[quote name='The☆AEUGNewtype' post='84979' date='Sep 13 2010, 05:40 PM']Ok, here's the
album.
And the
videos.
BTW, Wo Ai Ni x4 is the cover of "Ningyo." The Chinese lyrics, Vivian's voice, and the arrangement on her version are much more pleasing than either the original or Namie's version. And Vivian's PV for the song is gorgeous.
Here are the other versions, for reference:
Namie's cover. I couldn't find the actual PV, just this live. She struggles with it vocally, but the studio version is on her Can't Eat, Can't Sleep single.
Nokko's original version. Yes, Nokko is weird.
Check out this live performance. And this live performance, where she looks high as a fucking kite.
I also just watched the video for her new song. It's definitely a song more fitting for the Japanese market, and its cool to see her operating in the JP market again, she hasn't done much in releases for a long time in Japan. The song is pretty catchy, but the video is better. I'm definitely downloading.[/quote]
Thanks sooooooo much.
I need more time to listen to the album, but I really do like Ningyo and I agree it's the best version. Nokko is just not aesthetically pleasing. <img src='
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But OMG, I am addicted to a handful of songs on the album, I'm pleasantly surprised. When I first heard Black Biscuits, I didn't think she was talented (I was young). But after being a fan of H!P so long.. that's changed things. Her voice is good.
I'm trying to find out more about Vivian. She was really popular before for doing nude photos and movies. <img src='
http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... hahaha.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':noway:' /> Her motivation behind this was most likely financial as her family was really poor. Every idol I like must be doomed into destruction, isn't it? <img src='
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Not sure about the details, but she got picked up by GUCCI suddenly to do modelling and she stopped those activities. And when she went to Japan, her agency bought all rights to stop distribution of her nude stuffs. <img src='
http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... hahaha.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':eekrun:' /> I'm waiting for Da Vynci to explain to me when he feels better. I really want to know how she suddenly was able to jump to Japan and become famous cos she's not someone like BoA. And it's impressive she is fluent in Japanese.
Oh yeah, here's
Black Biscuit's song Timing.
They were able to go on Kouhaku cos of this! Vivian has bad hair though. Not even she could pull that off. The PV is slightly creepy though cos it's filmed in NYC and you can see the Twin Towers... They're also dancing on top of a building occasionally, that I think is one of the Twin Towers?
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' /> She is from Taiwan, but she also sang in Japanese. And she had many hits in Japan. Unfortunately, she died young. She had asthma all her life and died of an attack. It was really the biggest news, even I remember as a kid when she passed away.
