{"id":350,"date":"2004-11-22T22:24:37","date_gmt":"2004-11-23T06:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/?p=350"},"modified":"2006-09-08T17:42:17","modified_gmt":"2006-09-09T00:42:17","slug":"m-flo-9829-yoshika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/2004\/11\/22\/m-flo-9829-yoshika\/","title":{"rendered":"(m-flo &#9829 YOSHIKA) let go"},"content":{"rendered":"

*sighs about her broken streak of blogging on Wednesdays*<\/p>\n

m-flo<\/a> released a new single, “let go,” last week. It’s part of their m-flo &#9829 … series, with rotating vocalists. I mean, who doesn’t love rotating vocalists? m-flo’s worked with Dragon Ash, BoA (yes, that<\/i> BoA), Crystal Kay, and a whole slew of others. It adds an interesting dimension to their work; every song is different, and they span a variety of genres.<\/p>\n

Anyway, onto the single.
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\nThe A-side, “let go,” is a strangely soothing R&B ballad combined with a kind of soft rapping from VERBAL. I can’t decide which part I like better–YOSHIKA’s singing or VERBAL’s quasi-rapping. In either case, it’s a slick track that got stuck in my head quite easily. The contrast between the two elements might seem a little odd, but I can only say that it works. Well. <\/p>\n

\u53f6\u308f\u306a\u3044\u604b\u306b\u304a\u307c\u308c\u3066\u3082\u3000\u3053\u306e\u307e\u307e
\n\u5922\u304b\u3089\u899a\u3081\u305f\u304f\u306a\u3044\u3000CAN’T LET GO
\n\u30ef\u30ac\u30de\u30de\u3067\u3082\u3044\u3044
\n\u63fa\u308b\u304c\u306a\u3044\u611b\u304c\u3053\u3053\u306b\u6b32\u3057\u3044\u3088<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“The Other Side of Love” is a collaboration with Sister E. Whoever she might be. It’s quite a bit different from the A-side; also, strangely enough, it’s completely in English. Sister E performs admirably here. Meaning: no Engrish! (On the other hand, it’s possible that I’ve become so used to Asian artists singing their indiviual varieties of Engrish that I really can’t tell the difference any more…) I’m not quite as fond of this as “let go,” but it’s a fine song in its own right. … except that lyrically, it seems trite.<\/p>\n

In my heart, I know the day will come
\nWe’ll be laughing and dancing in the sun
\nWhat I’ve found has never been enough
\nI keep searching for the other side of love<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A live version of “miss you,” a song featuring melody. and Ryohei Yamamoto, is the other B-side. Now, this track redefines fun. :biggrin: It’s practically 9 minutes long, but the track is so filled with energy that it’s just… fun! I loved the original to begin with, and I was really looking forward to hearing this track. melody. sounds quite good live. <\/p>\n

I don’t know why \u3059\u304d\u9593\u306e\u306a\u3044 \u8ff7\u3044\u306e\u306a\u3044\u614b\u5ea6 Is that \u30d7\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9\uff1f
\nCash or card \u91d1\u3067\u8cb7\u3048\u308b\u3082\u306e\u4f55\u3067\u3082\u4e0e\u3048\u3066\u3082 She always says no<\/p>\n

I gave her this, I gave her that \u304b\u3056\u308c\u308b\u3082\u306e\u306f
\n\u5922\u306e\u3088\u3046\u3060\u3051\u308c\u3069 Diamond rings are not forever
\nName anything, \u5b87\u5b99\u8239 That blings just anything
\n\u6708\u306e\u5149\u307e\u3067\u3082 So baby come close to me<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Random query: why, when m-flo is in lowercase, are TAKU and VERBAL always written in capitals?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

m-flo &#9829 YOSHIKA. Not surprisingly, I do, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}