^Most people think of Coke when it comes to Christmas time! XDD But then again, these are the guys that in the past, they didn't appear in CMs. So, I was surprised/happy when I saw that they were appearing in the CM! =D

Which guitarist do you think can be a representative for Japan?

In the Japanese music industry, there are handful of guitarist who are extremely talented and full of aura on the stage. Amongst these people, there can only one person who can represent the guitarist of Japan.

With this fact in mind, goo decided to ask its users, “Which guitarist do you think can be a representative for Japan?”

Let’s see who the Japanese citizens picked as their representative below!

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1. Matsumoto Takahiro

2. Hotei Tomoyasu

3. Char

4. hide

5. Nomura Yoshio

6. Oshio Kotaro

7. Naraji Kaori

8. Haruhata Michiya

9. Abe Futoshi

10. Takasaki Akira

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/12/whi...ive-for-japan/

BUT OF COURSE :innocent

^AWESOME!!! :D But I'm not surprised after Tak won his Grammy for "Take Your Pick"! :D

B'z LIVE-GYM 2011 -C'mon- Fukuoka Setlist

00.Opening Movie
01.さよなら傷だらけの日々よ ; Sayonara kizu-darake no hibi yo
02.さまよえる蒼い弾丸 ; Samayoeruaoidangan

MC

03.Don't Wanna Lie
04.ピルグリム ; Pilgrim
05.BE THERE

MC

06.Homebound
07.ボス ; BOSS
08.命名 ; Meimei

MC

09.DAREKA

MC

10.SPLASH!（E-Style）
11.Brotherhood

MC

12.#1090 -Thousand Dream-（TAKE YOUR PICK version）
13.BLOWIN'
14.イチブトゼンブ ; Ichibu to Zenbu
15.裸足の女神 ; Hadashi no Megami
16.Liar!Liar!
17.ZERO
18.DIVE
19.ザ・マイスター ; Za maisutā

MC

20.C'mon

Encore

E1.いつかのメリークリスマス ; Itsuka no Merry Christmas

MC

E2.ultra soul 2011

MC

E3.Calling

END SE.ひとりじゃないから ; Kara -Theme of LIVE-GYM-

http://blog.livedoor.jp/joechang/archives/1503189.html

^I was JUST about to post that yesterday from OFF THE LOCK! XDD But thanks for posting it, Karen! :D I would of LOVED to see Samayoeru Aoi Dangan live! Oh, and The Meister too! <3

Top 50 singles of 2011

28. Ｂ’ｚ - Ｄｏｎ’ｔ　Ｗａｎｎａ　Ｌｉｅ (216,239)
44. Ｂ’ｚ - さよなら傷だらけの日々よ (177,180)

Huh.. I guess the Japanese prefer their lighter songs over their bittersweet songs! :laugh

Various Christmas/Winter Songs Rankings

What Christmas songs make you feel like, "The holidays are here!"

1. "Last Christmas" - Wham
2. "Christmas Eve" - Yamashita Tatsuro
3. "Jingle Bells"
4. "White Christmas" - Bing Crosby
5. "All I Want For Christmas is You (Koibitotachi no Christmas)" - Mariah Carey
6. "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
7. "Koibito ga Santa Claus" - Matsutoya Emi
8. "Itsuka no Merry Christmas" - B'z
9. "Silent Night"
10. "Christmas Carol no Koro ni wa" - Inagaki Junichi

Christmas songs you want to listen to

1990s Best 10

1. "Itsuka no Merry Christmas" - B'z
2. "WINTER SONG" - DREAMS COME TRUE
3. "All I Want For Christmas is You (Koibitotachi no Christmas)" - Mariah Carey
4. "White Love" - SPEED
5. "Fuyu ga Hajimaru yo" - Makihara Noriyuki
6. "Kanashimi wa Yuki no you ni" - Hamada Shogo
7. "Winter, again" - GLAY
8. "Christmas Eve~ Namida no Ato ni wa Shiroi Yuki ga Furu" - Southern All Stars
9. "WHITE BREATH" - T.M. Revolution
10. "Jin Jin Jingle Bells" - Moritaka Chisato

Rekochoku Popular Christmas song ranking

Male Users

1. "Fuyu no Aruhi no Uta" - GReeeeN
2. "Rain" - YUI
3. "Itsuka no Merry Christmas" - B'z

http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/3167688.html

I love Itsuka no! :heart It's awesome that it's ranked!! :D

BREAKERZ sang Itsuka no Merry Christmas today in their BREAKERZ X'mas Special Live 2011 "GO!GO! X'mas" concert as part of their Christmas medley during their 1st encore segment =D

Also , EXILE's TAKAHIRO sang Itsuka no Merry Christmas in their Exile Tamashii variety show too x)

^I think I saw that clip floating around on youtube. It was a very interesting cover! :D But I'm interested to hear DAIGO's cover of it! XDD

ever the B'z #1 fanboy , Shinpi blogged about them yesterday =D

http://yaplog.jp/brzshinpei/archive/1944

as mentioned before , Tak will be in charge of composing either 1 or 2 new songs from Anna Tsuchiya's 1st best album that will get released on 28th March

土屋アンナコラボレーションベストアルバム（仮）
2012年3月28日発売！

土屋アンナが行って来たコラボレーションの数々の楽曲をコンパイル！
松本孝弘（B'z)、難波章浩（HI-STANDARD）とのコラボが実現した新曲3曲含む全12曲収録予定！
土屋アンナのソロデビューより行なって来たコラボレーションの数々の楽曲を遂にコンパイル！
AIやMONKEY MAJIK、Hoobastank、PE'Zを始めとする豪華ゲストに加えて、土屋アンナがゲストとして 迎 えられた外仕事楽曲も収録予定。

価格
DVD付き 3,600円（税込み）CTCR-14763/B
通常盤　2,800円（税込み）CTCR-14764

収録予定曲

・Brave vibration ～Wicked Dancehall Version～ mush up INFINITY 16
・Sweet Rishi Boy / Anna Tsuchiya mush up ☆Taku Takahashi
・QUEEN OF THE ROCK vs土屋アンナ（布袋寅泰「SOUL SESSIONS」収録）
・Bangalicious feat.土屋アンナ （ravex「trax」収録）
・The Letter feat. Anna Tsuchiya /Hoobastank
・CHECKMATE mash up ANTY the 紅乃壱,VOLTA MASTERS
・暴食系男子!! / PE’Z×土屋アンナ
・Crazy World/土屋アンナ feat. AI
・GINGER/土屋アンナfeat.MONKEY MAJIK

＜新録収録曲＞
・B'z松本孝弘氏、Twinzer生沢祐一氏とのコラボ曲
・難波章浩（HI-STANDARD）コラボ曲「IS THIS LOVE?」
全12曲収録予定

＜DVD収録曲＞
新曲MV
・暴食系男子!! / PE'Z×土屋アンナ　 ミュージックビデオ
・Crazy World/土屋アンナ feat. AI ミュージックビデオ
・GINGER/土屋アンナfeat.MONKEY MAJIK ミュージックビデオ

http://anna-t.com/news/index.html

Who else Tak has composed for though ? :confused

^Besides KAT-TUN, I think Mai Kuraki and ZARD. o_o;

yeah I know he composed KAT-TUN's awesome debut single Real Face which he did for both the single & album versions :heart

Ah he also did for Kuraki Mai & the late ZARD too ? :3

^Yep.. :D It was for the album "THE HIT PARADE" (which also featured Koshi)! XDD There's more info on Tak here! ^^ http://www.generasia.com/wiki/Matsumoto_Tak

oh wow thanks for that xD

1 fear I kinda have for B'z is that after they released MAGIC , they go on tour & then went on hiatus for about a year to pursue their own interests & then release singles & then put out C'mon

I wonder will the cycle repeats all over again ? it seems awfully quiet now for them , I want them to release a new single & this will be the big 5-0 for them next damn D:

^I think that gap was for the individual solo albums that were released after MAGIC (like Koshi's Hadou album and Tak's Take Your Pick album). Last I heard (or read) from OFFTHELOCK, they were (or might be) filming a new Pepsi CM in Sydney. More here... http://www.offthelock.com/2012/01/22...ial-in-sydney/

B'z news!!!! An English remake of "Samayoeru Aoi Dangan" is the theme for the Capcom game "Dragon Dogma"! :heart

was hoping for news on their big 50th single :x but ah well this will do for now

what a cool English remake for Samayoeru Aoi Dangan :D