3 posts tagged “ongaku gatas”

I found a bigger version of my favourite picture from Y-H.org! It has a great Yossy gallery, please visit it everybody! It's got more photos of this concert tour also. :)

And yes, this photo deserves a post of its own. :) It's fabulous. The photo in itself is also a great one, I love how her eyes are fastened on the side, on something we can't see. The composition is great. (In fact, I study in a Higher Secondary School of Visual Arts... I'm supposed to be kind of artistic I guess. :P)

Dohhup put up some videos about Ongaku Gatas concert tour! Here and here! The first one features some backstage material and even live material from the real show! (Though the sound is not the right one.) The latter provides us some extremely cute presentation of the tour goods!

(As you can see I'm really exited! ♪)

 

Setlist (taken from thePPN.org)

1. やったろうぜ! (Yattarouze!)

2. 抱きしめて・・・涙 (Dakishimete... Namida)

3. MC1

4. 恋人は心の応援団 (Koibito wa Kokoro no Ouedan)

5. 好きすぎてバカみたい (Suki Sugite Baka Mitai)

6. 地球と月 彼と私 (Chikyuu to Tsuki Kare to Watashi) - Ishikawa Rika, Konno Asami, Sengoku Minami, Sawada Yuri

7. 青春のカスタード (Seishun no Custard) - Yoshizawa Hitomi, Satoda Mai

8. MC2

9. 心の谷間 (Kokoro no Tanima) - Noto Arisa, Mano Erina

10. キスしよう (Kiss Shiyou) - Ishikawa Rika, Konno Asami

11. MC3

12. ザ☆ピ～ス! (The☆Peace!)

13. 浮気なハニーパイ (Uwaki na Honey Pie)

14. MC4

15. BE ALL RIGHT! 

16. 恋占い通りにはならないわ (Koi Uranai Doori ni wa Naranai wa) - Korenaga miki, Noto Arisa, Mano Erina, Sengoku Minami, Sawada Yuri, Mutou Mika

17. MC5

18. カラゲンキ (Kara Genki) - Yoshizawa Hitomi, Ishikawa Rika,  Satoda Mai, Konno Asami

19. 本気で熱いテーマソング (Honki de Atsui Theme Song)

20. 鳴り始めた恋のBELL (Narihajimeta Koi no BELL)

21. Go Girl～恋のヴィクトリー～ (Go Girl ～Koi no Victory～)

22. お先にすんずれい (Osaki ni Sunzurei)

Encore

23. 栄えろ羽ばたけガッタス ブリリャンチス H.P. (Sakaero Habatake Gatas Brilhantes H.P.)

24. MC6

25. DREAMIN'～ガッタスブリリャンチスH.P.の応援歌～ (DREAMIN' ～Gatas Brilhanted H.P. no Ouenka～)

 

No matter what some people say but I'm in love with Ongaku Gatas and their incredible first album which I'll write a review about someday! And I'm gonna buy this concert DVD for sure! I honestly think that Tsunku has found himself again with Ongaku Gatas. I just love their style of music! I wonder though why they didn't perform Souda! We're ALIVE in their concert, it would have fitted in so much better than Uwaki na Honey Pie for example. Maybe Uwaki na Honey Pie just fits in their super genki style (just like Go Girl ～Koi no Victory～ does) and since Maichin is there they're kind of forced to perform at least one Country Musume song. I still wonder... they're performing Koibito wa Kokoro no Ouedan and that should be enough I think... To me Uwaki na Honey Pie is somehow too much. But I'm not complaining, Uwaki na Honey Pie is a lot of fun and Koibito wa Kokoro no Ouedan is too cute not to be loved. But I love the fact that they're performing Honki de Atsui Theme Song, it's one of my favourite Momusu songs ever! Just what are they going to shout in the end after all those "izasusume!"s in the place of "Morning Musume!"? "Ongaku Gatas!"? ;P Doesn't really sound good.

Suki Sugite Baka Mitai has me a bit worried, because I've always thought of it as a Gocchin song (read: only to be performed by Gocchin&co. or some other people who are Gocchin-like enough (Reina is ok. :)). I don't know who would be good to perform it... Apparently all members of Ongaku Gatas perform it or at least I don't know better. I'm sure there'll be lots of Rikachan (of course, she was in DEF.DIVA) and Maichin because I think someone thinks that she might work in the song (though not a win for me). But those super cute eggs in this song? Somehow I cannot see that...

And seriosuly, putting those two Gatas cheering songs as encore is a weird decision. They're not very good songs to be performed in a concert anyway... But maybe that was the only spot they could think of - you couldn't really put them in the beginning or in the middle either.

Some great Yossy photos from their concert (taken God only knows from where and I definitely don't have any rights to put them up, but do I ever have anyway?)

 I love the first one, she's so BEAU ・TI ・FUL!! ♥♥ That incredible costume is for the Seishun no Custard performance, I assume (watch the Dohhhup! video clip).

Again some great photos!

God I love that Seishun no Custard costume! I wonder why they don't use normal clothes in concerts more often... They look always better. And somehow in all the photos where Yossy is wearing those clothes she looks like 100 times better that in the others. All my favourite photos from this whole batch are the ones where she's wearing those. (Though Maichin's clothes for that same performance are... horrible. What's with that hat, seriously?)

Poor Yossy - so pretty, so skinny... That fourth photo!

 

When I was speaking of Gocchin I remembered something I just understood a while ago. She's now become my second favourite H!P girl, if not even trying to get to share the tops spot with Yossy and that's a lot to sayl, and I love her a lot and I'M NEVER GOING TO SEE HER PERFORM IN A H!P CONCERT! My dream is to some day make it to a concert in Japan and Gocchin won't be there. :'( I'll better make my dream true soon, otherwise everyone else will have already left also when I finally get to Japan...

I'm starting to think that I'll never see her perform anyway. For a long time I wanted to believe the rumors that she was going to sign up with avex or something... But it's already February and nothing has been heard from her. I'm still hoping but not really believing anymore.

Gocchin, I miss you... You're so beautiful!

(There's something wrong when the photographer has focused his camera on one's boobs instead of one's face...)

So to the two topics that were left from my previous post: Ongaku Gatas getting an album and Airi's upcoming photobook.

I think one could easily guess why Ongaku Gatas is so important to me although I maybe didn't fell in love with their singles quite as much as some people did. But it's quite obvious: the unit that assured me Yossy wouldn't turn out to be and another Kemeko: just disappear mysteriously after her graduation, on display only if you live in Japan, in the rare occasions she is playing a minor role in some unknown musical or play. If you're really lucky, you can even see her in some short TV drama. Nice, but unfortunately I don't live in Japan. It's not possible for me and I wouldn't be satisfied with that anyway. (Well, again I don't know: probably Kemeko's situation is a little better than I described :). At least I hope.) To my great pleasure, it's quite opposite - she got this.

Although Rika has the center position in this photo, Yossy has been given the leads otherwise: she is the leader of the unit and also has the lead vocals in their songs. If that can even be said when the lines are actually quite equally divided, excluding poor Korenaga Miki and Mutou Mika who are left without any solo lines in both songs (probably due to their looks more than their voice). She has the opening line for both songs, a great solo in the bridge as well as quite a lot of screen time their PVs (Narihajimeta Koi no Bell and Yattarouze!). Has anyone watched the Yattarouze! performance at Haromoni@? Yossy was the one who seemed to be enjoying it the most. She made all kinds of funny faces and expressions when she was only in the camera and other time she was smiling a lot. She always seems to enjoy performances so much :).

Not only Yossy, but the whole Ongaku Gatas has received a lot of love from their agency. I'm sure that at first many were assuming this would be another one-shot group but now, after two singles and especially because they have an album announced already, it seems that they will be around a little longer. Though I'm still hoping for a Yossy solo career (which now seems quite unlikely) I'm very positive about this group. There main two points that make me believe in this group:

• The quality of the songs given to them. I've heard that many are so impressed with these singles that they might qualify other of them as the best H!P song of the year. After listening a lot to them, just to convince myself that they really are that great and that Yossy has got the best thing she can at this moment, Í have to admit that they are very carefully done. Very catchy. But I still have the "♥falling-in-love-with-this-music♥" feeling I'm sure all of you are familiar with ahead. I'm hoping for it to come with either after seeing their concert DVD that will be released next year or after hearing (Yossy solo songs in :)) their album. Also, no-one can ignore the comeback of DANCE☆MAN, the famous and accomplished arranger of Momusu "golden age" hits. He's back to track, and with Ongaku Gatas, so they can't have been created just for wasting them.
• The excellent idea of promoting H!P Eggs side by side with better-known members of H!P. I find this quite a remarkable thing as this is practically the first time any Eggs are properly promoted. You have to remember that when Kanna, Yui and Linlin debuted they stopped being part of Eggs. Also I don't feel that THE Possible was given this much attention, people were not even sure whether that group was part of Hello!Project. But creating a group by putting new, fresh, young faces together with respected older members is a very good idea. Especially this little girl has been given quite a push.
  

  Manoeri
  Mano Erina has got VERY popular among overseas H!P fans and apparently in Japan too since she has got such a big role in their new single. She has as much lines as Yossy and Rika (and Nocchi, but let's come to her later) and more than Konkon or Satoda Mai if didn't count wrong, for heaven's sake, and she's also in the middle in the cover of Yattarouze!'s limited edition. I can't deny that she's cute and she also has a nice voice, but she's still not my favourite. But I have to raise my hat for this girl as she has beaten all the other Eggs in this group and seems to be gaining fans faster than anyone. However, regardless of her popularity, my favourite Egg is
  

  Sawada Yuri
  This is mostly because of her voice. In Narihajimeta Koi no Bell she impressed me especially when the Eggs (Manoeri, Minami, Yuri) go "Haaaa!" before the chorus her voice stood out a lot. She sounded so different compared to the other Eggs, she really has a great voice. One of the best in Ongaku Gatas, I think. Also I find her very cute. She seems to be enjoying in the PVs and performances and is always smiling - somehow, she reminds me a little of Yossy. To me she's the second promising Egg in Ongaku Gatas, as the most promising one is
  

  Nocchi
  I chose Noto Arisa as the most promising one, although I like Yuri the best, because of her overall personality. I think what she has got is "idol ability". She's cute beyond description and knows what to do: she looks very professional with everything she does. She's also a great dancer and seems to be giving her all. As a fan favourite she's now losing to Manoeri but has all the abilities to become a very close second (or even winning, I think.) Nocchi is also promoted almost as much as Manoeri. They are given the same amount of lines but Manoeri's are better placed: in Yattarouze! she starts (well after Yossy) and ends the song with her solo lines while Nocchi's lines are more in the middle of the song. But she's still given a chance to shine and she's definitely using it.
  
  The rest of the Eggs don't appeal to me or other people so much so I don't have a lot to say about them. Sengoku Minami is the one that differs from these other two because she's given at least some chance: she's got solo lines and also, especially in Narihajimeta she seems to be less awkward than these other two. I'm hoping to see more of her. But in my opinion both Korenaga Miki and Mutou Mika have greatly developed and in their second PV they're both doing fine. And in my point of view, Miki is looking very good in this photo. So let's not prejudge and forget about "the ugly ones" before they have completely got comfortable about this new situation and showed all they've got. AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF JUSTICE, GIVE THESE GIRLS SOME LINES! I hate the fact they didn't get any in this new single either. God bless the album announcement, as they can't avoid giving them any on that release. ♪

 

To now examine the other members of this unit too, I have to say that this girl (WOMAN) is till winning for me. ♥

Which isn't a big surprise, I guess. :) Isn't she just perfectly beautiful in this photo? I won't have to explain why she a win, I did it many times already.

As for Konkon, Satoda Mai and Rika. I don't particularly like the voice of any of these. Konkon is my favourite out of these as she has always been the one I can relate to the most. A studious person who loves to eat...Hey, that's me! Oh well, I always loved to imagine that if I was in Momusu I would be Konkon. Until I discovered that she graduated before I even got to know about the whole group. But I still love her. And I'm happy that she's back though looking very different after that year outside H!P, having lost all her baby fat in her face. No more chubby cheeks. :) Well I guess she's happy now, has anyone watched her Alo-Hello! ? The part where she was showing the mask she wears while sleeping/taking a bath (I can't remember what) to lose fat from the face is quite... no, VERY scary. She looks like an alien when she puts it in front of her face. :) No need for those anymore. But I guess I'm not the only one who had difficulties to recognize her.

Rika has never been one of my favourite... Although I really think that she's improved with her singing (well that took long) and she amazed me in Ribbon no Kishi her personality and manners are not very attractive to me. I find her behaviour a little bit annoying sometimes. And her voice isn't still very pleasant. When I saw the 4th gen auditions I was surprised because I think she sounded better in her audition than she sounded for years after joining Momusu. If it was some producer (Tsunku) telling her to sing like that and not like she would normally sing I really think that was stupid. Maybe it matched her image but it didn't match anything else.

Satoda Mai's voice is quite comparable with Konkon's and you can hear the similarities especially in the first verse of Narhajimeta when their solos are the same kind of lines. The only difference is that Mai can hold notes, Konkon is sometimes off-key. Both voices are still extremely high-pitched and nasal. Mai is good at dancing but that's about it. I don't really have much to say about her, I'm indifferent about her.

 

Some people have suggested that Ongaku Gatas would be the way for the other Miki, Fujimoto I mean, to come back. Personally I don't think it's a good idea, because

1. although it would bring more strong singers in the group she would once again steal all the lines
2. it would be a huge step back in her career as she has been solo, in Morning Musume and in duet with Ayaya.

So just have GAM making a comeback or make her go solo, but keep Ongaku Gatas as it is!

 

I guess in the end Airi will still have to wait for another "exiting ^_^" post. She didn't quite fit in this after all.

More Yossy. ♥