I know this is long, but deal ;D
First off, I'm participating in this:
My entry is here. Please bid! It's for a good couse :)
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I finally got around to answering Misa of Cutie Party's J-Pop survey! Yeah, I know, I'm late, but I really wanted to do this, and I've been busy. I decided to do this in podcast form instead of writing it so one could hear the songs, and I hope that Misa (and other listeners!) enjoy :)
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And since I promised it-
'Lucy' by Maaya Sakamoto
'This iz the Japanese Kabuki Rock' by Miyavi
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I'm also taking this time to fill out Bikkuri Project's survey as well, this time in normal written format.
1. You have found a magical J-pop genie who will grant you one J-pop related wish (so no wishing for a million dollars or world peace or anything like that). It can be virtually anything as long as it’s directly related to J-pop, and don’t worry, because this is the nice sort of genie, not the kind who will try to find a loop-hole and screw up your wish. So, what do you wish for???
I'd wish that J-pop would be more successful/mainstream in the US; Puffy AmiYumi, Utada Hikaru, and Namie Amuro in particular. Puffy and Hikki both have made cracks at the US, and I think they would be more successful with more promotion, and Namie's style oh dear, a pun is very similar to a lot of what popular in the US. I've played Namie for friends of me who listen to mainstream US music and they liked it. Koda Kumi would also work, but I'm kinda "meh" about her, so I don't care. Buono! could do well here, as their kinda like a female!Japanese!Jonas Brothers, but I couldn't see MoMusu succeeding.
2. Is there any J-pop artist or group who seriously pisses you off? If yes, who, and why?
GACKT. Oh dear, I can't stand him. I like three of his songs (Vanilla, Mirror, and Mizerable), and his Malice Mizer stuff, but he otherwise bothers me. His songs are boring and all sound the same, his voice is weak and sounds like a watered-down TM Revolution being strangled by a cat, and he looks like a BJD, but he's human so it's creepy. The only points I can give him is that he seems like a nice person, and that fake date with Kago was cute, but his music and look irritates me.
3. Who do you think is the sexiest Japanese singer out there?
Namie Amuro is pretty damn sexy. I love her sexy eyes and legs! xD I also quite like Miki Fujimoto- her bitchy attitude and body are quite sexy. As for guys, I think Ryo Nishikodo of Kanjani8 is rather attractive. I'm not really into other Johnny's acts, but I like Kanjani8- they're really weird, I love the enka sound, and the dancing is....interesting ^^* And Miyavi is usually pretty cute. I love his "This iz the Japanese Kabuki Rock" look and sound, but it's not very sexy. That doesn't really matter to me though, because I love the album!
4. How about the cutest?
I want to pinch Airi Suzuki's (face)cheeks! (I'm not a perv!) She's so cute! Especially in Buono!, with the punky clothes. And little Makoto Ogawa was so pretty and cute when she first started out, but now she's more just pretty (very pretty though!). No wonder they chose her to "date" Yossie in "Mr. Moonlight"!
5. Best personality?
I love Utada Hikaru's weird personality. I said that I'd give you the link to the translation of her blog- it is here. Yeah, she's an odd one. She just says random weird stuff. I think she'd be fun to have a conversation with. She can be cute and weird and hyper, but she can also be introspective and thoughtful, as her lyrics show.
6. If given the opportunity, would you rather date person 3, person 4, or person 5?
Hikki! I'd want Airi for a little sister, Mako for a friend, Namie for a big sister, and Miki for an ex-girlfriend xD Hikki would be fun though. And she can be cute and sexy too. And she might be a lesbian, which is pretty cool.
7. You work for a Japanese music magazine, and you have the opportunity to interview your favorite artist or group. What are a couple of the questions you want to ask them?
I'd ask MoMusu/H!P members about what it's like backstage, if everyone gets along, who has "beefs", what their work schedule is like, what non-H!P music they listen to, what they think of the music they sing, and what they think of the photobooks. I'd be interested to hear Hikki tell me about her divorce- my parents are divorced, and want to see if the feeling they felt were any similar to my parents'.
8. What’s the best (J-pop) song to listen to when you are really sad?
I usually don't put on music when I'm sad, but I like to think of the MoMusu song "I Wish." It usually cheers me up. I think of that song whenever I feel wistful as well.
9. When you’re really happy?
J-Pop wise, I like to put on songs from the anime "Gravitation", oddly enough. I like the song "Sleepless Beauty" in particular. When I'm really happy, I like to sing and jump around, and this song is good for that!
10. Do you often sing along to your favorite songs?
All the time, to annoyance of other people. Even if I don't know they words, I go "La, la, la..." I'm not a bad singer, but I'm not great either.
11. How about dance?
I love to dance, but how I dance in public is different how I dance in my room. When in private, lets just say I'm a bit more...expressive. There's usually a lot of strutting, jumping, and pretending I'm performing for an audience involved. I'm not a terrible dancer, I don't think. People have told me I dance well before.
12. Artistic integrity question!! If someone offered to pay you for blogging, but they were allowed to censor some of your opinions or veto some of your blogging ideas, would you do it?
Why would someone pay me to blog? My blog makes no sense! xD But it depends on the money. If I'm being paid like A-Rod to write one of my silly entries, I would, but keep a secret side blog with a different name to write whatever the hell I want. Otherwise, no.
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I got a meme awhile ago where I have to post five songs I like that start with "D". Please comment if you want the same meme!
Dramatic by Base Ball Bear- The theme song for the baseball anime "Ookiku Furikabutte". Awesome, catchy song, especially the chorus.
Down We Fall by Drake Bell- A gorgeous song by one of my favorite American singers. Very lovely, and with an interesting surprise in the middle.
Daitan ni Ikimashoo ~Heart&Soul~ by Nami Tamaki- A cute song that I though was appropriate for the summer.
dry town by Love Psychedelico- An acoustic track that makes me think of he Wild West, for some reason. (And a bonus, a different song with the same name- Dry Town by Miranda Lambert- a funny, cute song with interesting lyrics)
Dazzling Soup ~Spicy Made~ by SHAKALABBITS- A hook-filled, rocking track that's different from SHAKALABBITS' typical ska sound.
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And more graphics! The Pedroia ones are for audrey_potter. Hope you like! The Kago and Jed and Jacoby ones are from a few months ago, but I never put them up. Most of the Jonas Brothers icons are animated from their new music video, "Burnin' Up," which is the shit. Like, Joe has a mustache. Henceforth, it must be awesome. The song's pretty good too.
ICONS
[10]Jonas Brothers
6- Animated "Burnin' Up"
3- Still "Burnin' Up"
1- Vanity Fair photoshoot
[12]Hello!Project
9- Miki Fujimoto
3- Ai Kago
[7]Boston Red Sox
5- Dustin Pedroia
1- Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz
1- Jacoby Ellsbury and Jed Lowrie
[2]New York Mets
1- Johan Santana
1- David Wright
[1]New York Giants
1- Eli Manning/Jeremy Shockey (Shocking)
FO BANNERS
[1]Jonas Brothers
WALLPAPERS
[2]Hello!Project
2- Miki Fujimoto
PREVIEWS
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Created with angelamaria's Icon Table Generator @ Bauble
Miki images from her "Couer" PB, scans from MikiFujimoto.com. I believe the Jacoby and Jed one was from a picture by misscalculation for Sitting Still, but I am unsure.
Crossposted to hello_project, thejonasbros, redsoxicons, newyorkmets, and nfl_rps.
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I'll be away from the internet for the next month starting tomorrow afternoon, so see you in a month! Leave me nice comments for when I get back! ^^
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ETA: I think I've edited this post ten times for mistakes. xP
My entry is here. Please bid! It's for a good couse :)
______________________
I finally got around to answering Misa of Cutie Party's J-Pop survey! Yeah, I know, I'm late, but I really wanted to do this, and I've been busy. I decided to do this in podcast form instead of writing it so one could hear the songs, and I hope that Misa (and other listeners!) enjoy :)
Get this widget | Track details | eSnips Social DNA
And since I promised it-
'Lucy' by Maaya Sakamoto
'This iz the Japanese Kabuki Rock' by Miyavi
__________________
I'm also taking this time to fill out Bikkuri Project's survey as well, this time in normal written format.
1. You have found a magical J-pop genie who will grant you one J-pop related wish (so no wishing for a million dollars or world peace or anything like that). It can be virtually anything as long as it’s directly related to J-pop, and don’t worry, because this is the nice sort of genie, not the kind who will try to find a loop-hole and screw up your wish. So, what do you wish for???
I'd wish that J-pop would be more successful/mainstream in the US; Puffy AmiYumi, Utada Hikaru, and Namie Amuro in particular. Puffy and Hikki both have made cracks at the US, and I think they would be more successful with more promotion, and Namie's style oh dear, a pun is very similar to a lot of what popular in the US. I've played Namie for friends of me who listen to mainstream US music and they liked it. Koda Kumi would also work, but I'm kinda "meh" about her, so I don't care. Buono! could do well here, as their kinda like a female!Japanese!Jonas Brothers, but I couldn't see MoMusu succeeding.
2. Is there any J-pop artist or group who seriously pisses you off? If yes, who, and why?
GACKT. Oh dear, I can't stand him. I like three of his songs (Vanilla, Mirror, and Mizerable), and his Malice Mizer stuff, but he otherwise bothers me. His songs are boring and all sound the same, his voice is weak and sounds like a watered-down TM Revolution being strangled by a cat, and he looks like a BJD, but he's human so it's creepy. The only points I can give him is that he seems like a nice person, and that fake date with Kago was cute, but his music and look irritates me.
3. Who do you think is the sexiest Japanese singer out there?
Namie Amuro is pretty damn sexy. I love her sexy eyes and legs! xD I also quite like Miki Fujimoto- her bitchy attitude and body are quite sexy. As for guys, I think Ryo Nishikodo of Kanjani8 is rather attractive. I'm not really into other Johnny's acts, but I like Kanjani8- they're really weird, I love the enka sound, and the dancing is....interesting ^^* And Miyavi is usually pretty cute. I love his "This iz the Japanese Kabuki Rock" look and sound, but it's not very sexy. That doesn't really matter to me though, because I love the album!
4. How about the cutest?
I want to pinch Airi Suzuki's (face)cheeks! (I'm not a perv!) She's so cute! Especially in Buono!, with the punky clothes. And little Makoto Ogawa was so pretty and cute when she first started out, but now she's more just pretty (very pretty though!). No wonder they chose her to "date" Yossie in "Mr. Moonlight"!
5. Best personality?
I love Utada Hikaru's weird personality. I said that I'd give you the link to the translation of her blog- it is here. Yeah, she's an odd one. She just says random weird stuff. I think she'd be fun to have a conversation with. She can be cute and weird and hyper, but she can also be introspective and thoughtful, as her lyrics show.
6. If given the opportunity, would you rather date person 3, person 4, or person 5?
Hikki! I'd want Airi for a little sister, Mako for a friend, Namie for a big sister, and Miki for an ex-girlfriend xD Hikki would be fun though. And she can be cute and sexy too. And she might be a lesbian, which is pretty cool.
7. You work for a Japanese music magazine, and you have the opportunity to interview your favorite artist or group. What are a couple of the questions you want to ask them?
I'd ask MoMusu/H!P members about what it's like backstage, if everyone gets along, who has "beefs", what their work schedule is like, what non-H!P music they listen to, what they think of the music they sing, and what they think of the photobooks. I'd be interested to hear Hikki tell me about her divorce- my parents are divorced, and want to see if the feeling they felt were any similar to my parents'.
8. What’s the best (J-pop) song to listen to when you are really sad?
I usually don't put on music when I'm sad, but I like to think of the MoMusu song "I Wish." It usually cheers me up. I think of that song whenever I feel wistful as well.
9. When you’re really happy?
J-Pop wise, I like to put on songs from the anime "Gravitation", oddly enough. I like the song "Sleepless Beauty" in particular. When I'm really happy, I like to sing and jump around, and this song is good for that!
10. Do you often sing along to your favorite songs?
All the time, to annoyance of other people. Even if I don't know they words, I go "La, la, la..." I'm not a bad singer, but I'm not great either.
11. How about dance?
I love to dance, but how I dance in public is different how I dance in my room. When in private, lets just say I'm a bit more...expressive. There's usually a lot of strutting, jumping, and pretending I'm performing for an audience involved. I'm not a terrible dancer, I don't think. People have told me I dance well before.
12. Artistic integrity question!! If someone offered to pay you for blogging, but they were allowed to censor some of your opinions or veto some of your blogging ideas, would you do it?
Why would someone pay me to blog? My blog makes no sense! xD But it depends on the money. If I'm being paid like A-Rod to write one of my silly entries, I would, but keep a secret side blog with a different name to write whatever the hell I want. Otherwise, no.
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I got a meme awhile ago where I have to post five songs I like that start with "D". Please comment if you want the same meme!
Dramatic by Base Ball Bear- The theme song for the baseball anime "Ookiku Furikabutte". Awesome, catchy song, especially the chorus.
Down We Fall by Drake Bell- A gorgeous song by one of my favorite American singers. Very lovely, and with an interesting surprise in the middle.
Daitan ni Ikimashoo ~Heart&Soul~ by Nami Tamaki- A cute song that I though was appropriate for the summer.
dry town by Love Psychedelico- An acoustic track that makes me think of he Wild West, for some reason. (And a bonus, a different song with the same name- Dry Town by Miranda Lambert- a funny, cute song with interesting lyrics)
Dazzling Soup ~Spicy Made~ by SHAKALABBITS- A hook-filled, rocking track that's different from SHAKALABBITS' typical ska sound.
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And more graphics! The Pedroia ones are for audrey_potter. Hope you like! The Kago and Jed and Jacoby ones are from a few months ago, but I never put them up. Most of the Jonas Brothers icons are animated from their new music video, "Burnin' Up," which is the shit. Like, Joe has a mustache. Henceforth, it must be awesome. The song's pretty good too.
ICONS
[10]Jonas Brothers
6- Animated "Burnin' Up"
3- Still "Burnin' Up"
1- Vanity Fair photoshoot
[12]Hello!Project
9- Miki Fujimoto
3- Ai Kago
[7]Boston Red Sox
5- Dustin Pedroia
1- Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz
1- Jacoby Ellsbury and Jed Lowrie
[2]New York Mets
1- Johan Santana
1- David Wright
[1]New York Giants
1- Eli Manning/Jeremy Shockey (Shocking)
FO BANNERS
[1]Jonas Brothers
WALLPAPERS
[2]Hello!Project
2- Miki Fujimoto
PREVIEWS
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Created with angelamaria's Icon Table Generator @ Bauble
Miki images from her "Couer" PB, scans from MikiFujimoto.com. I believe the Jacoby and Jed one was from a picture by misscalculation for Sitting Still, but I am unsure.
Crossposted to hello_project, thejonasbros, redsoxicons, newyorkmets, and nfl_rps.
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I'll be away from the internet for the next month starting tomorrow afternoon, so see you in a month! Leave me nice comments for when I get back! ^^
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ETA: I think I've edited this post ten times for mistakes. xP