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First: Happy birthday, Matsumoto Jun! There will be cake to celebrate. Because that's the new family tradition (family plus other kids, I do mean)--have cake for Arashi members' birthday.
WE LIKE CAKE, OKAY? Cake and Arashi. Don't judge.
The other part of this post is sort of for Becky.
Arashi is a cool name for a band, okay? It's awesome.
Except for the fact that if you're Japanese you're not hearing it as 'Arashi' you're hearing it as 'storm'.
And 'Storm' is a lame name for band. It is the biggest, fattest, most loser-y name for a band that you could ever come up with. Foreigner? Air Supply? Bad English? Scandal? They're all better than 'Storm'. Storm is what twelve-year-old kids name a band and think it is Badass. I'd be embarrassed to say 'my favorite band is Storm!' because it is that bad of a name. Wow, it's just awful.
Yet somehow, even knowing how terrible it is, I love that loser name. I love that my favorite band is a bunch of regular guys with an awful name that probably embarrassed the crap out of them when they were younger and cared about being 'cool'. I love that the name sounds cool to non-native speakers and LAMEASS to people who know the language and they're popular anyway. They make it WORK.
In some strange way the stupid name 'Storm' is the best and only name for this group and all the things, all the feelings they bring out in me and in every one of their fans.
I love you,Storm Arashi, despite your dumb name.
WE LIKE CAKE, OKAY? Cake and Arashi. Don't judge.
The other part of this post is sort of for Becky.
Arashi is a cool name for a band, okay? It's awesome.
Except for the fact that if you're Japanese you're not hearing it as 'Arashi' you're hearing it as 'storm'.
And 'Storm' is a lame name for band. It is the biggest, fattest, most loser-y name for a band that you could ever come up with. Foreigner? Air Supply? Bad English? Scandal? They're all better than 'Storm'. Storm is what twelve-year-old kids name a band and think it is Badass. I'd be embarrassed to say 'my favorite band is Storm!' because it is that bad of a name. Wow, it's just awful.
Yet somehow, even knowing how terrible it is, I love that loser name. I love that my favorite band is a bunch of regular guys with an awful name that probably embarrassed the crap out of them when they were younger and cared about being 'cool'. I love that the name sounds cool to non-native speakers and LAMEASS to people who know the language and they're popular anyway. They make it WORK.
In some strange way the stupid name 'Storm' is the best and only name for this group and all the things, all the feelings they bring out in me and in every one of their fans.
I love you,
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(Okay, no, it was fairly terrible, but-- my childhood--!)
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You know, I never realized how bad it was until
It's horrifying now, what with the gender badness going on all over the place, but . . . still have a slightly sparkly warm spot in my heart for it.
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GIRL BANDS AND CATCHY TUNES AND AWESOMELY BAD CLOTHES, WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE? (Also, the Stingers were kind of hot. Also also, Aja was really hot.)
I don't think I could actually rewatch more than an episode at a time now, though, much less twelve, jesus.