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By: Radicalpatriot

Radicalpatriot — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:23:41 +0000

@HarimKenji: Hey, man, don’t mess with my Sukiyaki. It was my dad’s all-time favorite song, especially when we all lived in Japan in the 1960s. It was bigger than huge and spread all around the world. Why not the Mousu songs (if they’re so lousy, why are thbey Region 2 in DVDs?).

By: Cerb

Cerb — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:34:37 +0000

One thing I know for sure is that, if Morning Musume gets to succeed in America’s market, they will be able to enter in any market, and will be available to anyone. Latinamerica, where I live, is one healthy musical market just waiting for the sign. I believe that Upfront’s step in China and Korea instead of America it’s just to prepare for something like entering to american market. It’s like the natural evolution of the success in Japan. I support my point of view on this: China and Korea certainly don’t share japanese point of view about youth, but they will buy it just because they like the music anyway. But will that happen in a place like America? I think that’s the main problem in the end: how to bring MM to America, without spoiling or alienating the girls, without making one fatal wrong decision, and even more, without jeopardizing japanese fragile relations with the foreign world. something like MM dying in the middle of Pacific Ocean would be unforgivable for a country never likely to forgive as it is Japan.

I don’t really care about the people who likes something just because nobody else likes it, because music is certainly not about that. Main reason why MM can get into America in my opinion is that is good harmless music, not because is weird or very japanese.

By: CJ Marsicano

CJ Marsicano — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:51:51 +0000

@Rad: Thank you, brother.

@Hariijma – I wasn’t making the kind of comparisons you were thinking of, and I’m under the impression that you have misread what I was trying to say. Pink Lady had a minor hit here in the US with “Kiss In The Dark” (I still have my copy of the Elektra Records 45 from back in the day) long before they had their TV show deal (which was definitely a misadventure). My point is that there’s realistically no barriers to making MoMusu/H!P catch on in this country. And BTW, I’m not proficient in typing Portuguese names, so forgive me for that.

@Chiakki: You catch on very well. And yes, Island Def Jam, Hikki’s US label, did everything all wrong when trying to push her here. Whoever has the fortitude to get MoMusu a bigger American fan base will no doubt take note of IDJ’s mistakes.

@Vupli: In musical terms (forget their goddamn TV show), why wouldn’t I bring up Pink Lady? See my comment to Harima above.

By: Vulpi

Vulpi — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:16:37 +0000

Okay, why on Earth would you bring up Pink Lady to support your argument? I don’t even know what to say to that. I’d rather Momusu not be exploited the same way they were. :/

By: Chiakii

Chiakii — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:08:56 +0000

Actually, the reason I’d argue that Hikki failed here in the U.S. was because Exodus just wasn’t that great. Come on. “You’re easy breezy, and I’m Japanesey” is the most glaringly obvious, but there were other mistakes on that album. The fact that she knew what she was saying makes it even worse.

Saying that H!P could take America by storm is a little overoptimistic, but I think they could successfully gather a fanbase of more than just anime fans if they think it through and do it right.

In addition, saying that others won’t be able to get into H!P because it’s in Japanese doesn’t make any sense – many of us H!P fans don’t speak Japanese, and WE got into H!P, didn’t we?

I’d love to H!P to make it to America – other than Hawaii – and I think that they will. I just don’t think it will happen anytime soon. D:

(And wow, this comment was long. Damn you for making me think. XD)

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Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:00:17 +0000

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By: HarimaKenji

HarimaKenji — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:58:45 +0000

Don’t compare H!P’s style of music with Sukiyaki. They’re nothing similar. And saying Pink Lady was Kyu Sakamoto’s spiritual successor is just ridiculous. Their TV show failed miserably, being cancelled in its sixth week, although they did get into the chart, for the first time since Sakamoto – #37 in the top 40.
Although this one success, they failed in the USA, just like Hikki after them. Looks like you forgot her in your “spiritual successors”-thing. If anything is building a worldwide Japanese community, that’s anime and manga, not music. Too bad…
Maybe Morning Musume could have a chance in the USA, I just think that’s very difficult. It’s not like I have such a good vision of the American market – I’m actually Brazilian. I only believe the common American won’t be interested in this, the same way I know the common Brazilian isn’t. And by the way, you almost got their name right, it’s “Ratos de Porão”. And they aren’t something I’d compare to H!P too…

By: Radicalpatriot

Radicalpatriot — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:49:22 +0000

I am literally standing, clapping, cheering, crying … I have long been tentative in praising H!P’s marketability in this country. Creativity in U.S. pop music is DEAD! A Morning Musume concert — maybe with at least C-ute and Berryz tagging along, perhaps the Eggs — would blow the roof off any arena in this country. As I have stated before: TRY IT! Staples Center? Hell yeah! If advance word got out before an H!P concert were to invade Staples, every ticket would be sold in hours, and the scalping parade would begin. Big time. Amen, brother, amen.