One thing cool about watching older concerts of artists I love is that you get to see how much they’ve changed over the years, and no performance is a better example of this than Idol group CoCo covering this nifty little pop tune called “Koisuru Niwatori”.
The first clip is CoCo performing the song at their very first concert ever in 1989, and the second performance is of their final, farewell concert in 1994, so FIVE YEARS have gone by in the time between and you can clearly see in the songs how much they’ve GROWN as singers and performers!
In the first clip, the girls are shy, nervous and though they’re undeniably happy, they seem to give off a vibe more like an elementary school production than a live concert…The SECOND clip is of CoCo as the seasoned, BELOVED professionals who are confindently and playfully singing happily to an ADORING crowd!
Koisuru Niwatori was part of one of my favorite sets (weren’t they ALL?) in the Forever ’94 Concert which included Hanbun Fushigi, Tenshi No Chime, Haru Milkyway and Otome No Rehearsal, and was one of two songs in the set that were never officially recorded by CoCo: Koisuru Niwatori and the equally adorable Shippo No Kimochi! In fact, since I'd already ripped the laserdisc for the Koisuru song, I decided to upload the WHOLE SET, which you can enjoy in the next post, if you so desire...
PS: YES, I'm well aware what a childishly SILLY song Koisuru Niwatori is. Just go with it.
