Official Seiko Matsuda Thread - Page 20

AyuGAME · #**381** 22nd April 2011, 05:53 PM

wow new album on my birthday! cool

**Yoake** · #**382** 22nd April 2011, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Zemus

It's wonderful. The regular edition (the one with 3) might be one of my all-time favorite covers from her.
Can you believe her pace? At the moment, since debut, she has released 1.45 studio albums per year!

Wonder where she got the inspiration from this time? Check out the song titles on that tracklist, almost all are romance/love-themed.

She is amazing! Even her titles smell energy! I wonder how Doki Doki'!! will sound! Maybe a cutesy song?

I'm really enthusiastic about this new album. ^^

AyuGAME · #**383** 24th April 2011, 02:16 AM

sayaka album, available for download at Jpopsuki
still 192kbps version, but it's better than nothing...

Mami-chan · #**384** 26th April 2011, 11:52 PM

Hi!
I'm trying to get into Seiko but it's way more difficult than I thought.. her discography is really HUGE x__x

Any advice for what to start from and where I can download them? ^^

**Zemus** · #**385** 30th April 2011, 08:50 AM

Try one of the best album box sets. Such as the Diamond Bible or Seiko Suite.
The Diamond Bible should be available here on AHS if you search for it.

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Originally Posted by AyuGAME

sayaka album, available for download at Jpopsuki
still 192kbps version, but it's better than nothing...

Sounds so much better than all the radio rips I have. She was guest/host on many radio programs before release, to promote, most of the album tracks were broadcast on radio.
The title track is my favorite of the new JPop songs.

Another picture with alan. This is from a recording of Fuji TV's MUSIC FAIR. Both will be guest on 5/7 episode of the show. She refer alan as nakayoshi, which is the Japanese word for close or good friend. I find that cool. Also everytime she mentions alan, be it on her blog or twitter, she uses the nickname "RanRan" (or LanLan). Is that official I wonder, perhaps I should ask in the alan thread.

Oh, and those outfits, almost matching, aren't they?

**Yoake** · #**386** 30th May 2011, 06:56 PM

so cute!

I saw this on Tokyohive:

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Oricon ranks the most “everlasting” female idols!

The term “female idol” has been used since the 1970s in Japan.

Throughout the years, various idols have popped up, but the idols in this poll were the ones that males and females between ages 20 and 40 voted as idols that will be “everlasting”.

They’re the idols that will be talked about years down the road, “Do you remember ___? They were amazing!”.

Check out Oricon’s ranking below!

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[Who is the most everlasting female idol? - Total]

10. Moritaka Chisato

10. Kawai Naoko

9. Matsuura Aya

8. AKB48

7. Pink Lady

6. Nakayama Miho

5. Nakamori Akina

4. Morning Musume

3. Koizumi Kyoko

2. Yamaguchi Momoe

1. Matsuda Seiko

[Who is the most everlasting female idol? – 20 Year Olds]

5. Matsuura Aya

4. AKB48

3. Yamaguchi Momoe

2. Morning Musume

1. Matsuda Seiko

[Who is the most everlasting female idol? – 30 Year Olds]

5. Yamaguchi Momoe

4. Nakamori Akina

3. Nakayama Miho

2. Koizumi Kyoko

1. Matsuda Seiko

[Who is the most everlasting female idol? – 40 Year Olds]

5. Kawai Naoko

4. Nakamori Akina

3. Koizumi Kyoko

2. Yamaguchi Momoe

1. Matsuda Seiko

Source: Oricon

bondingo · #**387** 30th May 2011, 09:02 PM

Yeah Seiko! I would've chosen her too. That's funny the 20 year olds chose AKB. They're HUGE right now but who knows how long that will last?

**Zemus** · #**388** 30th May 2011, 09:11 PM

Saw that too. Total domination on all ages. I approve what the 30 and 40 age group voted. Most of those artists are my favorite. Kyoko Koizumi was super popular, if you watch Japanese TV from 80's it's no rare sight to see her name mentioned, music played in the background, or posters visible on the wall. She was more or less everywhere. She also has a open and fun personality. Not to forget that she is still active. Momoe, well she is the legend. It's impressive that the 20 year olds group voted her in the top 3. It's a fact that she retired a good 10+ years before they were even born.

Only two days till Cherish album release. There has been next to none promotion. Except for the track "Arigatou" which was played on radio three weeks ago. I can reveal that it is a ballad song.

Slightly larger cover pictures, from Amazon JP:

**Zemus** · #**389** 1st June 2011, 04:09 PM

I have now uploaded Cherish. Please participate and vote in the poll if you are interested in the booklet scans of the album.

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=109390

Seiko hugs Tamori. Guest on Waratte Iitomo! (6/1)

YUKARI · #**390** 2nd June 2011, 08:39 AM

is this woman almost 50 on the cover?!!! unbelievable *___*

**Yoake** · #**391** 2nd June 2011, 10:56 AM

It's the power of make-up for the face & the power of photoshop for the body XD

DOKI DOKI !! is my favorite track of the ne album! ^^

**Zemus** · #**392** 3rd June 2011, 12:10 AM

All Night Nippon GOLD - 2011.06.02 (22:00 ~ 23:50)

Full radio broadcast here (38MB .m4a). First time in history Saya and Seiko appear together on radio.

Some highlights:

Twitter discussion.
1982 All Night Nippon.
Details on Sayaka's upcoming first live.
Kyuushuu quiz continued.
Seiko introducing the songs of Cherish.

YUKARI · #**393** 3rd June 2011, 07:23 AM

oh my gosh! I didn't know that Saiko Matsuda played that woman from Hanazakari no Kimitachi e drama!!! oh that's why her face seemed so familiar to me!!! I can't believe she was 45 then!!! I thought her character was like 28 or 30 or 33 at least!! oh my god *____*

this woman is amazing, totally adorable.

and I liked her new album. can you please recommend me her best album or something like that? album what must be listened at first

perfectodub · #**394** 10th June 2011, 09:16 AM

i think the 5 DISCS BIBLE COLLECTION can give you a good panoramic of her long career
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...hlight=matsuda

i want to request here 3 of her albums..i really can't find them

:

Diamond Expression
A Time for Love
Vanity Fair

someone can help me with theses...please please?

YUKARI · #**395** 10th June 2011, 11:39 AM

^ thank you!

I can download and upload these albums for you. Or you can just register at russian torrent-tracker and dl by yourself

here: http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3296752

perfectodub · #**396** 11th June 2011, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by YUKARI

^ thank you!

I can download and upload these albums for you. Or you can just register at russian torrent-tracker and dl by yourself

here: http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3296752

thanks for the link!

don't worry i'm going to register and download the albums by myself
(in fact...i'm already downloading the folders that i need from the torrent file

) thank you again

**Zemus** · #**397** 19th June 2011, 12:15 PM

① Oh, wow, this news just came in a few days ago. Apparently Seiko's going to perform at the Yoshi's San Francisco Jazz Club (Japanese Restaurant). I'm not sure whether she did these kind of gigs when she promoted the English albums or not. Might as well be her on stage US debut? A pleasant surprise, happy for the fans in San Francisco.

http://www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco/calendar?y=2011&m=10

↑ ↑ October 4th and 5th dates are marked in the calender. Tickets are ~$30.

② Cherish reaches Oricon album week rank 10th position selling 11,668 copies.

Code:

37	Sunshine			2004年6月9日	6位
38	fairy				2005年4月6日	7位
39	Under the beautiful stars	2005年12月7日	34位
40	bless you			2006年5月31日	14位
41	Eternal II			2006年12月6日	52位
42	Baby's breath			2007年6月6日	19位
43	My pure melody			2008年5月21日	15位
44	My Prelude			2010年5月26日	4位
45	Cherish				2011年6月1日	10位

③ Summer Tour 2011 is a success. 12,000+ attended the 6/12 opening concert at Saitama Super Arena.
Check out the setlist in the spoiler below (credit to oz):

Spoiler:

④ Another Sayaka + alan photo posted at the SayaBlo.

「大の仲良し」 (dai no nakayoshi; very close friends):

**Yoake** · #**398** 19th June 2011, 01:27 PM

a lot of news!
OMG lucky SF fans.!!!

The tracklist is nice. Seiko is so amazing with the guitar! *.*
Sayaka & alan are cute.

Ame no Conny Island is a Seiko song, right? Shoko Nakagawa sang it on Music Fair on 6th June.

**Zemus** · #**399** 13th August 2011, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Yoake

Ame no Conny Island is a Seiko song, right? Shoko Nakagawa sang it on Music Fair on 6th June.

Correct. It's one of the tracks from the SUPREME (award-winning) album. Shoko has sung Seiko's songs on several occasions. I have two other performances on my HDD.

There is a rumor about a new English song. Might be an America release. Titled "One Of These Days". Or it's not exactly a rumor, but the lack of information I have about it for the time being.

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A passion for film, for its iconic images and its evocative rhythm characterizes the work of Morna Ciraki, a music video director with an unusual background. Her latest music video work on Japanese pop legend Seiko Matsuda's One of These Days, features Quincy Jones in an acting role and multiple Academy Award winner Janusz Kaminski as the director of photography.

Source: http://www.mornaciraki.com/#!biography and
http://www.mornaciraki.com/#!music-videos (SEIKO* One Of These Days COMING SOON)

*indicates English language release.

The gig at Yoshi's San Francisco Jazz Club have been postponed. I mentioned about it in my previous post. The reason:

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Seiko Matsuda's dates have been postponed due to a delay in the new album release. Rescheduled show dates will be announced very soon. Please keep checking back.

There is also another event where she will attend: http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets...il.cfm?id=4581

The following news headline is from this morning: http://eiga.com/news/20110813/1/ (in Japanese)

She is going to have a role in the 2012 NHK Taiga drama "Taira no Kiyomori". It will be her first time to act in a Taiga.

Update with English translation:
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Originally Posted by tokyohive

Matsuda Seiko to star in a Taiga drama for the first time!

It’s been reported that singer Matsuda Seiko will be starring in the 2012 NHK Taiga drama, “Taira no Kiyomori“!

Matsuda will play the role of ‘Gion no Nyougo’, an expert in song and dance entertainment, who watches over ‘Kiyomori’ (Matsuyama Kenichi) in his early childhood days. Afterwards, she changes her name and appears as the singing teacher who consults ‘Kiyomori’ and ‘Emperor Shirakawa’.

“I want to do my best to play the wonderful role of ‘Gion no Nyougo’,” commented Matsuda. Meanwhile, producer Iso Tomoaki stated, “Arguing the influential characters on equal terms, the role is essential, as she is a mother-figure for Kiyomori. Matsuda-san is perfect, because she doesn’t lose her radiance.”

In the 1972 Taiga drama “Shin Heike Monogatari“, actress Aratama Michiyo played the role of ‘Gion no Nyougo’.

Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/08/mat...he-first-time/

Official site report: http://www9.nhk.or.jp/kiyomori/report/ (in Japanese)

**Yoake** · #**400** 18th August 2011, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Zemus

Correct. It's one of the tracks from the SUPREME (award-winning) album. Shoko has sung Seiko's songs on several occasions. I have two other performances on my HDD.

There is a rumor about a new English song. Might be an America release. Titled "One Of These Days". Or it's not exactly a rumor, but the lack of information I have about it for the time being.

Would you mind to share them?

It would be nice. Seiko is one of the Japanese singers that I like her English songs.