Sunday, September 23, 2007

Best-est Female Vocalist ~ BH's pick

EVERYTIME I need to get down to doing some adult like serious stuff eg preparing for that presentation or writing some board paper, I end up doing something totally unrelated.

Nyek……..was spending some time going through my storage procedure for the huge amount of CDs. You see, I had once upon a time packed them in alphabetical order, then I created a subcategory of “all time favourite CDs within easy reach”, subsequently I started another anime related category……..then everything became a mess la, coz I simply forgot where which one belonged to. Neeways, was going through the drawers of CDs and decided to do a BEST-est of BEST Female vocalist ranking! ( Oh ya, and I decided to start a Ah Lao and Potential Ah Lao sub-category as well)

BH’s pick of BEST-est of best female vocalist ranking

1) 椎名林檎
Looks, Voice, Talent, Character – she has what it takes.
Anyone tried singing her songs at Karaoke? You will know what I mean. Its damn difficult. She can sound mellow and screechy at the same time, HAIR STAND lor.
つよし (in my humble biased opinion) is easily one of the better singers and when he did a cover of ここでキスして…. It was disastrous.

2) 黒猫
Vocalist of 陰陽座. Her voice is so crystal clear and her stamina is so good, when she hits the solo portion and if you happen to blast your 3D surround sound system, you cannot even hear her breathing. Powerful lungs, but looks she lacks la. And the songs she writes are somehow not as good as those written by the rest of the members in 陰陽座。 

陰陽座's live perf of 妖花忍法帳(one of their bestest hits after debut! Anyone who can sound that good in a crappy livehouse must be good la!)
Oh, someone told me 黒猫 starting to look good these days. Aha.....able to afford their own make-up artists lei! Check out 黒衣の天女PV ( although I think the song is not that great. Their recent releases are quite faggot la.)

3) 中村由利―Garnet Crow
I like由利, it comes as a surprise to many. I like the way she performs on stage, totally bochap and quirky. But oh-how-powerful her vocals are esp in hitting the low notes. Her style needs getting used to. Usually she starts a song like she cannot be bothered, but when she hits the chorus, she becomes unstoppable. Much of my liking for Yuri is also because Garnet Crow itself as a band is so lovable. Furui (keyboardist) is one of the most highly paid music arrangers in Japan. (read the credits of other CDs and you will see his name pop up all the time). Garnet Crow’s guitarist is also a darling – he can sing, but usually he just leaves the limelight to Yuri.

If only garnet crow on a whole can improve on their dress sense!

Clip contains VARIOUS segments of the 2006 Twilight tour。I think it really showcases 由利's versatility.

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

東京ダイアモンド

算是小树很早期很红的一首成名曲。词曲由the baby stars的田中明仁提供。小树和the baby stars颇有渊源,是熟都不能熟的哥儿们。(the baby stars 就是唱红one piece动画的那个团)。小树从很早期的live到后来窜红的时期,support都是由the baby stars帮手。

词不怎样,不过曲子好玩, 转音和假音很绝。小树又是很芭辣的一个人,看那个只有70年代摇滚乐手才会摆的“手拿mike stand外加后腿直伸前腿半弯" 的pose。。。。。完全没有一点现代感, 简直是小老头!爆笑!不过我就是很萌他这个大刺刺的样子,很粗俗,很自然。有另外一首歌,是小树和rockahulla goose合作,完全描写了他来东京的心情。那首东西很强,至少词的部分让我有点感慨。下次吧!这次还是看看这首他唱了2年多的live定番东西。听后也踊跃给点意见吧!



Tuesday, August 28, 2007

加藤和树 - 大萌中!

现在的桌布!!!!! -----我最最喜欢的香汗淋漓pose!!!!!
以下 - 售票情况---狂贺!sold out。。。。。。鞠躬!是当天售票,当天断货。我功成身退。。。。笑,是说我只抢了那么1张,没什么影响的啦,不过也算尽了一份力啰!


以上。。。。发完疯,现在回去埋头苦干,赚钱! 周末再把小树高唱芭辣之霸的tokyo diamond剪上来(感谢马甲P帮我把dvd的片断剪出来,对我这腐女来说,这简直是世纪末的难题来的!不可能任务!)。


Saturday, August 18, 2007

ホタルノヒカリ- 加藤和树 (新人)~~~谁是后妈!!!

As I was mentioning in my earlier post, my 特别推荐dorama for this summer season is ホタルノヒカリ. It’s a damn hilarious tale of a 干物女 or himono onna i.e. someone who is disinterested in love/marriage and basically just cannot wait to get home everyday after work to just laze around at home. She follows a strict schedule of knocking off at the specific minute, ie no OT no working late nite, no gallivanting with colleagues after work. She keeps her private life after work very much to herself and does not engage in the so-called normal social activities of typical OLs like dating or matchmaking (aka 春子in 派遣员的品格). For more on 干物女 and a test to see if you are one, pse go to 神秘人's blog。

I caught the 2nd episode of it in Japan and laughed till I peng coz I could really identify with some of the things the main character Hotaru did. And of course, the shock of seeing Kazuki on national TV outside of his kamen rider suit drove me nuts. Wa lao…..I din realize he joined Avex (same as his buddy Aibacchi). No wonder la, how else would someone like him manage to squeeze himself into a TV dorama that is neither about masked heroes nor some hentai theme to be telecast on TV Tokyo (also affectionately known as Maniac Channel)???!!!!!!


Wa……he formally major debut with Avex on 7/28! 正式出道了哦。。。是说他2003年从名古屋上京后就一直在livehouse打滚, 连续剧的网页说他是新人也有点那个啦。。。。。orz。了解了解,这是整个乐坛运作的规律。

加藤和树 :
1984年10月7日生まれ。てんびん座のA型。愛知県出身。

当然我注意他是因为他真的能唱(当然样子符合我的审美观也是考虑范围之内的事),不过现场爆发力有待进步,舞台动作不够放。声线偏高,低音部分还需要练习,尤其是快歌低音部分明显中气不足,唱得有点吃力。不过只要遇到中高音部分+acoustic, 他就无敌了!

虽然在livehouse跑了很长的时间和在特摄剧里小有名堂,不过他开始被比较多人认识是接演了网舞的K5冰帝女皇的角色。那年和U部长那一段双部长2重唱。。。。真的是经典!那个时候真的觉得他们是2代里面最能唱的了。 2006年, 出了他的首张EP-Rough Diamond和办了8场one man 。 票票竟然SOLD OUT ~~~~!后来又乘胜追击出了single-Vampire 又再加办8场 one man - Glamour Attack Tour, 票也让大家抢破头- 卖光光。Vampire 初登oricon no.16。 当时 以一个indies的新人来说,他在indies界也算是话题人物之一。 (是说,vampire真的是很芭辣的东西来的。。。pv也拍得有点那个。。。不过我蛮喜欢这首的。现在已经成为live定番啰!)

2007年是他发马力冲刺的一年, 出了一张 ballad 单曲 「そばにいてc/wリアル」。 「リアル」被选为TBS「世界バリバリ☆バリュー」的片尾曲,「そばにいて」成了TBS「エンタメキャッチ」的开头曲。 有 TBS 帮忙宣传,单曲初登 Oricon no 16。 年头又开了8场one man, 也是sold out。 现在终于找到avex 这个大户主,听说公司砸了大笔钱帮忙宣传他过档后7/28推出的EP。。。。宣传巴士到处飞,还打着 "这个人是谁" 的超级爆笑标语!

加盟大的公司不是坏事。。。。曝光率增加也不是不好,不过还是希望他专注于音乐方面的东西多点。

他的歌有点芭辣。。。。不对,是很芭!很好玩。。。看看两首live定番warning和 higher就知道啦。


10/13 - 日比谷野音有场one man, 是他加盟avex后真正以歌手身份出席的活动。。。。怎样?很想看看和以前有没有什么不同呢。。。。。。是说我觉得他加盟avex后的首张single不比之前indies时代的东西强到哪里去。。。。。