Posted in April 2006

プリマダム ep3

it’s プリマダム time again!

guess what "interesting" & comical act Akina had for this episode..?

the story started wtih 嵐子 looking troubled as she lacked the communication her son…and she saw 遥生 dancing in the hall with the mop…like when he was at 匠’s ballet school…

on another scene,嵐子 met  遥生 at the graveyard where they paid respects to 遥生’s dad, who is believed to be also a reknowned ballet dancer. 遥生 promised his dad to be a successful ballet dancer like him when he grows up…and told 嵐子 that for that ambition, he decided to go to 匠’s ballet school for training.

okay…here comes the crisp for this epsiode..

遥 生 went to 匠’s ballet school for lessons…嵐子 followed to the fast -food restaurant that 佳奈 is working part-time…and sat on the 2nd floor, without ordering any food. The 店長, went forward to ask 嵐子 and realised that it was 倉橋嵐子, one of his favourite ballet dancer…and shook hands with her…

嵐子: Why is the service in this restaurant so lousy!!! I have been sitting here for a while and no one attends to me to take my order !!

店長:uhmm….we operate as a fast food restaurant style…..but anyway, I will get you a hot drink first…

佳奈 served 嵐子 the hot drink and was surprised to see her…

嵐子 said the below:
佳奈!what are you doing here!? in this strange dressing!?
Don’t get me wrong! I happened to be in the area for some business…and not on purpose to watch 遥生’s lesson…I am a very busy person you know!

Being embarassed meeting 佳奈、嵐子wanted to leave the place…and gave her credit card to 佳奈 for payment…

佳奈:uhmm….uhmm…

嵐子:what you want to say?! say it clearly!!

佳奈:our shop do not accept credit card…

嵐子 was utterly embarassed as she didn’t have even 280yen with her to pay for the drink…

佳 奈 resolved the embarassment by asking 店長 to waive it as a service…and 嵐子 quickly left the fast food restaurant to avoid further emabarassment..

that’s all from 嵐子’s part in this ep…

as for the next ep, it seems that 嵐子 gets a heart attack…

p.s. a small note to dear VAMP readers who are following this post on プリマダム…..乱火 is going to 北海道 next week…and so unable to update the next ep on next wed..and mostly, 乱火 may even miss watching the ep…so please kindly wait for further update the following week….
 

 

Akina on Oricon

Oricon has released two statistical books – (1) "Single Chart-Book Complete Edition 1970~2005" & (2) "Album Chart-Book Complete Edition 1970~2005". The books detail various artistes single and album sales, from release date to end 2005.

Guess who is No1 in term of no of weeks on the chart? Not our dear 、unfortunately. It’s….. drums rolling….. 山口百恵さん! Our dear  is right behind 松田聖子さん, at No 5…

Actually if you think about it, it’s not surprising that our dear  lose out to 山口百恵さん & 松田聖子さん. On average, our dear  released 2-3 single per year in the 80s, compared to 山口百恵さん & 松田聖子さん who introduce one single every three months.

I guess if Oricon ranks by sales, our dear  may beat 山口百恵さん …

Anyway, here’s the write-up ^^/

Special interview on ‘THE MONTHLY TELEVISION” & lyrics of 花よ踊れ

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in this full page interview, the following were reported:

Akina’s impression of Kuroki : A very beautiful lady (exaggerated that Kuroki is above the skies in terms of beauty).

Kuroki’s impression of Akina(as an actress): From Akina’s debut from a singer, Kuroki feels that Akina definitely is a big star…given her passion and strength in the songs that she sing…which is definitely a criteria for being a big star.As a female, Akina is a kakkoii (cool) person. Through this first time cooperation in a drama, and also through the role of 嵐子, Kuroki is able to see even more strengths of Akina as an actress.

There were some interesting lines about the drama:

Kuroki : Really, I really hope 嵐子 will dance but…

Akina : but…health….

Kuroki : Let’s aim for a Primadam PART 2 then for my hope to come true!!

Read btw the lines…there is hidden meaning in this converstation…haha… 

Below is a pic of the lyrics for 花よ踊れ

 

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 「花よ踊れ」

作詞 : 夏蓮 作曲:羽場仁志 編曲:上杉洋史

色褪せた花 風にふるえて
何も夢見ず ただ待っている

どこへ 行けると言うの 天を見あげて訊く
あきらめたら終わり 突然風が叫ぶ

それは孤独よ 消えない孤独 果てなく続く ピルエット
求めていたの 渇いていた 固く唇 閉じたまま
おいで力よ 眠った力 今新しく 生まれるの
もっと激しく もっと優しく 色鮮やかに 咲くために

今日までずっと 忘れられてた
情熱という ひとつの蕾

誰の ためにでもなく 天を見あげて咲く
おどれ小さいな花 風をあやつりながら

それは光るよ あふれる光る 眩しさに眼を 閉じるけど
瞼を裏の 闇を照らして 躯を焦がす 熱がある
ごらん炎よ はじける炎 今鮮やかに 燃えあがる
生きてる限り 愛する限り 決して枯れない この花は

それは孤独よ 消えない孤独 果てなく続く ピルエット
求めていたの 渇いていた いつも口には しないまま
おいで力よ 眠った力 今新しく 生まれるの
もっと激しく もっと優しく 色鮮やかに 咲くために

[ p.s. Hamuさん、if you have time, please do the translation...I spent a lot of time typing this out..=) ]

Marionetto

Powerful vocals and performance of one of my personal favourite album (“Fushigi” & a remake in “Wonder”) tracks. This clip has been used lately to promote her “Raka Ryushui” single.

Akina Nakamori – “I Hope So” Finale

Akina singing one of her best ballads of late (taken off “I Hope So”) and bringing the concert to a heartfelt, tearful close. Mesmerising performance. and pretty much explains why we love her so much.

プリマダム ep2

episode 2 was delayed by 30 mins due to a baseball match before it… started at 2230hrs instead.

This time, guess what! Akina’s role, 嵐子 has a comical part again…

here is the story….

嵐 子’s son, 遥, ordered a pizza and it was delivered to the doorstep of their home. 嵐子 opened the door and thought that the deliveryman was one of her ballet fans…and thought that the pizza was a gift for her…so she autographed on the receipt and wanted to shut the doors…leaving the deliveryman shouting for payment! Comical??! Well, at least Akina’s acting was natural enough for me to believe that in her role, she really doesn’t know about such things! haha…

on the other hand, 嵐子 met 佳奈(黒木) at a ballet dress shop, and brought her to that bridge which was previously shown in the drama, about their 約束(promise) to become ballet dancers when they grew up. 嵐子 scolded 佳奈 for starting ballet again..and even advised her to stop it as no one would like to watch 佳奈 dance…but again, there seems to be some details left out here…maybe next few episodes will explain more..

嵐 子 received a call from her doctor, asking her to be hospitalised for treatment of her heart diesase, but she refuses. She murmured that she has not much time left to do much anymore…at least to see her son to the Royal School of Ballet.

my personal comments:

at the scene of the bridge, there were some shots of Akina which reminds me of her "Liar" days…which I liked a lot that style..maybe due to her hairstyle..and dressing…

her role, 嵐子, is getting to be a naggy mother who is ignorant…’cos she was a famous ballet and everything is taken care for her.

I still do not foresee any ballet dance from Akina yet…but there were some nice pictures in the drama, which were shots of her in classical ballet costume…and nicely shot…

again, the ending song runs again….!! Hopefully, Akina gets to sing on some music program soon!!

till next week… =) 

 

it’s プリマダム day again…

this one is from a TV guide…introducing this season’s drama theme songs:

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last wednesday, the debut of Primadam, Akina and Kuroki went on 2 news program, one in the day and one in the evening to promote the drama…here are some shots:

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the above is from the morning news…Akina managed to talk about her new single "花よ踊れ", which the lyrics were meant for 佳奈 in the show…to motivate a housewife to pick up ballet again…also, Akina talked about the CD jacket…which she commented that when the staff showed her…she felt 不思議…and replied "あ。そう。"..which means "oh..like that…"..

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this second series of shots are from the evening news show. Akina’s co-actor commented that Akina danced a full set of Pink Ladies at the studio to entertain the rest of the staff while setting up and getting ready for shooting. He said that Akina danced perfectly (needless to say!!!) and Akina CAN really dance!

From the interviews, it seems that we will not be expecting many, if not none, dance scenes from Akina in anyway. Most of the dance rehersals that the cast had were without Akina…=( Mainly shots of Kuroki practising with the rest…except Akina.

Anyway, the single sounds promising.

Later, epiosde 2 report.. =)

お楽しみに! 

花よ踊れ Ripped!

i ripped the song outta the video (managed to download the full copy via Bit Torrent – it’s huge and i spent 3 days downloading it! haha) so now you dun have to keep playing the YouTube video just to listen to the song. hopefully this will help tide us through till May!

enjoy!

p/s: the cover is a parody, of course. can’t help making another fugly cover. haha!

Jukkai (1984) – Kouhaku

i dun think i’ve posted this yet. one of my favouritest performances of Akina! can’t believe that’s only her 2nd appearance on Kouhaku. so awesome.

hey, one thing i’ve never asked – anyone knows why there’s a “1984″ attached to the song? was there another Jukkai prior to Akina’s?

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