Utattemita Hour! In which my bias shows more than usual.
... Yyyyeah, I'm not even going to try and get every outstanding song from the past two weeks because Work Happened and I'm p. sure I missed more stuff than you will see here. Also? REPEATS, don't say I didn't warn you.
FEEL FREE TO ADD TO THIS POST IN THE COMMENTS, AS PER USUAL.
HOLD RELEASE RAKSHASA AND CORPSES [SENKA]
結ンデ開イテ羅刹ト骸 歌ってみた 染香【オリジナルPV】
Watch Senka completely outdo him/herself with every new cover s/he uploads. The only words I can use to describe this are: HOLY CRAP. What do you do when you have an awesomely creepy song where the producer never released a backing track? YOU SING ON TOP OF IT. EPICALLY. And add a fantastic original PV and scare the crap out of all your viewers. I totally got goosebumps from watching this, I kid you not. If you click on just one thing in this post, make that this video. Not for the lighthearted and slightly NSFW!
MAGICAL☆KITTY LENLEN [COSMO@BUSOUP]
「マジカル☆ぬこレンレン」 歌ってみた 【cosMo＠暴走P】
Once upon a time, Owata-P decided it was time to release the off vocal version of this song into the wild, but not without singing it himself first. And then cosMo (who illustrated the original video) decided he'd give it a shot too and then NO ONE COULD GET THIS SONG OUT OF THEIR HEADS EVER AGAIN. It is... seriously Something. Cracktastic and hilarious and basically cosMo shouldn't be allowed to be this moe. Sob!
MATRYOSHKA [MI-CHAN]
マトリョシカを歌ってみたったver.みーちゃん
I am sure none of you ever though Matryoshka could sound sexy and badass. Well, you were wrong. Mi-chan has a Thing with hachi songs where he will twist cutesy and moe into something completely mindblowing and this is not the exception. My favorite Matryoshka cover by faaaaar. I can sense you judging me, June. WATCH ME NOT CARE!!!
HEART SUTRA R&B ARRANGE [HALYOSY]
【halyosy】「般若心経Ｒ＆Ｂ」を歌ってみた【アレンジ】
Ha ha ha. DID YOU THINK YOU WERE SAFE? This is currently topping the yattemita ranking and with good reason. halyosy's arrange is a joy to listen to, catchy and highly reminiscent of K-pop. Just close your eyes or tab away from the video and enjoy.
LILYLILY★BURNING NIGHT [SAMFREE]
「リリリリ★バーニングナイト」歌ってみた【samfree】
Badass self-cover. samfree might not be as good with europop as Mitani Nana or other singers out there, but dang is he GAR (and his version comes with bonus rapping!). Things get especially epic towards the end, KEEP ON ROCKING, SAMFREE. \m/
MOZAIK ROLE RAP [LOLI.COM]
【モザイクロール】をラップで歌ってみた＼(＞ω＜)／
Call me an infidel if you must, but this is hands down my favorite version of Mozaik Role so far (... along with the OK Go one herp derp :B). There is a certain energy to this song that not all singers manage to achieve, and while... this would be kind of cheating due to lolrap, it's definitely the kind of ~power~ I wish more covers had. So goooood.
LOVE RATIO EQUATION & HEART RATE #0822 [REN]
【 恋率方程式 & 心拍数♯0822 】 セットで歌ってみた 【蓮】
First in a triple combo! Both fantastic papiyon songs, and it's really cool to see Ren go from slick and suave to emotional heartwrenching in the span of minutes.
HEART RATE #0822 [DASOKU]
【蛇足】心拍数♯0822【歌ってみた】
And now for Dasoku's take on it. He had actually posted a WIP on Twitter before Ren did his cover and I am infinitely glad that he sang the whole thing because his version is also beautiful.
HEART RATE #0822 [REN & DASOKU MASHUP]
おまけ 心拍数♯0822 あわせてみた
Locked to Ren's community but it is So Worth It. A high quality mashup of his two versions with a beautiful video. If this doesn't pull at your heartstrings you have NO SOUL. ;_; Or maybe I'm just a huge crybaby, but either way, watch it. My favorite of the three.
7 DAYS [HIMAWARI]
7daysを歌ってみた by向日葵
This is my first time listening to Himawari, actually, but I like her a lot. She has a soft/cute pitch (on first impression reminds me a little of Wotamin) and it goes great with this catchy-summery song. I like the arrange/mix in this one a lot, too. PAPAPAYA PAPAPA PAYA~
ACUTE [SEKIHAN & PIKO]
【赤飯×ピコ】ACUTEを歌いました【赤ピコ飯まー☆】
And now for some lulz: AKAPIKO HAMMER☆ STRIKES BACK!! If you're familiar with these two, you already know what to expect. If not? 1+1=4. They're fantastic, as always, but I gotta say in this song I am especially biased towards f!Sekihan and m!Piko (oh god please sing more with that voice Piko, please).
I WANT TO SEE YOU [HANATAN]
会いたい【ユリカ×Dios/シグナル】
If you think this sounds way too much like the Gumi original, that's because Gumi's was tuned after Hanatan's version (is Dios/Signal amazing, or what). This is one of the songs in her Colorful*Flower CD from C78, which is probably the reason why we may never get an off vocal track for this. But I can't say I mind, since both Gumi's and Hanatan's version are gorgeous.
RINNE [YAMAI]
『リンネ』を歌ってみた@ヤマイ
lolol when did Utattemita Hour turn into the VocaRan? ANYWAY, being honest I never actually liked this song, but June said Yamai's version was awesome and it made the song good which is entirely true! I'm still not 100% sold on the piece itself, but at least I managed to listen to the entirety of Yamai's which is a lot more than I could do with the original. Very pretty.
HONEYBEE POP-PUNK ARRANGE [AMU & KEWPIE]
【ポップパンクアレンジ】ミツバチ【amu × キューピー】
QUICK, BEFORE THE BANDWAGON DIES UNDER HEART SUTRA. ⊂二二二（ ＾ω＾）二⊃
OTHERS
WHEN THEY CRY -ROSIN MIX- [MASHUP]
【マッシュアップ】When They Cry -Rosin Mix-
What it says on the tin. Rapbit's When They Cry mashed up with Ritsuka's meltdown. Two great tastes that taste surprisingly great together!
FEEL FREE TO ADD TO THIS POST IN THE COMMENTS, AS PER USUAL.
HOLD RELEASE RAKSHASA AND CORPSES [SENKA]
結ンデ開イテ羅刹ト骸 歌ってみた 染香【オリジナルPV】
Watch Senka completely outdo him/herself with every new cover s/he uploads. The only words I can use to describe this are: HOLY CRAP. What do you do when you have an awesomely creepy song where the producer never released a backing track? YOU SING ON TOP OF IT. EPICALLY. And add a fantastic original PV and scare the crap out of all your viewers. I totally got goosebumps from watching this, I kid you not. If you click on just one thing in this post, make that this video. Not for the lighthearted and slightly NSFW!
MAGICAL☆KITTY LENLEN [COSMO@BUSOUP]
「マジカル☆ぬこレンレン」 歌ってみた 【cosMo＠暴走P】
Once upon a time, Owata-P decided it was time to release the off vocal version of this song into the wild, but not without singing it himself first. And then cosMo (who illustrated the original video) decided he'd give it a shot too and then NO ONE COULD GET THIS SONG OUT OF THEIR HEADS EVER AGAIN. It is... seriously Something. Cracktastic and hilarious and basically cosMo shouldn't be allowed to be this moe. Sob!
MATRYOSHKA [MI-CHAN]
マトリョシカを歌ってみたったver.みーちゃん
I am sure none of you ever though Matryoshka could sound sexy and badass. Well, you were wrong. Mi-chan has a Thing with hachi songs where he will twist cutesy and moe into something completely mindblowing and this is not the exception. My favorite Matryoshka cover by faaaaar. I can sense you judging me, June. WATCH ME NOT CARE!!!
HEART SUTRA R&B ARRANGE [HALYOSY]
【halyosy】「般若心経Ｒ＆Ｂ」を歌ってみた【アレンジ】
Ha ha ha. DID YOU THINK YOU WERE SAFE? This is currently topping the yattemita ranking and with good reason. halyosy's arrange is a joy to listen to, catchy and highly reminiscent of K-pop. Just close your eyes or tab away from the video and enjoy.
LILYLILY★BURNING NIGHT [SAMFREE]
「リリリリ★バーニングナイト」歌ってみた【samfree】
Badass self-cover. samfree might not be as good with europop as Mitani Nana or other singers out there, but dang is he GAR (and his version comes with bonus rapping!). Things get especially epic towards the end, KEEP ON ROCKING, SAMFREE. \m/
MOZAIK ROLE RAP [LOLI.COM]
【モザイクロール】をラップで歌ってみた＼(＞ω＜)／
Call me an infidel if you must, but this is hands down my favorite version of Mozaik Role so far (... along with the OK Go one herp derp :B). There is a certain energy to this song that not all singers manage to achieve, and while... this would be kind of cheating due to lolrap, it's definitely the kind of ~power~ I wish more covers had. So goooood.
LOVE RATIO EQUATION & HEART RATE #0822 [REN]
【 恋率方程式 & 心拍数♯0822 】 セットで歌ってみた 【蓮】
First in a triple combo! Both fantastic papiyon songs, and it's really cool to see Ren go from slick and suave to emotional heartwrenching in the span of minutes.
HEART RATE #0822 [DASOKU]
【蛇足】心拍数♯0822【歌ってみた】
And now for Dasoku's take on it. He had actually posted a WIP on Twitter before Ren did his cover and I am infinitely glad that he sang the whole thing because his version is also beautiful.
HEART RATE #0822 [REN & DASOKU MASHUP]
おまけ 心拍数♯0822 あわせてみた
Locked to Ren's community but it is So Worth It. A high quality mashup of his two versions with a beautiful video. If this doesn't pull at your heartstrings you have NO SOUL. ;_; Or maybe I'm just a huge crybaby, but either way, watch it. My favorite of the three.
7 DAYS [HIMAWARI]
7daysを歌ってみた by向日葵
This is my first time listening to Himawari, actually, but I like her a lot. She has a soft/cute pitch (on first impression reminds me a little of Wotamin) and it goes great with this catchy-summery song. I like the arrange/mix in this one a lot, too. PAPAPAYA PAPAPA PAYA~
ACUTE [SEKIHAN & PIKO]
【赤飯×ピコ】ACUTEを歌いました【赤ピコ飯まー☆】
And now for some lulz: AKAPIKO HAMMER☆ STRIKES BACK!! If you're familiar with these two, you already know what to expect. If not? 1+1=4. They're fantastic, as always, but I gotta say in this song I am especially biased towards f!Sekihan and m!Piko (oh god please sing more with that voice Piko, please).
I WANT TO SEE YOU [HANATAN]
会いたい【ユリカ×Dios/シグナル】
If you think this sounds way too much like the Gumi original, that's because Gumi's was tuned after Hanatan's version (is Dios/Signal amazing, or what). This is one of the songs in her Colorful*Flower CD from C78, which is probably the reason why we may never get an off vocal track for this. But I can't say I mind, since both Gumi's and Hanatan's version are gorgeous.
RINNE [YAMAI]
『リンネ』を歌ってみた@ヤマイ
lolol when did Utattemita Hour turn into the VocaRan? ANYWAY, being honest I never actually liked this song, but June said Yamai's version was awesome and it made the song good which is entirely true! I'm still not 100% sold on the piece itself, but at least I managed to listen to the entirety of Yamai's which is a lot more than I could do with the original. Very pretty.
HONEYBEE POP-PUNK ARRANGE [AMU & KEWPIE]
【ポップパンクアレンジ】ミツバチ【amu × キューピー】
QUICK, BEFORE THE BANDWAGON DIES UNDER HEART SUTRA. ⊂二二二（ ＾ω＾）二⊃
OTHERS
WHEN THEY CRY -ROSIN MIX- [MASHUP]
【マッシュアップ】When They Cry -Rosin Mix-
What it says on the tin. Rapbit's When They Cry mashed up with Ritsuka's meltdown. Two great tastes that taste surprisingly great together!