Music Videos to lighten your day
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.
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
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
Nogizaka46 going for the Showa vibes with a tinge of City Pop. I kind of like it. I wish they would do it some more. It isn’t the first time. It will not be the last. Maybe sometime then they’ll try it in their late night show, Nogizaka Star Tanjou.
Shinuchi Mai, as I have already said, is leaving the group in the next few weeks. The song was on Nogizaka’s last album. They released this video so that we will remember her. Last week was her birthday along with Ikuta Erika. She turned 30 which is a very rare age for an idol.
I can listen to this all day…
Well, it seems like every few months we’ll put another Nogizaka46 item up. Today is no different. Link to a special site for their upcoming, 27th Single 「ごめんねFingers crossed」(Gomen ne Fingers Crossed).
While I am not too happy with the lineup — the center is Endou Sakura, it still looks to be a great music video. Hopefully, it will be a narrative type. Maybe it is Nogi’s fast & furious version!
Maiyan’s graduation is soon. Sadly, we can’t celebrate her as we should. We should though listen to her music forever.
