Aug 17 2008
Idon’ting!!!
Just a sec. Gotta pat myself on the back for that clever title.
Okay. So a recent entry by CK (HERE) made mention of the relatively new all girl idol group “Idoling!!!”, noting a particularly weak performance. Since they could potentially be Morning Musume’s and the rest of H!P’s direct competition, I decided to check them out a bit more. I mean, with that many exclamation points, they’ve got to be good, right? The performance CK embedded was ear-damaging, but there was still hope that they may be better when singing their own songs.
Sorry, but no dice. Here’s a live performance of their most recent single, Kokuhaku, on their own TV show. They have absolutely no excuse for this level of vocal failure, and the dancing is nothing to write home about either. It’s really really simple, and they’re out of sync all over the place. Don’t give up if you think the very beginning’s not so bad. It gets worse as it goes along.
Even with all of them singing at once, it still sounds terrible. Just wait until they get to the chorus, and you’ll see what I mean. It reminds me of summer camp, when about a hundred little kids would gather around the campfire, and they’d all half-sing half-shout some songs with as much enthusiasm and as little musicality as possible. Close your eyes, and you’d probably picture a group of 3rd graders singing, not a “professional” singing group. The 4-person parts are no better, and the duet lines (especially those two girls during the introduction) are probably the worst of all.
There is, perhaps, a spark of hope for Idoling!!!. The last girl to sing during the introduction seems to have a good voice. Looking at their pictures, I think maybe her name is Yokoyama Rurika? I really hope she has the sense to get out of Idoling!!! and defect to Avex or something soon, because this is a musical trainwreck of Koharu-like scale.
And now to wait for the “how dare you bash Idoling!!! they’re like the best group ever and you’re just jealous because they’re totally going to kick h!p’s ass” comments to roll in.
~Celestia~
Idoling!!! isn’t really focused on singing. They’re focused on their TV show and singing is a secondary job, just one of the things they do on the show. They only release music because it gets their name out there/attracts people to the show.
So of course not many of the girls in Idoling!!! sing well, because that’s not the main focus of the group.
I’m sure some of them are good XD…
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Well, Sayumi Michishige is a fan of Idoling!!! She even puts their t-shirts during momusu rehearsals ! XD
I have no problem admitting that Idoling!!! is one of the weaker groups when it comes to overall vocal talent among the members of the group, but the question is, is this level of performance good enough given the type of song they’re singing? For some people it is, for others, it is not.
You gave them a fair shot, and they’re still not to your liking. That’s fine. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, and you at least gave them a decent chance. If you are still at all curious to see if the group can do any better, I recommend checking out some of that YouTube user’s (idlg17) more recent videos, particularly Stay with me and Omoi no Uta.
If not, then that’s OK. You already gave them a fair chance. That’s all I could really ask for.
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Hi, Idoling!!!, ever heard of lip syncing? Yeah, you should try it.
Whoa. Some Idols only do TV shows and Photobooks for a reason! I’ve never heard an Idol Group fail so much.
^I agree with Hotaru 100%
They can’t sing and they can’t dance. They might be extremely popular if they kept to their TV show, which is what they’re best at. You can advertise a TV show on TV or in newspapers or even in public places, so why do they feel obliged to sing to us when it turns people off from them?(according to previous comments.)