{"id":57,"date":"2007-08-21T22:34:04","date_gmt":"2007-08-21T19:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/?p=57"},"modified":"2007-08-21T22:34:04","modified_gmt":"2007-08-21T19:34:04","slug":"those-precious-moments-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/?p=57","title":{"rendered":"Those precious moments &#8211; part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Introduction:<br \/>\nThis is going to be a face to face type interactive blog between Wu and me. We two old timers chatting on various H!P related things. There is no clear goal or settled subjects. We just do our blog entries in turns and only time tells where this conversation leads. So let\u2019s\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Starto!<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"I WISH\" alt=\"I WISH\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/stuff\/wu_zush_blog_iwish_01.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>I experienced <strong>Morning Musume<\/strong> awakening in the year 1999 when I saw <strong>Love Machine<\/strong> PV. Gosh, I\u2019m almost shocked when I start to think it now. Exactly eight years has now passed by. Love Machine got me ultimately into J-pop. No return ticket. Although I listen to wide range of J-pop and J-rock Morning Musume has always stayed in my heart as that \u201cone and only\u201d. Until these days, but that\u2019s another story.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"I WISH\" alt=\"I WISH\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/stuff\/wu_zush_blog_iwish_02.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Love Machine is certainly MM classic, great J-pop dance beat, great line-up, <strong>Maki<\/strong> just joined the group and 1st gen member <strong>Aya Ishiguro<\/strong> still there but leaving soon. But Love Machine is not my all time favorite MM song. And when I\u2019m now talking about that precious one, it\u2019s not only the song but strongly with it goes PV\u2019s long version. Sound and scene! Together so deeply touching experience that I guess I\u2019m always having tears when watching that video tale.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"I WISH\" alt=\"I WISH\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/stuff\/wu_zush_blog_iwish_03.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The song itself is a love song: <em>\u201clife is wonderful \/ meeting someone \/ falling in love \/ ah how wonderful \/ it\u2019s like a dream \/ you can laugh and cry about it\u201d<\/em>. But the PV takes it to another dimension telling a story about small village girls, people living there quite ordinary life and how importat friendship is in our lives.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"I WISH\" alt=\"I WISH\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/stuff\/wu_zush_blog_iwish_04.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The song is of course <strong>I WISH<\/strong> and the scene is village\u2019s plaza where old friends meet. <strong>Yuko<\/strong>, <strong>Kaori<\/strong>, <strong>Nacchi<\/strong>, <strong>Kei<\/strong>, <strong>Mari<\/strong>, Maki and almost fresh 4th gen MM members <strong>Rika<\/strong>, <strong>Hitomi<\/strong>, <strong>Aibon<\/strong> &#038; <strong>Nono<\/strong>. They are all there laughing, singing and dancing. Girls have double roles: Besides village girls they play also grown up villagers. Maki for example is a policeman and Nono sells hot dogs. It\u2019s kind of mini drama, happy play that has also tiny melancholy undertones.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"I WISH\" alt=\"I WISH\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/stuff\/wu_zush_blog_iwish_05.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p><em>\u201c\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 we have clear days \/ we have rainy days too \/ someday you\u2019ll understand it all\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"I WISH\" alt=\"I WISH\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/stuff\/wu_zush_blog_iwish_06.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>I WISH was released in September 2000. Before it came out <strong>Happy Summer Wedding<\/strong> and after I WISH was published <strong>Renai Revolution 21<\/strong>. What can I say? All outstanding MM songs.<\/p>\n<p>Zush<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">[to be continued]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction: This is going to be a face to face type interactive blog between Wu and me. 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