do you know SPEED?????

[TITANIC]

hi friends..
do you know speed??
before i love ayu, i love speed..but i couldnt find the cd..so i tried some japanese songs..i found ayumi ^^

lets talk about SPEED...
what do you think about them??
are they great group??

and is there any news about them???
i never heard them after the last tour save the children 2003...

only hiro i know she realese latest single hero...
is that right??

[TITANIC]

no one know SPEED???
T_____T

no more info about ex-member speed??

[LacusClyne]

i know SPEED. they were very popular in Singapore years ago. i used to have a senior who always sing their songs.

i quite like their 'White Love' & 'Long Way Home'

[summersnow]

Yup I know SPEED too.
It was them who got me into Jpop.
Listened to them when I was just 11 years old.

For hiro, I think her latest single was Itsuka futaride.
Don't know where she has gone since that single.
Just hope that she will continue doing music.

[TITANIC]

Originally Posted by summersnow

Yup I know SPEED too.
It was them who got me into Jpop.
Listened to them when I was just 11 years old.

For hiro, I think her latest single was Itsuka futaride.
Don't know where she has gone since that single.
Just hope that she will continue doing music.

when she realese that single???
my 1st time like jpop from SPEED ..
so i'm very respect with them until now...

i've heard that eriko realese new album with under name elly
and she has baby now is right or not??

[Aggar]

yes I know them but I have never listen to 'em yet. I heard they they broke up but I am not sure. It's been a long time

[TITANIC]

her latest album reunionalbum realese in 2003..singles only 2 be my love/stars to shine again and walking in the rain..

they had realesed 3 album
starting over
rise
carry on my way

and 3 compilation
moments
dear friends I
dear friends II

is it right??

[summersnow]

Originally Posted by riozz

her latest album reunionalbum realese in 2003..singles only 2 be my love/stars to shine again and walking in the rain..

they had realesed 3 album
starting over
rise
carry on my way

and 3 compilation
moments
dear friends I
dear friends II

is it right??

yup I think that's right. And they also released an album called BRIDGE,
for SAVE THE CHILDREN 2003 charity.

Hiro released the single itsuka futaride in Aug 2006.

As for Eriko, yup she released an album, Neverland, under the name elly in 2006.
She was previously married and has a son but she divorced just last year.

[mtora83]

Originally Posted by summersnow

yup I think that's right. And they also released an album called BRIDGE,
for SAVE THE CHILDREN 2003 charity.

Hiro released the single itsuka futaride in Aug 2006.

As for Eriko, yup she released an album, Neverland, under the name elly in 2006.
She was previously married and has a son but she divorced just last year.

ERIKO HAS A SON?!?!?!
SPEED was also my first Jpop that I listened to and i had this celebrity crush on her. That was a long time ago though.
Anyway, the only albums that I bought of theirs are the three compilation albums. 'White Love', 'ALIVE', and 'Go! Go! Heaven!' are the songs I liked the most.

[Aggar]

Don't ask me riozz ! ! I don't know anything . . .I'm just a beginner of Jpop listener . . he he . .

[KuroixShiroi_Namida]

I know SPEED but haven't heard any of their songs except Graduation which is like everywhere inthose award shows which show flashbacks and stuff.

[elepop]

What kind of music SPEED make?

[LacusClyne]

Originally Posted by asongforXX

What kind of music SPEED make?

here are some clips of them. you can take a look. they are what i call real girlband, not bubblepop.
White Love(live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9_U7wTaFtU
Precious Time PV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-7zeROARMw&
Long Way Home PV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAFJ6...eature=related

[summersnow]

Originally Posted by LacusClyne

here are some clips of them. you can take a look. they are what i call real girlband, not bubblepop.

that's right.
they really can sing and dance at the same time very well!!
very good stamina!
real girlband indeed.

at that time, my fav member was Eriko!
But slowly, I'm growing closer to hiro cuz thought that
her vocal's improving. no more irritating high-pitches.


@mtora83 - yup Eriko has a son.

[DA1SUK1DAY01691]

You can NEVER forget this performance.

They were, if not my first then one of them, JPOP groups that started me. I'm only 16, so I must have been listening since first grade or kindergarten... (suprisingly, I'm not fluent! Ahaha)

But yeah. I even remember lip-synching songs when I wanted to in like, second grade. Ahahaha. They were one of those groups where if you haven't heard of them, then you were like, a dork. Ahaha. I would have to say besides ZONE and Morning Musume, this was the one true group where EVERYONE knew. No matter what, whenever you turn on a Japanese Music show, there was some reference to them.

One tidbit: None of the singles they released (while they were intact, not reunioned) sold less than 500,000 (and I believe that was their first single that set the hurdle). Many credit that to Eriko and Hiroko, the two front members (especially Hiroko, who was 13 I believe at the time of their debut). Imagine voices as strong as a studio version (if not stronger) LIVE WITH DANCING. That gave them a LOT of credit.

But yeah. They were THE group. I would say that they ARE the most successful girl group in the history of Japan given their lifespan. Although Morning Musume is still going strong, and even though I fully support them, I think that even they can't compare to SPEED. Not even ZONE or Pink Lady.

[Halla]

Originally Posted by DA1SUK1DAY01691

But yeah. They were THE group. I would say that they ARE the most successful girl group in the history of Japan given their lifespan. Although Morning Musume is still going strong, and even though I fully support them, I think that even they can't compare to SPEED. Not even ZONE or Pink Lady.

you forgot MAX. I think in terms of success MAX is above ZONE in terms of success, and close to SPEED.

first three MAX albums are million sellers, the second one sold close to 2 million actually if I remeber correctly. and they do have a lot of hit singles with sales like ranging from 500.000 - 1.000.000+. pretty much all of their singles from 95-00 debuted within oricon top 10. and late nineties oricon top ten meant at least 500.000 copies sold.

and MAX are still around, and made it though their 10th anniversary. most of the members are involved in doramas & tv-personas, but their music career most likely isn't over yet.

I think MAX is THE jpop girlband. they may not be the most succesful, but they are still super succesfull. and most of all, they do have a long career instead of just a few original albums and a huge bunch of compilations like so many other girlbands ...

MAX has 5 original albums, 2 compilation albums (other is half all-new material tho) and 2 remix albums ( GOOD remix albums, a great trance remix album and a super eurobeat remix album), + 30 singles.

[TITANIC]

Originally Posted by asongforXX

They really remind me of old school Momosu! I'm going to try them!

Anybody know where I can find their stuff online?

the cds you mean??

Originally Posted by Halla

you forgot MAX. I think in terms of success MAX is above ZONE in terms of success, and close to SPEED.

first three MAX albums are million sellers, the second one sold close to 2 million actually if I remeber correctly. and they do have a lot of hit singles with sales like ranging from 500.000 - 1.000.000+. pretty much all of their singles from 95-00 debuted within oricon top 10. and late nineties oricon top ten meant at least 500.000 copies sold.

and MAX are still around, and made it though their 10th anniversary. most of the members are involved in doramas & tv-personas, but their music career most likely isn't over yet.

I think MAX is THE jpop girlband. they may not be the most succesful, but they are still super succesfull. and most of all, they do have a long career instead of just a few original albums and a huge bunch of compilations like so many other girlbands ...

MAX has 5 original albums, 2 compilation albums (other is half all-new material tho) and 2 remix albums ( GOOD remix albums, a great trance remix album and a super eurobeat remix album), + 30 singles.

i think SPEED more successful coz her debut album starting over sold more than a million copies.. her 1st compilation album moments sold more than 3 million copies..

they best single is WHite love that sold more than 1,8 million copies and the lowest single is precious time still sold more than 500K..
^^

they are still young now..
the oldest is hitoe aragaki and the youngest is hiro

mtora : agree.... i'm very very miss them..no info about them again..
i hope they will make reunion

[drewbilation]

I'm not too familiar with the group, but I absolutely adore Takako's solo stuff. It's sad that her singing career is pretty much over, though.

[TITANIC]

yeah,.. i have album bridge..
they voice and music style different since the last dear friends and previous album..they voice more mature..

i'm collecting they album now..but i still dont have carry on my way and starting over..

album rise had been uploaded by summersnow for me few month ago... ^^
thanks summersnow..

i think they're very popular at that time..
they are debuting in 1995,rite??
and are they debuting same time with namie amuro??
i juz know namie and SPEED in same school

[summersnow]

^no problem at all! =)
you want Carry On My Way? I can upload for you but might take up some time.

Yup they were very popular at that time.
I only knew about them when they released their first compilation
album Moment. Saw the advertisement on TV and I was
in love with White Love. So decided to borrow the album from my
friend. I really love it after listening it and bought a copy for myself!