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| Right Now, It's Girls Generation!! |
It's now been a year since I first fell in love with the sweet, sweet sounds of the lovely ladies of GIRLS GENERATION, and looking back, who'd have thunk that they'd eventually become pretty much my favorite K-pop Artists out of them all! To celebrate my year-long love and admiration for them, I've decided to update my old SNSD TOP40 song ranking which, thanks to the girls' incredible output of kick-ass songs, now consists of a solid 80 songs!
Additionally, I've also decide to update my individual members ranking. At the time I made this list last year, I only had a Top 5, but as the year's gone by I can now say more strongly where each member fits on the list to my heart! Sooooooo, without further ado....
Z's GIRLS GENERATION TOP 80 SONG RANKING
updated 05/2013
1. How Great Is Your Love (The Boys)
2. Stay Girls (Girls & Peace)
3. Goodbye, Hello (TTS Twinkle)
4. Sweet Talking Baby (Oh!)
5. Echo (Run Devil Run)
6. Hoot (Hoot)
7. La La La (CM)
8. Time Machine (The Boys Repackage Album)
9. Top Secret (The Boys)
10. All My Love Is For You (Girls & Peace)
11. Chocolate Love (CM)
12. Library (TTS Twinkle)
13. Lazy Girl (The Boys)
14. Sunflower (The Boys)
15. Boys & Girls (Oh!)
16. Ooh La-La! (Girls Generation)
17. Ha Ha Ha (CM)
18. Telepathy (The Boys)
19. Be Happy (Oh!)
20. I’m In Love With The HERO (Girls Generation 2011)
21. Show! Show! Show! (Oh!)
22. Trick (The Boys)
23. Tinkerbell (Girls Generation)
24. Oscar (The Boys)
25. You-aholic (Girls Generation 2011)
26. Paparazzi (Girls & Peace)
27. Beautiful Stranger (Girls Generation 2011)
28. Girls & Peace (Girls & Peace)
29. Reflection (Girls & Peace)
30. Complete (Girls Generation)
31. Gee (Gee)
32. Mr. Taxi (The Boys)
33. OMG~Oh My God (TTS Twinkle)
34. Day by Day (Oh!)
35. Kissing You (Girls Generation)
36. Girls Generation (Girls Generation)
37. Tell Me Your Wish~Genie (Genie)
38. My Friend Haechi (OST)
39. I GOT A BOY (I Got A Boy)
40. I'm a Diamond (Girls & Peace)
41. Way To Go! (Gee)
42. Express 999 (I Got A Boy)
43. Oh! (Oh!)
44. The Boys (The Boys)
45. Animal (Girls & Peace)
46. Baby Maybe (I Got A Boy)
47. Flower Power (Girls & Peace)
48. Vitamin (The Boys)
49. Beep Beep (Flower Power)
50. XYZ (I Got A Boy)
51. Child (Genie)
52. Say Yes (The Boys)
53. T.O.P. (Girls & Peace)
54. Bad Girl (Girls Generation 2011)
55. Born To Be A Lady (Girls Generation 2011)
56. Mabinogi~It’s Fantastic! (OST)
57. Beginning (Into The New World)
58. Diamond (2011 Winter SMTown – The Warmest Gift)
59. Perfect for You~Honey (Girls Generation)
60. My Best Friend (Hoot)
61. Dancing Queen (I Got A Boy)
62. Talk Talk (Boomerang)
63. Romantic St. (I Got A Boy)
64. Visual Dreams (CM)
65. Girlfriend (Genie)
66. Love Melody (2007 Winter SMTown – Only Love)
67. Not Alone (Girls & Peace)
68. My J (The Boys)
69. Let’s Talk About Love (Gee)
70. Etude (Genie)
71. The Great Escape (Girls Generation 2011)
72. Stick With U (Oh!)
73. Twinkle (TTS Twinkle)
74. Mistake (Hoot)
75. Run Devil Run (Girls Generation 2011)
76. Merry Go Round (Girls Generation)
77. Baby Baby (Girls Generation)
78. Into The New World (Into The New World)
79. Touch The Sky (OST)
80. One Year Later (Genie)
* Like the other lists before, this is purely for fun, an interesting way to remember “where I was” at this stage of SNSD fandom. And as usual, though it is a list of ranking, in the end, the best I can do is give a sort of "general" placement of the songs in the list. By that I mean that a song ranked at, say, #11 isn't necessarily more loved than a song at #13, but probably more beloved than a song at #18 or so.
Z's SNSD INDIVIDUAL MEMBER RANKING!
as of 05/2013
9. Sooyoung
Easily the most stunning of all the girls with a rock solid body with legs up to here, Sooyoung’s the girl that my friends refer to as the runway model of the group and watching her sultry Glamazonian gazes during life performances I gotta agree, but it wasn’t always that way- the first time I took notice of her was in both the “Hello Baby” episodes and “Intimate Note”; at the time, Sooyoung sported a short shag hairstyle, and personally, this look didn’t suit her at ALL, I actually thought she was the oldest girl there as she looked more like a woman than a girl, imagine my surprise when I found out how young she was!
Despite her place on this list, I DO really like Sooyoung, but I have to say that unlike the rest of the members, I haven’t really seen too many things with her in it, and so her personality is still sort of a mystery to me. I’m sure that once that perfect show showcasing her comes out, I will grow to love her even more!
8. Taeyeon
Suffering the same fate as Sooyoung, Taeyeon is another member that I feel I’ve never really gotten to know despite the fact that I’ve actually seen her in quite a few shows, including multiple appearances on Running Man ( that crazy variety show where EVERYONE’s personality comes out!) but she’s always struck me as someone who stays in the background, funny for the girl who’s actually the LEADER of Girls Generation AND the member who has the most AMAZING set of pipes you’ll ever hear- when it comes to singing, Taeyeon (along with fellow crooner Seohyun) take this idol group’s status to a higher level, really, she’s THAT good!
7. Seohyun
When I first got into SNSD, Seohyun’s innocent ways was what really captivated me about her, and as I learned more about them, I found that this personality was no joke, out of all the girls, she’s the one most serious about things like preparing for her future, duites and responsibilities. So funny to watch her driving the other girls crazy, at times she comes off like Margaret in the old “Dennis The Menace” strips- all prim and proper and no fun at all, LOL!!! But she is really quite darling, and in fact there was a time period where I thought she was the prettiest member of them all! But what she shines at the most of course is her amazing vocals- along with Taeyeon, they make up the base of the “Power Vocals” within the group along with Tiffany and Jessica, and in my opinion, these are the core voice members of Girls Generation!
6. Hyoyeon
While it looks like Hyoyeon’s gone down on my list since the last evaluation, it must be said that I like her just as much as I did back then, but truthfully a LOT of the other members have moved UP! She’s still just about the coolest member out there and still quite attractive to me (though I can’t say I ever got past her “new” eyebrows look, I thought she was so pretty the “old” way) and though many may argue with me, I happen to really love her voice, both talking and singing, she has that raspy flavor to it that I just love (her middle rapping in “Top Secret” is a fave) and I love to hear her laugh! And of course she’ll always be SNSD’s “Dancing Queen”!!
5. Sunny
Our beloved Sunkyu! Like many others before me, I discovered how cool, fun and outgoing Sunny was during her epic stint on Invincible Youth (along with Yuri), Sunny’s statement about how she was SNSD’s “Energy Pill” was NEVER more evident than watching her on this show- from working in the fields, raising her animals and nurturing the other girls, Sunny really shone as the charismatic girl that everyone wanted to be around as she set about her chores with the cutest aegyo and (along with funnywoman Shinyoung Kim) the most slapsticky variety show skillz!! Once She and Yuri departed, the show was never the same (even when she came back!), so much of the original G7 was based around her enthusiasm.
4. Yoona
When I first was getting to know the girls, Yoona was the one more than the others that I had a hard time understanding why she was so highly regarded. My earliest memories of Yoona (when I could tell who she was ) was in the Hello Baby scenes where she and Jessica are pranking the girls, and at the time, she seemed like nothing more than a plain if very fun girl.
Then I saw her along with Sunny in an old episode of Running Man, Yoona was dressed in regular street clothes, jacket, blouse and jeans, and I don’t know why, but this REALLY DID IT FOR ME- she was so doggone pretty, and added to her incredibly fun and playful demeanor throughout the race, she simply stole my heart, since then she’s always had that glow of beauty and goofiness to my eyes, and I’ve cherished everything she’s done since, whether it be antics on Happy Family Outing, return appearances on Running Man or even the variety shows (where we get to see her do her famous “Flatfish” grimace now and again, LOL!) she’s one I’m always looking for! A BIG Move up on my list, Yoona is one of my very fave members!
3. Tiffany
I’d already fallen for Tiffany’s beauty when I first was introduced to her, but little did I know that as I saw more and more shows with her in it, I’d soon discover her inner beauty as well, of all the girls she’s the one who shines the most to me when it comes to pure, innocent sweetness, such a kind and friendly girl if it wasn’t plain enough watching the girls in their day to day activities, there’s also the testimony of so many other artists who praise her for her thoughtful and giving nature.
And then there’s that VOICE! Along with all that other goodness, Tiffany’s got one of my favorite voices out there, beautifully sonic with just a hint of raspiness, the way she enunciates her lines just sends me to heaven!
And as far as her physical beauty, well, even THAT got amped up as I saw more and more shows of her looking more beautiful with every look! I dunno, maybe it’s her California upbringing, but there’s something about her that reminds me of every girl I’d ever had a crush on growing up here in HAWAII! Someone had uploaded pictures of her middle school class pictures, gads, she looked SO MUCH like my childhood crushes in those pics, and it was clear that even THEN she had that “brighter than Gems” quality about her!
2. Yuri
There was a time when just about every variety show I was watching had SOME element of Yuri’s adorably wacky and fun personality about it, whether it be Invincible Youth, KkoKko Tours, or even their guest appearances on shows like Lets Go Dream Team, Weekly Idol or Beatles Code, etc, naturally, being exposed to all of this cute Yuri goodness affected my view on her as a whole, and that’s why at that time she always seemed to be alongside Jessica for my top spot of all-time fave member, but you know, in recent months it seems like we don’t get to see much of our dear Black Pearl anymore, when I do get to see her, she’s mostly regaled to the background only adding snippets into the current dialog going on. It’s only at times when I’m focusing only on her and I see that she’s the same adorably klutzy girl that I remember how much I love her! Really, we need to see more Yuri again!
1. Jessica
I don’t think there’s anything more I can say about how much I love Jessica. From the very first sight of her back in 2011 when I saw her in the VITA500 commercials, then following her through the months, falling in love with all of her different looks, from bangs, to bobs, to long, straight, blonde, black and brunette hairstyles, and discovering her unusual (for an idol) personality of hunching her shoulders up and withdrawing to the back of any conversation, her dry remarks and cold demeanor (which of course is why she’s lovingly known as the Ice Princess, natch!) as she’d run away from an open mic, fearful of having to talk to the audience, all of these quirks make me love her even more!
Though my love for each individual member has fluctuated and swayed from time to time, and there have been occasions when I’ve greatly felt like it was Yuri or Tiffany who was my “Favorite” member, in the end, it ALWAYS came back to Jessica, she is the one I’m listening for whenever a new song comes out, whenever I see a live performance, she’s the one I look for, in the end, Jessica’s the one that MAKES Girls Generation for me! And that’s all I got to say about that.
