Ringo News 2015

[zeroryouko]

Originally Posted by deadgrandma

As if to piss in the wounds... intro sounds "OMG this is going to be awesome". Then Coke song starts. FUCK.

Yes, exactly. I was absolutely crushed. And the absolute worst part of it is that now we *know* that she could do an awesome version of that song, if she really wanted to.

Originally Posted by deadgrandma

How many of you would have ever got into Shiina Ringo if this was what she always sounded like?

I wouldn't have, that's for sure!

[BulletClub]

She was pretty much exactly the same as last time during the show's closing song too (only with a pink hat)--it was like "why did you give me a mic? I'm not going to sing this song."

To be fair most of them are checked out by then.

[a_grumble_cake]

I couldn't get the link to work but I found this copy on youtube:

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There's lip sync issues in this one as well, so I guess it was because of the performance?

I will never enjoy choreographed Ringo and the hipster dancing duo pisses me off

Edit: and I also had to disinfect my ears with other music immediately after listening.

[K__]

do you think Mukai kept his fedora on under the straw hat

[zeroryouko]

Actually I did like Ringo's dancing, although it's a poor substitute for actually singing the damn song. And I was glad to see Aya & Bambi back again, if for no other reason than that they're sure to piss off the (apparently) ultra-conservative audience.

[deadgrandma]

They piss me off too, bring back the zombie dancers she used to have.

[fernan1234]

Originally Posted by a_grumble_cake

I couldn't get the link to work but I found this copy on youtube:



There's lip sync issues in this one as well, so I guess it was because of the performance?

I will never enjoy choreographed Ringo and the hipster dancing duo pisses me off

Edit: and I also had to disinfect my ears with other music immediately after listening.

It's all visuals. Which for a subpar song is all for the better I suppose.

[gekokujyo]

The set and choreography were pretty. The lip syncing - well it is what it is lol.

[FadedSun]

Originally Posted by deadgrandma

How many of you would have ever got into Shiina Ringo if this was what she always sounded like?

Kind of a silly question to ask of an artist that changes her sound up quite a bit. Would you go around asking people the same question about I don't know...any Boris album? Hahaha. They've lost and gained so many fans after any release at this point.

[Entry№1]

This performance was unexpected, but pretty awesome. My thoughts:

• Ringo's complex relationship with her identity as a Japanese person who is a fan/practitioner of Western-style pop music is reflected in the choreography (a blend of vogue/waacking and traditional Japanese dance), costume, and music. I always find it interesting how she navigates her identity in her art, effortlessly combining Eastern and Western influences.
• Ringo's choreography (probably created by Aya Sato, the dancer on Ringo's right) is the most dancing I've ever seen her do for one song. While this is mere speculation, I think Ringo was *really* nervous about it, given she very rarely does any kind of complex dancing and was a dancer as a child (until she was supposedly told she'd never be a dancer because of her asymmetries). Notice how much her voice was quaking on the last note right before Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri started.
• What a lot of people don't really get is that Aya and Bambi are a couple. Ringo performing vogue (already a queer dance form) seated between two women in a lesbian relationship is pretty satisfying to me as a homosexual man. lol

Sure, she didn't sing, but she did give one great performance.