{"id":20,"date":"2019-10-16T20:49:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-03-21T19:46:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T19:46:46","slug":"hp-all-stars-%e6%86%a7%e3%82%8c%e3%81%aestress-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/16\/hp-all-stars-%e6%86%a7%e3%82%8c%e3%81%aestress-free\/","title":{"rendered":"H!P All Stars &#8211; \u61a7\u308c\u306eStress-free"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/tSS5FMcTeBQ\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tSS5FMcTeBQ?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Akogare no Stress-free<br \/>Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku<br \/>Arrangement: Hirata Shoichiro<br \/>Music Video: Nomura Toru<\/p>\n<p>Normally  I do not engage in idol talk, but I always make exceptions when I\u2019m  moved. So this video was great because it showed the members of H!P in a  way that shows the popularity of the members and a slice of personality  for them. The whole video is a collection of Solo Shots (one red  background, one blue background) that were put together in a manic  fashion. This girls on screen correspond to the girls singing in the  song. Since its the HP all stars, the singing lines are generally split  up by group, so one group sings this line, another sings this line, you  can see who is singing by what solo shots are on the screen. In general,  the groups do not mix when they sing, but not all members sing at once.  So 5 girls from MM may sing at one time, but its not a mix of 3 MM and 2  Angerme girls on screen at once. Its pretty cool. I think Dawa and  Fuku-hime are the only ones to get a solo line, and they are the leader  and sub-leader of hello project respectively. If you focus on the center  of the screen, you can see who the \u201cmost popular\u201d girls are in each  group. The &nbsp;closer to the middle of the screen, the more popular, except  probably Maa-chan who is not represented as such. So fan favorites like  Ayacho, Kumikkyo, Hama-chan, kiki-chan, etc got big pictures and were  near the center. This gives you a general ranking of the popularity of  the girls. If she is off in the corner, she is probably an acquired  taste. But if you study those solo shots, my oshis were SHINING! I was  Love love LOVING Akane\u2019s solo shots, they were almost as charming as  Maa-chan\u2019s but not quite\u2026 I am excite!<\/p>\n<p>Biggest thing in this video  is how this is the first single that Beyonds participated in. So It  feels good looking at these girls who have been patiently waiting to  debut. They look so nice here, but I am waiting until they get more  mature as a group to really cheer for them, but I\u2019m patiently waiting  for them to blossom.<\/p>\n<p>General Thoughts<br \/>Surf Rock + Baroque =  WTF. Just how in the world did Tsunku mix the two genres? Why would he  even try\u2026 this song is another really good example of songs you will  only hear in H!P. So surf rock is a style of rock that emerged with the  electric guitar. This is probably one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-y3h9p_c5-M\">most popular surf rock songs<\/a>. The sound of the guitars and the space between the notes\u2026 yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZAyeVjnJg9E\">this<\/a> IS my aural image of the surf rock sound\u2026 and baroque is a period of \u201cclassical music\u201d that is highly distinct\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Song Structure<br \/>Okay  disclaimer time. I am no music major or performer, so my musical  vocabulary to talk about some of the things Tsunku does is limited. He  does not often write typical songs, so I do not have the correct  vocabulary for the variety of parts he has in this song. I have just  chosen to name the parts of the song as follows and whenever I want to  mention a part of a song, just know that is what I\u2019m talking about.<\/p>\n<p>Lead In &#8211; 1 bar<br \/>Intro &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>1st Verse &#8211; &nbsp;8 bars <br \/>Chorus -stress 8 bars<br \/>2nd Verse &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>Part A (Peace) &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>Part B (Naritai) &#8211; 6 bars<br \/>Baroque Bridge &#8211; 10 bars<br \/>3rd Verse &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>True Chorus&nbsp;(Fuku-Hime) &#8211; 2 bars<br \/>True Bridge &#8211; 20 bars<br \/>1st Verse &#8211; &nbsp;8 bars <br \/>Chorus -stress 8 bars<br \/>2nd Verse &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>Part A (Peace) &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>Part B (Noritai) &#8211; 6 bars<br \/>Baroque Bridge &#8211; 10 bars<br \/>3rd Verse &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>True Chorus&nbsp;(Dawa) &#8211; 2 bars<br \/>Outro 10 bars<\/p>\n<p>Lyrics<br \/>Its  hard for me to tell what this song is about without me translating it. I  do not want to translate it at the moment, so I think that I will just  be in the dark about this song until I translate it. However, it seems  to be a song about the stress in young women\u2019s lives. They stress other  bring to them, and the stress that they put on themselves. I think the  protagonist wishes that they lived in a stress free time like when they  were a child, but alas, no such luck.<\/p>\n<p>Arrangement<br \/>So the  sounds in this songs seem to be keyboard, drums, guitars, bass. A very  stripped down small combo sound. I generally favor this sound over the  very large, tons of sonic layers, sound. Its probably a symptom of my  Jazz preferences. I think the most understated part of this song may be  the bassline. Tsunku is known to be a fan of \u201cfunky\u201d basslines, and in  this song he really gives the song a lot of bounce with his basslines in  the verses. In the intro, the bassline is very typical of surf rock,  but after the intro the bassline gets very groovy baby. It is, of  course, very plain in the Baroque Bridge, because its baroque-like. But  outside of the baroque bridge the bassline is really worth noticing.<\/p>\n<p>The  True bridge is quite \u201cProTool-y\u201d in that its like a EDM breakdown-y  type thing. No emulations of live instrumentation like the other parts  of the song. It certainly is a different experience.<\/p>\n<p>I think I  have clearly stated that I am a very very helpless circle of fifths  addict and would do anything to \u201cget my fix.\u201d Tsunku serves up a really  nice version of it first 4 bars of the baroque bridge. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y3y6SD2_EjI&amp;t=183s\">Here<\/a> is an example of legit baroque music played on piano. Of course the  voice is one melody (and harmony) and the keyboards play another melody  and the bass is the slope that serves as the base for us to descend the  beautiful circle of fifths slide.<\/p>\n<p>One of the notable things in  this song is the amount of space in the song. Its a fairly open song  with so much space in between the notes and the phrasings of the  instrumentation. Its not this huge cacophony of sound. Its likely  because so few elements were used to make the song and the genre of the  song lent itself to leaving spaces and openess between the instruments.  Its so great, its like a grilled cheese sandwich, the lack of things  competing for your taste buds allows you to really taste what the  cheese, bread, and butter bring to the eating experience\u2026 In a way that  they may be lost or not as noticeable in eating a fully dressed burger.  Anyways, I just think that the keyboards play the most chilled part in  the background part of the song. Ever so often, just popping in on 1 to  give us some color to the song. The rhythm guitar is just chugging  along, lol. The lead guitar is like a drizzle of dressing that just  shows up every so often and just gives us a sweet simple guitar lick to  chew on, then disappears. Then that main guitar riff that starts the  song off in the lead in is playfully withheld from us listeners.<\/p>\n<p>The  vocal part in general is two part harmony. But in times is gets more  complex (Part A Peace) and more simple (True Chorus). In my opinion, its  standard H!P fare (which I like a lot), but I think that its hard to  notice how much flavor H!P give to songs without listening to  instruments. Maa-chan already told the people they need to listen to  more instrumentals\u2026 On the other hand, the harmonizing parts of the  vocals are not shabby. The youtuber \u201cHello Factory\u201d has a channel full  of extractions of the isolated vocal and chorus versions of H!P songs.  Please like and subscribe to them if you like what they are doing. You  can find their channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUJLqUyDVlCYHHNOyJc0TEg\/playlists\">here<\/a>. Just listen to the harmonies in this song, aren\u2019t they just splendid? Listen to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iGzeBCzQm8k\">Vocal Version<\/a>&nbsp;and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s-NWdl0gxMk\">Chorus Version<\/a>\u3002Its  actually more nuanced and has more parts than I realized on first  listen. The harmonization is so beautiful\u2026 man H!P is certainly for  music wota.<br \/>All in all. I think its songs like this that make it  worthwhile to be a Tsunku wota. All of his stuff is good, but from time  to time he will give you something you can only hear from Tsunku. 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