[ARASHI] Don't be a Troublemaker in Arashi's 25th thread!

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Nackar_91

In all honesty though, everything they do is pure pop, all the way. It's a boyband made to be as appealing to the mainstream as possible, after all. Not that that's bad, but I'm not sure why Monster wouldn't be considered pop and Troublemaker would be.

cos maybe Monster's driven by unique somewhat orchestra beats ?

I don't know but I definitely prefer Monster by a long shot . Troublemaker was really terrible for me to handle & so was Sora Takaku (probably the worst one that they have came up this year so far)

lyrically , Monster & truth are almost the same except Monster's not used for an extemely dark moody drama

[ll moments ll]

i don't think "Monster" is a "truth" part 2. "truth" is much more "darker" sounding to me.

i don't think there's any doubt that Arashi is pop music. but! i think what Karen was trying to say is that she prefers rock-influenced pop or songs with more substance than your sugary-bubblegum idol pop songs. there are differences in pop music too! i think it's because there are more songs that sound like "Troublemaker" than "Monster" out there.

[KarenPang]

YES thanks Eirynne , I was trying to find the right words to what I wanted to say but I FAILED horribly xD

I came from a music background where I have rock music roots attached in me since I was 12 & this happened way before I crossed over to listen to Japanese music

so as such , I'm not a pop person to begin with . I do listen to pop but rock , dark & emo music is for me at the end of the day to like & enjoy

that's why I said I prefer ARASHI's rock influenced songs & I listen to their older works a lot more than their recent ones

Monster's great , Troublemaker was so terrible for me to handle except for Mou Ippo , it's too bad that they can't come up with another Sakura Sake or let alone Jidai anymore but I'm keeping my hopes that this will happen again someday in the future

[Beauty4123]

the first performance of Monster!!

[dreamland2.0]

wah that performance was awesome!!!
I love the dance!! I hope they will dance in the PV!!!

[Midori-chan]

Originally Posted by Beauty4123

the first performance of Monster!!

I've just downloaded the performance in HQ and I'm like this right now... ... ... ....
I think, I fell in love with Nino all over again! Well, he is my ichiban after all!

My, I really love Arashi!
The song is great, the dance moves may be a bit strange, but I'll surely get used to them, the outfits are wonderful...and Riida's voice is as kakkoii as every!!
And the stage looks AWESOME!

[dreamland2.0]

Yah I downloaded the HQ too!! It looks even more awesome!!
But I keep laughing at the dance MatsuJun does on the floor!! lollollol
It reminds me of Namie's Wild dance...

[KarenPang]

LOL LOL LOL

what MatsuJun did , it reminded me of something WAY UP THERE when DAIGO STARDUST performed Queen Stardust live in a performance clip I saw on YouTube & when DAIGO belted out the 2nd chorus of Queen Stardust , the current BREAKERZ guitarist AKIHIDE was doing 'stuff' to DAIGO on the floor

what MatsuJun did in there was frankly nothing compared to what I saw between DAIGO & Aki in that clip 8D

[Beauty4123]

only matsujun would do such a dance like that i REALLY hope they'll keep this dance routine for the PV. plus, those purple jackets suit them all so well. i love purple even more now

[Midori-chan]

When I watched the performance for the first time, I thought that MatsuJun slipped , but after watching it again I was only thinking: "Yes, VERY MatsuJun-like, this move!!"

I also hope, that they do this dance in the PV and that the PV will be like "truth" and "Crazy Moon"!
And I want a spooky location! A spooky location, please!!

[dreamland2.0]

Yah like a haunted house or grave-yard or something lol

[SunshineSlayer]

I just watched the digest of the 8.30 Kokuritsu and my God....talk about Arashi bringing Arashi. Now that explains why I thought Sho sounded hoarse in the main concert date on the dvd. It was certainly entertaining to watch. I think a lot of artists may have packed it up and called it a day instead of performing basically the whole concert that way. When Nino's mic finally died during his big vocal part in Beautiful Days I really lol'd. At least it shows that part wasn't lip synched. All things considered though, the equipment held up well.

[salutcben]

Watched the first DVD of 5x10 Tour today, and WOW, it was amazing, so gigantic, everything is there, Fire, Water, Baloons, "Flying"...

Fun & Emotion, can't wait to buy the korean version (without forced Subs). I also watched a bit of the "Rainy" perfs, and omg they kept going on & on whith this heavy rain !!! Good Job guys.

[KarenPang]

MatsuJun & Nino in the latest Mario Kart ad

http://sharksoul24.livejournal.com/

scroll all the way down to download the CM(s)

[Beauty4123]

matsujun and nino are so adorable!

here's a press conference for arashi ni shiyagare:

[KarenPang]

I never thought I would kill so many brain cells yesterday with regards to what happened in the Oricon thread for ayumi's album & the DVD

really some people on here can be so stupid/immature , bashing an artiste just because they 'stolen' the #1 spot from her supposedly .... what kinda of a retarded idiot they're

if they ever post on here , I'm going to banish them to the 13 levels of hell

not just for ARASHI but for any other artiste(s) that I support , I will deck them

[Bigtop]

And I'm also having a feeling that I'm getting tired or fed up with some other Japanese pop artists, particularly Ayu and Arashi...

[KarenPang]

you were the one that started all those weird comments in the thread in the 1st place

isn't it a bit ironic on what you have said right now ?

bashing an artiste is 1 thing but bashing an artiste due to dumb/unvalid reasons that you gave to support your judgement/thoughts , now that's a different thing alogether

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HQ radio rip of Monster

http://www.mediafire.com/?tynyy0lxett

credits - pornvilai@LJ

HQ of Monster is

[Beauty4123]

Originally Posted by Bigtop

And I'm also having a feeling that I'm getting tired or fed up with some other Japanese pop artists, particularly Ayu and Arashi...

okay, so....don't post in here if your tired of Arashi, then.

EDIT: opening sequence of arashi ni shiyagare:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25VhI...layer_embedded
it's so cool!

[dreamland2.0]

For some reason the performance of Monster reminds me of this:
http://wiki.jpopstop.com/wiki/File:O...irst_press.jpg

XD

Thanks for the link Karen!
I'm having a hard time remembering the chorus.... guess I just need to listen more!!
I hope we get covers soon...
and finally my 5x10 DVD has arrived... but I don't get it till Sunday :O

edit: haha listening to it again I realized the part that I've been singing IS the chorus XD
I still love the versus more though... so catchy!!