[2016.09.28] Country Girls - Doo Datte Ii no / Namida no Request

[TicTacAnyone]

[quote="Thea"]
For some reason it all just felt really fake to me. The sax, the 3 singing backup, the opening line, etc. Only the three with lines didn't feel fake.
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Well the backing vocals are definitely not live, and I doubt they ever will be (as is the standard now.) Yanami's sax also wasn't live, though I'm really certain the part you hear is her recorded sax. But The Girls Live is also bad for viewing things "live..." a concert hall video will be better for that :)

[JPope]

The sax part is cheesy AF, but it's not a deal breaker for me. I just like this song a lot more than Doo Datte.

[kitaoji]

PV on youtube, the promotion edit and swipe edit.
 
Congrats, UF.  You finally made a closeup version more interesting at last!
 
The PV is a complete shadow of Mr. Moonlight in every single way.  
 
 

[TicTacAnyone]

The swipe edit is actually really cool and well done
 
I bet it looks really nice on mobile.

[Meikochi]

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="TicTacAnyone" data-cid="200247" data-time="1473719634">
I bet it looks really nice on mobile.</blockquote>


It does ! And I like the "normal" version as well. HP did good job on this one until now, with covers, outfits, songs and these 2 MV.

[TicTacAnyone]

H!S edit of Namida no Request
 
 
I quite like the editing, solo shots and outfits... but the dance shot bg is not my thing. The colors are alright, it's just the actual set itself.

[DonJuan]

https://youtu.be/nHeUWB8qnZ0


Namida no Request MV.


Funakki is oshi material.

[JPope]

Can I state the obvious and say that adding Momoko to this group was a great decision? A lot of people hated that she was part of this when it was announced, but she fits in seamlessly, and gives the others a seasoned rock to lean on.

[Noa]

That was such a cute MV. I wish the colors weren't so washed out. Country Girls are easily my favorite group right now, every member is wonderful.

Funaki definitely shot up to my second favorite shortly after she joined.

[Anderei]

Debuted at #3 with 14,604 copies.

[JoshuaJSlone]

Finally listening to this and
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JPope" data-cid="199791" data-time="1471930173">It's basically "Jailhouse Rock"</blockquote>yeah, that is exactly what I came to say.

[TicTacAnyone]

This week on Upcoming was Country Girls' (Ozeki, Funakki and Yanamin) Dou Datte Ii No recording. I like they don't force Nanami to go too low.
 
But the difference between Funakki who can properly and amazingly pull off the grunge voice and the other two girls is so great. lolol.

[MejraThea]

[quote="JPope"]
It's basically "Jailhouse Rock"
 
[/quote]
[quote="JoshuaJSlone"]
Finally listening to this and
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JPope" data-cid="199791" data-time="1471930173">
It's basically "Jailhouse Rock"
</blockquote>
yeah, that is exactly what I came to say.
 
[/quote]
 
I finally listened to Jailhouse Rock to see what you guys were talking about and you're absolutely right. I wonder how legal that is.

[Anderei]

Ranked #4 with 25,510.
 
For what it's worth, the Billboard number was quite a bit higher, and Oricon has changed their counting system a bit, which likely contributed to the lower number, and is probably going to hurt all the H!P groups from now on.

[Elpis]

I've heard a bit about the Oricon change, but I don't know the details of it. Basically, what is it and how will it specifically hurt H!P groups?

[Anderei]

One is that any copies bought more than three months before release won't count. This isn't a big deal.
 
Two, they exclude the numbers that one person buy too many copies in an event. This number isn't specified, but it sounds like a pretty clear response to all the bulk buying incentives a lot of people are doing. This is no doubt going to hurt idol groups who rely on handshake events to pull the numbers they do.
 
Billboards number was just under 38k.

[DonJuan]

38k wouldn't have been much of a drop from the previous 41k. A small drop, but these 3k could've come from Manaka fans.
 
So it really is Oricon's new way of counting the copies?

[Anderei]

Could be. I think the upcoming releases, MM especially, will help determine that.

[TicTacAnyone]

Upcoming this week showed Namida no Request's recording. I sorta like Chisaki's recording voice.

[Anderei]

2nd week

weekly rank #103

sold 402

total 25,552


3rd week

weekly rank #83

sold 528

total 26,080


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