/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Question: Are there any of you that is actually in for the music?

I know it's not the point, but I find it amazing that a huge, multinational, far-reaching organization that is AKB can release something like Sayonara Crawl or Eien Pressure and expect people to buy them (which people did, by the millions!). Surely AKS can cherry-pick the best producers and composers to make their songs? Surely someone like Yasusu can just snort his nose, and composers/producers all over the nation will come running, begging to have a chance?

I admit that AKB have always marketed themselves as such - we're not the best singers, we're not the best dancers, we have simple choreos, we're not that talented, some of us can't even be called attractive - but fuck it we're THE AKB48. But surely even the most ardent of fans can't call most of the songs as mediocre at best?

Yes, it's music. Yes, by its very nature it is subjective. Personally, I do find some of their songs decent - Flying Get (lovely hook, great chorus, Assan at her best), UZA (a bit long and overdone, but entertaining) or Ponytail no Shushu. And of course Heavy Rotation, which is just the perfect pop song. But, start comparing AKB to those Korean idol groups and it's just embarassing how big the gap is. Or, for instance, BABYMETAL. A BLOODY SUB-UNIT of a little-known idol group, but my word, the instrumentation, the chord progression, heck the SINGING, everything about them are awesome. If they can do it, why not AKB?

I am by no means a true wota. At best, I can only call myself a casual fan. I have only listened to the singles and some of the couplings. I just think that if they REALLY go for it with their music, their urm, art, they will be a true worldwide success. I mean, they even pulled in a rambling idiot like me without doing much, didn't they?

TL;DR - I miss watching Hata-san on TV. Best thing that happened to the 48G, that girl was.