MiChi – Find Your Way
12/01/2011 at 11:37 PM | Posted in MiChi | Leave a commentTags: find your way, michi, single
~Single~
MiChi – Find Your Way
1. Find Your Way
2. Perfect World
3. Just The Way You Are
4. Find Your Way (Instrumental)
“Find Your Way” initially seemed like it would be a great song, the intro beat and MiChi’s vocalizing were pretty good. But instantly I could get the feeling that this was ONE Take 2. The background music just ends up feeling a little cheap which is a shame since the lead up to the chorus featuring strings seemed so promising. Michi’s vocals are top notch though and it seems to be the only real thing that saves the song for me. Not to mention she also really shows some strength in her voice, which was different and not something I was accustomed to hearing, it was welcome. I just wish the music had backed that up more.
Score – 8
MiChi’s B-sides tend to be really awesome, and naturally, “Perfect World” is no exception. The first time I heard the song it didn’t click with me, but nearly instantly on the second listen everything fit into place. It starts off with a kind of skipping, cut, subdued music that suddenly shifts into this mellow, calming beat right after MiChi says “There’s no such thing… as a Perfect World”. MiChi sings in a much higher register in this song that I’m not really used to, mostly because I don’t think I’ve heard it before, or if so not much. Wasn’t sure how much I dug it but it didn’t seem that bad. It really kind of felt like the vocals took a back seat in this song which I normally don’t like or agree should ever happen but it was sort of OK for me here.
Score – 8.5
And now for a typical cover! This time MiChi covers Bruno Mars’ “Just The Way You Are”. I can stand the original, although that makes it sound as if I don’t like it that much which isn’t the case, it’s an alright song. The opening vocalizing is really pretty and I think she does the song justice. Nothing much going on here, like I said it’s a pretty typical cover, though I guess this version naturally sounds a bit more ethereal.
Score – 8
Final Note
Was looking for a kick ass A-side on this one, didn’t really find it but oh well, wasn’t too bad.
Overall Rating
Koda Kumi – Love Me Back
12/01/2011 at 11:08 PM | Posted in Koda Kumi | Leave a commentTags: koda kumi, love me back, single
~Single~
Koda Kumi – Love Me Back
1. Love Me Back
2. Say Her Name
3. Love Me Back (Andy Price Remix)
One again we have another sexy track in the form of “Love Me Back” though I honestly thought the song was going to sound a bit different. Couldn’t help but feel like it had a kind of secret agent (007) feel/theme to the song. The “Oh my, give me, give me, give me, give me… love for me” in the chorus was really catchy but then… oh wait, it’s over, yup the song clocks in at an unfortunate 2:58 though I do feel like it did everything it could possibly do in that time so, no real harm.
Score – 8
“Say Her Name” starts up and instantly I’m really surprised for some reason. Acoustic guitar and some slick beats start up and throw me for a bit of a loop. The song borderlines on an alternative R&B if you will which I found to be a really interesting sound. Naturally, being a B-side, the overall arrangement felt a little less involved, but I feel as if it could have been really good, not to say that it was bad. Kuu’s vocals fit the song well. The end of the song was done perfectly.
Score – 8
Man, this “Andy Price” Remix of Love Me Back pretty much makes me hate the song. It seemingly slows down the song and just makes everything sound a little whiny, not to mention this effect . Of course, as I find with most remixed songs, it just ends up sounding way too repetitive and annoying and a tragedy to the original song.
Score – 4
Final Note
Not incredible, but decent, also, I think I should just stop reviewing remixed songs.
Overall Rating
girl next door – Boogie-Woogie Night
12/01/2011 at 10:35 PM | Posted in girl next door | Leave a commentTags: boogie woogie night, girl next door, single
~Single~
girl next door – Boogie-Woogie Night
1. Boogie-Woogie Night
2. Happy Birthday!
3. Hoshizora Keikaku (FROM LIVE Destination)
4. Boogie-Woogie Night (Instrumental)
5. Happy Birthday! (Instrumental)
I’m just going to be honest for a second, I found ROCK YOUR BODY to be kind of silly of a title, and didn’t think the song would be that good because of it. So I’m sure you can imagine my dismay when I realized the title of this single was Boogie-Woogie Night. OK, now that I’ve said that, onward!
Contrary to my judging a single by its title “Boogie-Woogie Night” isn’t THAT bad of a song, it’s not amazing of course, the lyrics “Boogie-oogie-Woogie-oogie Party Night!” still makes me cringe. The song has a lot going on so many natural instruments, though I didn’t care much for the trumpet. It’s got good energy and even though it clocks in at just under 4 minutes it seems to really fly by.
Score – 7.5
I just can’t help it, I was even more fearful when I realized the next song was called “Happy Birthday!” I was glad that the song was on the mellower side though it was kind of teetering on the border of boring and a bit forgetful. I also couldn’t help the feeling that it was too themed and rather corny. The more prominent percussion was a nice touch and +1 for guitar solo instrumental break. Also, Chisa needs to work on that “th” sounds 
Score – 7
Final Note
You know, I thought this was going to be worse than ROCK YOUR BODY but it ended up being a little bit better.
Overall Rating
girl next door – ROCK YOUR BODY
12/01/2011 at 9:29 PM | Posted in girl next door | Leave a commentTags: girl next door, rock your body, single, Video Games
~Single~
girl next door – ROCK YOUR BODY
1. ROCK YOUR BODY (Extended Ver.)
2. Nanatsu no Moji
3. ROCK YOUR BODY
4. Ready to be lady (LIVE FROM Destination)
5. ROCK YOUR BODY (Instrumental)
Whew this is late, of course, like I said, really didn’t like it, seemed to have halted my whole reviewing process actually. Oh well here I go.
Good christ this track is 8:54. I know it’s the “Extended Version” of ROCK YOUR BODY but damn. Also, no idea why this would come before the regular(?) version but whatever. Anyway intro is long as hell and just consists of some pretty generic thumping club sounding beats then this woman starts shouting “It’s time to…” well I don’t know because I can’t make it out along with some crowd cheering effects. The pace suddenly changes to a more mellow beat that I actually liked but then it just goes back to the generic thumping stuff. At 3 and a half minutes in I was left wondering when the actual song was going to start because I had had enough of this intro. Finally, 4 minute in, Chisa starts singing and you know, it actually doesn’t sound that bad. I liked the vocals in the verses but then the melody of the chorus comes in and Chisa starts singing “Everybody, hey! ROCK YOUR BODY!” over and over and I’m just not feeling it. Naturally, it’s a hyper song so overall I’m not really digging it anyway. As soon as I thought things could improve, the bridge just pulls a typical gnd by sounding like a ton of their older stuff… By the time this song was coming to a close I was just thankful to be honest.
Score – 5.5
“Nanatsu no Moji” gives me a breathe of fresh air, mostly because it calms things down a bit even though it’s pretty active. I actually kind of liked this one, the beats and sound were well old but that’s nothing new for gnd. That needed improvement of course, but the overall melody and the flow of the song, especially the chorus worked really well, and saves the song for me. Quite frankly even with the overplayed synths, etc. This song manages to be one of their better ones in quite a while.
Score – 8
NO, NOT THIS AGAIN ;; No really, I literally cringed when the 5:00 version of “ROCK YOUR BODY” started played. Nothing new here so I’m not even going to bother but it does have one redeeming factor. It’s shorter.
Score – 6
Final Note
Whew, what a doozy.
Overall Rating
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