Arashi - One Love

I saw the Taiwanese version of the popular drama, Hana Yori Dango or more commonly known as Boys over Flowers. It spread to become a high popular romance that talks about a common girl who went to a prestigious escalator school which 4 rich and handsome boys, labelled as the "Flower Four or F4" rule the campus.

The girl, Tsukushi Makino, was treated as a weed but the leader of the Flower Four, Tsukasa Domyouji who took an interest in her for being the only girl who didn't like him. But having a bully for an attitude was a major turn off for Tsukushi who liked another, Rui Hanazawa.

For the anime, i think it has another one of the romance genre cliches of a very popular guy loving the only girl who doesn't like him. It happens to a lot. How the guy can't seem to comprehend how so many girls love him but the female protagonist. Take the TV romance of Jake Ryan and Miley Stewart in the Hannah Montana series. Perfect example.

But nevertheless, i may not be a fan of the series but i am a fan of the music (being Arashi one of my favorites and Aiko).

For the song itself, One Love spoke of how a couple went to a rocky situation together but managed to be alright. It reflected a lot about Domyouji and Tsukushi's relationship, rising from Tsukushi disliking Domyouji completely to seeing in him a different light and finally falling in love.

The video itself had a wonderful opening but it reminded me too much of a bagpipe. The flying doves, the pastel colors really suited the white theme, and for myself, White being a color of Purity and stanza in the song has this sentence:

Hyaku nen saki mo ai wo chikau yo
Kimi wa boku no subete sa
Aishiteiru tada aishiteru onaji asu yakusoku shiyou

Sekai juu ni tada hitori dake
Boku wa kimi wo eranda
Kimi to ireba donna mirai mo
Zutto kagayaiteiru kara

I promise this love even for one hundred years, you are my everything.
I love you, I just love you, I will promise the same tomorrow.
You're the only one in this world and I choose you.
If you are here, the future will be bright no matter what.

どんなときも支えてくれた
笑いないた仲間え
心こめてただひとつだけ
送る言葉はありがとう

百年先も愛を誓うよ
君は僕の凡てさ
愛しているただ愛してる同じアス約束使用
世界中にただ一人だけ
僕は君を選んだ
君と入ればどんな未来も
ずっと輝いているから

I love that stanza alot and the last "Lalalalalalala" was cute as well >w<. One Love is a song dedicated to a couple who managed through it all, just like how Domyouji and Tsukushi did.

Arashi - Beautiful Days

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7aqez_arashiy-beautiful-days-pv_music

I love this song. I find the animated lettering in the first few seconds to be very cute. Then the lights above and the group singing after a few seconds of piano. And around 1:54 to 1:58, the lights were just beautiful. But it was kind of iffy when you just get their close-up for the verse then they look like they are just whispering. But i understand from the lyrics. Because this was the translation of the first lyrics.

空に輝くよきらり星がじわり 滲んでくよ悲しいほどきれいだね
- Sora ni kagayaku yo kirari Hoshi ga jiwari nijindeku yo Kanashii hodo kirei da ne
= The stars in the sky shine and flashIn turn and then blur outIt's so pretty it's sad

It's kind of beautiful. It is a song suited for a recently passed love one. Because the lyrics reflected on how beautiful the sky and stars that it is so pretty it's sad. It also says in one part that the singer will go as far as the sky to sing to the point his/her voice will be gone. And also how no matter how hard we wish that loved one was still there, he or she won't come back anymore because she or he is in a better place and even if they are not here with us in body, they will always be here to comfort us through the happy memories.

Here is the lyrics if you wish to see:
http://www.jpopasia.com/lyrics/12186/arashi/beautiful-days.html

Polysics - Catch on Everywhere

Kinda found this when i was cruising esnips trying to find a certain seiyuu's song. And i found a Japanese Alvin the Chipmunk. Weird right? I find the little guy amusing, dancing and shooting his arm in the air. But I find the girl in the keyboards a bit boring. Like she barely even move. Just her fingers to play the keyboard i guess? But in the bridge, her voice sounded like she was singing under water. But the guy on the drums is cute in my opinion. In any other way, i am just looking for new music i guess.

I find their orange jumpsuits a little plain. But the pop up balloons were quirky and amusing to watch. Anyway, it's catchy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcQRj1iiugA