「櫻井翔の“いま そこにいる人々”『命の現場』」 - ' Sakurai Sho no "Ima soko ni iru hitobito" [Inochi no genba] - "The people living there now" by Sho Sakurai [Scenes of life]. (roughly translated)
Air date: Wed, 7 September 2011 (on NHK)
Time: 6:55 p.m. ~ 7:49 p.m.
This is a very nice documentary. I can only give fangirl review as opposed to a review on the documentary subject as
I can't fully grasp the information and details presented. ^^;; So watching with the fangirl-goggles on...
The show opened with Sho's Kono mama motto. I can't help but smile every time I listen to this song. ^^
I noticed that they use Arashi's songs throughout the documentary. That was a nice touch.
Sho is very charming, sensitive and people can't help but like him after meeting him. :D
People seem to respond and open up to him easily, I think.
Anyway, when he met with a paralyzed ex-wrestler they talked about the man being able to karaoke.
The man said that he also sang Arashi's songs, but complained that most of Arashi's songs are on the 'high' side.
(High pitch? I don't know much music jargons and etc. ^^;;)
Sho said that was probably because the songs were geared towards their female fans.
(I suppose he meant Arashi's songs were designed so that women can sing them easily at karaoke?)
The man suggested that perhaps Arashi's songs could be done in the lower scale next time. ^^
Well, that was the gist I got from their conversation. Need a better translator for that. ^^
I thought that was interesting. I never thought that as a factor of consideration when choosing songs for their album.
Would love to watch the documentary again with subs. It's not a heavy documentary to digest in my opinion.
Though at times I felt that they were showing the issues through rose-tinted lenses...
(Might change my mind with more understanding of the details given... ^^;)
What do you guys think?
Air date: Wed, 7 September 2011 (on NHK)
Time: 6:55 p.m. ~ 7:49 p.m.
This is a very nice documentary. I can only give fangirl review as opposed to a review on the documentary subject as
I can't fully grasp the information and details presented. ^^;; So watching with the fangirl-goggles on...
The show opened with Sho's Kono mama motto. I can't help but smile every time I listen to this song. ^^
I noticed that they use Arashi's songs throughout the documentary. That was a nice touch.
Sho is very charming, sensitive and people can't help but like him after meeting him. :D
People seem to respond and open up to him easily, I think.
Anyway, when he met with a paralyzed ex-wrestler they talked about the man being able to karaoke.
The man said that he also sang Arashi's songs, but complained that most of Arashi's songs are on the 'high' side.
(High pitch? I don't know much music jargons and etc. ^^;;)
Sho said that was probably because the songs were geared towards their female fans.
(I suppose he meant Arashi's songs were designed so that women can sing them easily at karaoke?)
The man suggested that perhaps Arashi's songs could be done in the lower scale next time. ^^
Well, that was the gist I got from their conversation. Need a better translator for that. ^^
I thought that was interesting. I never thought that as a factor of consideration when choosing songs for their album.
Would love to watch the documentary again with subs. It's not a heavy documentary to digest in my opinion.
Though at times I felt that they were showing the issues through rose-tinted lenses...
(Might change my mind with more understanding of the details given... ^^;)
What do you guys think?
