“Do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded… vocalist?” • 04.14.08
Raid-kun of Raid My Minibar posed a rather interesting question on his blog recently: Who would you marry based on their voice?, and essential brother Ray Mescallado was the first to answer. So, what the hell… I love a good meme.
Most people will probably guess correctly who my number one is so I’ll start there rather than start from the bottom.
1. Reina Tanaka.
As longtime readers of this blog probably know, or at least figured out for themselves, I’ve never been completely able to pin down what it is that makes Reina Tanaka my favorite member of Morning Musume. One thing that’s made her that way, obviously, is her singing voice. Far from an attention (or any other kind of) whore, Reina possesses one of the best voices in the band, and the past couple of years of MoMusu releases have seen her coming out more and more; As a result, she is finding more room to shine as a singer. Thanks to the final version of their new single “Resonant Blue” leaking, I was able to grab the torrent as a tideover until my CD arrives later in the week, and for the record, the damn thing was the only song I played today on my iPod. Of course, the Wonkylicious One shines on that single. Long may she shine.
And now for the two choices of mine that may shock the shit out of most of you:
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