Are you loosing interest in H!P?

well this was a topic that someone else started on another forum i go to.
here was my responce

"i'm not sure if i am, because i'm loosing interest in Berryz and H!P has felt much slower than it has been, i dunno if it's cuz i'm loosing interest or they are not doing exciting stuff. it was in a exciting moment just a couple of days ago for me but not right now i guess. I am not loosig interest in J-pop tho cuz i love AKB48 and i am also discovering more groups so i'll do that untill H!P becomes intersting again

but i know myself i'd probably end up loosing interest one day, but i'm sure right now i'm going to find it exciting again for a couple of days so i'm expecting to love em again some time soon"

what do you think about this? are you guys loosing interest in H!P?

Actually, I think I am
Well at least in some groups like Berryz. I remember I really liked what they did before 1 or 2 years ago. But their last stuff is so-so to me.
I don't know if it's the group itself who had become(became?) less interesting or if it's me who get more mature (this point is really not sure )

But I think I'll stay a H!P fan until the end (which, I believe, is about to happen in the following years), as music is very important for me and so on...

General H!P stuff is still exciting, I just don't like the fact that H!P stuff is more and more focalizing on kids and put away other good groups/ solos like Melon Kinenbi/ Aya Matsuura, Natsumi Abe etc...

well i am a H!P kids fan (i think they are the future lol) and Berryz is just not doing anything exciting, i fear that if they keep releasing ballad singles they will become like the H!P solo artists that are only making ballad singles, and it's not good on groups

i think Berryz is loosing it's touch, and i'm getting sick of Risako and Miyabi . i hope they get a 2nd gen or something to liven things up, i would actually like that

d90 a écrit:

well i am a H!P kids fan (i think they are the future lol)

I agree. But the point is that, before getting interested into future, the bosses should wonder about present and the good artists' career that is sinking right know (like, you know a bit of all the H!P groups/ solos).

I'm okay with kiddies, but I can't stand the fact that they have more promotion than their senpais.
Like Kira*Pika is doing 50k while Aya Matsuura can't reach 20k because of the lack of promotion is really odd.

d90 a écrit:

i fear that if they keep releasing ballad singles they will become like the H!P solo artists that are only making ballad singles, and it's not good on groups

It seems like whatever they do they keep their sales around 20k. But I agree always ballads is bad

d90 a écrit:

i think Berryz is loosing it's touch, and i'm getting sick of Risako and Miyabi . i hope they get a 2nd gen or something to liven things up, i would actually like that

Risako was my fav, some time ago. That's not the case anymore
I agree with what you said. But I think that the main threat for them is to grow up. Grown up girls sell less than the youngest. A new kid audition? Why not? But they will pick girls younger than the 1st audition (like you know, girls always get younger in H!P audition), they'll soon take babies, if they continue this way

lol i wonder how baby J-pop would sound
why can't they add some H!P EGGs into the group?
the EGGs are going alittle unused right now, and i think it's about time more are used for groups. Maiha left a space in Berryz that should be filled

d90 a écrit:

lol i wonder how baby J-pop would sound

More or less like Mai²

d90 a écrit:

why can't they add some H!P EGGs into the group?
the EGGs are going alittle unused right now, and i think it's about time more are used for groups. Maiha left a space in Berryz that should be filled

EGGs are more or less like KIDS (even younger for some of them). I think that basically they're waiting to improve before debuting. There's 2 way of debuting : with a single debut, like Ongaku Gatas (like Berryz), or to train and get experience from concerts (like °C-ute).
°C-ute has always been more talented than Berryz to me. I think how EGGs work is fine. Moreover they are more and more put on the spotlights (concert backdancers, debuted groups etc...)
About Maiha, I don't miss her at all (same thing for Megumi from °C-ute).
A point about H!P is that all the girls aren't absolutely irreplaccable. And they are pretty fast forgotten.

well yeah i don't realy mind about Maiha, but i always wonder how C-ute's currents singles would of sounded like with Megumi still in the group

I think that basically there would be 3 lead singers instead of 2

Well, I´m a huge H!P fans... and member of the Morning Musume Fanclub Germany... So I don´t loose interest in the H!P

But I think Tsunkus new Project get more attention... The Possible are in the new project...
And at the H!P was in the last year many granduations and scandals... But I like H!P since the first day

Hellie a écrit:

Well, I´m a huge H!P fans... and member of the Morning Musume Fanclub Germany...

There's a German fanclub? Sounds great! Is there many H!P fans there?

Hellie a écrit:

But I think Tsunkus new Project get more attention... The Possible are in the new project...
And at the H!P was in the last year many granduations and scandals... But I like H!P since the first day

I think if Tsunku's getting more on the new projects it's because he's fed up with all the scandals/ grads
When did you discover H!P by the way. I'm a fan since 2OO3

Yeah! but it´s an inofficial fanclub! Made from fans to fans... Acutally we´ve a english section, but only one US-Member...
We´re 146 Members... (well 8 members are in the staff, who search news and stuff, me too) but not everyone is posting! There are many which don´t post...
But this weekend is a meeting! cause the board exist two years big party!

Yes! I think that too...

I´m a fan since.. I think 2002-2003... I´m not sure... "

Hellie a écrit:

Yeah! but it´s an inofficial fanclub! Made from fans to fans... Acutally we´ve a english section, but only one US-Member...
We´re 146 Members... (well 8 members are in the staff, who search news and stuff, me too) but not everyone is posting! There are many which don´t post...
But this weekend is a meeting! cause the board exist two years big party!

hannn This sounds so nice
It's a bit like this forum, but a meeting sounds cool!
I think in the internet community there's a lot of H!P fans A pity asian music isn't broadcasted on radio or TV for example

Btw, which was the 1st song you listen from MM?

The first song?
I think it was "Happy summer wedding" but I´m not sure... "

i wonder if theres one here in Chicago?
that would be kinda cool

i guess i'm the newist H!P fan here
since 2006 right around Berryz's "Waracchaou yo BOYFRIEND"

Since 2006? cool! I really like berryz but the last song wasn´t my kind of music... I hope the next one is better

d90 a écrit:

i wonder if theres one here in Chicago?
that would be kinda cool

Chicago is such a big town, it's quite possile

Hellie a écrit:

I think it was "Happy summer wedding" but I´m not sure... "

Did you discover it when it was released?

For me it was in 2OO3 (when Shabondama was released)

No! I only heard this song ... the first CD from H!P was the first Album! ^^Which I buyed

When was it then?

The first time I buyed me a CD from japan?
erm... I think it was... nearly 3 years ago... maybe 4...

So how did you discovered Japanese music? Like you heard it before?
You must have a hug collection if you're buying stuff for 4 years

I heard some songs at some games and animes... so I found more out about it ...
Also a friend show me some music... I think it was 5 years ago... whatever...
yeah... I don´t buy so much stuff... cause I don´t get so much money... about 40-?? CD´s I think... but I don´t count them... maybe i should