[quote name='Anderei' timestamp='1318975924' post='110720'] I used to think that Kissing You was their worst single. But now it can give up it's title to The Boys. [/quote] I thought they had jumped the shark with Kissing You, but they came back really strong in 2009. Until now, 2010-2011 ranged fro...

There are vast swaths of H!P that I never paid attention to and never will, but only Matsuura and Maeda Yuki ever struck me as being clearly superior. I would characterize first gen, Fujimoto, Takahashi, etc. as being various levels of "pretty good" (especially for idols) but not really on...

[quote name='Ap2000' timestamp='1313061099' post='105926'] Down boy's Japanese is horrible.[/quote] Who is "Down boy"? If you mean who I think you mean, I will have to hurt you. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dammit.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':dammit:' /...

The girls themselves look good, but that's probably the only redeeming feature of the video. The choreography isn't catchy, appropriate, or otherwise interesting, and the greenscreened backgrounds just look lazy. For a group with their level of success, it boggles my mind that their videos have been...

[quote name='///' timestamp='1307066467' post='100561'] Fuck you guys, I like the new album >:V Although I still really only like the new album tracks, still not so hot on the Japanese versions of the Korean singles. I dunno... They just seem off to me. [/quote] I'm with you about the Korean->Japane...

I'm really liking Rock!Taeyeon.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCp6f8JfYgM

Needs more Yoona.



Since they're autotuning the hell out of the song already, they might as well seize the opportunity to give her more lines.

Yeah, I get that there are extreme examples of an idealized "Korean face" vs "Japanese face" and the whole Jomon/Yayoi debate but at the end of the day, everyone looks more or less the same. The insistence that Asians are racially different than Japanese is one of those annoying...

[quote name='donut' timestamp='1303777874' post='98009'] Jessica looks like Fujimoto Miki <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mellow.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':mellow:' />[/quote] The 2ch boards always insinuated that Miki was of Korean ancestry... They also both have...

[quote name='showraniy' timestamp='1303598165' post='97902'] Holy shit, Mr. Taxi is good. Their Japanese is even tons better. Now I just can't wait to see a music video. Oh and I think Taeyeon could be awesome if she tried, but she's kinda the Risa of SNSD in that she's serious business on putting m...

[quote name='freezingkiss' timestamp='1300473345' post='95608'] ^ They are better then anything I heard from early BoA and a lot of Japanese artists who slip English phrases into their songs. I'm just sayin', could be a cool thing. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wub.p...

I really haven't been able to stand their Japanese activities so far, but that cover may force me to purchase the single.

The PV for Jet Coaster Love is out and may be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hTR0JG9SvU It is very ... Japanese, for lack of a better description. It seems likely to do well with Japanese audiences. The great execution of Kara's Japanese conversion is why they are stomping all over SNS...

As far as I can tell, the downloader is just Flash, so I presume it would work on a Mac. I think downloadable songs are available at higher quality on Korean services (like, 320 kbps). The ethical question one might wrestle with is whether it is justifiable to get a legitimate (but low-bitrate) mp3 ...

After trying this service out a bit, I'm somewhat disappointed in the apparent arbitrariness of the selection. Some songs I looked for weren't available at all, and others were listed but were "not available in [my] country due to licensing restrictions." The Korean soribada site has a muc...

The demo version of Genie has recently been leaked. It's a comparatively "thinner" arrangement with less bass and no obnoxious laugh tracks. The most pleasant surprise is Jessica's ad libs, which were axed from the release version; Jessica fans should check them out. (Is there a better wor...

This seems like a good way to get download-only releases. I tried to navigate a Korean site to buy some OST songs once; that didn't work so well.



What bitrate are the MP3s encoded at?

I guess this officially dashes any hopes of Sunghee coming back to public singing.



Obviously if she is happy that is for the best, but I can't help feeling like it's a sad waste of talent.

[quote name='allkpop.com']With the three members having a contract that still lasts another 3-4 years, the trio has demanded their contracts be shortened to July of 2012 instead, as they would like to end their contract at the same time their contract with Universal Japan ends. They have also reques...

[quote name='sadude' post='92383' date='Jan 24 2011, 12:49 AM']Good. Maybe this will mean the end of bad rapping in Kara's songs.[/quote] Wouldn't it actually mean worse rapping, since the duties would shift to a non-English speaker? I don't think bad rapping is exactly an irreplaceable skill, unlik...

I even have actual evidence! (Click for full-size versions to read dialog.) http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/9513/soshisubschampagnewitht.th.jpg http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9513/soshisubschampagnewitht.th.jpg http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9513/soshisubschampagnewitht.th.jpg http://img831...

[quote name='Haru' post='92276' date='Jan 23 2011, 03:00 AM']Can someone tell me a particular reason all the girls had their legs covered by blankets? Or were they just cold? lol[/quote] I think it's for reasons of modesty. They'll always cover their laps with a pillow or something when they sit dow...

[quote name='showraniy' post='91997' date='Jan 19 2011, 01:51 PM']Visual Dreams's not that bad of a song. It's just boring. But really, once you take into account the entire marketing point of the song, it just feels more like a high quality CM jingle. Just ignore the fact that Chocolate Love was te...

Visual Dreams has now replaced Oh as my least favorite SNSD song! <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... /dance.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



*listens to "Complete" again*

[quote name='Ap2000' post='88154' date='Nov 28 2010, 08:18 PM']Wow, a group is about ~3 years old and you're already talking about "eras" ? hah[/quote]Well, "shidae" is better translated as "era", rather than "generation". <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/st...

My favorite SNSD era, in terms of music and image, is still the ITNW/GG period. Kissing You was an abomination best forgotten, and directly led to my first exit from SNSD fandom. Of their 2009-2010 material, Hoot (the title track) sits somewhere in the lackluster middle. Mistake is kind of bland but...

Yasuda Kei sings "Momusu Frustration -- hidoi ichi" (to the tune of Renai Revolution 21):



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El1IxdjIxQc

She looks more Reina-like to me (in the green-screen shots).

[quote name='ketamine' post='58449' date='Jan 31 2009, 02:51 PM']The main reason that Reina was the only one with a solo is because they needed equal line distribution and someone had to do the solo.[/quote] This is a fallacious argument for the following reasons: 1) There didn't have to be a solo. ...

But you can still call a spade a spade without a finger on the ban button. And, whether it be pedophilia or race-fetishism, I think addressing uncomfortable issues at the heart of fandom opens things up for interesting discussion. Your choice of expression is ironic, given the topic under discussio...