It's the Lunar New Year. AND Valentine's Day. Not that I am doing anything for Valentine's Day. It is kinda like... just another day, today. But I want to look good today.
But I am busy, yet it is the only day that I am free. Contradictory, but trust me, it makes sense. I can't sleep. It's the insomnia. So I got up, put on a peel-off mask, plucked my eyebrows and the underarms (what? I pluck cos it's not thick enough to need to be shaved or waxed. Just a few strands. I like gross details.) Was watching Project Runway and THIS. Ha ha, one of the most memorable Mannequin Five ever! The last one I remember was the Parka-on-parka. This really hot chick, whose name tells me she's Korean, has the crazy hots for Nino, or specifically, Nino's face. Announced three times that she likes his face. Hilarious, that woman.
MatsuJun was clearly not very pleased because he thought he's the hot one of the group. Well, suck it up, girls like them nerdy now. I get sick of people MatsuJuning all the time.
However, I am sure Nino felt the same level of insult when he wasn't picked by her. =D This had me gasping for air. Fun episode.
Now I have to go and do some more grooming. What to wear so that my extended family members think that I am a delinquent who gets wasted 24/7? Clearly I am not one cos I won't be into these femmies if I am one. I just want them to stop trying to make small talks because fuck I hate small talks and people pretending to care. And I hate talking about my first working experience with menopausal women.
This is a freaking 4-hour show. And enka scares me. So I'll just do a few~ because they're singing older songs... some of them. It is not a summary of the year's music scene like the other year-end specials. They sang older songs as well and some songs are so great, you won't get bored.
Ayu opened the show. I had a strange dream about her and it was nothing good so I'll just shut up. Does her face not look weird nowadays? It isn't the aging, it is something else. I dunno, she reminds me of Madonna nowadays, and she's a bit too young to remind me of Madonna.
There's AKB 48. Happy, jumping teenage girls. I know my teenage years was just... 3 years ago (T_T) but still I feel like I'm so far away from that... teenage mindset now that I just cannot relate to the whole teenage thing. Like, my peers are reading fucking Twilight, jeez. And they go "Squeeeeeeee so hooooooooooooooooooooooot" and I roll my eyes. "River" is a nice song. So yeah, and cute outfits too.
TOKIO with "Taiyou to Sabaku no Bara". Have I mentioned I love this song? Not enough eh? I love this song. I find it very... nostalgic. It just gives off the vibe of an old song. I hate Nagase's hair. Can't he cut it or something?
There's flumpool. Can the bassist actually see? I mean... can he?
Ikimonogakari's "YELL" is a nice song. The girl can sing!
I am so into Studio Ghibli nowadays. I just watched "Gake no ue no Ponyo". I noticed that their productions usually have this rather abrupt ending. Ponyo scares me when she is in the midst of changing from the fishy to girl. The face... are you sure this is for kids? But the girl annoys me. Somewhat.
That's a fucking birdcage on her dress. When I first saw it, I was like "No Shit". And then I rubbed my eyes and looked again. WTF. Seriously... a birdcage, on a dress? What is this? Haute couture?
Remioromen singing "Konayuki" and it is a good, good song. They probably cannot achieve a success of that level ever again. They are like a... two-hit-wonder. =D
Susan Boyle escorted to the center stage by KimuTaku. The performance as nothing as moving compared to her audition. Her audition was a big fuss because no one saw it coming. No one foresaw that she could sing. And they were laughing and rolling her eyes and when she truly brought it, everyone was cheering. That was why she was such a sensation. A bit too hyped up, but still.
"Kowarekake no Radio" is one of those really good Japanese songs, but it is also old. When someone performs a song from 20 years ago at such a big event, you know that they probably will be known for that song alone in the future.
Perfume with "One Room Disco". Kashiyuka's outfits are always cute. The song's not bad. Like the outfit better.
Tohoshinki with "Stand By You"... so are they broken up yet? If so, why are they performing together? What's with the hooblah about the three on the left suing the company or something?
I am sorry, but I am so out of touch with their news. They just seem a bit bland nowadays that I really don't bother anymore. The song's not bad, not something that leaves a strong impression on my head and I am not being biased okay? I listen to AKB 48 now. If I want to be biased, I'd be biased about THAT instead. I welcome good music. Unless this crazyass psycho bitch from work decides to release an album. Doubt anyone would buy that, considering the fact that she's a 3 feet tall midgety bitch with bad hair and is really not hot. Bitch. I am ranting.
WOOOOOOOOOO work it, SMAP! I've never seen anything better from SMAP in recent years. This is the result of them having practiced their performance. Most of their performance sorta just showed that they don't quite give a shit anymore about coordination and accuracy. This proved that they could still bring it if they want to! The crotch grabbing, the moonwalk, the "Smooth Criminal" move. Of course the choreography ha to be given some credit too, but it is refreshing to see SMAP being passionate about a performance again. This is something for the books! I've never seen a sexier Nakai.
Koda Kumi should dress her age. When I learned that she was born in 1982, I had the shock of my life and I stared into space for two whole minutes wondering what went wrong and why does she look 30. That was three years ago and she was... 24. She should dress her age, because she is very pretty and has nice boobies.
Misono.... was wearing a nice dress. She was only there on account of Kuu anyway.
Arashi performed... about four songs that night. Was it four? I dunno, I couldn't focus on the screen when Jun started to go down to shake hands like he's Hatoyama and when Nino went all "Kouhaku Utagassen TANOSHII". I was like wtf wtf wtf weird!
Don't like Aiba's hair. Don't like his hair fluffy with parting, fluffy without parting is okay though. Don't like how red the outfit was. I usually like the red and black combo but... there should be more black than red. No matter what is the new black, black is always awesome.
I think Nino is gay. And I think Ohno should really take it easy with the fishing. Even if he uses a ton of whitening products, if he keeps going fishing at the rate that he was last year, it wouldn't be any good, really. Tanned is fine, looking like you slept on the toaster is another whole different thing.
There was this part, when Sho was dancing to "Believe"... and his hair was kinda messed up as he swung his head around. Totally the sex. I like the way Nakai waved them over. Of course, Arashi's interview was cut short by the surprise appearance of Yazawa Eikichi.
That's Yazawa Eikichi, apparently he's a legend. Way before my time. Oh well, dude's ancient. Ayaka gave her last performance before taking a long, long break to treat her illness. She'll be fine, cos Mizushima's there. Now who wouldn't want to be fine and live a long healthy life if they're married to Mizushima Hiro?!
White won. Dicks won. Almost all the time. Lemme search a bit. They won for the past five years. Hmm... that's the longest winning streak in history.
Pi and Kame were the first ones to arrive on stage and they introduced Arashi who performed "Believe". They were the MCs for the third year in a row. Can someone else take over now? I mean, I'd like to see something new every year. Kinda sucks that whoever sells the most gets more airtime. But that's the way it is isn't it? Remember when KAT-TUN ruled the world - or at least Japan? Yeah, a long time ago that was. Arashi got to kick off the show. What I like about them is that they always look like they're enjoying their job (as of late, lets forget MatsuJun's rebellious period) and that's what the audience want to see, smiles, cos god knows real life sucks enough ass. We want smiling faces. What happened to Aiba's hair? It was... fluffy. Yeesh. Next came Johnny's debut single medley. KinKi Kids performed "Garasu no Shounen" with DoTs looking very out of it. The only time his face got close to a smile was during the performance of "Fantastipo" with Taichi. We'll get to that later. KAT-TUN came up with "Real Face"... ah... I haven't listened to this in months! Strangely, I don't quite dislike them anymore. Actually, I might find them endearing to a certain level. Yes, even Jin. Okay, that was because he actually was into the performances. Remember when KAT-TUN was all about the attitude? That was annoying. Kanjani8 was not at the Tokyo Dome, I think they were at the Kyosera Dome with their own countdown concert and they performed "Naniwa Iroha Bushi". Hina had something on his head, let's presume it is NOT the shape of the Kyosera dome, cos that would be kinda lame wouldn't it? Wait... NEWS next with "NEWS Nippon", Kanjani8 was singing along from the other Dome. NEWS might have become my new KAT-TUN. So I want to talk about what K8 was wearing, it was the animal print wasn't it? The one that is often associated with Osaka and... uncoolness. And they wore em with pride. Good for them! V6!!! V6 with "Music For The People" I am so totally addicted to V6 nowadays. And Kamisen has all the men you need. There's the thug, the cute one and the refined gentleman. Right? Right? And their only flaw is that they're midgets. I'm taller than all of them. Ken is the tallest right? I'm 2 centimeters taller. xDDD They don't get enough credit for what they do these days.
Takki & Tsubasa, "Sotsugyou"... Takki's somewhere else. I yawn and then I skipped this part. Maybe I need to watch... "Majo no Jouken" again. I dunno. Whatever. Lost interest long ago, snoozefest. NYC Boys with... "NYC", prerecorded, presumably so. Chinen is all grown up. Time flies. That Nakayama something kid, he looks like he's got the makes of MatsuJun. The features. But I already dislike him because of the ridiculous group name. Wait... all of the group names are... HSJ "Ultra Music Power", OMG the five older boys can perform now? Shit, I am fucking old. T_T For twice that night, I mistook Takaki for Kame at a glance. Yeesh, of all the people to resemble... TOKIO, "Love You Only", shit Mabo and Nagase are the sex. Joushima is turning 40. Whoa, ancient. I'm done. Except did you hear Nagase sorta acknowledged dating Aibu Saki? So it is like official. Lucky bitch. Tee-hee, nvm I like her. Arashi came in last with "A.RA.SHI". Hmm... then came the countdown. I like what the color palette for this set of clothes. The countdown to 2010 came next and the two horizontally hung phallic balloons released some confetti. Whoa, suggestive eh? (I swear, the older I get, the more obscene I get.)
The Smash Hit Medley came next with Arashi heading the pack (again) with "Love So Sweet". Shuji to Akira "Seishun Amigo". You can see that Pi was not into the dancing. At least Kame was putting more effort into it. HSJ were backing them. TOKIO "Sorafune". K8 standing on two rotating discs with oddly sprinkling water... reminded me of pee. "Fantastipo" with Toraji Haiji and the weirdest dance moves ever. DoTs vocals were great that night. NEWS "weeeek" I couldn't get a nice cap cos they were jumping. I don't want to talk about them cos I have nothing good to say. V6, "Ai Nanda" did I mention I am so into V6 again? I am so into V6. They're hilarious. KAT-TUN sang "RESCUE". I don't know why, I love this song! I didn't even watch the drama. HSJ, "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy". KinKi Kids with "Swan Song". I just watched "Ningen Shikkaku" so the image of their kiss from 16 years ago is in my mind. I have nothing decent to say, only obscenities. I think Takki performed something. I mentally blocked it out because I want to. They later sang weird songs from their seniors. I dunno. Some titles, I can't read em. So let it be k. Sakamoto, Ohno, Ken, Koyama, Aiba Junno, Taichi, Go, Tegoshi, Nino, Kame, DoKo, Nagase, Jin, Sho, Okada. Phew, long lineup! Next, "Otoko no ko, Onna no ko" by Go Hiromi. Ueda, Inocchi, Nagano, Yaotome, Shige, Inoo, Nakamaru, Yamaguchi. Shit, if there's a degree in Johnny's... Ninja, I think the song is "Omatsuri Ninja". Funny song this one. xDDD K8 were dressed like Ninjas in the other dome. In Tokyo, Massu, Taichi, Yabu, Takaki, Mabo, Koki and Arioka. Kondo Masahiko, "Sneaker Blues". Toma, Jun, Jin, Pi, Nagase, DoKo, DoTs, Kame, Okada. Don't we like that Jun-Jin moment and the NagasexDoKo? I think that was the reason DoTs looked constipated that night. SMAP's "Can't Stop Loving" with Uchi, Junno, Aiba, Yamaguchi, Nakamaru, Ken, Sakamoto, Koyama. I dislike Uchi. Tahara Toshihiko, "Aishu Date" Massu, Morita, Mabo, Ueda, Joushima, Koki, Shige, Nagano, Nino, Mabo. Nino was doing that reaching for the sky thing again. I like Go's hair. xD I like him anyhow actually. Shibugakitai, "Nai, Nai 16" Tegoshi, Sho, Uchi, Jun, Toma, Pi, Ohno, Inocchi and a very bored looking DoTs. Shonentai, "Kamen Budoukai" TxT and Nishikiori at the other venue. I don't care. TxT, "Venus". Next part, Group Change Medley, KinKi sang "Darling" by V6. Arashi "Sukiyanen, Osaka" by K8. This was it. This was the climax for me. This was when I decided that I had to talk about this show. I was feeling lazy and then this part came along. So adorable! xDDD They even did the cute sorta-choreography. Love it. Love it so much. All the before paragraphs was to justify my fangirling of this performance. Whee! K8, "One Love" by Arashi. Aww... they exchanged songs! When they were doing the weird wings-flapping thingie, Ryo was way back there iwth the biggest smile. This brings out the squealy fangirl in me. Even just or a while. It was the Eito Rangers costume ok. How can you not like that? NEWS, KinKi Kids' "Aisareru yori Aishitai". Don't fancy the song. Don't fancy the horrible dancing. Don't fancy the people performing the song. KAT-TUN with NEWS' "Kibou Yell" and Jin thought he was special that he didn't do the choreography. xD And it didn't annoy me. What is wrong with me? Seriously. TOKIO, "Keep The Faith" by KAT-TUN. Nice! Shit, Mabo's hot. The song's great. Loved it. V6 sang TOKIO's "Uwasa no Kiss". Inocchi is such a dork. Hate the jacket with the bling. Hate. Matchy appeared singing "Motto" and "Midnight Shuffle" with the entire harem backing him. Like, Matchy's the Queen (Go Hiromi's the divorced Queen) and the rest are concubines and mistresses. They all gotta suck up to the Queen. Something like that. "Hatsu Uta" came next. Everyone was singing. Those born in the year of the Tiger, we have Kame, Massu and Uchi... Taichi was intentionally left out. If I am not mistaken, Ohkura too, but he wasn't at Tokyo Dome. Next was a very rushed interview of the groups. Yeah, no fun. Moving on.
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