Official Seiko Matsuda Thread - Page 6

Maemi · #**101** 13th July 2009, 09:18 PM

Seiko is still very much pretty

**Yoake** · #**102** 17th July 2009, 11:59 AM

I should watch the Hey!x3 episode^^

Take your time for the Seiko+Ozma show^^

ALfromHELLSING · #**103** 17th July 2009, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

Her discography is bigger than this planet XD

ROFL

I doubt that anybody on this planet has so many albums and singles.

However I've never heard a single song from her. Maybe a little later I'll try her music...

**Yoake** · #**104** 17th July 2009, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Alucard from Hellsing

ROFL

I doubt that anybody on this planet has so many albums and singles.

However I've never heard a single song from her. Maybe a little later I'll try her music...

you should listen to her music now(It's not an advice it's an order lol) XD

Kaiouforever · #**105** 21st July 2009, 02:24 AM

^I second that order!

When is she going to release a new song? =]

**Zemus** · #**106** 21st July 2009, 06:43 PM

"SEIKO MATSUDA CONCERT TOUR 2009 My Precious Songs" pictures (LQ) from Saitama Super Arena a month ago:

It's about time I found some pictures. The red-white dress is cute. Here is the full romanized (only posted it in Japanese before) concert schedule, as you can read there's only one concert to go:

2009.06.14 @ Saitama Super Arena
2009.06.18 @ Kagoshima Hall
2009.06.19 @ Kagoshima Hall
2009.06.27 @ Nagoya Rainbow Hall
2009.06.28 @ Nagoya Rainbow Hall
2009.07.04 @ Osaka-Jo Hall
2009.07.05 @ Osaka-Jo Hall
2009.07.10 @ Nippon Budokan
2009.07.11 @ Nippon Budokan
2009.07.12 @ Nippon Budokan
2009.07.19 @ Sendai Sun Plaza Hall
2009.08.01 @ Marine Messe Fukuoka

・・・・・・・・

Wanted to mention one thing that got my attention. I'm currently watching "Sukeban Deka", a Japanese drama series that aired in 1985. The interesting part is that several of the school girls in it have the so called Seiko cut as their hairstyle. Many must've been inspired by her. With Seiko cut I refer to the hair that Seiko had in 1981. If you still don't know what I am referring to then take a look at the collection of pictures of Seiko below, age is 19 and 20. Then compare those with with the still captures from the drama series that I posted in the spoiler. There are some similarities there, don't you think?

Spoiler:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoake

I should watch the Hey!x3 episode^^

Do you need a link? http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DQ5D2AMN

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaiouforever

When is she going to release a new song? =]

I really hope they are planning a single for this fall at least. She should release something new considering that she switched record label last month, and 30th Anniversary is almost here!

**Zemus** · #**107** 21st July 2009, 06:46 PM

It's great that they chose to show "Marrakech" for the Citron album. I love that song so much!

Sorry for double post. It would have been too crowded if I also included the CM into the previous post. "Sound Of My Herat", haha.

**Yoake** · #**108** 22nd July 2009, 12:42 PM

thanks for the link Zemus^^

I love the blue dress she wears in her concert she looks like a princess *.*

**Zemus** · #**109** 22nd July 2009, 07:14 PM

^ You are welcome.

NHK BS2 will re-broadcast a "Let's Go Young" episode from 1982/07/04 tomorrow at 18:00~18:47 JST. Seiko performed "Nagisa no Balcony" and "Shiroi Parasol". Other guests were Masahiko Kondo, Chiemi Hori and Masayuki Kishi. It's really unfortunate that I can't watch it.

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Originally Posted by NHK

蔵出し劇場　レッツゴーヤング「ハイティーン・ブギ」　
【出演】近藤真彦、松田聖子、堀ちえみ、岸正之
【曲目】「渚のバルコニー」「ハイティーン・ブギ」「冷たい雨」「スニーカー・ブルース」「真夏の少女」「き・い・てＭＹ　ＬＯＶＥ」「Ｓａｙ　Ｇｏｏｄ　Ｂｙｅ」「白いパラソル」ほか

http://cgi4.nhk.or.jp/hensei/program...h=12&eid=31732

**Zemus** · #**110** 28th July 2009, 08:43 AM

Remember, one month ago I reported that Seiko's "天国のキッス" (Tengoku no Kiss) reached first position on most requested 1983 song on the HEY!x3 music TV program. They are having this mei-kyoku section where they show clips of old classic (1970-1995) music. Each episode they have a different year, and they ask their viewers to send in their picks/votes for songs. Yesterday (2009/07/27) it was about 1984 and here is the Top 10 (romanized by me):

Seiko Matsuda - Rock'n Rouge

Checkers - Namida no Request

Akina Nakamori - Jukkai (1984)

Gannosuke Ashiya - Musume yo

Anri - Kanashimi ga Tomaranai

Mariko Takahashi - Momoiro Toiki

Rumiko Koyanagi - Ohisashiburi ne

Masahiko Kondo - Kejime Nasai

Issei fuubi Sepia - Zenryaku, Michi no Ue Yori

Teresa Teng - Tsugunai

With that Seiko gets another #1 on HEY!x3. This just proves that she was famous and still is today. They showed a clip from one of her "Yoru no Hit Studio" Rock'n Rouge performances.

**Yoake** · #**111** 28th July 2009, 09:21 AM

I see now, why you want that episode in full version XD
Congrats to Seiko. She's wothy to be #1

**Zemus** · #**112** 29th July 2009, 11:09 PM

^ Exactly!

Anyway, I have watched it now. The 2009/07/27 HEY!x3 episode. Added the some "Rock'n Rouge" performance captures above. The year of 1984 wasn't the only theme they had in that episode. They also showed music from Japanese movies/films. "野菊の墓" (Nogiku no Haka) from 1981 made it to the program, it's a movie starring Seiko. The movie theme song is "花一色～野菊のささやき～", a song by Seiko, the b-side of the "白いパラソル" (Shiroi Parasol) single. The movie is very beautiful but sad, if you ever get a chance to watch then I recommend you to do so. Here are some captures from the HEY!x3 episode:

Performance above is VTR from Yoru no Hit. Second and third captures are from the movie. Exact airdate for the performance is unknown.

・・・・・・・・

EDIT:: HEY!x3 2009/07/27 video:

**Zemus** · #**113** 3rd August 2009, 08:45 AM

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カウントダウン09-10

日時：12月31日(木）
場所：東京体育館

詳細は分かり次第更新します。

Seiko will do a COUNT DOWN LIVE PARTY concert at the end of the year again. It sure has turned into an annual event. Date is 2009/12/31 and takes place at the Tokyo Metropolitian Gymnasium as usual. More information when available.

There goes my secret hope of her appearing on the 60th Kouhaku Uta Gassen. She has turned down invitations for that event since 2002. She has no time when the CDLP always occur during the same evening.

By the way, it is probably going to be very slow on news from on because the Concert Tour 2009 ended the other day, and I'm not expecting any new music announcements quite yet. A new single this year is a must, though. It would be the first time ever in her career if she didn't release one.

EDIT: I think she mentioned during the MC of the final concert at Fukuoka the other day that she will start working on new music after this. Not 100% sure. Let's hope it is true.

**Zemus** · #**114** 3rd August 2009, 07:49 PM

Here is a video from today's HEY!x3 episode in HQ:

VTR of 夏の扉 (Natsu no Tobira) on Yoru no Hit Studio 1981/05/11 and 裸足の季節 (Hadashi no Kisetsu) on The Star SP 1983/04/23. Isn't that "Natsu no Tobira" performance lovely, the yellow dress is very cute.

"Hadashi no Kisetsu" is her debut song, although that performance showed took place several years later.

**Zemus** · #**115** 6th August 2009, 06:14 PM

Seems like I'm mostly talking to myself in this thread. Now four posts in a row. Let's try to get some discussion in here?

SONY finally published the tracklist for the upcoming best album, or box actually. It will include a total of 89 tracks. It is quite an expensive box. That didn't stop me from pre-ordering it in the end of June though, and I've promised to rip and upload my copy here to AHS when it arrives. It is a great collection to own, and perfect if you are new to her music. Down side is that they haven't included any songs from the Universal record label (1996-2001) era. However, that is fully understandable.

Will edit this post with further information later.

PREMIUM DIAMOND BIBLE
Release: 2009/09/30
Price: 10,500円

DISC 1 (1980-1982)

01 裸足の季節
02 青い珊瑚礁
03 SQUALL
04 風は秋色
05 Eighteen
06 白い恋人
07 Only My Love
08 チェリーブラッサム
09 夏の扉
10 Sailing
11 白いパラソル
12 花一色～野菊のささやき～
13 風立ちぬ
14 いちご畑でつかまえて
15 雨のリゾート
16 赤いスイートピー
17 制服
18 渚のバルコニー
19 レモネードの夏
20 ピンクのスクーター

DISC 2 (1982-1984)

01 水色の朝
02 小麦色のマーメイド
03 マドラス・チェックの恋人
04 野ばらのエチュード
05 星空のドライブ
06 未来の花嫁
07 真冬の恋人たち
08 秘密の花園
09 天国のキッス
10 マイアミ午前5時
11 セイシェルの夕陽
12 ハートをROCK
13 ガラスの林檎
14 SWEET MEMORIES
15 瞳はダイアモンド
16 蒼いフォトグラフ
17 Canary
18 LET'S BOYHUNT
19 Rock'n Rouge

DISC 3 (1984-1987)

01 時間の国のアリス
02 夏服のイヴ
03 密林少女
04 AQUARIUS
05 ピンクのモーツァルト
06 硝子のプリズム
07 ハートのイアリング
08 マンハッタンでブレックファスト
09 Star
10 天使のウインク
11 七色のパドル
12 ボーイの季節
13 DANCING SHOES
14 螢の草原
15 時間旅行
16 瑠璃色の地球
17 Strawberry Time

DISC 4 (1987-1995)

01 ベルベット・フラワー
02 Kimono Beat
03 Pearl-White Eve
04 Marrakech ～マラケッシュ～
05 抱いて・・・
06 続・赤いスイートピー
07 旅立ちはフリージア
08 Precious Heart
09 We Are Love
10 きっと、また逢える・・・
11 あなたのすべてになりたい
12 大切なあなた
13 A Touch of Destiny
14 もう一度、初めから
15 Back for More
16 輝いた季節へ旅立とう
17 素敵にOnce Again

DISC 5 (2002-2008)

01 素敵な明日
02 Call me
03 あなたに逢いたくて 2004
04 逢いたい
05 永遠さえ感じた夜
06 I'll fall in love
07 しあわせな気持ち
08 bless you
09 挑戦して行こう！
10 涙がただこぼれるだけ
11 しあわせをつかまなくちゃ！
12 クリスマスの夜
13 花びら舞う季節に
14 星空の下の君へ
15 Love is all
16 あの輝いた季節

・・・・・・・・

Yesterday saw the re-release of Seiko 80s era albums. Didn't expect much from these sales wise but I sort of was hoping to see at least one album in the top 15-20. Which unfortunately doesn't seem to be happening at the moment. Check out the ORICON positions below.

2009.08.04:

21st　Pineapple　
23rd　ユートピア　
24th　風立ちぬ
31st　Candy
33th　SQUALL
34th　Canary
35th　Silhouette ～シルエット～
37th　North Wind
48th　Tinker Bell
50th　Windy Shadow

2009.08.05:

24th　Pineapple
26th　風立ちぬ
28th　ユートピア
34th　SQUALL
36th　Silhouette
37th　Candy
39th　North Wind
40th　Canary
47th　Windy Shadow
48th　The 9th Wave
49th　SUPREME
50th　Tinker Bell

Let's hope for new music announcement after this. I want a new single.

Kaiouforever · #**116** 6th August 2009, 10:31 PM

That's still amazing that she's able to chart all those 20+ year old albums in the top 30, 40 and 50.

What is so special about this new box collection? It seems like she has so many of them X_X

**Zemus** · #**117** 9th August 2009, 11:47 AM

It seems she dropped out of the Top 30 from 08/06 and forward. I don't have access to the Top 50 so I can't check if she still is in there. It saddens me that the "Citron" album didn't make the Top 50.

Spoiler:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaiouforever

What is so special about this new box collection? It seems like she has so many of them X_X

I don't think there's anything that special about it. Just an upgrade to the older Bible releases. Disc five is of course new stuff for the Bible. Apart from that then there's not that much to be excited about, especially if you already own the Bible III or Complete Bible. Probably is a small disappointment for the hardcore fans. Hopefully the (lyrics)booklet included will be worth it.

I see it as an opportunity for SONY to milk some money before she leaves. 30th Anniversary should be good for marketing. It's not exactly common for a female idol to stay in the business for that long. Fellow rivals from the 1980s Akina Nakamori and Kyoko Koizumi are about to reach that milestone in a couple of years, too. I still don't understand why SONY chose to promote her 30th Anniversary this early. Seiko's debut single released 1980/04/01 and album 1980/08/01. However, it might be that they consider the date 1979/06/30 the real deal. That was when she signed up with Sun Music.

It surprised me that they included ベルベット・フラワー (Velvet Flower) to the tracklist but not Angel Tears.

Kaiouforever · #**118** 9th August 2009, 12:53 PM

It's only about $107, which is not bad for 80+ tracks on 5 CDs. Too bad it doesn't come with a big photobook or something

**Zemus** · #**119** 12th August 2009, 12:35 PM

I am hoping that the lyrics booklet will include some great pictures, and not only lyrics. Time will tell.

ORICON Weekly Album Postions and Sales:

49th　2,698　Pineapple
50th　2,646　ユートピア
52nd　2,626　風立ちぬ
63rd　2,204　Candy
64th　2,185　SQUALL
68th　2,102　Silhouette
73rd　2,040　Canary
74th　2,018　North Wind
85th　1,762　Windy Shadow
89th　1,735　Tinker Bell
90th　1,720　The 9th Wave
93rd　1,662　SUPREME
99th　1,500　Strawberry Time
111th 1,328　Citron
112th 1,326　SOUND OF MY HEART
126th 1,188　Precious Moment

**Zemus** · #**120** 14th August 2009, 08:36 AM

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松田聖子、女性史上最多13作同時TOP100入りでひばりさん超え

来年デビュー30周年を迎える歌手・松田聖子の80年代のオリジナルアルバム全16タイトルが高音質仕様で 5日に再発売され、8/17付週間アルバムランキングで13作がTOP100入りした。これは、石原裕次郎さんが死去後の 1987/8/31付LP＆カセットテープで記録した『13作同時』に並ぶ日本人歴代最多タイ。女性としては美空ひばりさんが死去後の1989/7/31付アルバムランキングで記録した『12作同時』を上回り、20年ぶりに記録を更新した。

　前述の2人をはじめ今年7/20付で男女を含め歴代記録を樹立したマイケル・ジャクソンさん（16作同時）など、これまで同記録においては、死去後に生前を偲び、大挙ランクインするケースが大半であったが、今回のような現役時におけるケースは極めて稀。80年代を代表する“トップアイドル・松田聖子 ”の人気ぶりを改めて実証した。

　今回再発売されたのは、1986年6月に発売された自身最大のヒットアルバム『SUPREME』（最高位 1位）やヒットシングル「Rock’n Rouge」を収録した『Tinker Bell』（最高位1位、1984年6月発売）を始めとするオリジナルアルバム全16タイトル。各アルバムごとに、収録曲の中から選ばれたヒット曲1曲の 80年代ライブ映像、もしくは当時のプロモーションビデオのいずれかを収めたDVDが新たに加えられ、完全生産限定で発売された。

　TOP100にランクインしたなかで、最高位を記録したのは「渚のバルコニー」や「赤いスイートピー」などのヒット曲が収録されている『Pineapple』（今週49位）、そして「秘密の花園」が収録された『ユートピア』（50位）、以下『風立ちぬ』（52位）、『Candy』（63位）、『SQUALL』（64 位）と続いている。

Source: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/68410/full/

If I have understood that article correctly, then she set a new ORICON record for a female artists by having 13 albums simultaneously ranked inside the weekly Top 100. Congratulations to Seiko-chan. Good start for the approaching 30th Anniversary year.