lol yes I know Kaori , I know :innocent

for you to update the 1st post with :

top 50 singles 2009
*1 *,627,824 **4,371 Believe/曇りのち、快晴 / 嵐、矢野健太 starring Satoshi Ohno 09/03/04

44 *,*44,768 ***,401 Beautiful days / 嵐 08/11/05 累計466,644

YAY Believe / KNK has crossed 625K :cool

now's to aim for a 630K tally

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Sakurai's special photobook scans - http://aznongaku.blogspot.com/2009/0...hoto-book.html

:thud , my younger sister's drooling all over her laptop now lmao

LOL :laugh

yes I go with both . You know a few posts back you posted a buncha of their albums/singles/concert dvds that have recharted ?

it's really great :cool & woot Cliff has bought the AAA2 DVD for me & himself :D :D :D :D .... but he will check shipping cost for me later on today T_T (since it's already late Sun morning at my end)

me too & frankly I really didn't expect that Believe / Kumori Nochi , Kaisei was able to clear 1/2 a million copies in the 1st week which really shocked me as it overtook the 1st week sales of truth / Kaze no Mukou e even though in the long run I might have a feeling Believe / KNK might not sell as much as the total overall that was accumulated by truth / Kaze no Mukou e but you never know

Let's see whether can Ashita no Kioku / Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~ can repeat the same success , if not overtop things up

:D

perfect in a way because I'm heading back to school on the 1st Tue in May & what better way before returning back then to watch the DVD <3

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Lisa you still owe me pics OK :lmfao

Nino in Only Star 15th April '09 - http://aya-takarai.livejournal.com/100625.html

lovely :D

LOL xD

Well, I prefer waiting until I can afford to buy the albums, because I don't like being spoilt too much. If I download an album it's usually only a few songs. I download singles, though. ^^;

that must have been a wait for you O_O considering that you have bypassed Time & Dream"A"live :thud

^The release of "TIME" took me by surprise. When I read that it's going to be released, I thought it was a rumour or joke. ^^; Dunno why.
I wanted to buy "Dream"A"live", but I only saw the NE. Should have bought it anyway, since I really like "Once Again". ^^

So now I'm waiting for them to release an album, be it original or best. ^.^ I didn't even know that 5x5 Best LE came with a DVD until the information was posted on here. -_-

haha ok :laugh , I guess that helps in a way when yours truly just got onboard the guys's music just last year

I bought the OS press / 2CDs of Time on Ebay . Thank goodness I got it early before it's too late because it's practically out of print & even though Ebay still does sell it , it's going for ridiculous sky high prices

yeah Once Again's great :yes

The Sakurap's <3

LOL

yes they really need to release an album

I'm very sure a best album will come up sooner or later , it's only a matter of time . It will be dumb on J-Storm's part NOT to do it this year especially since it's their 10th anniversary this year

lol if CDJapan were to send me an email on another ARASHI release is on the way on the day that Ashita / Crazy Moon's released , I will be shocked AGAIN

not to mention my wallet will explode all over the place @_@

EDIT - Live performance of Crazy Moon on Utaban - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN3H_...layer_embedded

:thud

omg omg omg , fantastic performance (despite the lip synching) :smitten :smitten

everyone all looked really good

EH does this mean that Utaban now airs on Sun's instead of Thurs's ?

OMFG WTF CRAZY MOON PERFORMANCE?!

gonna watch now :cool

edit: OMFG THE DANCE IS AMAZING! it's like the sunrise nippon dance with all the popping and stuff with the arms :laugh god they looked so hot! this live took me by surprise because i wasn't expecting it today! amazing amazing AMAZING :love

:laugh Lisa fangirl moment is in the spotlight :lmfao

I was surprised that they already started promo for the single so soon but hey I'm not complaining :innocent

oh you did ? I didn't realised that -_-'''

I hoep they will also be doing promo for Ashita no Kioku as it wouldn't be fair to let Crazy Moon get all the limelight

i can't stop watching the performance :smitten i haven't been listening to arashi much this past week because of school, dramas, and everything. i feel so bad :weep i haven't lost interest, THANK GOD. but i feel so bad to neglect them. :scry

aw :(

:shughug

awesome in that Sakurai's heading to Italy on 2nd May which's next Sat to do promo for Yatterman

:D

it's 1 of the catchier songs that's currently on repeat mode on my mp3player , Johnny's wise

that & also Kanjani8's Okura's solo no-no-no @_@ (Eirynne 'infected' me with the Okura virus LMAO :roflmao)

I'm sorry to double post but I CANNOT RESIST IT xD

You can download the Utaban performance of Crazy Moon via http://zetastarz21.livejournal.com/24335.html

<3 at the LJ layout @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ *RUN BACK TO KAME / TAT-CHAN RUN* :roflmao

& I just paid Cliff via PayPal with regards to the AAA 2 DVD :smitten , I hope I can receive/watch it before I head back to school next Tue T_T

downloading right now!!
thanks for the link karen!! :heart

I want to see the whole Utaban Arashi section.
Ohno vs. Nakai FTW.

:laugh of course

you know , I always thought that the 1st part of Crazy Moon goes Kiseki ....

I didn't expect it's Kiss Crazy -_-'''

Does Kiseki & Kiss Crazy sounds the same ? I wouldn't have known

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& woot , these came from Cliff earlier on :

"smile" episode two ratings...

10.2%

ugh, even lower than before! :weep this is depressing me.

^ the quiz show got lower ratings also, didn't it? like in the 11% area i think. :[

i haven't watched episode 2 of both & i don't think i can until like...next weekend, lol.

sooo.....nino and masami? :laugh

http://community.livejournal.com/a_ra_shi/1597143.html

i hope their still together. their both cute :P

It seems they have been working on their dancing a lot from Believe onwards. There dancing is very sharp and together these days.

yeah, i approve Nagasawa Masami x Ninomiya Kazunari. they're both respectable actors, so i think it's cute! :P

but lol, the truth comes out finally.

really ?

oops then I'm the only 1 who felt this way :dead2

it will be so cool if this poster's in my room - http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/Japan-ARASHI-...ayphotohosting

:thud

see this shows that sometimes you shouldn't judge a good drama based on its ratings

my younger sister felt that Ryusei no Kizuna doesn't deserve the higher than expected ratings though

^ At least neither of these ratings are bad though. I'd say they are about average or even slightly above average.

:yes

at least they're not like singled digits ratings *points to Kami no Shizuku* :weep

RnK was AMAZING :D the finale, especially :weep

mag scans galore :D - http://jesychan.livejournal.com/9378.html

NICE

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from YesAsia :

description of Ashita no Kioku / Crazy Moon - Kimi wa Muteki - :

sounds woah with regards to Ashita no Kioku , I want to hear it NOW !!!!!!

yea, i wanna hear the full version of ashita no kioku so badly! :weep

til Ashita no Kioku's up , not to mention for covers & the PVs , here're a batch of their Crazy Moon performance that they did at Utaban's gifs - http://iloveshunoguri.livejournal.com/1028.html

:luv2

"Crazy Moon" is an "80s-style dance number"!? Perhaps I've been listening the wrong song. lol But really, it doesn't have much of an 80s feel. It might have, though, once a better quality file leaks. xD

it does sounds 80's to me & so's SUNRISE Nippon to a certain extent

it DEFINATELY sounds like SUNRISE NIPPON to me, too. the dancing is really smiliar, also :yes

yeah I was going EH SUNRISE Nippon much when I 1st heard Crazy Moon

I hope covers for the single will be out soon since it will be out on 27th May

they better be hot ones . If it's true & the same or less as the ones that were mounted on the billboards of Ginza , then WOOOOOW :luv2

congrats to nino! :love

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4718

congrats to Neener. :D

......i didn't think "Crazy Moon" was 80s either. but i haven't listened to it in a while since i'm waiting for HQ rips too. xD

almost full version of 明日の記憶 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQll4OMS134

O.M.G :thud O_O

just as I thought , it's so nice ! :luv2

I so can imagine the PV now & I ripped the song from youtube

you guys can download it via http://sharebee.com/82e7b174

ahh thanks karen! off to listen.

edit: omg it sounds so beautiful! i especially love sho's singing towards the end. i'm really glad that this single will be another great double a-side :D

I LIKE IT I LIKE IT I LIKE IT lmao :lmfao

lol it's more like I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT :cool it's like an upbeat aozora pedal. it's really beautiful.

:D

perfect contrast of Ashita no Kioku against Crazy Moon

at least I'm glad that both music styles for both songs are different

Ashita no Kioku sounds AMAZING. I LOVE it. I can't wait to hear it in HQ.

Believe / KNK this week's at :

26　3,698　嵐

total sales so far - 631,522

Ahita no Kioku sounds GREAT!!! it's o epic :thud
now all i need it's a beautiful PV and i'm gonna love this song to death

me too

that & the covers better be something good & that goes for Crazy Moon too

EDIT - I believed this's the full version of Ashita no Kioku - http://theseventheaven.livejournal.c...45.html#cutid1

:smitten

thanks for the full song, karen! it's seriously so beautiul :love

it's insane, but it's AMAZING :laugh arashi just owns the oricon chart :D

arashi beatbox part two! :laugh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC35omQo4LI

:roflmao

lmao this's getting to be a habit isn't it ? :lmfao

they can do it as much as they want! i'll love it everytime :laugh

the beatbox is so funny and cute. Lol.

P/S. this is my first post in Arashi thread. and just fyi, i'd finished listen to all of Arashi's songs and i find that their album, Time is the best. Lol. this is so random.

:laugh

*waves Dila

see I told you that Time's awesome , behind ARASHIC to me

I need another studio album from them :grumpy

thanks for the full song karen !!!
it's so beautiful :heart

*waves back to Karen* Lol. Time is the best for me then its Arashic. the rest of the album is quite okay except that the latest one - Dream 'A' Live. its actually quite messy and not as strong as Time or Arashic. and i'm planning to buy both of the album :D.

they are on hiatus/break or ...?

yeah I had that same though when I 1st heard Dream"A"live . Even Hui Li doesn't like it as much as their previous albums

no lah

it's just that they have released too many singles since Step and Go which're enough to fill up a new studio album or not

ohhh. i thought they decided to take a break. Lol. maybe they are focusing on singles cause as you've mentioned before, singles makes more records than albums.

no they're not

Sakurai & MatsuJun are still fliming their respective dramas & their 3 variety shows are still ongoing , let alone for their radio shows too

Top 50 singles 2009

*1 *,631,522 **3,698 Believe/曇りのち、快晴 / 嵐、矢野健太 starring Satoshi Ohno 09/03/04

48 *,*45,191 ***,423 Beautiful days / 嵐 08/11/05 累計467,067

man they're unstoppable :thud

i can't stop listening to ashita no kioku! :weep i think it's my favorite ballad from them, ever :D

hey karen can you recommend me some good arashi songs? the ones i've heard are just :no but i figure you have some good ones! idk where to start! :roflmao

these boys aren't really eye candy though.. :tired

not even...........matsumoto jun?

:roflmao ok beauty.. he is cute but a lot of the times i see him with a messed up haircut. :tired

you & karen seem to have good taste so recommend me some songs too!

:laugh no problem, then!

try out: believe, kitto daijoubu, sakura sake, love so sweet, WISH, a day in our life, happiness, truth, kaze no mukou e, we can make it!, beautiful days, and yes? no?. karen will probbably give you much more songs :P

and listen to these albums: ARASHIC, Time, and One :D

I kinda felt the same way at first, but it was actually their personalities, more than their looks that made me like them. Now I find them all cute looks wise in different ways. Sakurai and Matsujun though have always been pretty good looking I think.

Aiba never looked so hot. Hmm.

http://aznongaku.blogspot.com/2009/0...irl-09425.html

i never found aiba hot until a few months ago, lol. he's looking really good lately :lech but i love aiba more for his CRAZY and idiotic personality :laugh i've grown to love each member not just for their looks, but for themselves. and i love them all :weep

Who doesn't love Aiba for his personality? I fell in love with him after I saw these clips on youtube of him trying to speak English and his interaction with Yuna Ito when she appeared on their show. He was always hot to me, he just got HOTTER.

:laugh yea, aiba must have always been hot. but i've been junbaited since last year, so it just took me a bit longer to realize :laugh

Yeah, I thought Aiba was at least cute in the beginning, but after seeing his personality, he went from cute to hot. :)

well it depends on what type of music you want me to recommend ?

you want ballads or upbeat tunes ? if you're ok with anything , I say everything lmao singles wise :lmfao

albums , definitely should check out ARASHIC & Time . They're both my fave albums of the guys

to be honest Aiba's probably the least photogenic of the group & not to mention the most KY , probably on par with Taguchi on that :laugh

but there's no way you can dislike him at all with that heart of gold personality he has :cool

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DAMNNNN MatsuJun was SO hot in the latest VS ARASHI , I can't help but stared HARD at him @_@ :smitten

haha jun was looking his usual best in VS arashi :laugh i just love looking at him :luv2

i better not get ahead of myself before i go to sleep. i don't really want to have jun dreams, LOL.

YES I DID @_@

I was like 'HOW DOES HE LOOK SO HOT O_O'

:roflmao

thank goodness it's already Sun morning here :laugh

kaori please don't harass me, i'm trying to get info on a band that i don't reallly know about, i just didn't like them before. it's kind of like you and kumi.

so anyway thanks beauty and karen for the recommendations. i'll look them up and listen. i like that song happiness or whatever i heard before, i think that was when i downloaded their album last year

Lol. i was actually listening to all of Arashi's songs first before deciding to post something here :D. i want to get to know their songs first and also get to know them since i'm quite new to them. so, who's the most popular member in Arashi? i heard it's MatsuJun. correct me if i'm wrong.

AIBA AIBA AIBA.

he's my fav in Arashic. cause he's such a cutie pie and i love his weird/crazy antics. Lol.

yeah I love Happiness :yes it was 1 of the 1st few recommendations that I was recommended last year

well MatsuJun is no doubt the most recongised member in the group

in terms of popularity , all 5 of them are equally popular in their own respective right imo which's a rarity in the jpop music scene especially since it's a boyband that you're talking about in here

they're not like KAT-TUN where it's usually Akame & not TaNaka & let alone UedaMaru that gets an equal share of the limelight

haha he's a loveable blockhead just like Akanishi , Taguchi & Koichi :laugh

ohhh.. i always thought that when you're in a group, there is the tendency that a certain member/pairings would be more popular than the rest. this actually happens all the time in the kpop scene.

yeah... i know. that's why i like him :D:D:D.

it's always like that when comes to a group but so far ARASHI's the only group I realised that all of them are equally popular which's very rarely seen

:laugh

KAORI WE NEEDS A NEW THREAD SOON :innocent

juicy: i suppose since you like KAT-TUN, i'll recommend some songs similar to theirs? i'd recommend Jidai, A-RA-SHI, A Day in Our Life, Kitto Daijoubu (this song is crazy, but catchy!), & truth for starters. my favorite album is ARASHIC. :) their latest single, Believe, is quite good also. the other A-side isn't my cup of tea though.

but they are a pop-group music-wise, jsyk.

I would say that Matsujun is. For a long time he was by far the most popular/well known member, but these days the other members are quickly catching up to him. Sakurai in particular. Which is a good thing imo. Gives the group much more balance and noteriety if all the members are known.

:yes at Kitto Daijoubu

that's the very 1st song I heard of the guys too . I was so obsessed with Ken Hirai last year lmao & I found out that he was so into Kitto Daijoubu so much so that he tried to mimic the dance moves but it FAILED badly :laugh

yeah MatsuJun was & acting in Gokusen 1 , Hana Yori Dango 1/2 & eventually the final movie & then BAMBINO ! boosted his & the band's popularity a LOT

nowadays the rest have played catch up with him .

Sakurai - hosting stint on NEWSZERO

Aiba - his zoo show lmao

Nino - great acting skills in dramas & movies

Ohno - his butai & in recent times acting . He was amazing/superb in his debut drama Maou & so's Uta no Onii-san

I have seen both his dramas so :yes

that & fishing too with NEWS's Shige LOL & claywork haha :laugh

well, that's good that everyone is getting their share of the spotlight :D.

fishing - that's kinda boring to me. Lol. anyways, i've watch Aiba zoo show. he's so funny. i never knew that Nino acted in Letters from Iwo Jima. i always thought the character he played was kinda cute and wanted to find more abt him but never did cause i've always been procrastinating all the time. Lol.

Aiba - ahaha he's a natural with animals xD even though I know that he's scared of kangaroos after 1 of them kicked him apparently

Nino - :yes he did & somemore I think he's the 1st Johnny to have acted in a big budget hollywood movie

I remembered in HEYx3 , they were talking about it & he signed his name on the movie pamphlet for the newscaster Ohkura :roflmao after Nino brought the pamphlet home from France when he went to attend the movie premiere during the Cannes Festival movie screening I believe

& then Downtown's Matsumoto said that Nino signed the word baka across Ken Watanabe's name :bchuck which caused Hamada to whack his head :laugh

the guys have come a long way , what can I say Kaori ?

their efforts have paid off :yes

& with that a new thread's needed dammit :laugh