Haiku's Music of Asia Archival Adventures (1980-2004) October 24 @13:30 BST

[Diddy]

The video on a boat is very of the time, too.

Yeah

They might as well be wearing sunglasses and trenchcoats and running through an industrial building for no apparent reason

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Some Korean ads now then on to Japan part II!

 

[COB]

Might put on Magic Affair - Omen III after the playlist

 

[Diddy]

btw you can google Shihkwa Nude Album and it's all there

I wish my Japanese boys would make nude albums. Sometimes they get their bums out for the ladies' mag but that's all

MENTOS

 

[Diddy]

Is it like Mentos as in more than one Mento, or is it Mentos like a Greek Island

 

[COB]

Oh, not the old 'gold parts in electronics' wheeze! They still try and pull that one with HDMI cables.

 

[COB]

Robocop looked extra shiny

 

[Diddy]

Not the old Robocop-endorsed fried chicken - I fell for that trick when I bought my Corolla II

 

[COB]

This is already HITTING

 

[Diddy]

Robocop looked extra shiny

He had gold parts too

 

[Diddy]

I'm doing imaginary Dance Dance Revolution to this already

Never heard of her

 

[COB]

BOYS!

 

[Diddy]

Enjoying this frivolous and nonsensical use the visual effect budget money - that's the BEST way to spend it

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Song 16: Hitomi Shimatani - Perseus (2003 Japan)
Miss Shimatani has a great batch of dance (and dreamy pop ballads) I highly recommend checking out, almost like out of DDR game.

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Some of her other credits include a Japanese cover of Janet Jackson's "Doesn't Really Matter" and a cute-sy theme song for Doraemon. :

 

[COB]

Oh it's Hitomi! My former ASFM Coversvision entry

 

[Diddy]

It's like a Europop version of that Afro-Dite Sweden ESC entry!

 

[COB]

a Japanese cover of Janet Jackson's "Doesn't Really Matter"

That's what I entered! I love it

 

[Diddy]

Some of her other credits include a Japanese cover of Janet Jackson's "Doesn't Really Matter" and a cute-sy theme song for Doraemon. :

Oh I clocked that JJ cover for Coversvision!

 

[Diddy]

That's what I entered! I love it

oh right that's why I didn't then

 

[COB]

Terrifying children!

 

[Diddy]

OMG UTADA!

I didn't think that much of this song, but then I read about it - and the circumstances leading to its re-release

 

[COB]

I don't know this one! Always here for them though obviously.

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Song 17: Utadu Hikaru - Final Distance (2001 Japan)
The legend herself! Don't know where to even begin to describe how amazing and talented this absolute divine talent is. Was difficult to pick out just one song from her, but Final Distance always gets me in the feels and always deserves another mention so here we are!

 

[Diddy]

Song 17: Utadu Hikaru - Final Distance (2001 Japan)
The legend herself! Don't know where to even begin to describe how amazing and talented this absolute divine talent is. Was difficult to pick out just one song from her, but Final Distance always gets me in the feels and always deserves another mention so here we are!

Definitely a slow-burning highlight from the early canon.

I never really fell in love with the debut RnB era that much, Deep River is where it all kicked off for me. But the BIG hitters from the early years really are great

Ugh I want to cry

 

[Diddy]

I need to go on an Ayumi binge too - those two are locked together in my memories, they were the first two Japanese artists I ever listened to. Ayumi definitely conquered initially but Utada was there for the long run

 

[COB]

This is very beautiful

 

[Diddy]

PS is Ayumi any good these days? I haven't kept up with the last ten years

 

[Diddy]

OH NO YOU DIDN'T to INFINITY

 

[COB]

Oh wow!

 

[COB]

Are you in the club already?

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

PS is Ayumi any good these days? I haven't kept up with the last ten years

Hit and miss in my books. Some stompers and touching ballads, but some stinkers in my opinion.

 

[COB]

Caramella Girls shitting themselves at this!

 

[Diddy]

Hit and miss in my books. Some stompers and touching ballads, but some stinkers in my opinion.

Does it get worse than Bold & Ridiculous, or just blander?

 

[COB]

(That's a compliment from me, I should probably clarify )

 

[Diddy]

Are you in the club already?

AM I!!!

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Song 18: Ayumi Hamasaki - Fly High (2000 Japan)
Another tough one to pick out just one song for because how great the artist and how much I love them. Decided to go with one of her early attempts working with the Dance genre.

 

[Diddy]

OMG @Haiku you are really turning my humble pussy out tonight, riches beyond compare. Come to Japan so we can just lose our minds

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Does it get worse than Bold & Ridiculous, or just blander?

just blander

 

[Diddy]

HOW did I let this one slip away, definitely an early favourite, but it's too fast to do at karaoke, I learned how to do Depend on You instead

OK THAT SETTLES IT, AYUMI PLAYLIST SYNC COMING SOON