maiZe and I share the same sentiment when it comes to what is arguably one of Hello! Project's best units ever, this temporary unit being Morning Musume Sakuragumi which was active from late 2003 until approximately the summer of 2004. I remember the "scare" of 2003 which occurred when fans became alarmed at the possibility that Momusu was being permanently separated into two units, the other being "Otomegumi." But to everyone's relief these two units just turned out to be extensions of Momusu in the form of two temp units.
Tackey & Tsubasa's latest single offering continues to challenge a fan's monetary devotion by means of releasing three separate editions in the form of "Koi ban", "Uta ban", and a regular edition which isn't so "regular" after all.
T & T's "Uta ban" (Jacket B) version
includes the original music video (uploaded below) which runs about 5
minutes in addition to a fold out music sheet for the title track
(pictured at the top of the post).
"Koi uta"'s pv is shot in a simple but effective manner as
it focuses on the deep felt emotion of the song as brought out by both
Tackey and Tsubasa's sleeve worn emotions throughout and the sound
white architecture of the backgrounds lends a perfect atmosphere. Another possible reason for the simplistic music video may be due to the large budget spent on the production of the aforementioned drama version of this pv. "Koi
uta" is a beautifully written and performed ballad and as with all T
& T releases the strong distinctions between their voices really
adds a wonderful texture to this title track making it one of their
best yet in this genre and musical approach.
Before I give you the second batch of H!P gifs as promised, I have a fun bit of information.
Last week I was at this Loviisa peace event thing and among other people, Rieko Seto was there. Rieko is a Japanese artist and also a 2nd generation Hiroshima survivor (her mother was a victim). I had a brief chat with her. Fun thing is, she had this idea for an art piece she was doing and she asked people to draw the outlines of their hands on paper and then write a short message of sorts. Well, I drew my hand, wrote something cheesy like "Peace from Finland! -Henkka." But then I looked at what other people were writing and I noticed some of it was rather questionable, so I said fuck it, went to Rieko to ask if I could make an addition and wrote "Nihon no onnanoko wa kawaii!" ("Japanese girls are cute!") When Rieko saw what I had written, she laughed and agreed, but also said that Finnish men aren't too bad either.
Now the fun part is that this piece of artwork will actually be put up in a real art exhibition. So hey, if you happen to visit Hiroshima in October, go to Rieko's exhibition and find my hand! I think that's a pretty cool thought, my hand and wacky message in Hiroshima. Cool stuff. I wonder if anyone there will read my message.
In any case, now for the main event. Like last time, some of them are good, some not so good, and some are pure awesome if I may say so myself. Hope you like 'em. Firstly, here's ones made from the Chokkan PV close-up edition. These took ages to make. I think Reina's is probably the most interesting to look at.
And now for everything else:
That's all folks. I guess I'll keep posting any future gifs as
Now the fun part is that this piece of artwork will actually be put up in a real art exhibition. So hey, if you happen to visit Hiroshima in October, go to Rieko's exhibition and find my hand! I think that's a pretty cool thought, my hand and wacky message in Hiroshima. Cool stuff. I wonder if anyone there will read my message.
In any case, now for the main event. Like last time, some of them are good, some not so good, and some are pure awesome if I may say so myself. Hope you like 'em. Firstly, here's ones made from the Chokkan PV close-up edition. These took ages to make. I think Reina's is probably the most interesting to look at.
And now for everything else:
That's all folks. I guess I'll keep posting any future gifs as