I hate the single channel audio since I don't hear as well from my left ear, but it's still fantastic. I thought they changed this for the single (or Apple Music) release and was pleasantly surprised, but then I remembered I had turned on Mono Audio in Accessibility. :hahaha: I'm back to disliking ...

I was thinking about this (and my initial reaction) some more: with Youtube, the definition of one-hit wonder has changed from what it used to be. Previously it was mostly based on Billboard chart success and sales figures, which were proxies to "Is it a good song? Do many people enjoy this son...

Who's this guy, and why should we care about his opinion? This is the problem with Youtube (and other social media), it gives way too many people a platform who probably shouldn't have one.

PSY's had a lot of great songs, it's just that most people never cared to listen to them.

Decent representation, all great songs. I'll have to go through some of those I don't recognize to see what I missed out on. The distribution is suspect/disappointing, though. Not just H!P which is limited to the peak Golden Era, but the rest of the list as well. I went through and cmd+F each year (...

Aww, good for her. I always wondered what happened to her, she was great in the shuffles and C-ute would've kicked more ass had she stayed longer. She was the Juan Soto to Airi's Judge!

Shoujo Q wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 4:57 amNot sure what the cat prints on the paper mean.

I think just that the cat helped sign.

Most sound weird, but I think that's mostly familiarity with the original. Some of these could turn out to be good. I always love hearing different interpretations of songs (covers, fanmixes), so looking forward to this as well.

The concert version sounded terrible but gave hints at how good the studio mix could be, and here it is. I hate the single channel audio since I don't hear as well from my left ear, but it's still fantastic. SaiKIYOU has grown on me a lot, too. There are a couple of spots in both songs where the voc...

Ok, that makes sense. Thanks!

Shoujo Q wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 5:40 amOn a rare occasion an music video director might add a little something to make it more appealing. But it's rare.

Do you have examples of this?

Are the Youtube Promotion Edit PVs ever different from the official ones released on BR?

Echoing all the above-- song's OK and may still grow on me, but the PV is pretty neat and adds a lot to the song, as does the studio version.

It also sounds old school-ish, but I can't quite place it. A little bit 90s?

That was great! They should do more classical compositions so they can do a full concert like that.
The applause at the end of that was weak.

Thanks for posting! That was certainly a trip. It was definitely nostalgic seeing all the H!P prominently featured and fun to try to sing along to 100kai no Kiss as he was showing it.
I wonder how much H!P earned in royalties from things like this.

Which H!P songs are based on / sample classical compositions? These 3 came to mind, but I feel like I'm forgetting one. W - Jounetsu no Hana (PASSION FLOWER) Beethoven's Fur Elise C-ute - Mugen Climax Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata Berryz - Jiriri Kiteru Chopin's Revolutionary Etude Edit: Also found- ...

Sweet, thanks! I'm surprised they do the full songs this many months in advance of release. Much better than the old days of crappy radio previews! The music for SaiKIYOU was harder to hear and therefore appreciate, so waiting for the official release on that. It'll probably simmer for me before cat...

All links above taken down by copyright claims. Any others?

In keeping with the past year and a half's theme of shoving AI into everything: does anyone have any good ideas or examples of H!P-related AI things? I've tried asking ChatGPT for info on MM and H!P, but... want to quickly lose faith in ChatGPT? Ask it a basic-ass question. https://i.ibb.co/zFF5q2h/...

I completely missed that Reina recorded a song for a video game. Sweet, Bemani x H!P! Hopefully the song crosses over into other Bemani games. :danceman: They only made a short size for the game, but the song was expanded so she could sing a full version at her recent live. That song is awesome. No...

I like Triple A sides-- I think they give people different things to enjoy in case they don't care for a particular song. The songs coming out at the same time all with PVs provide great contrast with each other, and I find that I appreciate songs more because of it. I noticed it in going through ol...

What do people consider as the MM EDM era?

Damn, that's disappointing to hear and not the response I was expecting. My first reaction is to wonder if it's a result of the internet and culture having moved more towards social media + attention-seeking, side hustles, and general content consumption, and away from creative pursuits? But I also ...

One of my favorite things of a fandom are the creative things that people generate from it. For H!P, one of those things are fanmixes-- I remember the Evil Morning series from #13:Root quite fondly from the mid 2000s. Where do H!P remixes live nowadays? Are there any specific groups or channels you ...

Wow, yeah, she sounds weird.
There are a lot of singers that I grow to like in a group and they sound great, but when they go solo it's so underwhelming. The contrast with the other members of the group are what give them depth.

I missed a lot of the earlier voting, so I wondered where certain songs went. I'd love to see the earlier results if they're available!

I almost voted for I Wish last round instead of Wake-up Call. That would've been fun.

Team Wake-up Call, Go x5!

I'll do top 10, since beyond that it's not as interesting. It's clearly reflective of when I was a much more active fan and followed H!P: 1. Matsuura Aya 2. Tanaka Reina 3. Takahashi Ai 4. Suzuki Airi 5. Goto Maki 6. Miyoshi Erika 7. Yaguchi Mari 8. Mitsui Aika 9. Kamei Eri 10. Murata Megumi 10. Ota...

Happy to add to it, hah.

Is there a list somewhere of MM and H!P song remakes, remixes, self-covers, and alternate versions?
It would be super helpful if it explained how the new version differed from the original, but that might be asking for too much.

Whoa, did not expect these to be the top 5 so far.

Lists and additional info is great! Could you potentially put it into the wiki, also?

Also, seeing Koharu on there with Furusato triggered some PTSD