Separated at birth?

So today I found a photo of a young Shige and ....



HOW EVEN? The most amazing thing is that I have about 8 pictures of Taemin (apart from the cross-dressing ones, of course) but this one was there and then I actually found a post on this very matter with these exact two photos.

@музыка: Panic!At the disco - Time To Dance

@темы: match

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It's been a month, ne? It's amazing how fast you can change your imaginary friends.

@темы: musings

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This one was a long time coming…

There you have it, a slutty Cinderella...

@музыка: Fall Out Boy - Save Rock And Roll

@темы: Tegoshi Yuya, my!gif

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NEWS Tours 2007-2009

So I skipped the concerts where possible and went straight for the Backstage footage to have fun and see how the dynamics within the band really were at the time.

General notes

I felt like the balance within the band was very good, it seemed better than all the bands with 5 members. Basically I guess you can really split NEWS into 3 teams: Ryo-YamaPi, Koyama-Shige and Massu-Tego. I still can't really comprehend that Massu is older than Shige.

However, I was really surprised to see that Tegoshi actually hung out with Shige a lot at the time. And I barely saw him with Massu. Come to think of it, Massu doesn't appear much on any of these 3, even less than Ryo. But anyway, the youngest two were a lot closer than I thought. They were actually very much partners in crime doing stupid pranks and stuff. Though Shige roomed with Koyama they sat together a lot at meals. That, and Shige was Tegoshi's personal hairdresser.

In a more general view I was really surprised at how much Johnnies bands are self-governed. Like, seriously. In 2008 they had a freaking dome tour but it seems like they didn't even have any stylists at all. They seemed to decide all of the coordination, costumes and they even did their own hair and make-up. I haven't seen a single staff around, not even managers. They filmed the documentaries themselves too. How convenient.

In terms of songs NEWS really had it bad, didn't they? Apart from Weeek and a couple more their songs are incredibly lame. As for the vocal skills I don't even know. There were time when I actually thought that they sounded pretty decent. I mean of course Tegoshi stands out a lot and he's the only one who has a proper voice but at times the other guys were pretty good too. Say, YamaPi sounds pretty good at some songs and terrible at others.

But I guess apart from the songs what really got to me was all these Juniors. There are so many of them and they totally ruin the mood sometimes. Like the only time I though they were kinda appropriate was when they sang chorus for NEWS Nippon.

Also I'm not very good at reading people but according to my impression Massu and YamaPi seem very straight. The others are questionable.

DETAILED

Never ending wonderful story

Featuring a ridiculously pretty 19-year old Tegoshi who looks 14. Basically, I didn't intend to watch any old concerts but this one had 2 in 1 so I went with it. Almost all of the songs were pretty lame though so I got bored a lot. Solos were different. Tegoshi's was ok though not particularly interesting. Shige's wasn't bad either. The song's not great but the performance was very charismatic. But Pumpkin... Seriously, Massu? The bonus food edition was weird and even gross at some points.

Highlights:

- Tegoshige's trolling a sick Koyama was priceless.
- Tegoshi's magic show. Oh, God.
- Massu spinning on that rope was really badass.




CONCERT TOUR pacific 2007 - 2008

This one was pretty short and eventful but lots of pretty Tegoshi and it included the trip to Taiwan. Which is the ultimate TagoShige experience.

Highlights:

- Basically most of the tour Tegoshi seems to hang out with Shige and Koyama.
- Then there's the Taiwan footage and the infamous porn scene.
- That part where Shige offers his hand to Koyama on that circle thing because the guy's afraid of heights. Aww.




NEWS Live Diamond 2009

It seemed like this tour was even more self-governed than the previous ones. The guys decided on what to do with the costumes, setlist, dancing routines and other stuff. Tegoshi was still a lot more humble than now. His robe was white and he was still a bit bullied for being the youngest. But he already did most of the pre-concert speeches. Also apparently this is where the crossdressing begins in earnest.

Highlights:

- The Christmas party was cute. Also the double birthday party. Tegoshi getting all smug about getting a whole pack of tacky skull-printed stuff.
- This one featured Christmas!Yuuko and a schoolgirl!Yuuko. The latter also goes to bully some of the juniors albeit not very successfully.
- I really don't like KoyaShige but that little backstage scene was seriously the sweetest thing ever.
- Then there's the part with Shige doing Tegoshi's hair as they proceed to praise each other.




NEWS Dome Party 2010 LIVE! LIVE! LIVE!

This one is quite different form the previous three. The members have changed a lot more in that year then between 2007 and 2009. Tegoshi gets 87% more pretentious, Shige gets 67% hotter. And YamaRyo get 73% more alienated. They come late, leave early and just generally fall out with the rest. The concert level has gone up although the sparkly mess of coats is still a given. This footage was different in that it wasn't really a tour, just a bunch of dome concerts so it's mosty just rehearsals, discussions and hanging out in the common dressing room. The general atmosphere seems really nice and friendly but at the same time at that point it had to have been painfully obvious where this was going.

Somehow I can't really think of highlights with this one but I had to put more that 7 pictures here.

@темы: NEWS.

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One thing I seriously need to learn is differentiating between my attitude towards relationships and the shit j-boys say in interviews. Honestly it seems like VK-boys have quite different views on the matter. I mean I don't really know that many bands well but if you look at A9's interviews their views although not necessarily always consistent are certainly way more mature. The age doesn't even seem to matter here.

But it's a bit of a nuisance. Every time I read another idiotic questionnaire with all the "what's your type?" and "3 rules to become your wife" I really need to remind myself that the boys aren't real douchebags, they just don't seem to know what they're talking about. Says a person with a love life more theoretical than Sheldon Cooper's.

@темы: J-Pop, musings

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Guy Love Between Two Guys

I'm still in the process of writing the major post about the tours but this scene captured my heart completely and utterly. I don't really like Koyama but this dialogue is so beautiful I can't.

@темы: NEWS., Shige is my spirit animal

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Fandoms listing

2003 Spring to Autumn: Placebo
2003 to 2005: MSP
2005 Autumn to Winter - WK => I'll count that one because I read a whole ton of fics and it was before seeing the anime too.
2005 to 2007 J-Rock (Malice Mizer, Gackt, Laruku, Dir en Grey, etc.)
2007 to 2011 TVXQ=>JYJ
2011 to 2013 A9
2013-2021 NEWS
2021-?? VLDL?
This is approximate, of course, but it'll do.

запись создана: 24.09.2011 в 20:03

@темы: list, fandom

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Kato Shigeaki:
Compare members to UMESHU (*Sake with plums)

Tegoshi would be the PLUMS.
I think that the plums should be Tegoshi. There can't be an Umeshu without plums. There would be no flavor without them. The plums before being used for Umeshu are sweet and fruity like peaches, but plums are usually seen as sour, isn't it unexpected? Their sweet scent is close to Tegoshi. His image is very sweet and cute, he has a strong feminine side. But if you try to bite the raw fruit it'd be very hard, so bitter and difficult to handle! (lol) That's why he's like a plum. Chou chou ALiis 10.2013 Tr. credit: spilledmilk25

This was like the weirdest comparison anyone had to do but at the same time amazingly accurate.

@темы: NEWS., Tegoshi Yuya

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2 Dramas

This is my review of the 2 early dramas featuring Tegoshi and other NEWS boys. Even though in Ie Ga Tooi he says like 2 words he's still pretty much the main character, the teller of the story. Both roles are actually very similar in that Tegoshi doesn't really speak and switches between passive-agressive and active-agressive behaviour.

15 sai no Blues

Tells the story of a very reclusive and anti-social kid who's obsessed with flowers and a girl from his school and a very spontaneous and perverted teacher who makes his see the light. I didn't like it very much, really. It felt like a rip-off of GTO and all that blues talks were really lame and far-fetched.





Ie Ga Tooi

Aka that really old mini-drama where Shige, Massu and Kusano are being perverts and Tegoshi is laying on the ground and making "you morons" faces at them. Everyone's acting was surprisingly good I think and I really like the girl.

It's probably the type most people wouldn't like too much. There's not much of a plot, really, and none of the idealism that teenage Japanese dramas always have. But I really love this kind of films. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because it's something I can relate to, something real that makes me think: "this is how life really is". I nearly teared at the ending.

@темы: dorama, NEWS., Tegoshi Yuya

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Wink Up 12.2013

S: Next. Hina-san from Saitama. “What do you think when you see Tegoshi cross-dressing?”
K: Tegoshi’s pickiness about cross-dressing is really impressive.
S: When was the last time?
K: When he went to buy crepes with me for the special DVD?
M: But he also does it in private life, right?
T: Ah, just for Halloween!
S: What will you do this year for Halloween?
T: Well~ This year I might be working so maybe I won’t be able to celebrate~ It’s a shock~ When was the last time? I guess Koyama’s right…
K: Well, anyway it’s cute. I’d like to have a date with him normally (laughs.) The quality of his costumes is really high.
S: Next time you should try to cross-dress as a different type of woman, how about it?
M: Like a quiet, adult woman.
K: A plain girl.
S: Or a rocker.
T: Ah…
S: Something fashionable. With black bob hair.
K: But you know, he only likes high school girls.
T: That’s not true (laughs.)
S: I really don’t understand why one should cross-dress as the type of girl he likes though. Do you want to blend in? That’s too much.
M: Ahahahah!
Everybody bursts in laughter
K: Yes, that’s enough.
M: I guess so.
S: Really, I cannot understand his mentality (laughs.)
M: I know right, that’s an amusing discovery.
K: What do you think, Massu?
M: No, I never thought it’s cute (laughs.) I just think it’s kind of amazing.
Koyama puts the meat in the shabu-shabu pan and immediately takes it out
S: I really hate who cooks just once their food in the shabu-shabu (laughs.)
M: Like his obsession for the make-up and the beauty…

@темы: NEWS., inter:views

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I just had this super-awesome dream where I could fly and do things with the power of my thoughts and then I wake up here feeling broken, with a headache and a sore throat. Reality sucks.

@темы: Dreams

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Happy Birthday, you beautiful little life ruiner.

@темы: Birthday

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"Hobbies: Reading, guitar, taking photos, fishing, movie appreciation, music appreciation. The hobby that has always been the same is reading. Recently I've been reading Salinger's "Franny and Zooey". I was reading it the whole time backstage at countdown concert when we had free time too." [Shige, Duet 3.12]

Fuck, Shige. Just fuck. Of all the fucking books in the world... I am not ok with this. I really am not.

@темы: NEWS., Shige is my spirit animal

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Feminist Frequency

I have watched most videos on the channel and I have to say I have enormous respect for Anita Sarkeesian. I mean obviously you always have to remember any opinion is just that - opinion. Surely there are certain flows in any theory. But I think the most important thing is that these videos have really given me a new perspective on things.



I probably liked this video the most. I remember even in the 90’s toy ads were like this. Boys’ toys were cool and girls’ toys were a load of pink glittery crap. I did like playing with dolls but I also always hated pink so I always had a problem with Barbie. Anyway. This video really shows everything wrong with toy marketing.

It's easy to get lost in the feeling of indignation feeling that there's a massive conspiracy to keep the patriarchy going. But the most important thing is to remember that these things do not make men happier, they bring turmoil to both sexes.

I have to say all of this really influenced the way I perceive many things. When I watch a movie or a show, play a game or whatever I also involuntary analyze it from the feministic perspective. Not always in a bad way. I mean there are times when I feel the smurfette effect very clearly but I also appreciate it a lot when I see a great female character (such as in Memoria).

@темы: issues

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I keep seeing dreams with people from my past, it's haunting me. Then again there are hardly any people in my present. I guess it's not really that I miss the people. It's more like I miss the time when I had someone to talk to, somewhere to go and I miss myself that was happy and felt she belonged even for brief fleeting moments. I don't know if I can get any more depressing than this year.

@темы: Dreams, myself, musings

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I wrote 2 messages to 3 different people on 3 different sites. I got no replies. I iz sad.

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Who When Why

So I finally listened to the album. Three times just to be sure. And I wanted to like it. God knows I did. I'm sure any Jaejoong fan would hit me for this review but I can't help it any.

Basically, the album was very predictable. As soon as I saw the teasers I was like: "Aww, Jae thinks he's releasing a rock album. How cute!" Seriously, honey, leather jacket and more eyeliner don't make you rock. I mean sure he looks good and all but I really wish he had the music to match the looks.

Basically, there's only one song I really like - Rotten Love. Butterfly is not bad as well. Should have been single instead of Just Another Girl. The MV made me laugh too. I mean some other songs are not bad and they seem to sound like rock. Like if you listen to 9+1# is has some nice sounds in it but they just sort of don't add up.

Anyway, my top 3 would be:

1. Rotten Love
2. Butterfly
3. Paradise

And the saddest things is that Jae actually co-composed 2 of these as well as 9+1#. He should write more of his own stuff. Maybe it;s just me but a rock album where songs are donated by different songwriters just seems strange.

It's actually funny now that I remember how I first saw Jae doing Maze and thought "Oh, how I wish he'd do rock!" And he does have the right voice for it too. The problem is there is no rock in Korea. Like I don't know a single Korean song that made me go "This fucking rocks!" Those guys know how to made brain-washing pop songs but not rock. Maybe if he got a Japanese producer or something. But for now it's a no. Well, at least he seems to have a lot of fun playing a rock star at the concerts.

Final verdict: YOU TRIED>

@темы: review, Jaejoong

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So yeah, last night I was going to go to bed earlier. Haha. At least I don't regret it. As usual I found the person with the meanest witty comments and then went to her tumblr. Then around 3 AM I saw this and I nearly choked on my food so then it went for another half an hour...

@темы: NEWS., Tegoshi Yuya

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