Or A~chan or Kashiyuka for that matter.

Because that’s what we get in the Secret Secret PV!

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Activity has slowed down here at TLS this week. Truth be told, my attention has gone to International Wota as of late. I become a contributor to the site this week. I’ve had a lot of fun reading all different types of blogs that I normally wouldn’t look it. To think, I found something enjoying in a Johnny’s blog. When I started TLS a few months ago, that was not an outcome that I was expecting. Anyways, I definitely have a deeper appreciation for what Ray, wu-san, CJ, pengie and all the others do to keep the site updated. And of course, a deeper appreciation for all the other bloggers, because Intlwota wouldn’t be much of anything without blogs to cover.

I remember wu-san saying something along the lines, and I’m paraphrasing here, “most of my energy goes into Intlwota entries.” You ain’t kidding.

I’ve been completely enthralled with the three videos for Namie Amuro’s single 60s 70s 80s. I can’t believe how attracted I am to this woman 9 years older than me. The rankings for it right now go 60s (New Look) > 80s (What A Feeling) > 70s (Rock Steady). Sampling Baby Love and Flashdance (What A Feeling) works right up my alley, as I love those songs to no ends. If only the 70s was Don’t Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston, I’d have been ending this blog because true life would no longer have to be sought. I’m still having more and more fun listening and watching these songs, so drawing out a written opinion hasn’t happened yet. And it won’t happen in this entry. Time for a gigantic picspam. 105 images to be precise.

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I like Dschinghis Khan. That is, I like the German pop band. Truthfully, I only know two songs that they have done. The song Dschinghis Khan and Moskau. Moskau is the better of the two. The star of the band, Louis Hendrik Potgieter, was charismatic enough that I’d watch him doing almost anything. I can imagine him reading the daily newspaper dancing like he does in Moskau. It is a fantastic little scene in my head.

I like Koi no Dance Site. Morning Musume’s 8th single was fun. It was goofy and wacky. However, it all worked. Despite acting like goofs, there was a charm to it. It was a very different music video as it incorporated odd sets, many costume changes and a great deal of editing to achieve some special effects. Somehow, it fit the song, which involved a lot of nonsense “Ba ba bon’s” and “Uh ha’s.”

But I’m not so sure if I like Berryz Koubou’s Dschinghis Khan.

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One of my favorite aspects to Perfume is that there is no lead. In an individual song, one girl may be more featured. Take the overall group and work of body, I don’t see a lead. Just throwing that out there.

Now for BABY CRUISIN LOVE/MACARONI, which will no doubt be one of my favorite singles of 2008.

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The facts may prove that this video is about Maimi Yajima and Natsumi Abe going into a ramen shop. This is what they tell me. I am under no certain terms to have to believe them. So I don’t. Let me tell you what this video is about.

Natsumi is sneaking Maimi into a club. I don’t blame her.

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The Close Up PV of Yattarouze! is out. It’s pretty standard fare. However, in one scene, we get something completely different. On the final chorus, at the “wow” part, we get this…

It doesn’t even last a full second, yet I’m looking this far into it.

Nine different attempts to produce one single facial expression. First of all,
all of these were too closeup to enjoy this face in its full effect. Besides that, how well did Ongaku Gatas show this expression? What are we looking for here? It’s simple, to pull off the perfect surprised look. What is the perfect surprised look? Well…

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