Lotus

[karened]

Can I be absolutely honest and say this:

I'm not very into Lotus. It's not the typical jpop, so I think I'll need a long time to start loving it, like some other Arashi songs. And the dance. It's odd. Quite different from previous Arashi dances, and in fact reminding me of Perfume/KARA's dances quite a bit.

Even the coupling songs didn't grab my heart. =S
Ever wasn't as melodious as Over. Boom Boom sounds like a kpop piece.

But I am superficial when it comes to Arashi, so I'm still quite satisfied with these:

Jun's PJ-look.


Ohno's yell, which I love forever, anytime, anywhere.

[EDIT] Ok, after putting Lotus on loop while typing this post, I've grown to quite enjoy the quirky bits quite a bit. =) But why is it called Lotus?



I had a company dinner last night, reached home at 12, watch a bit of HnA on my bed, and the next thing I know, it was 6 am, and I had slept in front of my laptop. So, i switched it off, brushed my teeth and got back to sleep. I was woken up by a phone call, asking where I was. !!!!! A had a movie date which I was surely late for!!

We watched The King's Speech today.

I think it must be the Oscar/Grammy effect. because the movie threatre was so full! I mean, that movie is not exactly very mainstream. The plot hinted at a risk that the movie woul go flat and all inspiration with no fun. But fortunately, it had more than Colin Firth's awesomeness to keep me engaged for the entire length.

- Colin Firth's charm.
- Colin Firth's acting.
- WItty lines and comebacks from various characters.

These are three reasons to watch this movie. It's not boring!! Maybe the lack of subtitles kept some people from fully understanding what the characters were saying (yes, although we boast our country as English speaking, I have to admit that the Western accent sometimes feel difficult to catch), it just needs some getting used to. I thoroughly enjoyed myself while listening intently for the funny bits that lined conversations and even the smallest remarks.

Comments

Lotus

[i-k-a-h.livejournal.com]

I really like Lotus song, the beginning is somehow special and magical and the chorus is amazing, in my opinion it is catchy song with interesting parts with feeling like 'touching water'. :)
The choreography... I am really angry that they showed such short segments of the choreography, that I can´t imagine the whole performance well. :/ To me it looked that this choreography has some elements of their previous choreographies (Crazy Moon, Monster, Troublemaker, Believe). ^^''

Hmm, ever has really pretty lyrics.
Boom Boom... I agree with you that it sounds like kpop song, I am not fond of this song now. :/
But when I mentioned kpop keyword already, the Lotus PV has Korean image for me. ^^'' Especially the outfits make it looks like a Korean PV for me. What do you think about it? :)

I heard a little bit about The King´s Speech. Aww, so bad, now really good movies appeared, but I don´t want to go to the cinema. XDDD Hmm, but watching DVDrips ... <.

Re: Lotus

[karened.livejournal.com]

Haha YES! The PV was so kpop-ish. I had hoped that their foray into kpop styles would end with the album. =/

But yes, I'm starting to get into Lotus!

[jazzinjuly.livejournal.com]

The editor for the PV should be sacked. Hello uncle, this is not a horror film, I don't need subliminal images editing. I had a headache after watching it. And I wished there were more dance scenes!

[showjuro.livejournal.com]

HEH! Juntoshi again!!!!
zomg I never expected to see Jun in that simple outfit but it looks so good on him! Love the mirror effect too!

[yuui1010.livejournal.com]

Really?
I like the song n PV, though dissapointed with Boom Boom (coz, well...it's Boom Boom, so my imagination n impression was hard beat n more rockish beat X:P ) ^ ^
Why Lotus? Hmm..what's the meaning of lotus in flower language 'nyway?

As for kpop, thought kpop is more...you know beat n more fast dancing ?? Hmm....only saw few kpop pv in cdtv :P

[karened.livejournal.com]

And alot of autotune! Kpop, that it.