10.19.08
Furious Rage~! (With Bold Letters.)
It’s official: Hello! Project is going to hell. They just lost nearly ALL of their talent.
What’s next, Morning Musume?
I mean, C-ute music? No thanks.
Just as I was wondering how much longer it was going to be before Melon Kinenbi and Kei left…
Oh Kei, you and your beautiful voice…
Even Abe Natsumi. NACCHI! And Yuko! The Queen Bitch of H!P! All of my favorites are GONE.
Here’s looking at you, Yossie…
Hold on…does this include Mako? But Mako just returned!
They had better get careers elsewhere, or else…
*furious rage*
They just don’t have it anymore. Pretty much everything H!P releases is boring or generic-sounding.
I think Tsunku is out of ideas.
Maybe I’ll buy Yuko’s “MEGA BEST.”
Speaking of purchases, perhaps there will be a big sale of all the Elder Club’s stuff on Yesasia. [/sarcasm]
This calls for a little picspam of some Elder Club members. To cheer you up.
I would make it longer, but it’s time for me to eat dinner. Ja ne.
oh my GOD.
Elder Club. All gone.
What on earth just happened?
I knew something was wrong when those “MEGA BESTS” were announced.
I am in a complete state of disbelief.
More later.
10.06.08
Catching Up, Part Two: Wonderful Hearts
Morning Musume did something retro. But it wasn’t the good kind of retro.
Instead of doing something 40s, or even 50s – which would have been totally bitchin’ – they did something 70s – which wasn’t really a thrill for me. I’m not exactly a fan of the 70s.
I was secretly hoping that Morning Musume would release a 40s-themed song. The last time they did that, all the way back in 2001, it turned out to be one of their best songs yet. If not that, they could have worn shirtwaist dresses or pencil skirts with cardigan sweaters on the cover of their next album. Wouldn’t that be adorable?
But no – instead, Morning Musume wore psuedo-disco dresses and sang Pink Lady’s song from the 1970s – Pepper Keibu.
Pepper Keibu is okay, but nothing more. The song is catchy, but I know it will get old after a few listens – it’s really repetitive…
The outifts suck, the PV sucks, but what can I ask for? A Hello!Project outfit isn’t a Hello!Project outfit unless it’s strange/fluffy/ugly or in this case, shiny. Morning Musume hasn’t released a decent PV in years, so I’ve given up on that one.
And…their next album will be entirely cover songs. Didn’t W do that for their first album in 2004? Why, yes, they did. W is great, fine. But I don’t like it when every song on an album is cover songs. Maybe if they had a few really good ones, it would be okay. But I like to hear new songs as well, and I’m sure you do too.
On Berryz’ new album, I like Happy! Stand Up and Baka ni Shinaide, and…that’s it. I would like Real Love too, if it wasn’t a Risako solo. I think Real Love should have been a Maasa solo, since MAASA ONLY GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE GROUP SONG AND NEEDS MORE LOVE.
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Oh! I secretly like Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance, but only when I’m making graphics. I listen to all the crazy songs when I make graphics. 
Other than those few songs, I consider 5 (FIVE) to be rather mediocre. The fourth album was so much better.
I hope that Berryz and Morning Musume’s future releases will be something to look forward to, unlike these.
