Wednesday, March 30, 2011

EVERYBODY SAY YEAH! TEMPTATION BOX 2010 ZEPP TOKYO DVD

i wonder how long since i posted at here. since i'm officially graduated, i try my best to dedicate some post for this outdated blog.



yea, this is the one i will talk about for this post. Those that has the intention to buy and watch, DO NOT READ THIS since all are spoilers. i will comment their performance for 3 songs each time, with some exceptions. so hold on tight, this will be a long post.

start of DVD, there's background music and all the crowd are cheering already. about 10 seconds, there's sound from guitar, and then drum. AND THEN, when the tune startsm this is the starting song.

1. EVERYBODY SAY YEAH

followed by,

2. GIRLism
3. DOLL

to be honest, when the tune starts, it immediately jogs me back to where they performed during AFA X @ Singapore. exactly the same, but you can never get sick of it. ESY is a perfect song to start with as always, since it immediately brings the crowd to the rhythm and of course, YEAH-ing when SCANDAL sings EVERYBODY SAY. most importantly, MAMI's guitar riffs are perfect in this DVD. no doubts.

as for GIRLism, is a relaxed song. if you understand the lyrics, you would make a smile on their lyrics. especially towards the end, when they mentioned AVOCADO.

DOLL on the other hand, is a classic song for them to perform in every concert. energetic enough to bring the crowd into the rhythm. fast tempo nevertheless.

is a break after this set, and SCANDAL interact with the audience, saying about this concert is the last one for them for this tour, and then how are everybody, etc. and the moment when HARUNA says "Everybody, this is a superb night!", the next set of songs are performed.

4. Hi-Hi-Hi
5. Playboy Part II
6. BEAUTeen!!

you know, i'm always a big fan of Hi-Hi-Hi. the way they sing, the way how the songs goes, and of course, that bass slapping from TOMOMI. a never miss. and when this was performed, you have to give a thumbs up. cause that bass slapping is really great, even enhanced when TOMO just throw the pick like nobody's business. =Dp. and there's a small part where every HARUNA fans will squeal. chotto dake~



for both Playboy Part II and BEAUTeen!! , great songs and great performance, nothing much to comment here. so let's move on to the next set of performance.

7. Shoujo M
8. Shoujo S

ok, 2 songs list, the 1st exception. if you all had the 1st DVD, you might remember how SCANDAL performed TOKYO right? coming out just sing, no drums, no guitars, no bass. pure interaction between them and the audience. same thing happened in 2nd DVD. Shoujo M this time. at the start, the girls performed army walking while MAMI is the "commander". and then turn around, and MAMI becomes a DJ! throughout the song, they did dancing, which is funny but easy to follow. AND of course, the things i like here is definitely RINA playing that keyboard with ease. (Come on, she started playing keyboard since 3!) and MAMI kissing the Can-Ta and throw it to the audience. (don't be jealous, guys).



Shoujo S is another classic song. performance is best as always. Next set!

9. Houkago 1H
10. Switch
11. Namida no Regret

this set can be termed as soothing and saddened period from me. since all 3 songs contains tune that makes people touched or have that chance to have tears coming out. Houkago 1H is fully TOMO song, which makes it unique and is nice to listen. Switch is also mostly TOMO's part, with HARUNA and MAMI coming in between. and of course, NNR. their 1st ever ballad song. touched definitely. for a note, MAMI uses her Gretsch Falcon guitar in this set.

12. Kagerou
13. Shunkan Sentimental

these 2 songs are really fast tempo when you watched it. you will get your body pumped up due to the way they performed. too awesome. TOMO's sounds like crying when she's singing her part in Kagerou. MAMI's guitar performance in Shunkan is also a plus! the close-up and you all see how fast her fingers move during the play.

14. Aitai
15. Hello! Hello!
16. Taiyou to Kimi ga Egaku STORY

towards the end, the performance goes even higher. i shall not say that much, go figure it out and watch it.

The end! NOT! Encore desu~

17. Shining Sun
18. Sayonara My Friend
19. SCANDAL BABY

the way the encore starts is also sweet. almost the same effect as ESY. music played 1st, then guitar comes in, bass and drums. and then sing!

Sayonara My Friend. acoustic guitar from HARUNA. she's good. real good at it! and the song, i mean, the title already tells you isn't it. everybody's la-la-la when HARUNA prompts them to do. TOMOMI almost cries but hold onto it.

REALLY LAST SONG. SCANDAL BABY. that MAMI's part in guitar is still as good as it is. and of course, TOMOMI really starts to cry when the concert finally ends.

overall, the whole performance is definitely better than the 1st DVD i must say. each member's capabilities are shown way more obvious here. a lot of great moments. thoroughly enjoyed it. a MUST BUY.

20. Around-the-Clock Tour Record -With SCANDAL Comments-

this is an exclusive part found only in this DVD. you can see them talk about each of every concert they held in this tour, what they did before and after the concert. for example, MAMI's playing drums, TOMOMI's playing guitar. lots more. something like this.



with that, i end this post. as always, i welcome comments about this. thanks.

from: BB (torres)

Sunday, March 20, 2011

SCANDAL -Haruka bass tab

I haven't written any tabs in awhile so here's on from SCANDAL's upcoming single.

It's just a radio rip for now.

Haruka - SCANDAL Bass tab

Copy and paste to notepad for better view.


Intro:

|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------12/14~\--|
|-----------------------12-10-12----------|
|--8/13-13-10-13-13/15~-------------------|

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--1(x8)-3(x8)-0(x8)-5(x8)--|

|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------10--10----------------|
|-----------------------------------15-15------|
|--1(x8)-3(x8)-5(x8)-5/8---8---8/14-------15\--|


Verse I:

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--------------7(x4)-------5(x4)-10(x4)--------|
|--1(x4)-3(x4)-------5(x4)--------------8(x8)--|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------5(x6)---5-5/7-7(x6)--7-8-8-10--------15--|
|--1(x8)-3(x8)-0(x8)-5(x8)-------5------------8----------8-8/14-----|


Pre-chorus:

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------3-3/6-5---------------------------------------------------------------|
|----3-----------7/9---9--9-8-----7------------5(x8)-----------10-10-10--10--|
|--4-----------------8--------5/7----8-7-5-5-5-------3(x7)-3/9---------------|


Chorus:

|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------5-7-7-7--------------------|
|----------------7----------5(x4)-------3(x4)--|
|--1-0-1-3(x4)-0------------------3(x4)--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------7---9---10---9--|
|------------------------5/7-7-5(x4)-------------------------|
|--1-0-1-3-3-3-5-5-5-0-0-------------3(x4)-5---7---8----7----|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------9-8-7-----------------------10---10---10---10--|
|----------------5/7--------------5(x4)-10(x4)----------------------|
|--1-0-1-3-3-10\------------5-5-5--------------8----8----8----8-----|

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|----------------5(x4)----------|
|--1-1-1-4-4-5-6-------3(x4)-5--|


Intro:

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--1(x8)-3(x8)-0(x8)-5(x8)--|

|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------10--10----------------|
|-----------------------------------15-15------|
|--1(x8)-3(x8)-5(x8)-5/8---8---8/14-------15\--|


Verse II:

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8-8-8--10-10-10-10/--------12-12-12--5---5--10-10-10-------------|
|----------------------0-0-0--------------5--------------3/8-8-8-8--|


Verse III:

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------5(x6)---5-5/7-7(x6)--7-8-8-10-12---------------|
|--1(x8)-3(x8)-0(x8)-5(x8)-------5------------8--------------6/8-8-8\--3--|


Chorus:

|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------5-7-7-7--------------------|
|----------------7----------5(x4)-------3(x4)--|
|--1-0-1-3(x4)-0------------------3(x4)--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------7---9---10---9--|
|------------------------5/7-7-5(x4)-------------------------|
|--1-0-1-3-3-3-5-5-5-0-0-------------3(x4)-5---7---8----7----|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------9-8-7-----------------------10---10---10---10--|
|----------------5/7--------------5(x4)-10(x4)----------------------|
|--1-0-1-3-3-10\------------5-5-5--------------8----8----8----8-----|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-10-10-----|
|----------------5(x4)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--1-1-1-4-4-5-6-------3(x4)-[Guitar Solo starts here]-6(x16)-5(x16)-4(x16)-3(x7)-3/8----------8\--|


Bridge:

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------10-9---------5/7---------5(x8)-----------10--10-10-10--10--|
|--4-4-3/9------9/1-1-1-----0-0-5-5-------3(x7)-3/9-------------------|


Chorus:

|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------5-7-7-7--------------------|
|----------------7----------5(x4)-------3(x4)--|
|--1-0-1-3(x4)-0------------------3(x4)--------|

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------7---9---10---9--|
|------------------------5/7-7-5(x4)-------------------------|
|--1-0-1-3-3-3-5-5-5-0-0-------------3(x4)-5---7---8----7----|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------9-8-7-----------------------10---10---10---10--|
|----------------5/7--------------5(x4)-10(x4)----------------------|
|--1-0-1-3-3-10\------------5-5-5--------------8----8----8----8-----|

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|----------------5(x4)---------------|
|--1-1-1-4-4-5-6-------3(x4)-5--5-5--|


Outro:

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--12\1--1(x8)-3(x8)-0(x8)-5(x8)--|

|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------10--10----------------|
|-----------------------------------15-15------|
|--1(x8)-3(x8)-5(x8)-5/8---8---8/14-------15\--|

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--1(x8)-3(x8)-0(x8)-5(x8)--|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------10--10-------------------|
|-----------------------------------15-15---------|
|--1(x8)-3(x8)-5(x8)-5/8---8---8/14-------15\1-1~-|


tabbed by: mikan

Please notify me if there are some mistakes. Thanks!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

2011 Spring Anime List ~

Whoah ~ its been a long time since i wrote in this blog. My apologies :(
For now we'll tackle the 2011 Spring Anime Line-up *claps*

here's the image for our great line up ~ i already spotted some interesting ones *drools*
if the image size is still too small for you to read click HERE

And now for my choices in these line up..

The World Only God Knows (season 2) - dang ~ i loved season 1 so there's no way ill say past to season 2!!
SKET DANCE - looks interesting to me :D school-comedy type is a must watch for me :>
Hidan no Aria - Shounen, Action, Comedy, Romance.. hell yeah! ill watch this ~ the picture for this looked interesting too.
The Money of Soul and Possibility Control - just reading the title and looking at the pic for this make it interesting. I hope this is a good one.
Ao no Exorcist - hoho ~ reading the summary or whatever makes me want to watch it right nao :> ive got high expectations on this one.
Deadman Wonderland - "a prison where the staged fights between prisoners are broadcasted on national television." sounds interesting to me so, ill add this one too ~
Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai - once in a while i watch this kind of anime too. So, added! plus the animation looks great <3

And there's a bunch of OVA, OAD, ONA, and Specials to look out for ~ i wont list them 1 by one since its a pain to do ~ If you want more info's and release schedules visit this sites:


Animeph has a bonus list some anime to be released after spring. Take a glimpse on it and you'll get excited for sure :>

Thats it for now ~ sorry for the crappy writing style :| im lazy to type :3
....and i think i saw a yaoi and yuri anime among the list *shrugs*

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Discrimination in music.

I was well pissed earlier.

Here's the story:
I was out earlier to buy my godson-to-be a christening gift. Since I already figured out weeks before on what I am going to get him, I had an extra half hour to roam around the city centre.

I popped-in in this nerby music shop to check what's new. I saw a few new basses that wasn't on display the last time I was there.

I asked the one of the dudes if I can try the bass that caught my eye; a black 4-stringed Schecter with a maple fingerboard. (I don't even know the model name) Anyways, yah, I asked the dude, he got me some cheap ass guitar cable and pointed me to the amp I can use and that was it.

I know right? But that's not the worst, when I was finally playing the baby, he came back and asked me if I could turn the amp down because it's too loud. WTF?? I guitarist was shredding on full stack Marshall 10 metres away from me and God knows on what volume. I can't even hear myself think when he starts shredding. And I'm playing on a 250W amp with the volume turned up only to 5? I mean, SERIOUSLY???

The moment he turned he's back on me I turned the amp to almost full volume and played one bar of slapping and then left the shop.

Honestly, I was really crossed at that guy. Maybe he's one of those guitarists we call "Guitards".

Anywho, ranting aside, it has been a year or so and 3 YouTube channels since I started recording and uploading covers on internet. It strucked me that I haven't covered even one OPM song yet. Well, I decided to that 2 days ago. And here it is...



It's kind of fail though, I was just bored the time I recorded that and I was off the rythm around the interlude part.

And for Neon my friend, I have something for you.

(This is not the shop I was just talking about by the way, this is my fave shop ever)
I just thought of sharing this since you also play bass. This was taken when I bought my StingRay Yuki(Yes, I named my bass /shy). It's the StingRay by the way. And she's on that photo! *Points at the corner, near the head of the long-haired bloke and right side of that golden/yellow Stingray* XD

Anyways, that's all from me this time. Sorry for the rant blog post.

-mikan

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Jess Lewis = Prodigy

16 year old Jess Lewis is just simply awesome. To be able to jam with Alex Hutchings himself. I am literally lost for words. As someone commented on YouTube "she is amazing but it does kind of crush your soul a little.....to be playing the vast majority of your life and have her come along and ever so sweetly and politely crush you.."

Enough talk. Just watch the videos and be amazed.




With Alex Hutchings


Such talent...

-mikan

Friday, February 18, 2011

My favourite female vocalist of all time. Wooohuuuu!!

I've been a fan of them for more than 1 year now. But I never get tired of listening to all of their songs over and over again.

Since it was the heart's day last monday, I've seen a friend of mine; also a massive fan of the group, posted a song from this certain group on Facebook. The first thing came into my mind is the song I'm about to share.

This song is.... hmmmmm... How can I describe it?

Ahhhhhhh.....

Sad yet beautiful.

Note that this is a japanese artist.
Yakusoku wo Shiyou (Promise me) - Supercell


Here's the lyrics translated into english:

Promise Me

If I should ever lose my way please come and find me
The two of us, in this great wide world
Almost like lost children, aren't we?

To confirm our feelings we embraced tightly
And kissed so many times, all the way till dawn.
I still don't know what words to say
But I just want to be with you, that's how I felt

Even when the end comes along
Please don't cry, lift your chin and laugh
I don't want to see you sad
Isn't that right? After all, I love you

So our touching lips won't be interrupted
Hold me tighter, even if I fell I'll break
I still dont know what words to say
But I just want to be with you, that's what I wished

Times when I'm lonely by myself
At those times, I won't be angry at you
So please, it would be best to quickly forget about me, and move on with your life

Let's promise that.

-Credits to whoever translated that.

Sad yet beautiful right??? Right??? xD

And what can you say about the voice? So lovely right? Right??? xD It was love at first hear for me. If ever there's such thing. LMAO
But seriously, I love her voice so much. <3

-mikan

Friday, February 11, 2011

Rediscovering some artists.

Sorry for being not able to post lately. My monitor broke down. -.- And I waited weeks for it be repaired but ending up not able to grab hold of some parts for it. Ended up buying a new monitor instead.

Here's some photos:

My CPU + amplifier.


My old monitor and messy desk.

And now my new monitor.


Enough of the PC stuff.


Well, while I've been out of action, I've been listening alot to my iPod every night and I re-discovered some of my fave artists.

Have you ever heard of a music genre called Math Rock?
I'll give you an example.


Here's me covering one of their tracks.


I rediscovered Yuna Ito too. <3




And Ikimono Gakari.

Pardon for the anime images. I can't find any decent copy on YouTube.




That's all for now! Hope you enjoy some quality music. :D

-mikan

Monday, January 17, 2011

Cosplay Costume of the the Year (CCY 2010) FINALS ~

So guys, I need your help again in gathering more likes for my friends who entered this contest in facebook.
Its already finals so we need more likes now ~ for the best female category one of my bets made it, and there's a new friend Im supporting at the best male category.

Now lets proceed to the process ~ 1st, like this page CCY

then like the following pics.....

Here are their entries. (click the name to link you to the pic then click like on the pic.)


Best Female Category
as Erza Scarlet of Fairy Tail


Best Male Category

as Gilgamesh of Fate Stay Night




There you have it ~ Voting constitutes 50% of the scoring! So, please help them *bows* After liking the pics pls promote them to some of your friends too or you can just use this link to make it easier for them :D 

Btw, if Telly wins this ill have her featured here *wink*


Thanks in advance for those who will help and sorry for using the blog for plugging purposes :p

Another post from me.

Hello once again.

I just want to share something.



As a bassist, I always listen to this kind of music for me to get ideas on how to improvise.

I just rediscovered this video while cleaning up my video folder earlier and thought I'll show you this.

I know some of you might not be in this kind of music, but what the hell, this is pure talent and music showcase.

Hope you enjoy this groovy video.

PS: And oh, I'm so sad to say (or as might some you already know) that an OPM (Original Pinoy Music) band called Bamboo disbanded. :'( I'm so upset over their decision to go separate ways as me and my band played their songs alot on our gigs or jam sessions before.

If you don't know them, well all I can say is that they are definitely one of the best bands in Philippines or might even be in south east asia.

-mikan

Friday, January 14, 2011

K-on! instruments.

Happy new year once again!

Well, these past few days I was trying to play my old acoustic guitar. It seems that the neck is badly bent now. No matter how I adjust it, it just goes back to that awkward position.

Anyways, I decided maybe it's time for me to buy a new, not so expensive, go anywhere acoustic guitar just for me to practice and have some fun.

Visited some of my favourite music shops and tried some acoustics, but damn, they are so expensive.

While just chilling out on the couch trying to think what brand I should go for, I saw this cute ukelele sitting on top the coffee table. To be honest, I don't know much how to play it, but I remembered my dad telling me that it's just like a guitar without the two thickest strings. Then I had a play with it. Amazingly it was super fun.

And now I'm toying with the idea of buying a ukelele instead of an acoustic guitar. Hahaha. I know. Sounds kind of stupid. But still. :P

Anyways, I've found some nice ukelele renditions of some songs on youtube and I managed to find this K-on! Yui Ukelele or Yuikelele as I call it:


And of course Mio bass:


That's it for now. I'm still making up my mind on buying one. I'll update you soon. Hope you enjoy the video I shared. Yuikelele is just full of cuteness. kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~ <3

-mikan

Sunday, January 9, 2011

1st Ep Overview: Infinite Stratos and Freezing ~

This past few days, winter animes started kicking in their pilot eps. There's Kimi ni Todoke s2,
Yumekui Merry, Cardfight!! Vanguard, GoSick, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, Rio: Rainbow Gate, and today there's Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu, Oniichan no Koto, and Beelzebub. I don't watch all of them but i can say at least 70% of the mentioned ones :)) Well, this entry is about the pilot episodes of the 2 animes that caught my attention the most ~ Infinite Stratos and Freezing.

Let's start with Infinite Stratos. Hmm... Hotties in mechanized armors. I looked forward in seeing this. The animation is decent and character designs are good. I don't wanna type the summary coz its a pain. Instead just read the summary here in MyAnimelist.

So, here's my overview of ep 1. Screen caps and some character intros. (click the images for larger view)

The episode kicked off with this.. IDK why but they're suddenly fighting someone out of the blue.


Then the opening theme kicked in and i find it great ~ The title is STRAIGHT JET by Minami Kuribayashi.
After that the characters are introduced. Lets start off with the side chars.
This big busted and clumsy looking teacher is Yamada Maya
While this strict yet cool teacher is Orimura Chifuyu
And this hot blonde is Cecilia Alcott
As for the main chars.......
This lucky guy here is Orimura Ichika. Yes, he's Chifuyu's brother.

This very hot cutie is named Shinono Houki ~ She's Ichika's childhood friend
I think thats all for them for the 1st ep. Overall I think this anime is really good. The humor and punchlines are simple but it'll make you laugh. Some fanservice tons of HOT CHICKS !!! <3 Im looking forward for the next ep on where Ichika will have a duel against Cecilia ~

Here are some more screenies I wanna share.

YES!! FANSERVICE I LOVE YOU !!!
GAHAHAHA! Kendo stick + Bra = WIN!

of course she does!! DUH?

See? I told yah ~
Ok, IS down.. Lets move on to Freezing.
Lets get over this fast. You can find the summary here at MyAnimelist.

At 1st, I thought this is one of your random fighting ecchi anime with a bonus of having the "top" parts uncensored. But I think I was wrong. After seeing episode 1, I kinda changed my view. BLOOD IS EVERYWHERE !!! You don't believe me? Then here are some of the screenies.

This is our "Untouchable Queen" Bridget L. Satellize. Yes! A blonde hottie!




PAWNED!!!
I won't go over the char intros like I did in IS since its too much of a pain. Besides, they're listed on the summary link. For now is Ill keep watching this. FOR BOOBS SAKE... I mean coz its pretty interesting :p though i stumbled upon some ppls comment around the net bitching about episode 1. They're pretty disappointed coz compared to the manga this episode completely sucked balls. Well, thats their opinion. I haven't read the manga so I won't complain about anything. All I can say is... this is business ppl. Its given that the anime isn't the same as the manga. Are you newbies? There are tons of anime released that didn't followed the manga version. So stop bitching around. If you don't like it, then don't watch it. Pretty simple ayt? As for me Ill keep on watching this coz Im interested in boobs.. I mean the story HAHAHAH! and moar blood pls! =D Bridget is so cool having that blood stained face while pawning the other students.

This is it for now ~ Winter Anime Line Up Rocks!! Thanks for reading =D Comments are welcomed =)
Bonus screenie from Freezing <3

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Final Review of SCANDAL's 2010

hey readers,

あけましておめでとうございます! (Happy New Year's Day it means)

ok, i sort of break my promise that i will upload the review every wednesday. but to be honest, i been thinking and found out i have nothing much to blog about others since other bloggers have mentioned about it already.

but nevertheless i will give my final review for SCANDAL's 2010. so hang a bit, it may be a boring since most are statistics kind.

let's start with TEMPTATION BOX shall we? a great album, i like every song, this album is truly quite a hit for Japan if i want to say and this marked their rise no doubt.

when it was released on the very 1st day, it hit the ORICON daily chart at 2nd place, which is thrilling news for SCANDAL fans like me. i mean in the space of 2 years, their albums entered top 5 successively.

moreover BEST SCANDAL is the time for a band since ZONE in 2001 to debut at 5th in weekly chart for their debut album.

of course TEMPTATION BOX ended in 3rd in weekly charts but you know what? this is the 1st time since Chatmochy's Kokuhaku in over a year for a girl band to reach top 3, which is great news!

ultimately, this album saw the entry of many people supporting them. to date, 60,301 albums have been sold. and this album also make BEST SCANDAL to be bought also. 7,961 albums have been bought in 2010 since TB release.

ok, that says much about their 2nd album. how about singles? two notable ones.

1st one is Taiyou to Kimi ga Egaku STORY. this single reached 1st spot on the RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong) J-pop chart! superb news also. also related to them and RTHK is that they received a bronze newcomer award from RTHK, which is similar to Hong Kong's Grammy award. awesome news eh!

the next one of course is their awesome rocking song "SCANDAL Nanka Buttobase". i didnt mention much about this single but this single marks the return of them playing rocking songs again. if you all did see the PV, you can see that they applied nice choreography this time round, which is still nice also.

so what's the news about this single? the thing is that this single marks the most of sales throughout their career, with 35,772 sold up to date, which is 1k and 2k more than Shoujo S and Shunkan Sentimental (anime singles should much higher in truth at the start of career). this proves one thing: they are on the rise! this single also reached the highest position in the ORICON weekly charts in all of their singles had, which is 3rd! omedetou!

ok, having say all these, there are still a lot of things SCANDAL did which i did not mentioned.

let's start with this, in July-August, they visited Hong Kong for the 3rd time in 3 straight years for Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong. on 1st of August, they held their 1st big live internationally in Hong Kong! of course, one of our fellow writers here, YuuJin Ang, went to their concert. very awesome as at that time, EVERYBODY SAY YEAH was played for the 1st time before the release!

after the HK trip, in late August, they provided all the songs for the anime movie 'Loups=garous'. Songs included are KOSHI-TANTAN (insert song, from TaiKimi), Midnight Television (opening song from Namida no Regret) and Sayonara my Friend (ending song, from TEMPTATION BOX). providing songs of course is just simple stuffs, but SCANDAL went one step further. this is because they presented themselves as animated girls in the film for the movie.

what is more thrilling that they decided to have some seiyuu part in the movie, which i heard it while watching this movie. awesome! these girls just can do anything!

shifting to November where i mentioned about their performance in Singapore, i have pretty touch up lots of things. but do you all know? they also give interviews in S'pore. here they are:







well, those that really just started to know them, you all can understand why they choose SCANDAL already right. haha.

finally, on the final month of 2010, there's still no break for them. 1st, they have a QUATTRO MIRAGE mini-performance, where Rock N Roll Widow from R-Girl's Rock was performed.

towards the end, they have SCANDAL X 109 MENS performance, which is to promote the shopping company 109 MENS. this is their uniform derived from 109 MENS.



ok, shirt wise is ok, but the skirts are just too short! haha.

and finally, on X'mas Eve, SCANDAL had a special BEST X'mas 2 performance. what's special? 1st, they do a cover of SCAP no SHAKE, which is a cover of quite a popular band "SMAP". after that, during the encore part, the let the audience there had a preview of how "Pride" sounds like. which is awesome!



here's the uniform they worn.

and with that, i come to an end for their 2010 production. what is my expectations of them for 2011? well, not really much.

the only 2 things i wanted for them is to become even more popular (in music-sense, NOT LOOKS) and take care of their health also.

so hereby, 2010 is gone, let's look forward to more SCANDAL productions in 2011!

REMEMBER TO SUPPORT THEM BY BUYING THEIR NEXT SINGLE "PRIDE" OK???

THANKS :D


-credit to-

wiki jpop: http://wiki.jpopstop.com/wiki/SCANDAL_(band)
ameblo: http://ameblo.jp/su2009/imagelist-201012-1.html