.mediafire.com/?zjzmgytngej
Question - [SC 2008.06.08] - Mihari
http://www.mediafire.com/?uxykjny1myk
Question & A.B.C. - [SC 2007.06.10] - Naked
http://www.mediafire.com/?9xnx9xl8vjh
Because singing along to their songs makes you feel like you win at life, you can check out the Romaji, Kanji and translated lyrics of some of their songs here at goro_chan’s LiveJournal: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/tag/question%3F
To make your life easier, here are direct links to the existing songs that goro_chan has worked on:
Holy Heaven: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/8508.html
Kanjitemiro: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/36302.html
Precious Memories: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/36429.html
Bitter-ender: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/39672.html
Days (Yone’s solo): http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/44694.html
Head Banging Boogie: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/44897.html
Naked (collaboration with A.B.C.): http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/46705.html
Beautiful Mind: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/86353.html
Parallel World: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/86684.html
Mezamero! Yasei: http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/95144.html
I’ve also done a few ringtones from a few Question? songs, they’re not a lot, but when I’ll add more with time :D
[MATCHY with QUESTION] - MIDNIGHT SHUFFLE '08 remix.mp3 (1.47 MB)
[MATCHY with QUESTION] - 目覚めろ！野性.mp3 (1.32 MB)
[Question] - Head Banging Boogie [SC 2007.01.14].mp3 (372.65 KB)
[Question] - パラレルワールド Parallel World [SC 2007.11.04].mp3 (976.16 KB)
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QUESTION? IN MAGAZINES
Being juniors in the Jimusho is a pretty sad thing - when it seems as though your future is still a bit foggy, the best that you can get in magazines like Myojo and Potato is a one-page spread... if you even call that a spread.
Question? appears (regularly) on magazines such as Myojo and Potato. You can forget about buying Popolo, hoping that there will be a concert report on Question? because Popolo, as I know, hasn’t featured Question?. I’ve seen Kis-My-Ft2 on Popolo before, but I haven’t seen Question? so I guess if you’re planning to buy magazines just for Question?, don’t get Popolo! Things might change though, hopefully, so we can all have more photos to look at and more holes in our pockets :D
The thing about magazine scans for Question? is that not a lot of people scan them... in fact, the last time I’ve seen a scan for them is a pretty long time ago. Usually in the magazines they appear in only one page, and their interviews are short, but then if you appreciate them you’ll also learn to appreciate that one page like a jewel.
I haven’t been able to get my zipped files of Question? scans up on Mediafire for weeks now (in my possession I have about 100 +/- pictures in about 49 +/- magazine issues so far) so in the time being, for scans, do check out:
Question? tag in
boys_paper community
http://community.livejournal.com/boys_paper/tag/question
deepintoblue has also uploaded over 60+ scans which you will be able to find here:
http://deepintoblue.livejournal.com/291054.html
Because
likeyesterdays is so awesome, she has translated a few articles for us, which you can check out here:
Potato March 2008 issue
http://heiseifamilies.livejournal.com/6612.html
Potato May 2008 issue
http://heiseifamilies.livejournal.com/6714.html
Find out what the boys are thinking when they close their eyes and the "ideas that happen to cross my mind" :P
Also, do check out the translations done by enshinge over in this link (which is a direct link to all her posts tagged "Question?", but also do check out her other translations of other groups :D)!
http://enshinge.livejournal.com/tag/question%3F
Remember to give your thanks to the people who took the time to upload the files :D
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USEFUL LINKS
Question? video channel on Veoh
http://www.veoh.com/channels/JohnnyEntertainmentQuestion
Useful for people who want to start hoarding Question? videos! Veoh allows you to download videos REALLY easily so all you really need to do, if you’ve got Veoh, is to click “Download All Videos” and you’ll get all the videos downloading in a spiffy jiffy :D
HatenaPenguin’s channel on YouTube
http://youtube.com/user/HatenaPenguin
Really useful for people who are more accustomed to watching things on YouTube. HatenaPenguin’s got a lot of Question?-related videos so you can feast on them until you keel over :P
newshfan’s subbed videos with Question?
http://newshfan.livejournal.com/tag/question%3F
This is a direct link to all of NEWShFAN’s subbed videos tagged Question?
Question? on LiveJournal
http://community.livejournal.com/question_jrs/
A community on LiveJournal dedicated to Question?! If you dig hard enough you’ll be able to find your way to links to a lot of Question?-related stuff! Support Question?! Join the community :D
Ambitious Boys on Livejournal
http://community.livejournal.com/ambitious_boys/
*QUE FOR KAWAI TO START CROONING “AMBITIOUS JAPAN”*
A community on LiveJournal dedicated to the junior counterpart of the Jimusho! The tags are awfully useful, you’ll be able to find videos of not just Question? but many of the other awesome junior groups out there! Support the juniors and join the community and spreaaaaaaaaaad the junior love all around like peanut butter and jelly!
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CREDITS
Wiki.ThePPN’s article on Question?
http://wiki.theppn.org/Question_(band)
deepintoblue's pimp post for Question?
http://deepintoblue.livejournal.com/291054.html
among_the_lost’s translation for Yone’s profile
http://community.livejournal.com/question_jrs/3429.html
chaakeeouyo community on LiveJournal, for some of the Question? .mp3 rips
http://community.livejournal.com/chaakeeouyo/
This community is pretty awesome because you’ll get to download .mp3 rips from various performances, especially Shounen Club ones. This is really important because Question? plays in Shounen Club and since they don’t have any proper release of their songs, you’ll only get to hear their original songs through .mp3 rips and this is probably the best place to download them :D
boys_paper on LiveJournal
http://community.livejournal.com/boys_paper/
The best community to turn to for scans... if you haven’t joined you really are missing out on a lot of things WHICH SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING! I managed to salvage some of the Question? scans that were uploaded there before it got lost in the depths of the intarnetz!
There are probably a lot of other sites where I’ve got my information and materials from but left them out in the credits, but a big thank you for the existence of all these wonderful websites and people around who helped in this post in one way or another.
*thumbsup*
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ALSO CHECK OUT...
TOKIO
Sorry I had to recycle that photo I'LL FIND A BETTER ONE ASAP, LOL.
TOKIO! Yes yes! Putting aside that fact that Question? was supposedly modelled after TOKIO - TOKIO itself is a band that’s definitely worth checking out. They’ve had a long history and since they’re under Johnny’s too, that might work as an incentive for you to check them. Nagase Tomoya is also very hot. I uploaded only two songs, but if you’re truly interested then I think you’re in for pretty awesome music!
TOKIO - “Feel It”
http://www.mediafire.com/?dkwcxknneb0
This song is in almost every genki medley there is out there because the beat and bass is so funky.
The first time I heard “Feel It” was when Ayukawa Taiyo covered it in a medley he did with Yamashita Shoon. I thought it was a ridiculous song because it sounded so cheesy but after listening to the original song it’s ♥♥♥
TOKIO - “Sorafune”
http://www.mediafire.com/?ltz2jmyhadk
Other links you might want to check out:
TOKIO on Wiki.ThePPN
http://wiki.theppn.org/TOKIO
TOKIO community on LiveJournal
http://community.livejournal.com/to_ki_o/profile
ONE OK ROCK
Some of you might recognize ONE OK ROCK for various reasons... for starters, their vocalist, Taka, was once a NEWS member in their “NEWS Nippon” days. It wasn’t for very long, and he has since moved on to develop himself vocally and musically with his band ONE OK ROCK. If you’re into bands and you appreciate the music that bands are able to come up with on their own, then ONE OK ROCK is worth checking out. Try songs like “Keep it real” and “Yume Yume” first - I personally like these two songs the most!
ONE OK ROCK - "Keep it real"
http://www.mediafire.com/?eged9dxmn44
You can start by checking out these links:
ONE OK ROCK on Wiki.ThePPN
http://wiki.theppn.org/ONE_OK_ROCK
ONE OK ROCK Discography on
drugtrax
http://community.livejournal.com/drugtrax/15554.html
ONE OK ROCK community on LiveJournal
http://community.livejournal.com/one_ok_rock/profile
A.B.C.
A few reasons why you should check out A.B.C.:
1) They’re a junior group like Question? and they’ve been around for quite some time already.
2) They can do back flips, side flips, front flips and I don’t know what other flips there are in the world but if there’s a flip that needs to be done, A.B.C. can definitely do it.
3) They’ve collaborated with Question? before to come up with the song “Naked”.
4) Junior groups should get more love!
You can start by checking out these links:
crazy_accel on LiveJournal - an A.B.C. community
http://community.livejournal.com/crazy_accel/profile
Kis-My-Ft2
Why you should check them out:
1) Another junior group and,
2) They’re supposed to be awesomely good on roller-skates, which is... IDK, something to look forward to in their dances :D
3) They’re actually a hilarious bunch and Junior Leagues are always so much fun to watch when they’re on it!
Start here:
Kis-My-Ft2 community on LiveJournal
http://community.livejournal.com/kis_my_ft2/profile
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With that, I hope you enjoyed this post as much as I did making it :D Please do spread the word around about this post; you may employ the help of either of the little banners I’ve created below:
If you do intend on linking back to this pimp post, remember to link back to the first part of the pimp post! You can find the first part of the pimp post over here, or if you want a direct link to the first post: http://15thminute.livejournal.com/50890.html
Thank you so much for reading up till here :D
PLEASE DO HELP TO PIMP THIS POST OUT! ♥
Support Question?
YES YES YES!
Finally, if you’re still wanting moar Question? goodness, please do check out the capfest that I’ve done for them over here:
AKUN, YONE AND YORI BECKONS YOU TO CLICK ON THIS LINK (and you won't regret it :P)!
Once again, thank you so so much for reading up till here, and have a great, great day!