Comments on: 2 YesAsia shipments in and a Café Buono! Review

By: maiZe

maiZe — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:39:36 +0000

@MikaChocoSweet: Airi is totally an awkward dancer. XD She’s admitted to being uncomfortable dancing (or something to that effect) in an interview before. That’s not to say she’s a bad dancer – you can definitely see her effort and she’s a billion times better than poor Iida Kaori. XD

However, I don’t think Momoko’s the best dancer in Buono! I just said she has a lot of energy. I definitely think that Miyabi is the best dancer in Buono! (But then again, I think Miyabi is the best everything in Hello! Project right now, so I’m biased XD).

By: MikaChocoSweet

MikaChocoSweet — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:52:54 +0000

Hey!! Airi is not an akward dancer!! She’s the best dancer of Buono!! Momoko just put’s life on her dancing that makes you think shes the best but when you look Airi is good at singing, at dancing, and even in smiling >:P

By: MiyabiFan1

MiyabiFan1 — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:50:17 +0000

omg u got the dvd ver.
i got the normal. waaaaaaay less pics
+ i hav no money to buy anything

By: maiZe

maiZe — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:02:00 +0000

@Chris: I first heard Berry Fields when I watched Berryz Koubou’s 2007 Spring concert at Saitama Super Arena. After hearing it that first time, I went straight to theppn to figure out what the song was called and which single/album it came from. Unfortunately, it took a while for me to actually get an mp3 version of the song, since I had a hard time finding the first BK single around, but in the end, I simply had to buy it. A song that good is not allowed to be played at 192, or even 320kbps on my computer. It must be Apple Lossless. As for the problem of switching CDs (in regards to listening to singles), I always use my iPod in my car with an FM transmitter, so I just make my playlists with whatever I’m in the mood for… (Right now it’s filled with lots of Buono!)

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:05:00 +0000

I bought Berryz first single last week for the exact same reason, I find Berry Fields to be hauntingly beautiful. Although I don’t really like buying singles because I usually listen in the car and don’t want to constantly change CD’s, but with Athena and Robbikerottsu, we don’t have any choice…yet. Nice review, I see we are both on the same wavelength for “Last Forever” as well. In fact, there are alot of songs here that could qualify as “A” sides.

By: maiZe

maiZe — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:20:00 +0000

@radicalipton – Buono! will wear you down!! They’re going to take over the world, I tell you! XD@Amy – Why thank you! XD Ego boosting is always appreciated in my comments section.. LOL XD But seriously, I’m glad you’re enjoying reading my blog, for I definitely enjoy writing it. I do hope you actually come back and read my response to your comment, since I really have no idea if anyone actually does… >_< You comment has made my day for the third time today (my day was made once in the morning when I found out that Buono!’s gonna be releasing a third single in May, a second time at noon-time ish, when I read a funny article: “Court finds model innocent based on breast size” and now a third time, just before I go to sleep.. what a wonderful day of spread out goodness ^_^). I appreciate the kudos.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:03:00 +0000

I don’t want to sound like I’m sucking up or anything, but I love your blog!

When I read blogs, I usually think “What? They’re crazy!”, but when I read your blog, I usually totally agree, or I think “Hm, they’re right, I guess.”

You have my kudos!

By: Radicalipton

Radicalipton — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:43:00 +0000

You’ve got it right on Momoko’s voice. She’s a terrific fit weith Miyabi and Suzuki; in fact, all three get away from their cutesy roles in Berryz and C-ute and make Buono! a high-octane combination. “Cafe Buono” is a sensational song; I’ll probably have to break down and get the album.http://www.radicalpatriot.vox.com

By: maiZe

maiZe — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:02:00 +0000

You don’t know how happy I was to see that you commented on my Hanson mention, and that the response wasn’t “EWWW… You like Hanson?!” That totally made my day, so thanks for that! But yea, I’ve followed Hanson almost from the moment they popped onto the mainstream music scene (and followed along once they left the mainstream scene). They’re my all-time favourite band, and I don’t think anything will ever top them for me. However, of the 4 full length albums they’ve released since they initially signed onto a label (2 on label, 2 indy), it was only this most recent album that I can truly say that I loved every single song. Let me know what you think of the album once you listen to it! Though, I would also recommend that if you can, get a hold of the bonus tracks from the Japanese release of the album – “In a Way” and “I Am”. Those two are fabulous as well (and sung by Zac, my favourite member XD). [I can help you out if you do find you have trouble getting those songs.]I never really followed M2M, but I did like their stuff back in the day. I know some of old mix CDs contained a few of their singles. It’s funny, but just a week or so ago, “Mirror, Mirror” was running through my head for some reason… XD Never actually listened to either of their albums though. I think I’ll go check them out. Funnily enough, one of the M2M girl’s dated Zac Hanson back in the day… Isn’t it interesting how everything ends up strangely connected?What brough me into J-pop was anime (specifically Sailor Moon), but I really only listened to songs from whatever anime I was watching – I never got into the groups who sang the songs. On the other hand, I was introduced to H!P by my brother, who called me into his room to watch a PV… I’m almost positive it was The Peace! ’cause I remember my first impression of Morning Musume was: “Cute sailor outfits! … o_O Glowing toilets?!?” What can I say? I got hooked! XD

By: minimonimania

minimonimania — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:36:00 +0000

Yay! I should give the Hanson album a shot; I’ve enjoyed some of their earlier music but haven’t kept up.As I’ve said, the only other album for which I’ve enjoyed every track was M2M’s Shades of Purple (2000), and I really should give M2M credit for getting me hooked on J-pop at all. I’d heard and enjoyed a couple of tracks from that album about the time they were released, but didn’t really get into it, for a variety of reasons. After a few years of suffering the blandness of most English-language pop of the early ’00s, though, I found M2M bubbling back to the surface and filling the niche of quality melodic bubblegum pop that I was craving. And this time, circumstances being a bit different (though they had broken up already, alas), I actually went and bought the album, and I was quite impressed.What further impressed me was that they had recorded another version of their single “Pretty Boy” in Mandarin. This was probably my first exposure to East Asian-language pop, though it was ironically performed by a Norwegian duo normally singing in English. After some searching around, I discovered that Cyndi Wang (coincidentally one of Jun Jun’s favorite artists) had recorded a Mandarin cover of M2M’s “The Day You Went Away”. I listened to this version, thought it was awesome, and subsequently thought most of Wang’s music was awesome and so much better than the garbage American pop had disintegrated into. And so I was hooked on Mandopop. This was around spring 2007.So after some more exploring, eventually I discovered the charms of J-pop and got even more hooked than I had been on Mandopop. And that’s where I am now. I should keep exploring. Maybe I’ll find something even more exciting than J-pop?