When I started doing album reviews in late February/early March, one of my first was of Melon Kinenbi’s final album “MELON’S NOT DEAD.”
Now that we’re back with a slightly new outlook in life, blogging, and the interwebs; and let’s not mention how I miraculously found it the other day; I am reviewing Melon Kinenbi’s final concert and DVD, entitled (horribly, I should add) “FINAL STAGE MELON’S NOT DEAD.”
Because this concert was so long (albeit, it’s pales in comparison to the three hours long Morning Musume’s 2009 Fall NINE SMILE DVD was, since the horse Koharu was graduating), I’m going to condense my review a tiny bit. I took six hundred screenshots throughout the concert, and only a small number are included here. I’ll probably post more on my writing journal and will post the link when I do.
Don’t ask where the title came from. I had to come up with something.
I swear. I don’t know why I can’t keep track of the days. Atleast I realised it before it was a weak too late.
It didn’t take much thinking on what I’d write about today. In fact, all it took was my shuffle on Windows Media Player being on and hitting a song called “Papillion.” Then I came up with my idea: ten reasons you’ll like Iida Kaori.
Firstly, I’d like to apologize if this review isn’t as good as usual. My brain is fried because I spent like an hour trying to translate something from Japanese to English. Japanese is not my strong suit, e Portugues é nao…nao…frick what’s “either?” YEAH, PORTUGUESE AIN’T MY STRONG SUIT EITHER.
Anyway, this Saturday I’m reviewing Japanese pop, of course; but I’m taking a different direction. They’re not under Hello! Project (a habit I will one year break), they’re not a group, they’re legal in the US (waaaaaaaaay legal), and they’re not even female (sorry Em).
I ended up getting my hands on an album that is apparently so rare, the only way I got my hands on it was to Google the title in Kanji and download it off of Windows Live from a Japanese blog.
That’s also why I’m not entirely sure on the romaji characters of all but three of the songs. I think I read it right, but any corrections are welcome. (I’ll provide a link to the album at the end of my post, and this time it’ll be an actual link instead of my promising a link and not giving one, like in my single review. I keep meaning to edit that…)
I know what you’re thinking. You’re shouting at your monitor “DM, SHUT THE HELL UP AND START REVIEWING! EVEN IF THERE AREN’T ANY GIRLS UNDER EIGHTEEN!”
Okay.
This week, I’m reviewing Inoue Kazuhiko’s “Kaze ~Hey!~ Wa.”
My apologies to everyone for completely forgetting Saturday. Things have been hectic and catching a break between stress and everything else has been difficult.
Today isn’t a review, but a countdown (as mentioned in my Friday article). Last time I counted down Buono!. This time I’m counting down Melon Kinenbi.
This Wednesday marks the final Melon Kinenbi release: the DVD of their final concert, entitled “FINAL STAGE: MELON’S NOT DEAD.” (I hate how they keep trying to convince me they’re not dead…)
I will probably give a review of the concert soon (I had the concert rip the day after, I just haven’t had any visual aid), but for now, here’s a countdown of DM’s most favourite Melon Kinenbi songs.
I’m going with something different. I’m turning my MP3 player on, and reviewing ten (or however many songs I can squeeze in before my crappy battery dies) songs that I get on shuffle. No images because I have no photo editing software on this computer.
Just pure, unadulterated text.
