Feb 04 2008
Haru Single Daizenshuu Hopes
Have I been updating too much? It’s because the first round of essays/tests has come for my classes this semester, and blogging has become my primary method of procrastination. Anyway…
Word on the street is that Morning Musume will be performing ALL of their singles to date at their next Spring concert. Of course, some of these will have to come in the form of medley, because there are just too many of them, but I’m pretty excited about this. It will give them a chance to kind of lay down who does what part in each song, hopefully allocating some lines to the Pandas, and get the newer members caught up on all of the A-sides. I imagine that it will be difficult for JunLin, and to a lesser extent Aika, to learn all of those lyrics and dances, but once accomplished, they will be in a very good position for future concerts. Well, not everybody will sing every song, but I think it’s safe to assume that the majority of the members will be singing the majority of the songs. In my little dream world, here’s how some of the concert would go. These lists are not meant in order of performance, but rather by catergory.
If everyone gets Solos-
Ai-chan= Roman My Dear Boy. Between her and Miki they pretty much sang the entire song at the Sexy8Beat concert anyway. Everyone else was basically their backup dancers. Ai-chan has enough power to her voice to handle this song, and it certainly doesn’t require a big group to work.
Risa= Egao Yes Nude. She has the range for it. She can do both the sultry lower parts in the verses and the higher parts in the choruses. Also, it’s one of the few singles that she has a lot of lines in.
Eri= Manatsu no Kousen. I really like this song for Eri’s voice. The soft sound of it reminds me of her, so much so that I almost forget that she didn’t actually sing the original version.
Sayu=Aruiteru. Her rendition that she sang while walking down that dock was just adorable, and that one moment made me like Sayumi a lot more than I did before. I know that she loves the song, and if she can sing it in the oh so sweet way she sang it there, she’d do just fine.
Reina= Memory Seishun no Hikari. You’d think I’d pick Shabondama, but I like that better as a group song. Her best shot version of Memory Seishun is my favorite of the best shots. I regret giving up the opportunity to harmonize with the other members by making this a solo, but I know that Reina can do a good job with this song on her own.
Koharu=Hyokkori Hountanjima. If this song must be included in the program, and I guess it must, might as well have Koharu sing it. She can give it all the goofy childishness that it requires. After Konnichi Pa (shudders) it would be a piece of cake. Here’s hoping that she wears a fake mustache for the performance.
Aika= Oosaka koi no Uta. She sang it for her audition and on the Hawaii tour early last year, and she didn’t do a bad job with it then, but I’d love to compare and see how much she’s improved.
JunJun= Furusato. I enjoyed what I heard at the last summer concert, and I think that this song probably has special meaning for Jun since she’s so far from home, so she could portray the emotion well.
LinLin=Namida Tomaranai Houkago. She has the same nasally quality to her voice that Sayumi and KonKon do, but she’s a much better singer, so the song would have the right tone without all of the wrong notes. Bacchiri desu!
For Small Groups-
Morning Cofee= Eri, Risa, LinLin. I believe that the song requir
es at least three voices to work properly? Risa can take the lead part, Eri can do the echo, and LinLin can back them up when the song goes to three parts and in the verses.
Summer Night Town= Ai, Reina. These two have been doing well singing together recently, so I’ll give them one of the older MM songs that requires a fair amount of vocal control. I’m sure they could more than handle it, and Reina would be good at the “Daisuki, ahhh” sexy parts.
Koi no Dance Site= Koharu, Aika, LinLin, Risa. We’ll get the most hyper and ridiculous people on the most hyper and ridiculous song. Koharu can provide the sound effects, much like she did during the 10th anniversary group concert. Risa will handle the sexy beam. LinLin will dance like the spaz that she is, and I really just want to see Aika doing the “ooh ha!” part because I think it’d be adorable. Just take a moment now to imagine Aika singing this song. Adorable right?
Daite Hold Me= Sayumi, Ai, Koharu, Reina, Eri. Ai and Reina will do the lead parts (mou ichido suki dakishimete hoshi, etc) with Sayu, Koha and Eri handling the “daite daite daite” bits. I’m sure Sayu looks very cute doing the “ahhh” parts.
Onna ni Sachi Are= JunJun, LinLin. They can sing their debut song! The choruses are only sung by two at a time, and the rest is mostly solo lines, so I think it could be done with only two people. They should already have this song down, so they wouldn’t have to worry about learning a bunch of lyrics, and I want a pandas group!
Chokkan2= Aika, Sayumi, JunJun, Risa. Another song that I don’t really like. It doesn’t require intensive singing, so Sayumi should be fine. It does require a lot of cuteness to pull it off since it’s so weird, and if anyone can do it, these four can.
I know that Risa and LinLin got into 3 songs while everyone else got two, but that’s just how it worked out. The rest of the singles will all just have to be full group songs, because I don’t like the idea of them done any other way. I especially wonder what’s going to happen with Mr.Moonlight though. I’d imagine that Ai and Risa would take two of the lead parts, but what about the 3rd? Maybe JunJun because she’s tall… but I don’t know if she has the right kind of attitude for it. Hmm. I’m really interested to see how that one turns out.
I think I should start signing my blog entries for a more personal touch. I might have to experiment a bit before I find a good sign-off though.
Regards,
~Celestia~