Jun 06 2009
Crazy Moon/ Ashita no Kioku- Review
I know I’m a week late, but here’s a review of Arashi’s latest single release, another double A side.
Crazy Moon- Kimi wa Muteki
Song- I’m trying to be objective about this, but the truth is, I would like this song a lot better if I hadn’t heard “Believe” first. This song is like “Believe”’s little brother. It’s not a bad song, but “Believe” was just SO great, that it pales in comparison. The sort of chanting part is kind of lame, but the rest is good. Somehow though, I just can’t get excited about this song.
PV- Wow. A glorified dance-shot PV from Johnny’s. Really?? What are they in a gym or something? The only thing that saves it a bit is the fact that this song has an awesome dance. In fact, I’m tempted to call it Arashi’s best single-paired dance ever!
Ashita no Kioku
Song- Pretty good, as far as Arashi ballads go. I’m not a fan of Arashi single ballads in general. In fact, I can hardly name one that I like. Their album ballads are better for some reason. Anyway, this one has a very nice melody and background instrumentation, and they put a lot of emotion into their singing. It’s not going to go down as one of my favorite Arashi songs ever, but I’m sure it will fit comfortably around the middle of the list. The only thing that bugs me is the random saxophone at the end. It feels cheesy.
PV- So all of the creativity and artistry that was missing from Crazy Moon’s PV is present in spades in this one. WOW!! This PV is just perfect. The guys are adorable and emoting like crazy, the setting is clean and simple, but with some nice little touches to add interest, and the thing with them taking pictures and the pictures ending up showing something different is really clever. I’m still trying to figure out what it all means, but in the end, I think it’s meant to be partially up to the viewer to interpret.
Oh, and by the way, Arashi’s next single has already been announced, so look forward to that! I was kind of hoping for an album, but 3rd single of the year is nice too!
~Celestia~
The interpretation I read at a chinese website said that the difference in the pictures reflect the song title “tomorrow’s memories” and its lyrics. So to reflect the future, you have pictures which is a memory to record the future. So a clock set at 9:00 shows up in the picture as sometime later, half closed flowers show up in full bloom, half painted tree shows up completed with a swing, etc. Since I haven’t read the translated lyrics yet, I don’t know if it actually true. But the PV is so pretty <3