Nishino Kana (西野カナ) the 13th thread ~Love Story~

[thinkingoutloud89]

^she at least stickes to the A. I mean if you start soemthing just end it that way (Mika for example with her album titles)

[Minttulatte]

Originally Posted by adantatu2

^Really? Darling and We Don't Stop are nice.

They are lovely songs, but what I need right now is something that really blows me away. Like Tatoe donna ni... did. That song and those b-sides were epic. SAKURA, I Love you? was also amazing but after that everything hasn't given me that "OMFG INJECT THIS DRUG INTO MY BLOOD RIGHT NOW!" type of reaction. It's quite sad, but also very true. :<

I will listen to her album when I feel like it though since it's been forever since Love Place.

[tsumekaze_]

Abracadabra is STUNNING I'm loving it.

@drdolce Namidairo worked for me in the INJECT DRUG HERE sense XD!!!

[Utena]

Originally Posted by drdolce

They are lovely songs, but what I need right now is something that really blows me away. Like Tatoe donna ni... did. That song and those b-sides were epic. SAKURA, I Love you? was also amazing but after that everything hasn't given me that "OMFG INJECT THIS DRUG INTO MY BLOOD RIGHT NOW!" type of reaction. It's quite sad, but also very true. :<

I will listen to her album when I feel like it though since it's been forever since Love Place.

Sayonara had the same effect Tatoe donna ni... had on me. And it's my favorite Kana song with Distance ♥
With Love is a really solid album, a bit of every Kana side as she usually manages to put together.

[adantatu2]

And she is No.1 this week with sales of 100, 000 !!!!

[~StarCatcher~]

Originally Posted by Utena

Sayonara had the same effect Tatoe donna ni... had on me. And it's my favorite Kana song with Distance ♥
With Love is a really solid album, a bit of every Kana side as she usually manages to put together.

This exactly!

Sayonara is as awesome as Tatoe Donna ni... is ♥

And with LOVE is a very lovely and for Kana almost experimental abum I think.
Abracadabra, We Don't Stop, 25 and Darling are al kind of unique for her.

[owlflight]

Be Strong is my favorite song from Kana! Love Place was my first album from her so it holds a special place in my heart. I am starting to listen to more of her discography (thanks to Tomoyo's amazing discography thread!) and I have yet to listen to the newest album.

[Marcelo]

Is there some place where I could watch Kanas TV performances, I'm stating to like her music really much and would love to watch more of her performances, then what youtube gives ?

Edit: If someone has Koisuru Kimochi lyrics translated, again, would be appreciared

[~StarCatcher~]

Originally Posted by Marcelo

Is there some place where I could watch Kanas TV performances, I'm stating to like her music really much and would love to watch more of her performances, then what youtube gives ?

Edit: If someone has Koisuru Kimochi lyrics translated, again, would be appreciared

If you are on facebook you can enter the group Kanayans Brasil
It is an awesome group with so much promotion lives for with LOVE ♥

[Marcelo]

Originally Posted by ~StarCatcher~

If you are on facebook you can enter the group Kanayans Brasil
It is an awesome group with so much promotion lives for with LOVE ♥

Thank you, I will join

[salina]

thanks i will join 2

[TeamAyu2004]

Finally got a chance to listen to the album...
Nothing really stood out for me... I enjoyed it, but it just felt like its soemthing that I have listened to before and liked you know?
Ill have to sit down and listen to it again!

[mi|kshake]

I'm a new listener to Kana after buying the Love Collection ~Pink~ album. My favourite songs so far are Motto, Sakura I Love You and Kimi ni Aitaku Naru Kara.

Kanas music has really been my jam for the past few weeks, who would've known..atm 25, Distance, Brand New Me, My Place and Alright are on constant repeat. Her music is probably meant for japanese teenage girls, but I don't give a shit

Same! At 29, I don't think I'm her target market but I'm enjoying Love Collection ~Pink~ Her music is just nice and cute to listen to. ( <- Don't really know how to explain lol)

[thinkingoutloud89]

^as you arenew to her her music must be pretty fresh to you.
This is her fifth effort, I still love it as much and I dig song like sayonare very much - tough it would be ignorance to say that she had any artistic growth after to LOVE (which still is her best effort today). She tried out some new genres yes, which were fresh when they came firts (go for it, sakura i love you, distance) but she now has many rehashed tracks (we don't stop, suki etc). I don't mind her having these songs, as they are mostly her signature moves...but she should stop to play safe and become predictable (even her awsome b-sides, which are still mostly better than a.sides and album tracks, slowly become same sounding).
I could see a style shift, or even a concept album...then again, her voice doesn't offer much more that I could imagne her to pull a MIKA NAKASHIMA meets NANA or SUITE CHIC. Maybe I just need my montly breaks to then get a sudden intrest in her form time to time...but she is not on my top 5 list atm anymore. I don't even get excited about a new release...it is just kinda there and I listen to it

[adantatu2]

Kana doesn't fit any Gangsta, rock or any bad-girl look, she is just so lovely with those checks !!!! <3

[mi|kshake]

Which album would you guys recommend I buy next?

[tsumekaze_]

You could try love collection ~mint~ or Love place. I really like those albums!

[sora-kara]

to LOVE is definitely her best album so far. I'd say go for that one next.

And it's easy to agree that she is becoming more and more redundant with her sound and concepts. With Love is sweet and lite as you would expect, and despite a little bit of playing with sound (mostly in the production end, not from her own effort) on Darling, I found this album really forgettable. Not only after the fact, but while it was on, I actually had a moment where I forgot it was playing!! o_o
I'll need to listen to it again with more focus, but it just seemed really typical for her. It be great to see her toughen up a little bit (even SAKURA, I love you? had some attitude that she pulled off really well), and maybe play around with that. With some more experimentation in her expression, when she does go back to her 'usual' tracks they're more likely to be appreciated as 'classic kana' rather than 'typical kana'.

Here's hoping that she'll branch out a bit more, and discover a new side of herself to express musically!

[thinkingoutloud89]

^exactly

and while listening to her 26 a-side in a rwo...
wow her voice was so much deeper and charasmatic from Dear onwards.... and it suddenly ends with Esperanza and got more poppier and blander (opposed to her lives where she sounds better nowdays)

[mi|kshake]

Thanks for the advice guys!