Lyrics according to　Petit Lyrics

Some fixes to the romaji lyrics

KISS - ベスト・オブ　KISS 40

cinnamonpie said:

but I'm thinking that since the composition was all done on the Kiss side of things, they were aiming more to get exposure for Kiss in Japan than to introduce Momoclo internationally.

I agree with this, and their marketing director just outright stated about the same thing. but so far I'm not seeing any ridiculous hate comments in the youtube comment section, which is considered as the worst place in earth.

mav said:

I'll reserve further judgement until after I watch the debut on Music Station, since no Momoclo song is complete without seeing the live performance.

can't rely too much on Music Station, so far all of their performances in M Sute were little bit cringeworthy :-S

mocha21 said:

Let's continue the spot all the references game ;)):

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4. Red and white mountain -> kouhaku?
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While adding to the already long list, my personal, irrelevant praise for your extensive research, I take the opportunity for some very marginal observations and questions.

Regarding the passage quoted, I think that a trivial reference was omitted, in favour perhaps of an interesting but too clever explanation.

Indeed, the general "frame" is given by the Utagawa school in the way you clearly demonstrate and an absolutely sufficient "cohesion" is attained for the work (which as usual for MCZ is not meant to be purely musical), not needing further development.
[Even if the CD/BD version of the PV could be slightly edited or extended, as it happened for example with the longer opening sequence of「Z女戦争」].

On the other hand, other ukiyo-e authors and works are meaningful for the background.
The most evident is Hokusai's depiction of the so called "Red Fuji"
(the key title of course is 「凱風快晴」, but there is also the darker
「山下白雨」)
which is "discoulored" by KISS and re-coloured by Kanako (who else?) with a slightly "magical girl" touch.

Other particulars may be more reminiscent of Hiroshige, but it is not the point here.

About the equipment details, I have to thank you again for pointing out so many obscure elements, in the case of Momoka, for example (that arrow passed well over my head, so to speak).

Regarding Reni, some doubts remain.
The weapons you define "chained scythes" appear in the end more similar to decorative "wheels", than scythes... (If they are not trivial clovers)

A very common motif for Jizo statues and other popular buddhist imagery, but why here?
Though, as we already noted, there is also a 「極楽門」, and "some" connection with the "GOUNN" PV, so maybe...

Anyway, I am vaguely reminded of her, wielding a proper nunchaku in the Mitsubishi-produced 「このウタ」 video.
Is there any relation, or perhaps a common source?

Invader said:

Is the international audience paying any attention to this at all? because I've only seen a couple of articles online and the Youtube comments are basically either Japanese or people who already knew Momoclo. And the few comments of people who didn't know them compare them to BABYMETAL.

In the end I think people don't give a damn about KISS so not many people are checking this out. As it was said before it means more exposure for KISS in Japan but little exposure for Momoclo internationally.

I think it's quite the contrary... In Brazil Kiss is still very very popular.
Many fans are seeing the clip, many singers around the whole world are watching this too.
Even if for some peopleo the first impression is "weird" many people are watching it carefully because of Kiss' importance in the world music and now a looooooot of important people in the music industry will know about Momoclo.
Also, lots of friends of mine that aren't into japanese songs liked this song and the music video.

3 singles project
http://www.momoclo2015sg.com/bonus/

If fans purchase different 3CDs(Yume no Ukiyo ni Saitemina, Seishunfu and DBZ theme song?), they can participate in the lottery for prize competition.
The winners selected in a drawing will be invited on Special Live.
There are opinions on the pros and cons of this project.

The fact that the management thinks it's necessary to adopt these tactics is kind of worrying. Are they trying to get fans to buy dozens of CDs to get multiple entries like AKB or Johnny's do?

I'll be the first to say that I am firmly opposed to this.

If they want to get sales figures up, it should be because the singles themselves are of high quality and the songs are good. It's not like they haven't had good sales figures before. Release high quality products and actually put out an effort to market them correctly, and you'll be accordingly rewarded with high figures.

Doing these kind of promotions will only hurt fans in the long run, since record companies will be forced to continue these promotions if they don't want the sales to revert, resulting in a vicious circle. Do we really want them to grab high sale numbers even if the songs are mediocre? Sure it might look good on paper, but what does that mean for fans?

Speaking with your wallet is the best way for a consumer to tell a company/artist/group/whatever if you like their products or not. Hijacking the product by linking it with something else a consumer desires negates this form of consumer feedback, and just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Another thing equally important to me is that I don't want the girls to have their reputations tarnished.

I do believe that the lottery is on an account basis using FB or Twitter, so I'm relieved it's at least not a completely blatant money grab.
(EDIT: nvm, you can register just by using e-mail accounts)

With that said, just because they announced this project, I'm strongly considering to boycott all three singles.

With that said, just because they announced this project, I'm already strongly thinking of boycotting all three singles.

So you´re punishing Momoclo because something that maybe is King Records idea and not Momoclo´s management?

Record sales are in the red, that´s nothign new. The income of artists like MCZ comes from concert tickets, not record sales. And that applies not only for nippon artists but international artists. Lady Gaga latest album flopped, but she still sells out arenas. U2´s latest was a failure, sales wise. But if and when they anounce concert dates the tickets will evaporate in minutes. So it´s the record company the ones that come with this kind of stunts. Even if the Kiss colab fails to sell you wont see the Momoclo girls kicking a can down the street, just try to get tickets for the next venues and see if im wrong.
Also i dont think that is fair putting this to AKB48 levels. MCZ singles only come in 2 versions, the bonus dvd or the extra song. Thats hardly AKB48 material...last time i checked there were like 6 versions of an AKB48 single.
I agree tough, the reason you should be spendinng your money on a single is because you liked the songs, not because there is a prize included

honkey5 said:

So you´re punishing Momoclo because something that maybe is King Records idea and not Momoclo´s management?

I'm doing this precisely because this is something I'm nearly positive is King Record's doing, and I want to tell them with my wallet that I don't approve.

Just like you said, even if record sales flop, people will still go to their concerts. That is precisely why I don't like the idea of linking the two together....you're essentially encouraging people to spend money for something other than the actual product.

Bad business ethics aside, I think this is a huge insult to the singers (Momoclo), musicians, songwriters, and producers of the CD. Doing this is the same as saying that you don't believe in their works

There are tons of other Momoclo products I can spend my money on, not to mention the cut Momoclo get from CD sales is probably much lower than other products anyway (that's just how the industry works, since Momoclo aren't writing or producing the songs themselves)