damn this lack of central heating!
Japanese pop music videos are made by crack monkeys! Who told Tackey and Tsubasa it would be sexy to wear jeans, white t-shirts, and circus ringmaster jackets while doing baton tricks? Do I still love it all...yah okay I do! bah bah bah <3
Another small quick update for all those rabid enka fans (all 20 of us) My friend is a Hikawa Kiyoshi fanatic (she even joined his fan club once she got stationed in Japan) and brought over 4 of his CDs this past weekend for me to copy. Hikawa Kiyoshi is fairly young (around 27 I think) and falls in that ambiguous straight/gay category garnering grandma fans and younger ladies alike. He does have a very pure enka voice, and I think with the right material could cross over to pop rather easily.
I'm fairly bad at translating, but in the next few days I'll try to go back and answer people's comments from previous posts and translate the names of these songs.
Hikawa Kiyoshi: きよしのズンドコ節 - (enka) Probably one of his most famous songs. After the "zoon zoon zoon doko" everyone is supposed to make an "L" shape with their hand and go "Ki yo shi" to the beat.
Hikawa Kiyoshi: あの娘を訪ねて - (enka) Now this is hardcore enka ya'll. Those Misora Hibari songs are more accessible to a larger audience I think. The more I listen to him though the more he grows on me.
Hikawa Kiyoshi: あん時ゃどしゃぶり - (enka) For some reason he really reminds me of Clay Aiken....weird!
Oh has anybody seen the SMAP video for Shake? Can someone send it to me...I saw it on Daiji 10 tonight...and oh oh the cheesy velveeta goodness...not that I should be feeding my illicit Katori Shingo love >.< The shame! The shame!
Another small quick update for all those rabid enka fans (all 20 of us) My friend is a Hikawa Kiyoshi fanatic (she even joined his fan club once she got stationed in Japan) and brought over 4 of his CDs this past weekend for me to copy. Hikawa Kiyoshi is fairly young (around 27 I think) and falls in that ambiguous straight/gay category garnering grandma fans and younger ladies alike. He does have a very pure enka voice, and I think with the right material could cross over to pop rather easily.
I'm fairly bad at translating, but in the next few days I'll try to go back and answer people's comments from previous posts and translate the names of these songs.
Hikawa Kiyoshi: きよしのズンドコ節 - (enka) Probably one of his most famous songs. After the "zoon zoon zoon doko" everyone is supposed to make an "L" shape with their hand and go "Ki yo shi" to the beat.
Hikawa Kiyoshi: あの娘を訪ねて - (enka) Now this is hardcore enka ya'll. Those Misora Hibari songs are more accessible to a larger audience I think. The more I listen to him though the more he grows on me.
Hikawa Kiyoshi: あん時ゃどしゃぶり - (enka) For some reason he really reminds me of Clay Aiken....weird!
Oh has anybody seen the SMAP video for Shake? Can someone send it to me...I saw it on Daiji 10 tonight...and oh oh the cheesy velveeta goodness...not that I should be feeding my illicit Katori Shingo love >.< The shame! The shame!