Listening to Right Now...

Favorite Song right now is "New Look" by Amuro Namie, that fun, bouncy and sassy ode to fashion and supermodels, all wrapped up in a catchy 60's laced tune! I just can't stop playing this song over and over again in my car, blasting it on full volume!

Amuro Namie / New Look
CINEMA no naka no TWIGGY no MINISKIRT mane shite
Mijikai kami wa TOMBOY tte iwareteru kedo 
Dakedo I wanna get a NEW LOOK (A new look)
Kono kyara ni niatta FASHION (Fashion)
Ki ni naru COVER GIRL no youna, yeah
How do I look baby tell me? (Baby love) 
Itsumo no wo asobi no WALKING AND POSE
Kouen wa PARIKORE
GIRLS no kibun wa marude SUPER MODERN
WE SO HOT! WE SO FLY! (We so hot! We so fly!)
Tsumadzuite koron de L.O.L
Nande furareta no ka wakaranai No WHY OH WHY?
Kono mama de owarenai umare kawaritai
(Give a) Ice cream Chocolate, oh no
CINEMA no naka no TWIGGY no MINISKIRT mane shite
Mijikai kami wa TOMBOY tte iwareteru kedo 
Dakedo I wanna get a NEW LOOK (A new look)
Kono kyara ni niatta FASHION (Fashion)
Ki ni naru COVER GIRL no youna, yeah
How do I look baby tell me? (Baby love)
CORNER ni dekita uwasa no SALON
Yoyaku wa ni kagetsu machi oh, oh
Girls no kyoumi wa itsumo ryuukou no naka
What's in, what's out (What's in, what's out)
Fura n da dainashi O.M.G
Chinami ni uchi no papa wa sono mukashi M.M.K
Shou uindou ni wa mata atarashii shoes
(Excuse me) MY SIZE wo tameshitai! 
CINEMA no naka no TWIGGY no MINISKIRT mane shite
Mijikai kami wa TOMBOY tte iwareteru kedo 
Dakedo I wanna get a NEW LOOK (A new look)
Kono kyara ni niatta FASHION (Fashion)
Ki ni naru COVER GIRL no youna, yeah
How do I look baby tell me? (Baby love)  
CINEMA no naka no TWIGGY no MINISKIRT mane shite
Mijikai kami wa TOMBOY tte iwareteru kedo 

Dakedo I wanna get a NEW LOOK(A new look)
Kono kyara ni niatta FASHION (Fashion)
Ki ni naru COVER GIRL no youna, yeah
How do I look baby tell me? (Baby love) 

*  *  *  *  *  *  Looking over the composing credits, I noticed that besides writers Kura and Michico, there also was a credit for Holland/Dozier/Holland. Eh? Was New Look originally done by the Supremes and converted to Japanese? Then I realized that the song faded out to Namie singing "Baby Love", and thought, ah, that's why the credit is there. It was only when I listened to the "New Look" instrumental track without Namie's vocals that I realized the entire song was arranged around Baby Love! In fact, it blew my mind that without the vocal track, it sounded exactly like Baby Love, but with the imaginative re-arrangement of Namie's vocal melody laid over it, it transformed into a WHOLE NEW SONG! Simply AMAZING!
Take a listen to the instrumental track and then scroll back and listen to New Look again...