Among the very FIRST Johnny’s Band songs I ever fell in love with was a smooth little tune called “Over”. At the time, KIKUTV had begun a new drama starring the younger half of V6 (also known as Coming Century) called “Pu-Pu-Pu~ Down and Out”.
I even have memories of sheepishly videotaping the PV, ah, the stigmas of being a lad who suddenly likes boy-bands! Of course, I was to SOON get over that in later years, fully embracing SMAP, TOKIO, Kinki Kids, Arashi and more!
Listening to it now, it still remains one of the very best, and though V6 have had many, many hits since then (including the awesome Gokusen theme song Feel Your Breeze), there will always be a special place in my heart for this one!
PS: I always felt like V6 and Kinki Kids got screwed by the promotion order for Johnnys- To me, it seemed like there was a definite lineage to be adhered to, from bands like Shonentai which (loosely) handed off to Hikaru Genji, which handed off to SMAP which handed off to TOKIO, next was supposed to be V6 and/or Kinki Kids, but they somehow got TOTALLY leapt over by the astounding success of the all-encompassing Arashi! In my opinion, they never got their "time".
Sad to see V6 end as a unit, but look forward to what they do on the future! I Know Junichi Okada and Yoshihiko Inohara are doing steady acting work...are the others doing anything prolific? Guess we'll see!
