[1/29] MM。'14 55th "Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai / What is LOVE?" (158k in 3 weeks)

[Amped]

early promotion

starting today, 1/1/14 till 1/7/14, the big screens in Shinjuku (Alta vision), and Harajuku (Astro vision) will be showing a New Years video message from Morning Musume '14
https://twitter.com/kikukawapro/status/ ... 8943736832

Mizuki tweeted this pic of the Shinjuku (Alta vision)

https://twitter.com/MorningMusumeMg/sta ... 8177713153

[wotakubrandon]

That was definitely lack luster. It was too similar to just watching concert footage only looking like lip synching. Those outfits are cute though.

[JonCC]

It was too similar to just watching concert footage only looking like lip synching.

Insert done to death xxx48 joke here.

[Zunu]

The positive spin to this video is that most people don't attend Morning Musume concerts, buy their concert DVDs or watch Harosute. So what might look ordinary and lackluster to us because it's nothing we haven't seen before, might not appear as such to the average consumer. Also, despite the occasional news report, the general population might still carry an assumption that the girls have been reduced to only small venues. Here's some current footage showing that this veteran group is still currently drawing big-sized crowds. You don't get that information from the usual PVs.

[Amped]

thats pretty much what Sayumi wanted to show in the MV. Show non-fans footage of Morning Musume's fans at the Budokan concert. because this is a fan inspired song.

[koregaboku]

I don't mind it that much...

But then again I didn't really have that high of expectations anyway. What else do you expect from a PV that was shot at a concert?

[sb]

At the end of day, this is just an extra anyway. It ain't like they're charging extra for this CD since it's a triple A side. Why spend money on a third, high quality PV and cut into your own profits?

Complaining about this is like whining you only got a free medium soda with your burger and fries instead of a large. It's free dammit!

[Moh]

The song is a jam, so I don't really give a crap about the MV.

[Obsidian]

This is the first MV to include member colours since OTT?

[Nono]

I really like the regular A cover. Love it when they incorporate member colors but things can get kinda messy since there's so many but I think they did a great job with it. Looks very modern.

Egao...really appreciate that tsunku tried something new for this a-side but the verses sound so weird and awkward. Are they supposed to be rapping?? this is probably gonna be a mess live, I do like the chorus and pv though. Indifferent towards the What is LOVE pv. I don't really mind that they just used a live for it since it's just the third a-side, if it was the main a-side then I would have a problem.