2 posts tagged “chisato moritaka”
Live Rock Alive is footage taken from Chisato's 1992 Concert Tour, promoting, naturally, Chisato's album Rock Alive. This Laserdisc is my Hands-Down-All-Time Favorite Moritaka Chisato Concert! Stellar
songs, great backing band,and In My Humble Opinion, Chisato is as close
to Girlish Perfection as you can get here...THIS ONE ROCKS THE HOUSE!!!
"Fight"
Terrific,genki performance, and I love when she gets the audience to cheer on!
"Watashi Ga Obasan Ni Nattemo"
As far as I'm Concerned, this is THE definitive performance of one of my very favorite Moritaka Chisato songs!
"Yowasetteyo Konyadake"
Chisato dons Kimono and performs 70's band style...classy!
"Mitsukete Saifuu"
Chisato lets her hair down quite literally here,swinging it around in her face and shoulders...DAMN
"Wakarimashita"
Chisato's long-running stage band THE LONDON kick it into high gear for this one...ROCKING!
I remember making a casstte transfer so I could listen to the Live Rock Alive concert on my walkman, memorizing every little detail and flourish she put into each song. Subsequently, most of the Rock Alive songs performed here (as well as some older songs like "Get Smile" and "Junanasai") seem more like the "real" versions than their album counterparts!
To this day, Live Rock Alive and its successor, Lucky Seven Live are still in my top ten J-pop Perfs!
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Besides being two of my favorite J-pop bands,Princess Princess and Chisato Moritaka had a pretty close relationship going on at the time.I would frequently see pictures of Princess Princess concerts where Chisato came onstage to perform a song or just to say hello the audience, and Chisato was one of the guests (along with Arisa Mizuki and Hiroko Moriguchi) who helped send off Princess Princess on their final Music Fair appearance.
After Princess Princess split up, the trend continued, and I remember seeing a memorable Music Fair where Chisato and Princess Princess lead singer Kaori Okui took turns singing each other's new singles! Yes, Kaori sang "La La Sunshine" and Chisato sang "Happyman"! They also did a beautiful duet together performing Chisato's "Ame".
Recently browsing through the various Princess Princess clips uploaded on Youtube, I came acroos two performances featuring Chisato Moritaka and Princess Princess signing together onstage, one featuring Chisato singing "Diamonds" with the girls, and this incredible performance of the group backing up Chisato on her KOKON TOZAI song "Teriyaki Burger"... I just love this clip, because besides the fact that Puri Puri's skills and singing really beef up the song,I love watching the SHEER JOY they're all having performing, especially Kaori!
This terrific performance is from the 1991 NHK Xmas Pop & Rock Special. Sugoi!
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