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2nd W
''2nd W'' is the second album by the Hello! Project duo W and their first album recorded and released after its members, Ai Kago and Nozomi Tsuji, "graduated" from Morning Musume in August 2004. Unlike their first album, ''Duo U&U'', which was all cover material, ''2nd W'' contains a mix of originals (composed by mentor and Hello! Project founder Tsunku) and covers of classic Shōwa period female pop duo songs. Three of the songs, the Tsunku originals "Ai Ii na!" and "Robo Kiss" and a cover of The Peanuts's "Koi No Fuga", were released as singles in the months prior to the album; the latter selection was also the single released in advance of the album. Many of the songs on the album, both originals and covers, center around the topic of becoming, or about to no longer be, the age of seventeen. At the time of the album's release, Ai Kago had turned 17 a month prior, while Nozomi Tsuji would turn 18 that June. Another track, "Da-bu-ru-yuu Joshi Koutou Gakkou Kouka", is the mock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai No Imi Wo Oshiete!
is the fifth single of the Hello! Project group W, released on May 18, 2005. Track listing # # # Ai no Imi o Oshiete! (Instrumental) External links * Up-Front Works discography entriesCD * Projecthello.com lyrics {{DEFAULTSORT:Ai No Imi O Oshiete! W (group) songs Zetima Records singles 2005 singles [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
W (group) Albums
W, or w, is the twenty-third and fourth-to-last letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. It represents a consonant, but in some languages it represents a vowel. Its name in English is ''double-u'',Pronounced in formal situations, but colloquially often , , or , with a silent ''l''. plural ''double-ues''. History The classical Latin alphabet, from which the modern European alphabets derived, did not have the "W' character. The "W" sounds were represented by the Latin letter " V" (at the time, not yet distinct from " U"). The sounds (spelled ) and (spelled ) of Classical Latin developed into a bilabial fricative between vowels in Early Medieval Latin. Therefore, no longer adequately represented the labial-velar approximant sound of Germanic phonology. The Germanic phoneme was therefore written as or ( and becoming distinct only by the Early Modern period) by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atsuko Inaba
(born March 13, 1974) is a former Japanese female singer who was affiliated with Hello! Project. Career She began her career as a Japanese idol with the all-girl group Osaka Performance Doll from 1993 to 1996. She then joined the new Hello! Project group Taiyo to Ciscomoon (later named "T&C Bomber") in 1999, until its end in late 2000. She stayed with Hello! Project as a chorus member and dancer, and appeared in the temporary Hello! Project shuffle units Aoiro 7, 7Air, H.P. All Stars, and Puripuri Pink. On October 30, 2009, she announced that her contract with Up-Front Agency, the parent company to Hello! Project is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but has s ..., had ended. Performances Television Radio References External links *Hello! Project official pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scratching
Scratching, sometimes referred to as scrubbing, is a DJ and turntablist technique of moving a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable to produce percussive or rhythmic sounds. A crossfader on a DJ mixer may be used to fade between two records simultaneously. While scratching is most associated with hip hop music, where it emerged in the mid-1970s, from the 1990s it has been used in some styles of rap rock, rap metal and nu metal. In hip hop culture, scratching is one of the measures of a DJ's skills. DJs compete in scratching competitions at the DMC World DJ Championships and IDA (International DJ Association), formerly known as ITF (International Turntablist Federation). At scratching competitions, DJs can use only scratch-oriented gear (turntables, DJ mixer, digital vinyl systems or vinyl records only). In recorded hip hop songs, scratched "hooks" often use portions of other songs. History Precursors A rudimentary form of turntable manipulation that is related to scr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrivederci (song)
"Arrivederci" is a 1959 Italian song composed by Umberto Bindi Umberto Bindi (12 May 1932 – 23 May 2002) was an Italian singer-songwriter. He is especially known for the popular song he co-wrote with Gino Paoli, ''Il Mio Mondo'' ("You're My World"), which he recorded in Italian in 1963. It was later perfor ... (music) and Giorgio Calabrese (lyrics). "Arrivederci" marked the record debut of Bindi, who recorded two versions of the song, but it was eventually led to success by Don Marino Barreto Jr., whose version topped the Italian hit parade. The song placed at the second place at the first edition of Canzonissima, in a version performed in duet by Miranda Martino and Nicola Arigliano. "Arrivederci" was later covered by numerous artists, including Ornella Vanoni, Mina (Italian singer), Mina, Caterina Valente, Claudio Villa, Sonia Braga, Ricchi e Poveri, Gianni Morandi, Demis Roussos, Emilio Pericoli, Nilla Pizzi, Bob Azzam, Bruno Martino, Ernesto Bonino, Fred Bongusto, Faust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Sakurada
is a Japanese singer and actress. She was part of a music trio in 1973, which included Momoe Yamaguchi and Masako Mori. Sakurada then became successful in a solo music career, with 18 top ten singles in the 1970s. Her acting career ran from 1973 to 1993. She received multiple awards for her acting roles, including the Hochi Film Award, Award of the Japanese Academy, Kinema Junpo Award, and Mainichi Film Concours. Following her marriage, in a Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church in 1992, she retired from performing. In 2013, Junko Sakurada made a comeback. Biography Sakurada was born in 1958. She is a singer and actress. In 1973, she was part of "a hit female trio", which also included musicians Momoe Yamaguchi and Masako Mori. The music trio became popular as part of the television program ''Producing the Stars'' (''Star Tanjō!''); they were known as "The Trio of Third-Year Junior High School Students" ("Hana no Chu 3 Trio"). According to ''Japan Pop!: Inside the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koi No Fuga
is the fourth single of the Hello! Project duo W, released on February 9, 2005 on the Zetima label. A Single V DVD containing the music video was released on February 23, 2005. The song "Koi no Fuga" is a cover of a song originally released by The Peanuts in August 1967; "Furimukanaide" is also a song first recorded by The Peanuts, but was also covered in the 80s by Wink, and by Yuki Koyanagi in 2003. Track listings CD # - 2:33 # - 3:00 # - 2:30 DVD # - 2:37 # - 2:39 # - 12:14 Personnel * Lyrics: Rei Nakanishi * Composer: Koichi Sugiyama * Arrangement: Hiroshi Miyagawa (original), Kōji Makaino is a Japanese pop music composer, arranger, and musician. He is the elder brother of composer Shunichi Makaino. Biography Makaino was born in the city of Toyohashi, in Aichi Prefecture. His father Noboru was a music-lover and amateur composer, ... (W version) * Catalog No.: EPCE-5350 (CD), EPBE-5167 (DVD) Was parodied in the Super Sentai Series Engine Sentai Go-Onger Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aa Ii Na!
is the second single of the J-pop duo, W. It was released on August 4, 2004, under the Zetima label. This was the first single that W released after their graduation from Morning Musume. It is the highest selling single of all of the W singles. This song was used the last ending theme of the '' Doraemon 1979 anime''. Track listing # - 3:51 # - 3:52 # - 3:48 Personnel *Lyricist: Tsunku , known professionally as , is a Japanese singer, record producer, and songwriter. He is the lead singer of the rock band Sharam Q. As a songwriter, Tsunku is the primary producer for Morning Musume and other Hello! Project acts, such as Coconut ... *Arranger: Shoichiro Hirata *Catalog No.: EPCE-5308 External links * UP-FRONT WORKSW discography entry W (group) songs Zetima Records singles 2004 singles Anime songs Song recordings produced by Tsunku 2004 songs Songs written by Tsunku Doraemon mass media {{Hello!Project-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robo Kiss
is the third single of the Hello! Project group, W. It was released on October 14, 2004, on the Zetima label, peaking at #5 on the Oricon charts in Japan and charting for five weeks. The Single V, released on November 17, peaked at #17 on the weekly charts and charted for three weeks. Track listings CD Single V A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ... DVD References External links * Robo Kiss entries on the Up-Front Works official websiteCD W (group) songs [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Love Tantei
is the 6th single of W, released on September 7, 2005. Background and release "Miss Love Tantei" was composed by Los Angeles producers Joey Carbone and Steven Lee, the first time a songwriting team other than W's main producer, Tsunku, had written an original song for them. The single was released on September 7, 2005 under the Zetima label. "Friendship" was included as a B-side. A video single, referred as a "Single V", was released on September 14, 2005. Music video The music video was directed by Hideo Kawatani and produced by Tetsushi Suehiro. The music video stars Tsuji and Kago as a multitude of characters, including Cara and Mel, their characters from their 2005 musical, ''Mysterious Girl Detectives Cara & Mel: The Case of the Stolen Dangerous Violin'', as they solve the mystery behind a stolen jewel. Reception Both the CD and DVD singles debuted at #13 in the Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonsense Word
A nonsense word, unlike a sememe, may have no definition. Nonsense words can be classified depending on their orthographic and phonetic similarity with (meaningful) words. If it can be pronounced according to a language's phonotactics, it is a pseudoword. Nonsense words are used in literature for poetic or humorous effect. Proper names of real or fictional entities are sometimes nonsense words. Nonsense words are also used by researchers and educators as a tool to assess a learner's phonetic decoding ability. The words follow phonetic rules but have no meaning. A stunt word is a nonsense word used for a special effect, or to attract attention, as part of a performance. Such words are a feature of the work of Dr. Seuss ("Sometimes I am quite certain there's a Jertain in the curtain"). The ability to infer the (hypothetical) meaning of a nonsense word from context is used to test for brain damage. See also *"Gostak" *"Jabberwocky" *"Runcible" *Meaning (linguistics) *Nonce word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
