Up-Front Thread

[Amped]

Music+ renewal comment - new MCs Takeshi Matsubara, Okada Marina (LoVendoЯ), Hasegawa Moemi (Bitter & Sweet), airs Every Friday at 9pm

[Yattaruchan]

Well I'll be damned, Moemi is getting a chance to co-host.

Nice seeing fishing girl there too.

[Sohee]

...okay that's okay.
But I better get my Takui-fix from MUSIC+ still UF. >: /bitter

[Amped]

Takui's new album is #19 on Oricon
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2015-04-07/p/2/

[aerosuffly]

^x2 Don't cry. You can go to his concert. ^^

It sucks real bad that his Taiki Bansei is [NOT] on US iTune Store.

[downfrontguy]

Moemi Mercury, the I-sing-queen-songs-medley-alone-at-karaokes-for-6-hours girl, is starting to get some push now, huh? I say good for this little exposure she's getting.

So she's got this new MC gig for Music+ and also sung bg vocals for Juice-Juice's Ça Va, Ça Va -although you can't hear her, similar to Country Girls' Koi Dorobou as it's buried so far in the back. We only know this because she says so in her blogs. It's definitely something to note that the company will not only hire her for demo track guide vocals, but bg vocals for H!P official released songs that she didn't compose and generally has nothing to do with as well. She's most likely the only one doing this -there is zero evidence on anybody else.

Anyway while I like her enthusiasm and all on Freddie, it just sounds amateurish due to the difficulty of the chosen song, namely "I was born to love you". I'm referring to her TV appearance back in February where she also sang that one. I certainly wouldn't mind seeing her wearing a leotard (or chest bearing clothes like the host said) and strutting around on stage or something, but I'm afraid she will just turn into Lady Gaga... Also perhaps toning down the caricature imitation of Freddie as that's done countless times (so she watched the Live Aid ). Heck, probably I shouldn't expect too much on this and let her do her things without saying much... It's just that she's got enough potentials to actually be professionally good at covering certain songs singing-wise and as it is, it's a bit too close to the whole idol thing where sucking/being bad/nothing special at something somehow turn into a charm, at least for me.

[aerosuffly]

This seems to be another Bitter & Sweet unreleased song called Mayonaka no Lonely (In the Middle of Lonely Night).


At their Mini Live on 4/2, Moemi's birthday, Asahi read a letter from Moemi's mom. The letter revealed (if not already known) that Moemi was a champion of NHK Nodo Jiman for her area when she was in high school. Nodo Jiman is a singing competition TV show for amateur singers from specific local area. There was no recording, but intelligent people on 2ch found a blog of a person who gave his/her impression on that specific broadcast. She sang Itsumo Nando Demo from Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) for her grandfather who just passed away.

Good quality recording of their second live on 4/2. Momei's mom letter starts at 27:45. Very good mini live from the girls btw. Lots of personalities and heartwarming moments.

[Celedam]

It sucks real bad that his Taiki Bansei is on US iTune Store.

Wait, what?

[aerosuffly]

^ Oops. Very bad typo.

It sucks real bad that his Taiki Bansei is [NOT] on US iTune Store.

[Amped]

Asahi says Team Music Festa had rehearsals today for Music Festa vol.3
http://ameblo.jp/asahi-tasaki/entry-12012367914.html

Barks talking about Takui's new album
http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000114425




album down to #35 today