New Jihen Song - Amagasa by Tokio

[kuro_neko]

my take on this whole thing is simply that ringo composes a lot of songs that never see the light of day. she is a woman and im sure she produces quite a bit of songs that if ever were released would cause the same reaction. in this case I'm sure she probably either had something lying around or wrote something specifically, but I bet someone approached her about doing this as a personal favor. if you read the synopsis of the story it seems like it suits her pretty well. It is about a brother and sister whose parents die and the older brother was in a gang but accidentally ends up becoming a shoujo mangaka...so he does it for the money I suppose and occasionally he has comedic violent flashes....it is primarily a comedic show...but the website shows him on this huge bike and all....the lead actor is the lead singer of TOKIO hence why they are singing the song....

[Tokyo Jihad]

Originally Posted by kuro_neko

she is a woman and im sure she produces quite a bit of songs that if ever were released would cause the same reaction.

zuh? I don't quite get why being a woman is of note in that instance.

Either way, its lose-lose. This is probly the only new Shiina(-penned) song we'll hear this year. Meaning the only one for the last almost 2 years solid. If it turns out good, "blah, why didnt Shiina sing it? Rabble rabble" If it sucks on either the performance or songwriting end, "blah, nu-shiina, has been. Rabble rabble."

[ShinjiPG]

Well, thinking on the bright side, they're probably making a crappy song for a shitty band, instead of making a crappy song for themselves (see You-Know-Which-Album).

[Yahiko]

it doesnt matter who will sing it if it's good

ringo sang all the songs she ever wrote for other people in live performances (exception goes to mokuren no cream)

[Tokyo Jihad]

^which was during a time when there was no shortage of new Shiina material.

[Orenji]

Originally Posted by Yahiko

it doesnt matter who will sing it if it's good

ringo sang all the songs she ever wrote for other people in live performances (exception goes to mokuren no cream)

I didn't think about that... Maybe she'll perform Umbrella during RSRFES xD.

[alleon86]

i think so too, look in the bright side.

afterall, Tokio is johnny boy band and johnny boy bands are known for selling tons even if the song is super crappy. Almost every single even the most crappy single get close to 100k+ sold. And thats two times more than those varieity singles.

And the song is made for a prime time drama, along with johnny boy band exposure, if the song is half decent, we are might have a 300k sold. which is more sales than any tokyo jihen single ever released.

Most importanly, shiina ringo will be exposing her song to a group of audience that probably never heard her songs, which is a much of middle age women.

[Tokyo Jihad]

I don't see how thats the bright side, alleon =p

Sure, sales for Shiina but I don't think she's been scrapping any projects for herself to cut costs. And you think targeting the demographic Shiina seems to imagine she's a part of is a good thing?

[Ringo~Bingo]

she should lock herself in a room with the old stuff on repeat until she remembers how to craft the old magic again!!

[alleon86]

i think i got short preview of the new song
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v14906697...s=20&offset=40

the song is playing in the background throughtout the vid and a clear preview of the audio is played at 1:30 in to the vid when they introduced their new single.

from what i heard, it shaping up to be a average song.