Sunday, June 8, 2014
Monday, June 2, 2014
You do not have to like to cosplay to dance J-pop and K-pop
I knew there were starting to be splits at anime conventions and it bothered me that the jelly girls would get so mad that we were filming and dancing in the hallways but this is where we could meet so if this was the place we could get together we were going take advantage. The Lolita Fashion Enthusiast were the first Split I knew who were going to get away from "Close Minded" conventions. I read about a convention that was starting just for them on a forum I believe it was going to be in Atlanta. I know it is hard to please everyone at an anime and Sci Fi convention. I knew the excitement of the music of J-pop and K-pop would have to have their own meets because lets face it when you dance to K-pop we do not usually dress up sometimes the outfits could get in the way of the performance. There are two Conventions that I think that American J-pop dancers should attend One is the J-pop summit Festival and the other would be Idol Matsuri these are great places for young and old Kawaii Dancers that are so so cute.How friendly are they to the K-pop dancers? I do not know. I think if I get a convention going it will be in Chicago and it will be devoted to all youtube dancers and I think we really need to open our doors to all youtube dancers. I think if we really get everyone it will open our door to a larger convention and meet. The Idol Matsuri convention does not have a large following and I think it is because it is devoting its place to J-pop Idols and not really expanding out while at the same time K-pop dancers on youtube are doing workshops for large audiences in Australia. I think it is hard to run a con on J-pop idols alone.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
스마일지 Smile.G - 뚜비두밥 DoBiDoBob Review The Butt Song edition!
Many entertainers have been noticed for many different reasons. You might remember musicians for their instruments they play or style of clothing. I do not know how I would want to be perceived if I was debuting as a group but to me DoBiDOBop will be forever to me remembered as the butt song of Smile. G. We will take a look and closely examined this new group of young ladies who have graced our presence in the K-pop world. I will now give you a review of DoBiDoBop.Music
Okay we start off with a nice reverb acoustic snare to get us going. Then we have a na na na vocals to get us going and for padding we repeat the na na na vocals we need this song to be at least 4:00 minutes dang it! This is a jazz swing beat to me mixed with a little rock n roll. It is fast and I am used to the brass presence of AKB48 and in some cases I think about J-pop when I listen to this because it is catchy and fun and there is nothing wrong with this musically. It is better produced musically in my opinion than the last AKB48 song I reviewed. It is a very simple song and it is pop what you expect Bach? Do I like them going back to the jazz feel ? Yes I do . I get tired of electronic music a lot of times my self. Even if the brass or drums are sampled they sound like they were originally recorded quite well. I think they did well in padding out the music so it would last longer with vocals and with jazz sounding electric guitars good job. I could see listening to this song again but hey I like jazz and brass music.Video

First what is with this thirty second comic book intro? I can understand an intro being tiresome after watching something so many times but I was tired of this Introduction the first time I clicked on it. Okay we are going to have a comic Intro that tells me nothing! I guess the girls origins where they were a gift and we see a tiny picture about the emoticon butts. Okay so we start out so innocent you know the girls act like cheerleaders or whatever the heck they are supposed to be well I am excited now I am into it. Then we focus on the girls butt for about ten second with a little focus on the Emoticons that are covering the butts.I never seen such detail on butts since I do not know Hyuna Bubble pop oh you did not think I was going down that road did ya? I did go down that road and I took you there with me big time. Okay on the Cheer outfits they have numbers on the front I think the numbers and the emoticons are so we can Identify the young ladies. We get a vocal pass off in the verse at least they are not rapping thank you K-pop!. There are some great live shots in the street they remind me of downtown Tokyo or even downtown New York and I like it looks like they have audience participation even if it is not live I bet this group is fun live or are they? Okay listening to the english lyrics Shake it or Move it does not give me the same feeling as I do watching it.When I am Watching the video I feel like I am watching a Dang commercial now! We are back focusing on the butts again or the emoticons I give up at this time. Why because now I realize I must be watching a video to make sure to get my butt examined I guess. Is this a Proctology commercial? You know make sure you get your butt checked out regularly. Now we get creepy we see these guys actually filming the butt emoticons. This kind of creeps me out it reminds me traveling anime and sci fi convention around the states. You always remember the guys who just enjoy filming sexy cosplayers way too much. You know the guys with the phone trying to get all the cleavage and butts they can. Okay after this just more repetitive verse and butt moving.The dance is very energetic and looks fun. Now here is the question now that I need a shower watching this video is it creepy or is it fun? Is it sexy or is it goofy? I really think they were going for a showgirl thing you know innocent and naughty. If you watch the opening of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom you will see something like this of course DoBiDoBop feels naughtier. The video fails because naughty changes all the time. I mean you would have to be real old to remember this type of naughty.I think the whole idea is to get your attention so the next video that Smile.G does comes out with, you will watch it and see where the group will go artistically. The video is already is getting mixed views but people are watching and that is what they wanted. I think they will tone down less on the butt focus on the next video because I already see the hate with the butt focus. We might see the emoticons but with them wearing Sweatsuits I do not know. They have numbers so they might focus more on the numbers we will find out in the next one with Wassup already out taking the sexiness by storm I cannot see the Butt girls of Smile.G staying this way I think they will get more silly but we will see. It is hard I know to be a serious group when you go this way and if I was a singer or dancer I do not know how I would feel about an emoticon posted to my butt and moving it around.
LYRICS

h~ One! Two! 1, 2, 3, Go!
Come on, Everybody~ Everybody! (Yeah!) And it goes like this!
Come on, Everybody~ Everybody! (Yeah!) And it goes like this!
Why are you so tired, did you have a bad day?
You must be living the same old days without any fun
So we will be right here for you
You must be living the same old days without any fun
So we will be right here for you
Don’t think about anything and just play with us (oh shake it)
Worry about tomorrow when tomorrow comes and just play with us
Shout out loud and you’ll forget everything
Worry about tomorrow when tomorrow comes and just play with us
Shout out loud and you’ll forget everything
DoBiDoBob DoBiDoBob everyone shake itDoBiDoBob DoBiDoBob put your hands up
Oh! Shake it! (Shake it!) Oh! Move it! (Move it!)
Let’s dance! Do it again!
Why are you hesitating so much, I’m so frustratedDon’t pretend to be shy, let’s shake it together
Oh no no no no you’re being self conscious
When are you gonna stop dancing with the shoulders
Don’t think about anything and just play with us (oh shake it)Worry about tomorrow when tomorrow comes and just play with us
Shout out loud and you’ll forget everything
Why are you being so self-consciousWhat is in that heart of yours?
Everyone is getting self-conscious because of you
So cover up everything today and let’s play together
When are you stop gonna be so boring?
If you keep this up, you’re gonna be it tonight
DoBiDoBob DoBiDoBob shake it
DoBiDoBob DoBiDoBob move it
Follow me, shout out louder, DoBiDoBob
DoBiDoBob DoBiDoBob move it
Follow me, shout out louder, DoBiDoBob
They want us to Just shake it and play with them that is what Smile. G tells us, This is a rememberable video and it got our attention very simple and what pop is all about. Let me know if you think this video is fun or went too far on the creepy level?
Saturday, May 31, 2014
炎亞綸 Aaron Yan + G.NA - 1/2 官方版 review
I think giving G.NA a really bad review after she received a bad one is not fun. I really wanted to like Secret but I have a different attitude regarding 1/2 which is a duet with Aaron Yan. I give what you have been waiting for the review of for 1/2 with Aaron Yan and G.NA.
Music.
I had previously mentioned before that G.na is talented she can sing and act and she is a model so saying that she is lacking in talent woul be ludicrous. She is filled with talent and she shows it here you have a nice pop song like I remember when I grew up listening to chinese pop when you watched those action movies back in the past they would have this kind of pop song back in those days when the movie was over when you would hear the song played like this while the credit rolled. It would make sense that this kind of song would remind me of those chinese pop songs well because Aaron Yan well is a Chinese pop star. The song has a good slow acoustic with a little slow analog beat. It has a nice catchy chorus and you will sing along eventually no matter what country you come from for a slow song I would not mind listening to this song again. I really could see this song used for a Chinese or even Korean drama. You know she is in the Hospital dying he is remembering the good times they had together so this song is played. You know we would see them eating Ice cream together or they are throwing water balloons at each other or they are tripping up rollerblade people in central park together oh wait that is one of my dates. Okay now I am getting all sick and mushy inside or is that the hash browns coming back up? Nothing really special about this song if you have a mate sure this might mean something so maybe a good song for them.There is nothing wrong with G.NA or Yan vocals here both sound good. I think they sound great together. It is hard for me to think that G.NA is a pop star after listening to this she does not need to be Hyuna she just could do this and I could see this working.Video
I do not know if this song is called Drama or 1/2. I think it should be called Drama. I like this video. The whole commercial look calling drama a product oh a good analogy there. I know Drama sells because I have seen it in the youtube world creating drama works it gets views. In the song G.NA says I cannot read your mind and we all have been there and is this video saying to cut the drama in relationships and for us to show ourselves to each other well they could be? Well the thing I do not like in the video is the Analog screen in the background. It makes me think that I need to adjust my screen. I know its supposed to look cool but it fools the simple minded folks. The video is clever especially in a generation of commercial watching people. I think the bigger picture revolves around people in the spotlight and how too much fame and gossip can ruin relationship. I do not know if I blame people more who gossip or do I blame people more who believe the gossip without checking with the person as well that is what makes me disappointed with the human race. The video I think gets the point across and that is what is needed in a music video especially if you are trying for world appeal which is what these two artist are trying to do. Yes there is some creativity with the whole television look and cheesy commercial looks. AT the beginning we get a photo ready made opportunity with G.NA and YAn like they are about to star in a Drama and the whole Yan holding a lipstick like a girl looks kind of weird like a girl should of done that I do not know why not have G.NA do the lipstick thing and have Yan sing to the screen. I am just giving you some advice Yan's outfit could be less Flamboyant in this . G.NA looks like she just showed up in her own wardrobe. How come her outfit did not match the wall and Yan's did come on help me out here?Lyrics
Have not found another gentle half
At this distance in the eyes
I don’t want to lose your love
No matter how I try,I just can’t really read your mind
No matter how I try,I just can’t really read your mind
Have you ever loved me you loved me Oh baby
Okay so these people like each other and have a special connection. Okay here are the rest of the lyrics.
A: Let me surrender all romantics for you
G: Could you be the one I'm waiting for?
G: From the day I met you I lose myself in you completely
A: half half mature naive in my heart
G: I really want to know, I really want to know
A: half warm half cold look in your eyes
G: Let me look at one I wanna feel your true love
A: At this distance in the eyes
A: I don't want to lose your love
G: No matter how I try, I just can't really read your mind
G: Have you ever loved me you loved me Oh baby
A: When I had forgotten that happiness is you remind me smile
A: I want to see their original contours
G: You're the one I have been waiting for
G: When you stay at my side I see the brightest stars in the sky
G: I really want to know, I really want to know
A: half warm half cold look in your eyes
G: Let me look at one I wanna feel your true love
A: have not found another gentle half
A: At this distance in the eyes
A: I don't want to lose your love
G: No matter how I try, I just can't really read your mind
G: Have you ever loved me you loved me Oh baby
G: For all the times that I felt I've been all alone
G: Cause love takes two, you better show me your heart, baby
A: have not found another gentle half
A: At this distance in the eyes
A: I don't want to lose your love
G: No matter how I try, I just can't really read your mind
This is not a bad song or badly written so it gives me a good look where I think G.NA needs to stay and as far as Aaron YAN you are a pop star and keep at it.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
G.NA - 예쁜 속옷 (G.NA's Secret) Review
Why I am doing a review of G.NA's secret ? Well I read a review recently about this song and it was very good and a little harsh but it seems there is a little of this I do not know what would you call buzz about G.NA. It could be all created by the clever Korean music market but I thought hey now that I am an Official Asian Music Critic. I thought I would give a review and give my look at G.NA and see what the buzz is all about.Music.
Well we have the rap guy voice to tell everyone that G.NA is starting to sing at the beginning. This is of course to attract the American Audience. I think this is really getting old. It seems whenever we get a new Pop girl or girls on the scene we have to hear Yo Yo it's a Hot Korean girl singing. I do not need this. I get enough of this on American pop.
We have a nice piano riff in this song that you will hear throughout on this song. Is there anything special about this song ? No not really and I can see this song getting annoying after a while. The chorus is catchy but the verses really get tiring to me. There is a slowdown bridge in the song and the usual build up. I think you get a nice packaged pop song and that is about it. I do not see what the whole buzz about G.NA to get a lot of negativity. The thing I guess I see is she is not a full time pop star she is a model and actress as well and she is Canadian. I think that is what sperms the hate maybe people think she is not worthy of pop star status. I thought pop was is what is popular it is not a genre. Is G.NA's Secret just as good as what is out in the Korean Pop? Sure its I can not see how that one manufactured music is better than just another. You will always have a market for it.
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| Its a good thing she is a Canadian with all these boys this would be a Korean orgy! |
Video
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| The party is over there! |
Lyrics
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| EEk! A creepy Bunny! |
It is a song basically about a girl or woman trying to look nice for a man.
Here is the rest of the lyrics
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| I am totally not going to watch you undress! |
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| Hey guys its a girl! |
Love is summed up looking nice for your man what an awful concept.
Summary and gripes
I will just tell you G.NA you do not need this. You are an actress and a model and if you are forced to do this because of a contract we feel it in the video. I will say the lyrics are dumb as well I hope you did not write them. We know you can sing but after so many years maybe it is time to move away from the whole pop thing for you. Do more serious music because I think pop is not your thing. Korean dramas are big so why not more music around drama? I think this video ruined a good tune but with bad lyrics and a bad video you really get badness. I think that is something you need to think about. You are a beautiful woman and I know pop is about looks and all and 26 is not too old but I think because the years you have already put into pop music I think you need to take that experience and move on to other music taste and you are Canadian so you do have the west to help you.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
빅스(VIXX) - 기적 (ETERNITY) Review
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| Is it Reverse? |
Music
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| Don't ever leave Me Please!!! |
Video
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| Girlfriend let me tell you |
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| You are not going to draw me with a Big head |
Lyrics
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| Surprise I am a member of a boy band |
We started from scratch became
All yours
Yeah , I got myself all knowing
( Cold ) It's just the feeling
( Strange ) that I do not care
( Thank you ) so I'll come back to me as the one.
I do not love ?
This lets us know that of the couples history. THe Lyrics get interesting here check them out.
Awesome and had a nightmare too horrible
Took me just leave you forever
You should not hear the end of dream.
I think I would lose you
Do only one initial drop Dao
No I'm not I'll have
Now I 'll take you all minor
I do not love ?
Some of this makes sense I think what they are trying to say is that he had a nightmare about losing her. I like this . It shows me the real fear a man fears about his lover and I feel it in these lyrics. Good job in expressing that.
You suddenly blurred
( Does not say anything I)
Now the fear of snow float
( You want to go to sleep again, and below)
The relationship ended too quickly. A lot of repetition follows afterwards here is the fresh translation see if you can figure it out. I have a pretty good Idea what they are talking about let see if you can.
Miracle was coming to me
We started from scratch became
Yeah , I got myself all knowing
( Cold ) It's just the feeling
( Strange ) that I do not care
( Thank you ) so I'll come back to me is the one.
I do not love ?
Biggs (VIXX) Miracles (Eternity) Lyrics
Awesome and had a nightmare too horrible
Took me just leave you forever
You should not hear the end of dream.
T think I would lose you
Do only one initial drop Dao
No I'm not I'll have
Now I 'll take you all minor
I do not love ?
Awesome and had a nightmare too horrible
Took me just leave you forever
You should not hear the end of dream.
T think I would lose you
I hate you , even in my dreams I left my reflection
If you were by my side , but I like a nightmare , even
You suddenly blurred
( Does not say anything I)
Now the fear of snow float
In reality you're not going to dream away
Turning round again like a Mobius strip , as the two of us
You're also going to leave me again
As soon as your arm hold dwidol
I go stand temyeon excited to go towards
Right now my heart go stepping away
Sweet and had a nightmare too horrible
We started everything punctuated
Everything 's just like you're not here
The moment you left that day dream
Find me a brutal night coming kkeuteop
Close your eyes again to see me again that dreams
Not break again by the eternal dream
Overall not a bad song let me know what you think in the comments you can join me on facebook or twitter all you have to do is google Toru Takanuru.
Monday, May 26, 2014
THE BAWDIES-"NICE AND SLOW" Review
It has been 10 years since the Bawdies appeared on the scene apparently how I know this is they have a best of coming out. You will see a lot of best of albums coming out this year from Asian groups as the music from the continent becomes popular. This is a great marketing Idea that way it gives people from the west the ability to catch up. I will now give you my review of the Bawdies Nice and slow.
Music.
When I say music in this blog I am talking about everything not visually when I am reviewing, I will start with the vocals in the song no I am not talking about the introduction which sounds like an upbeat narration from a plasmatic album. I am talking about the vocals are done really well and they are mixed really well. The best way I could describe these vocals is they remind me of Blues travelers lead singer back in the nineties when they were popular. I really liked the vocals and I really liked the music but the vocals really are the key to the song. The vocals are very strong and powerful. The music is pretty much repetitive. It reminds me of the days in American music in the nineties when they were going back to sixty's sound. You see when music got louder through technology and the music got clearer so America dug up the sixties and we get the sound of some of the bands of the nineties. This song is pretty much a catchy riff played over and over again. The music is okay I love a good organ but not really anything new hear. The vocals are the most Impressive thing in this song and that is why you get the cut away from the music in the song.I listened to some boy bands from K-pop not even take that bold approach to harmonize they would not do it without their pitch correction T-pain app that is.This is a single and DVD and I like to really point out the Innovation from Japan to capitalize on the DVD music marketing and I am very disappointed in America for not following this great way of marketing music. When I was a kid I thought the traditional music album was going to go the way of the stone age and that there was going to be music video albums not live music video albums I thought that was how you would see music through the videos. It is hard to find videos you want to see on tv and that is why you watch all your videos on youtube. Now Japan has found ways to get people in their country to buy Music Video DVD's and I think America better think about this as well. I could see myself listening to this tune again
Video
At first when I saw this video I thought we were going into a post apocalyptic world well in some cases we are. Rock N roll has been outlawed we figure this out by reading the headlines of the newspaper and the musicians are forced into hiding. We see this sixties style Volkswagen van with the band inside it and this video I guess is homage to the british invasion in the sixties when bands like the beatles did movies like Help. There is 60's British look in this video for instance the bobbys and the Old telephone Kiosks I guess that is what you call them. There is an Impressive shot where it looks like a Street lamp made out of paper in the front and a Brick wall background. Why is this impressive because it gives a feel that they are not just running around in front of the green screen although the shot probably had to be achieved through a green screen through editing though it would have to be layered correctly to give this Lamp in the front guy in the back not blurred and old film blur look in the back to obtain such a great visual. I do not know what they exactly did but it looks fantastic. We see the Band running from the Bobbys after they are found to have contraband and that contraband is music Instruments. They are eventually caught after a few slightly humorous attempt to hide from the law. They are brought before a judge and they play the evidence tagged Instruments before the judge or present their evidence and I guess to show that music is fun and we see the judge ripping up the paper because the musicians have played the evidence and Rock N Roll I guess is legal again after one court case the Law is repealed unfortunately we do not see the case challenged and challenged again in various courts but this is a music video not real life. If you are an Older person I guess this video might be nostalgic but to a younger person It might not see the beatles and the sixties but I do see what The BAwdies did to get more younger viewers. It does have that rebel feel to it you see because young people have to rebel against everything. Right now if you are a young person you are thinking about rebelling right now I told you to read this blog you would not do it. That is why you should not read this blog because I know if you're young you are going to read this blog. THe plot is really simple to follow in this video . It is easier to actually to follow than the new AkB48 single. I am still trying to figure out whether that girl was a dog or not. Finally the music is short and simple so ADHD minds are not bored. So with Nostalgia you get the old fogies and short simple music and plot to the video you get the ADHD youth hyped up on Ritalin O's now with pure sugar. There you have it. Do I like it? I can live with it.Again this is the youtube version not the DVD version so there might be more. THe narration at the end of the video is kind of dumb but it is a homage to the pacifism philosophy of the sixties that lasted about three years in America. The narration tells us we do not need to fight. I am sorry but sometimes we do need to fight and if you really believe in your music you do have to fight sometimes to get your music played and heard. Life is a fight. It is a fight to stay alive. Then there are always jerks who bully others and the only way to protect them is to fight. So the narration at the end is not that good in my opinion.
Lyrics
The lyrics are pretty simple for instance words like we can take it nice and slow and the english is very clear in this and
Love Won't Bring Me down
Love can give me wings to fly,
Come On Baby lets get high
The lyrics are in english so listen to the song and tell me what you think? Overall this is a catchy song. I really cannot complain about its catchiness it is pop. That is what Pop is supposed to do be catchy and I guess the message is positive. I would not say the message is truthful. I think love can feel like a steel knife sometimes because of its honesty and there is nothing wrong with that. I think some of us cannot handle love's true brutality of honesty. There you have it a cute catchy pop song. Enjoy!
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