“Woo-ooo! The lights go out, and the love talk starts!”
Is this a classic to you? The anime is for me. Many people believe this video is as well. Yeah it’s good.
「チェトデイ」c😇d
Oh, shoot. I know you come here for all your Nogizaka46 news, but I have let you down. Their in the 36th Single promotion cycle and I completely forgot to give you the music video for the title song. My bad…
「ごめんなさい！」
I’ll try to be better next single….
Summer Madness
Feels like summer. Mmmm.
Let’s have fun this summer and enjoy this vibe.
Disco Chance
Yamashita’s graduation song. Not sure what to make of it. Is disco back? Personally, I wanted something better for her. It didn’t happen. It’s an okay song, but has too much cringe worthy English parts. If it went without them, maybe it would’ve been better.
Link of the Day [3.01.24]
Third month. Three is a magic number!
The first time I heard De La’s “Three Feet High and Rising” was senior year in high school and my friend Stan was playing “Me, Myself, and I” at some random party we were at. He was like saying, “So good. So good,” but I was high and just grooving out on this funky new shit. I did not comprehend what I was listening to. Just grooving and riding the buzz.
I’ve been riding the buzz with them for 35 years!
https://music.apple.com/us/album/3-feet-high-and-rising-35th-anniversary/1731021243
『独占」is “Monopoly”
Well here we go. Nogizaka46’s 34th single, Monopoly. They, the members, will bankrupt you with their gourgeousness. Let’s all get ready. It will be released on December 6th. Consider that the dollar is crushing the yen at the moment pick up all five versions. You know I will.
Go Stream De la Soul
De la Soul, that most famous of rap groups, is now streaming. Fire up your favorite streaming service and give them a listen.
Me? I’m gonna pop in my disks and listen to them on physical media. You should, too. Go out and buy their CDs or vinyls or whichever way you enjoy analog sounds.
Reminds me of a story…
You see my original CD of 3 Ft. High and Rising was all scratched up. I bought it again sometime in the early 2000. I may buy it again in! Anyhow, go listen.
アトノマツリ
From their 31st single, a unit song with the rappers, Kitagawa and Hayashi. The arrangement to this song is unlike any other in Nogizaka’s catalog. Normally, it’s a through line from member to member.
This one’s set up like a classic R&B, hip-hop song from the 90s. Plus also has a bit of lofi sound to it.
I didn’t think it was written by their old AF producer, but I guess it was. I thought the rapper pair wrote it out and the lyrics to to chorus was added in. I wonder if that’s how this happened?
Anyhow, I think it’s my favorite this year…
Summer Song 2022?
Wet Leg. Chaise Longue. Is this the song that made your summer?
It made mine.
I remember watching some of this last year. Maybe it was their other song, Your Mother. But this is the one that makes me rock out.
You Might Find ’em in the Desert
In college a long way back, a friend and I had the midnight slot at our university’s radio station. The Orb’s Little Fluffy Clouds was a track I loved to play. Somehow, it’s been stuck in my brain for years.
Fast forward thirty years (!) and you can find it on the YouTube in several different ways. I chose for you an analog vinyl record. Zonk out to it here.