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by: Hoon

a happy day on mouse control

Disclaimer: I must have all who belong to the Japanese cult know that my exposure to Japan’s music has been but three days, and that any trespasses/ referential errors contained herewith be excused.

From a half-hearted viewpoint it would seem not too different from Eat Bulaga.

Here is a comedian host of over a decade with unchanging appeal—Music Station’s Tamori has been wearing what seems to be the same pair of shades since 1996; the oldest clip I could find at You Tube—and a deadpan wit that has the audience in stitches nearly half the time, with a pretty young lass for a co-host, and a featured music artist/ group. A preliminary interview here, an album plug there—you don’t understand anything except the “Hais” and “Arigatos”—and then, often to the shrieking of fans, the live performance.

It just so happens that the first clip I saw was a comedic take on popular pop artists—comedians with wigs and exaggerated moves were impersonating groups like Kat-Tun and Han-Kun. Near the end, a man in a curly blond afro and a protruding belly was joined onstage by the mishmash of performers for a dance number. The finale is a shot of the curly blonde with his pants around his ankles—exposing a pair of shiny retro jockeys. The audience is rendered immobile with laughter.

The original artists, though, as subsequent clips would show, step out to real adoration. These celebrities triumphantly work the hanamichi and execute choreographed moves as back-up dancers in matching suits tumble out of nowhere. These are Japan’s brightest musical stars, and to their legion upon legion of fans, the world is this stage.
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