[TV] NTV Best Artists - Johnny's Boybands

15 December 2009
NOTE: Changed title, bleh, I was wondering why the date was so early, it is the NTV Best Artists, not FNS. Bleh. FNS will come later I guess, the bitching on my part, I mean. Thanks to Ryan's comment. Hey even prisoners need time to be reoriented into the society.

Clearly my interest in the Japanese music industry is Johnny's-centric, I'll just come right out and be that way. Who cares...?

Arashi - Believe, Truth, One Love, A.RA.SHI, Happiness, Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi


Uh... whats with the space suit fabric for "Believe"? I always liked the choreography for "Believe" and I find the song to be very... nice. Although, like, when you're driving and you're blasting this song, it kinda makes you feel hasty and then you kinda speed up and then it might get dangerous afterwards. Oh Sho's one of the MCs for the night. Maybe that's why Arashi got the perk of opening and closing the show.

Okay, I take back the space suit comment. The red pants Nino was wearing. Seriously? And Ohno's hideous shirt. I love love "truth". Ah... wow, it just occurred to me, how long it has been since I last listened to this song.

"One Love"... why is Jun ALWAYS paired up with Ohno when they had to split into two groups? No, seriously, MSSL, remember MSSL 2007? Seriously, if I didn't know better, I'd think that Jun bribed the... organizer-people into planning this. Oh wait... I think I really don't know better. =D Sneaky, that Jun.

Their debut song is definitely a must, I guess. But I am getting a wee bit sick of it. Not sure why.

"Happiness" was the song that started it. Very recent right? Just two years ago. I knew they existed a couple of years before that, I watch my first Arashi PV in 2007 - "Love So Sweet", but "Happiness" was the trigger. I got the PV out of curiosity and saw a great big love orgy. What? Fine, I wasn't thinking that then, I just thought it was a fun, cute song. But now, all I can see in the video is... that stuff. (Don't make me say it again.)

"Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi". I know this is a special song, but I don't like it at all. I find it boring. Not that it isn't good. It is just a normally good song, that's all. Not very catchy. Tell the boys to take it easy with the tight pants, its bad for their thingie. Seriously, Nino's and Sho's pants are... obscenely tight.

TOKIO - Love You Only, Ambitious Japan, Sorafune, Taiyou to Sabaku no Bara


Aibu Saki is banging Nagase Tomoya - or so they say. That is enough to make me green with envy. Throughout the performance, I was just... O_O okay, I have to calm down. It is the damn stubble that Nagase is sporting. I am a confirmed hair fetishist, you see... but Mabo is still the sexiest.

This arrangement of "Love you only" is very nice. Of course they had to perform "Sorafune" on a night that is all about past hits. Gosh, for me, that song brought them out of obscurity. Note that I said... for me. Nakajima Miyuki + TOKIO = Sure hit. And the song, presumably new... not bad, not bad. Did I mention Nagase is rugged and manly?

Joushima Leader's hair. WTF is wrong with it? Seriously, who thought it was a good idea?

NEWS - Koi no ABO

It was a decent performance. You know what would have been better? If someone gagged Koyama and Shige. And you think I wasn't serious in suggesting that. I honestly like the song, and I haven't seen a NEWS performance since I was quickly browsing through the Diamond DVD and that was a concert. It feels refreshing after months of absence.

Is it just me, or does Ryo look like he's aged... I don't know... 5 years since I last saw him (on screen, that is), might have been the hair. Whatever. Fun song too. If someone had gagged Shige and Koyama, it'd have been a better song.

I still find them rather bland and pretentious. I don't particularly hate them anymore. It is almost like I am quite indifferent but I am looking for something to distract me from... something else. So I guess this is the best alternative with it being so nostalgic.

Shuji to Akira - Seishun Amigo

I'm sure they'd like to be called Pi and Kame more... but I was crazy addicted to that drama a couple of years ago. I totally adored the character Akira and I wanted to punch Shuji. The song was great too, I was addicted to it as well. There's something about the song that makes me want to do that embarrassing hand gesture when they reach the chorus. I am most embarrassed, but hey, for old times' sake.

Pi grew up well. He looks like a man now. I miss that skinny monkey. Oh well.

KAT-TUN - One Drop

I am most unhappy. :( They could have performed "Rescue", you know? It was a MUCH better song, it even sold more copies than this stupid song. You know why they performed this one instead? Here's my take. Kame's their top bitch. I don't know why he is, but he is. And this was the theme song to one of his flop dramas right? Ratings flop, I mean. But it doesn't matter, cos he's the top bitch.

"Rescue" is an effing great song, but no, they had to perform this crap. Oh... wow, and this is all I can say, gosh I am not even dissing Kame and how he looks like a crocodile anymore. I am not even asking why Jin was wearing shades when this was, clearly, night. Whatever. Man's gotta eat, and fangirls beg for this sorta cocky douche shit.

Kanjani8 - Kyu Jou Show

I don't quite like this song. It isn't that impressive to me. It is typical K8, but I quite dislike typical K8 - how they try to build this image of them. The tacky, loud, funny kansai group. What I like, are the B-side songs. They're better than great. I'd be thrilled if they performed "Puzzle". I love that song to bits and pieces.

In other news, does Yoko make you want to do nasty things to him? I'm just saying. xD He's hot. I shall watch The Quiz Show II again when I have the time. I've been so crazeh busy. Anyway, the sparkly suits the boys were wearing were not very helpful to accentuate the hotness, but whatever. It is expected of them to look like that, to behave like that.


V6 - Guilty

Well, well, what do you know? They did release a single after all. Since "Gakkou E Ikou!" ended, I don't watch their shows anymore. I know there's this kumagusu thingie, but I find it rather boring. VVV6 was... well not as entertaining. Sakamoto's nearing 40. LOL. Boring song, btw.

Okada's real fine. =D But it is Morita that's my favourite. There's the bad boy charm to him. Though he's a real midget. I really have nothing else to say about these people. They always dress sharp, look nice. But there's always something boring to their songs these days. I guess they can't jump around like the younger groups. You know what? I'd rather they be boring than if they pull a SMAP. By pulling a SMAP, I mean... have you seen a SMAP performance? xD I find them too embarrassing to watch, especially when KimuTaku flings his hair like he's a heartthrob (he was one, a decade ago) and then Nakai had to open his mouth and make all of us deaf.


V6 & Kanjani8 - WA ni Natte Odorou!

OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG One of my favourite V6 songs, EVER. I love love love this song. I remember watching... what was it? Uh... Summary of Johnny's World (from 2003, I think) and they performed this song, NEWS and KAT-TUN. I was all over the place looking for this song and the original version, of course. And when I found it, I was so thrilled! OMFG Such a happy song. And they two groups performed together! Whee!

We love crossovers. And seeing Morita next to Ryo is like... like... seeing Hugh Jackman next to Gerard Butler - but more Japanesey monkey-ish. =D Cos I always make sense. Anyway, lol, short angry men. We like them. Look! They really WA ni Natte Odorou! Inocchi went berserk on stage. Why the hell did Seto Asaka marry him? Seriously, he looks like a nice person, but... he does freaky things.


I am getting more and more obscene am I not? I don't know, maybe it's the aging.