ON-gaku, OFF-gaku: Recent Episodes
Anne and Sarah
Anne and Sarah sit down and belatedly discuss the 66th Kouhaku Uta Gassen, and all the costume changes, flying things and magical lasers that come with it. And Squid-man. Always Squid-man.
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Anne and Sarah discuss Music Station for the week of Sept. 11, 2015. Tons of great songs, and then of course, our personal discoveries! Click here to listen!
Sarah chose VIXX, here's "Eternity":
Anne chose "Be my Last", by Utada Hikaru.
It's been a long time! Don't worry, we're editing a bunch of episodes for you, we're just having a busy time here at HQ. While you wait, here's a PV from Perfume, their new single, "Star Train".
Here's a PV I've always found touching. It's "Brave", by 9nine. These girls are really cute, and the featured one, Hirono, has had some good acting roles over the years, and if the tall one, Sayaka, looks familiar, it's because she's the younger sister of "A-chan" from Perfume.
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http://v.pptv.com/show/DQtb2TMzretOzDQ.html
Today's episode covers Music Station for July 31st. The clowns were back, much to Sarah's dismay... but Superfly also returned! Did this lady win over your podcast hosts a second time?Tune in to find out!
And for our personal recommendations, we bring you The World Ends With You soundtrack, and My Name! Enjoy!
We talked about Little Glee Monster on the show and their "cups" cover of Polyrhythm, so here it is!
It's so much fun! :)
Today's episode covers Music Station for July 24th, 2015! An interesting show, with a performance from Muse, some wandering hippies and some gleeful monsters with killer voices. Tune in to listen!
For our personal recommendations, Sarah listened to the music of Mizuki Nana, she really loved "Supernal Liberty".
Makoto loves the Romeo x Juliet anime song, "Inori~ You Raise Me Up" by Lena Park.
For your music video this week, you get AAA's "Breakdown". Looks like they were having a little too much fun with camera effect.
Looking for something less pop-y? Little more edge? Try Mamadrive, a three piece girl band, with a good beat. Also, this PV has a colorful, fascinating set, I really love it!
Here's an indie group for you! I don't know how to best describe Passpied, except to say that the lead singer's voice is unbelievably high, I really don't know how that's possible...
It's an interesting video, and while this isn't my favorite song from this group, it shows a cool side of them, I think!
We talked a little bit about Hatsune Miku and Vocaloid in an earlier episode: Here's another example!
"Overwriter", by tilt-six, such a touching song and video, a love song to all creative people!
Hey, guys! Since the podcast is only a monthly thing, I thought I'd start posting music videos once a week, just to keep bringing you more great music to explore. Let me know if that's something you enjoy, or if we can go further with that! (Maybe you guys could recommend some PVs of your own?)
Anyway, this week I'm reccomending a music video that never fails to fill me with the feels, it's "Kiseki" by Greeeen. Not only is it very touching, for me, it brings a lot of nostalgia to back when I lived in Japan. This song was the ending theme for a j-drama that aired at the time, called "Rookies", about a bunch of delinquent kids and the idealistic teacher who changed their lives by making them into a baseball team. (My friends and I always thought the show needed to have a crossover with Gokusen.)
The video quality isn't super great here, but I dare you not to get just a little bit emotional ;)
Discussion of Music Station for the week of May 29, 2015. There was a VS battle. Daigo and Golden Bomber were both there. And there was hugging. Among other amazing performances. But who did Sarah and Makoto think went home with first place? Tune in and hear for yourselves!
And not to be forgotten, our music picks! Sarah chose the "Kaicho wa Maid-sama" OST composed by Wataru Maeguchi, and Makoto chose "Reach the Sky" by YOHIO.
Sarah and Makoto watched Music Station for the week of May 22, 2015. Who was the best performance on the stage? Well, you'll just have to listen and find out, won't you? ;)
And for their music recommendations, Sarah showed good taste and picked Perfume's "Triangle" album, and Makoto went with "Glorious World" by Papiyon feat. Hatsune Miku.
Music Station for the date March 13 is discussed, plenty of great acts! But who was our favorite performance? Well, some groups were not helped by the addition of clowns, let's just say that...
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We also talked personal picks! Sarah loves Change, by Miwa, and Makoto goes retro with Yu Yu Hakusho's unique attempt at a soundtrack collection.
Today we talked about an episode of Music Station, and decided which performances we liked best. Also, we talked about the Floating Cloud Acoustic Band, and Angela Aki.
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Floating Cloud Acoustic Band and Angela Aki
Our pilot episode, test run, amazing kick-off, whatever you want to call it! Sarah and Makoto talk about the 65th annual Kouhaku Uta Gassen, a yearly Japanese music program that will have you on the edge of your seats! Who were our favorite groups? What were our favorite performances? And most importantly... who won?
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(Opening and closing songs: "Once Again", Arashi. "VICTORY", Exile.