Feb 13 2008
Favorite Songs: 10-6
‘Lips’ has officially sold 351,294 copies in its first week, putting it slightly over KTF’s first week! They’re totally untouchable as far as popularity goes right now, aren’t they?
Having listed and explained my top 5 KAT-TUN songs in my KAT-TUN 101 post at my other blog (link!), I’m going to go ahead discuss numbers 10-6 in this new blog. Since I love links, naturally those are included as well.
10. Butterfly- This song isn’t really my preferred style, but Jin and Ueda just look so damn cool singing it that it makes the list. Also, Spanish is sexy, guitars are sexy, Jin is sexy, and Jin speaking Spanish and playing a guitar at the same time is ridiculously sexy. Of course, the fact that they wrote it earns the song extra points. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8-LBNRXUnU
9. Yorokobi no Uta- I’m a bit conflicted over this song. I love the verses, but the chorus seems to kind of drag. It feels like it should be a bit faster, you know? The endless refrains of “Aishiteru” (or “Aishitelu” if you’re Kame) are really catchy though. I also like the slowed down “zutto soba ni iru kara” line at the end, because they always make it sound like they’re really singing it to you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5AAOaH4rsc Just a partial clip because you don’t really have to hear the whole thing to get the gist of it. Besides, I like this clip because it’s really funny how they almost start giggling for some reason, especially Kame. Also, I adore Kame’s hair like that, and Ueda is one sexy little minx at the end.
8. Will Be All Right- Yay for this song because it really cheers me up when I’m in a bad mood. It’s simple and B-sideish (since it is one), but it’s something that I can really sing along to and enjoy. I’m happy just writing about it. Lol. I love watching Junno in encores because he bounces around like a happy bunny. The drawback to this clip is that Jin’s bandanna offends me. I demand that he remove it immediately! He should probably lose the shirt too. Come to think about it, I’m not totally crazy about the pants either so…. http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1309154qR24EmGf?searchId=4259562333021672189&rank=1
7. Your Side- My second favorite of KAT-TUN’s ballads (after Precious One). It’s a really nice song, and remarkable in that some of the less prominent voices in KAT-TUN get a chance to shine. Koki’s voice is particularly surprising here as he gets many more solo lines than usual, and his voice works very well with the song. My favorite performance of this, though, is the one with just Maru and Ueda. Ueda kind of whispers his first few lines, but his voice becomes stronger as he goes. Maru does an amazing job all the way through. It’s extra cute because these are two of the rare KAT-TUN members who actually are friends and hang out in real life. Let’s take a moment to appreciate Maru and Ueda, who often are the ones making Jin and Kame sound better by singing backup for them. You don’t notice them singing those parts very much since it’s only caught on film very briefly, because it’s Akame, and the camera just isn’t going to pass that up for Maruda. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1BC0_FxRE
6. Wilds of My Heart- This is another KAT-TUN song that I can really get into. The beginning is great with the building harmonies, but what really made me fall in love with the song was the performance I have linked here. It’s all kinds of awesome. Jin seems to be having so much fun improvising whenever it suits him. Personally, I like the way he sang his line at 1:40 something much better than the normal version and now whenever I listen to the MP3 I hear it that way. Kame’s kiss at the end timed with the fireworks is also very cool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-7DZi_RjFU
And for a recap, my top 5 were…
5. GOLD
4. Keep the Faith
3. Precious One
2. Harukana Yakusoku
1. Real Face
So many good songs that still couldn’t make the list *sob*. I might have to list numbers 15-11 at some point too, even if it is a bit anticlimactic to go in reverse order like that.
Zutto Soba ni Iru,
~Celestia~