6th Station ~Other Bands for H!P Fans~

[Nayoko-Kihara]

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[LarcKen]

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I've heard very little of them in this board, and some other board too.
They seem to have a hard time to get some international fans, i'm guessing because of their variety-centric approach.
Understandable with the language barrier and all, but it's not like they're not active musically.

They releases singles and do live concerts regularly, And their songs are definitely no slouch either.
Quite a lot of their songs incorporate beautiful harmony, especially in slower songs you can find in the live above as a tip of the iceberg. And most importantly, like H!P they almost always sang live.
Their sound generally incorporates much of the genre you can think of, yeah including Metal so if you want variety, you'll get it.
Of course, great song didn't matter without the voice to carry it, but lo and behold Endo Mai and Yokoyama Rurika are some of the best if not THE best voice in the idol universe
Oh, did i mention that they're mostly BEAUTIFUL girls as well?

Lastly, it's no surprise that they stand in top of the bunch in terms of variety skill, it's their main approach after all. Their Idoling!!! tv show will reach its 1000th episode very soon!
The girls are generally really interesting, and there's this sense of peace of mind and assuring when i watch their variety show regardless of the content. I think that's because of the high level of chemistry between the girls that i can't find in other groups.
And because of it, it's always makes me warm and fuzzy inside no matter what they're doing in the show. In other words, they always makes me feel at home.

Do check their YT channel, you can find older Idoling!!! episodes there, and a lot more.
http://www.youtube.com/user/idolingch/featured

[esm]

I really love this song.

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[Nayoko-Kihara]

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[Nayoko-Kihara]

Ran into this song and have been playing it for a while. Such a nostalgic feeling, I remember listening to a tape recording of my dad's old band doing this song when I was little. My sister and I grew up around the guy that did the singing for it in the band, and we always insisted that it had to be him that sang it around us.
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[DARC1993]

Shimatani Hitomi is releasing a new best of album that sounds amazing ;_____;
47 tracks , 42 PVs , a 2008 live that was never released , and an authentic autograph with a hand written message.
I want it so bad :d
It includes new songs too
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/s/detailview.h ... AVZD-38748

She's the one who got me into Jpop


I love this song so much.
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[Zunu]

Weird. The words "NEVA EVA" are neva that song. Eva.

[Mirai]

Shimatani Hitomi is releasing a new best of album that sounds amazing ;_____;
47 tracks , 42 PVs , a 2008 live that was never released , and an authentic autograph with a hand written message.
I want it so bad :d
It includes new songs too
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/s/detailview.h ... AVZD-38748

Oh dang I want that so bad too

[Starra]

Remember when Shimatani Hitomi used to release music?

Yeah, me too.

[DARC1993]

Remember when Shimatani Hitomi used to release music?

Yeah, me too.

Well she has released music. Some what.
They just aren't the best.

Since 2010 she has released 3 single and 2 albums (of covers obviously ) >.>


So it should be something like : remember when she used to release good music