thanks

I can't wait for the Kimi no Uta PV to be up soon :luv2

love their outfits! i'm so excited for the PV now :D

it's released on september 30, i think. WAY TOO LONG :weep

YAY!!!

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/2...0808113702.jpg
[PV] abingdon boys school - Kimi no Uta (704x480 MPEG2 SSTV).mpg.torrent

^ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

someone please upload the Kimi no Uta PV , QUICK QUICK QUICK !

here karen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt9zOHJjoLo

YAYYYYYYYYY :D :D :D

someone should upload the PV on here in due time so that I can download it :innocent

Thanks! I'll watch it tomorrow! Glad its finally out :D

EDIT: Still haven't seen the PV, but I took the liberty of uploading it: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...99#post2052499

whee thanks Alicia :D

me off to download it right now

such an amazing PV, omg. i keep forgetting his name...takanori? :laugh he looked so damn hot. i swear you could NEVER tell he's 40 years old from watching this video. all 4 of the guys looked young in this, actually. but i love the ending. it fits with the anime's OP with destruction of buildings and stuff. the song is even better in HQ, too! :cool

btw karen, your on pretty early! isn't it 6AM where you are? :P

lol yeah the frontman's Takanori , I will download the PV soon as soon as I settle some things

& yes it's 6.15am on where I'm at , Lisa . I slept early last night & I got up early because it was too humid to sleep on further T_T

aww, i know the feeling. even with a fan, my room is still humid. but my living room is too cold. like a freezer :laugh

i think i can't remember his name well because it's long, and i know him as T.M.revolution :tipsy

S'pore has been having haze problems the past few days no thanks to the forest fires going on in Indonesia which has been making life so difficult for me , sleep wise @_@

even if I put my fan to full blast , ick it still doesn't work to a certain extent

Takanori - I just call him Takanori & sometimes T.M.Revolution/T.M.R :laugh

Kimi no Uta PV's awesome *_____* , it's almost like Nephilim in a way but the setting's just mind blowing

I think the concept of Kimi no Uta's PV fits the Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 anime very well & I'm guessing the guys are being portrayed as earthquake survivors in the video ?

other than that , it's ace & that goes for the song too :heart

you can download the PV rip of Kimi no Uta via http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93095 while Zemus has uploaded the HQ file of Kimi no Uta - http://ahsforum.com/forum/showpost.p...77&postcount=9

PV is great!

I call Takanori "Takanori" nowadays :P I did use to call him T.M. Revolution, but now he is Takanori to me (and the "T.M." stands for "Takanori Makes" actually).

talking about T.M.Revolution , I wonder will he return back with something new ?

has been AGES since reasonance was released :dead2

if not I don't mind if Takanori concentrate more on abs's works :yes

I was kinda wondering if he was going to make a solo comeback along with being in abs, but he's only released Resonance, and that was more than a year ago.

But abs is great, so it's all good. :D

i prefer takanori with abs anyway, lol. :P the only TMR song i really love is "Ignited".

oh, and "resonance" :P rock is more my thing, so i'm glad he's with abs :yes

ehhhhh

some of T.M.R's works are CLASSICS with a capital C :grumpy

such as INVOKE , BOARDING , Ignited

before I caught on the jpop bug , I always heard INVOKE many times on TV but I didn't gave a hoot on who sang it lmao

now I know better :laugh

but I suppose it doesn't matter at the end of the day as long as abs continue to deliver the music :yes

I don't want to wait another 13 months + for them to release something again , that was a nightmare waiting for BLADE CHORD all the way to STRENGTH. @_@

I love these songs! :heart T.M Revolution was really great, but I agree with Lisa, Takanori is much better with abs.

I love both TMR and abs, hee hee. ;)

some of T.M.R's past songs are classic & still are even up to now

I was just listening to BOARDING & INVOKE yesterday in the gym after a long period of time & man they still sound so good :heart

haha yeah me too :D

ABINGDON BOYS SCHOOL ON TOUR!
04.11.09 Tavastia/ Helsinki FIN
06.11.09 Klubben/ Stockholm SE
07.11.09 Markthalle/ Hamburg GER
08.11.09 Columbiaclub/ Berlin GER
10.11.09 Zeche/ Bochum GER
11.11.09 La Locomotive/ Paris F
12.11.09 The Underworld/ London UK
14.11.09 Metropolis Music Hall/ Munich GER

and one interesting fanart ^^
http://keep4u.ru/imgs/s/2009/08/17/6...54476f530e.jpg

man lucky people who're living in Europe T_T

I do hope that they can release their 2nd album soon , it's about time I say

until then , next week's the release of Kimi no Uta :D & omg at the fanart , it's beautiful :smitten & it makes a great wallpaper

I hope that they will make changes to the schedule and visit Russia too =) Why not? D'espairsRay, Girugamesh, An cafe, Mucc and Miyavi came here this year.

wow, europe? that's a big deal for abs. i'm so happy for them! :D

Oh wow, Europe! :D

Oh wow, a tour!! SO awesomeee!!!!!

Oh, and why doesn't that artwork ever work for me :(

I uploaded the pic on my photobucket a/c , Alicia

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...54476f530e.jpg

^Thanks again karen!! Its awesome!! Toshi looks cool :)

oh yeah Toshiyuki looks great & that goes for the rest too :D

NINKI:

7. 51.40 abingdon boys school - キミノウタ

pretty good NINKI index but ick , I hope Kimi no Uta will fare well next week

if not this will break their 'top 5' streak , singles wise but as long as it debuted overall in the top10 , good enough for me

I don;t believe NINKI anymore. They're wrong about everything. O_o

true

I hope Kimi no Uta can do well since just like their previous singles , this one's used to promote the Tokyo Magnitute 8.0 anime

Kimi no Uta is up for download already :D

http://ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93661

yeah STEALTH -Reigoushiki J-A-P- is an Eng version of J-A-P

the tune & all is the same

not that I don't mind :D

YesAsia's description of the single

The latest single from abingdon school boys deals with change, hope, and gratitude. Featured as opening theme song in the Fuji TV anime series Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, Kimi no Uta is penned by Nishikawa Takanori and composed by Shibasaki Hiroshi.

YAY , composed by Shibasaki :heart

just waiting for CDJapan to ship my order. I missed out on the CD+DVD version of '***' so I promised myself I wouldn't miss out on the CD+DVD versoin of KnU. XD

Kimi no Uta debuted at #6 in the 1st day

x->6 -- x

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

this probably might be their lowest debut position today , in terms of singles & albums since this week's competition's tough as they're up against AKB48 & SMAP

in anycase , I hope Kimi no Uta will stay strong & don't drop hard in days to come

Earth_maiden please share DVD with us =)

#6 is still pretty decent :yes but i hope it still gets a top 5 weekly.

^ Yeah, hopefully it can make it to #5! :D

hopefully so because all of their releases have been getting top 5 hits since INNOCENT SORROW

Kimi no Uta

x->6 ->6

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

^that was kimi no uta documentary =(

Kimi no Uta

x->6 ->6->5

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

^Well, it finally made it in the top 5!! That's great!! I better dl the single now!

Yay for #5! :D

phew, that's a relief! :D

Kimi no Uta

x->6 ->6->5->8

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

this's off topic but OMG in that link , you can see a CM banner where Oricon's promoting Matsushita Yuya's Honesty single LMFAO :lmfao

ahhhh #8 :scry be strong, abs! have some STRENGTH, LOL.

LOL

I think Kimi no Uta can get top 10 overall . Not very sure on top 5 but ah well

That's so not obivious :o

Guess people prefer the other singles over abs's.

lol well, i am bad with puns :tipsy

i actually prefer kimi no uta better than STRENGTH and J-A-P. so it's sad :(

the guys are up against some tough competition this week , inclusive of SMAP :O

Kimi no Uta might be their 1st material not to debut in the top 5 but at least it's still top 10 overall from the look of things

first kimi no uta performance at Music Fighter

^ YAY thanks , they did great :D

a pity that they never performed at MUSIC STATION . They should get invitations to do so

====

Kimi no Uta

x->6 ->6->5->8->10

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

noo #10 :scry

and thanks for the MF performance :)

second performance

thank you so much! :D takanori is such a great performer.

Kimi no Uta

x->6 ->6->5->8->10->9

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

thank god! :P

Thanks for this!!!! Its soo gooood!!!

Taka-chan so cute *_*

thanks to Camui for links

^EEEE!!! Toshi looks so awesome in the first one!! Thanks!!

more videos! thank you! :D

The man sure does know how to perform.

1st week sales of Kimi no Uta - #8 with 22,941 copies

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/

still top 10 overall which's good & considering that they were up against SMAP of all people , they had a tough fight

22,941 copies
that's not so bad!

i'm just grateful they made the top 10, lol. congrats abs! :D i want an album next :mischief

I have a feeling that they might release their 2nd album soon , seeing that they're going to be touring Europe in Nov

I hope that will come true as they have enough singles to fill up a new record

2010CL-148
T.M.Revolution/T.M.Revolution[Calendar 2010 (Try-X Ltd.)] GOODS
2381 yen US$26/93.13 Release Date:2009/11/07
Description:[Size: B2, 7 pages.] *The calendar may take a week or so to become available for shipping. The calendars come housed in specially made boxes, and because of this, they cannot be shipped together with any other type of products, such as CD, and DVD. Please place your calendar order separately.
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=2010CL-148

is it weird that Takanori's getting a solo calendar as T.M.R & not with abs ? :innocent

^maybe they will shoot two calendars? TMR and ABS

^O_o They'd better!!! I'm completely obsessed with Toshiyuki! :P :P

And #8 is great for these guys!

mmm yeah maybe so

yeah Toshiyuki's :smitten

I love the compositions that he did for the band . I'm not saying that I don't like SUNAO or Shibasaki's ones but Toshiyuki did the majority of composing for abs so yeah :D

OMG

NEW SINGLE?! :thud the title reminds me of a movie with that same title though, lol.

:thud

another new song again ?! this I have to hear in due time !

I think my younger sister will be watching it because that's how she came across the guys though animes like Darker Than Black & D Grey Man

at first i didn't even remember that HOWLING was already used for that anime, lol. i'm glad they'll do the ending this time :D

yeah HOWLING was used for Darker Than Black :yes

it's weird , I didn't liked INNOCENT SORROW that much as compared to HOWLING initally but not anymore :laugh

but anyway , the new seasons for DARKER THAN BLACK is DARKER THAN BLACK -Ryūsei no Gemini- which's a really cool title for an anime

abs provided HOWLING as the opening theme song for DARKER THAN BLACK -Kuro no Keiyakusha- which was released 2 years ago

so in a way or 2 , I'm not surprised that they have returned to contribute a song for DARKER THAN BLACK

Yeah, me too. Originally I liked HOWLING better, but now I like INNOCENT SORROW better (but that could also be because I like D.Gray-man waaaaay more than Darker Than Black...)

The english version of J.A.P freaks me out! Takanori's english is bleh!!!

yeah usually Takanori's English command is quite OK but this time in the English version for J-A-P , it's :no

^Yeah, I was suprised at how bad it was. In songs like DESIRE and LOST RAESON he sounded okay, but this was baaaaaad! :P

yeah he probably was drunk or something when he was recording the Eng take of J-A-P because I got really lost 1/2 way when I was listening to it

the other B-sides that're full Eng tunes are still ok but this's surprisingly off the mark

^ They also come to Paris on November 11 :luv2

ah European fans are so lucky T_T

are you going for it , Aurelie ?

^ Definitely :yes
November 11 is a day off here in France so I'll go for sure <3

ah lucky you Aurelie

I hope you will have a lot of fun on that day :D

really I think it's about time that the guys release a 2nd album , seems like forever when they released their self titled debut album :tired

you guys are so lucky :weep

i think we'll get a new single next, since their singing for DARKER THAN BLACK. unless that song ends up being an album track to promote an album, but i doubt it :P

is that takanori guy really almost 40? o.0 when I watched Kimi no Uta Music Japan performance yesterday I thought he was 20-25, definitly not older than 30 xD

^ Takanori's been 39 for a few years now, LOL.

Takanori's the youngest in abs , in fact & he will turn 39 next Sat

the other 3 are all 40 this year :thud

so old and still looking so young o.0

lol yeah it's like that

when Japanese guys reach a certain age , they tend to stay eternally young

fixed it...xD

Didn't we make the joke last year that he was turning 39? :P

oh yes I still remembered that joke , it was funny 8D

ugh I hope the guys can release a new album now :(

speaking of takanori, he's gonna be in a new musical.

Tokyograph article about the musical.

LOL LOL

OK Takanori a musical dude ? that I can't see it at all .___.

& with that , we need a 3rd thread now :D