Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Favorite J-Pop Singles: Ribbon / Deep Breath


Continuing on with my “Favorite J-Pop Singles” coverage of Ribbon’s awesome ZOKU HARLEM NIGHT JOINT concert, which helped spawn  at least seven favorite songs from the Pony Canyon Girls, including this ROCKIN little number DEEP BREATH, Ribbon’s 8th single and the one that helped propel the girls to heights of popularity back in the day!

Deep Breath was part of the awesome Musical suite that ended side two, and in regards to track order (for those of you following this ribbon thing), came right after they performed their cool song Taiyo Ni Hi Wo Tsukete.

What I love about this live performance is that I never knew how each girl’s vocals were “layered” over each other’s, and it was such a  thrill to see them performing this one live! And ya gotta love that “Ahhh” pressing the back of their hands on their foreheads as if to say “What a Breeze it is!”

Another song off of that fateful Greatest Hits compilation MORE DELICIOUS that paved the way for my later explosion of love for Hiromi Nagasaku, Arimi Matsuno and Aiko Sato!