Guardians 4 Catch Up February 11, 2010
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Honestly, whilst I was very skeptical of Guardians 4 when they were first announced. And I was almost proved right by how sucky the PV for Omakase Guardian was and the fact that the song was kinda blah.
Since I dropped out of the Jpop sphere, they’ve released two more singles. One of which I had no idea existed until I searched on YouTube. I posted when the School Days PV came out and I needn’t say anymore than the fact that I absolutely loved that song, and still do.
However, it is more than possible that PARTY TIME may be even better.
I don’t completely approve of the green, but it’s better than the red and certainly better than the yellow in Going On!
The song more than makes up for it. With that ridiculously catchy Pa pa pa pia and the slightly fail English it easily gets stuck in your conscious. Mitsui Aika still freaks me out slightly – I don’t think I’ll ever get over that, because she has ever since I first got into Morning Musume a couple of years ago. I’m not sure what it is about her, I just don’t like her. On the flip side Risako and Yurina are positively lovely looking. The video is a bit fail, and works way better as just being a dance shot or the like, and the inclusion of scenes from the School Days video/shoot is a little odd. But that cannot dwarf the greatness that is this song.
Going On! just doesn’t beat it, in my opinion. I still enjoy the song a lot, but it’s yet to really grow on me to the extent that School Days and PARTY TIME have.
Guardians 4 are just great. A wonderful unit. I may be biased towards Berryz, and with Koharu graduating Risako may now be my favourite H!P member, but the songs are genuinely amazing (sans Omakase). Another thing I feel I must say, is that they completely own Shugo Chara Egg! now that they’ve been relegated to B-side duty.
Shugo Chara is just an excuse for great music really.
Looks like everyone dislikes the yellow outfits, LOL.
I didn’t like the idea of G4, and I still don’t consider them to be a success, although their releases were better than I expected. But then there is the Aika Factor.. it’s really difficult to overcome it.
The yellow is hideous and was a bad idea *facepalm*
They’re not a success in the conventional sense. But I adore these releases, despite Aika. She’s always been a sticking point for me.