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[sparkles_n15]

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[b]Arashi Will Sing a Special Medley for their First Appearance at Kohaku - 50 Songs Selected[/b]
Source: [url="http://www.asahi.com/culture/update/1220/TKY200912200151.html"]asahi[/url]
Translated by: sparkles_n15 @ [url="http://asianfanatics.net"]asianfanatics.net[/url]

NHK announced on the 20th the list of the 50 songs that performers will be singing at the 60th Kohaku. Resting at the end of this year, Ayaka will be performing Minna Sora no Shita to represent the red team. Appearing for the first time in the white team, Arashi will be singing A・RA・SHI and Believe as part of the ARASHI X KOHAKU Special Medley. 



Kimura Kaela will represent the red team by singing her hit song Butterfly, DREAMS COME TRUE will be singing Sono Saki E〜Kohaku Special Version〜. Representing the white team, SMAP will sing Sotto Kyutto～Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana, while Mori Shinichi will be singing Hana to Cho, which was the first song he ever sang at Kohaku. 



Many old classics will be performed again, including Mikawa Kenichi's Sasoriza no Onna and Nakamura Mitsuko's Kawachi Otoko Bushi for the seventh time, Ishikawa Sayuri's Tsugarukaikyo Fuyugeshiki for the sixth time, and Kitajima Saburo, who has made the most appearances on Kohaku at 46 times, will be performing his song Matsui for the fifth time.

The full list can be viewed [url="http://sankei.jp.msn.com/photos/entertainments/music/091220/msc0912201900006-l1.jpg"]here[/url]

Edited by sparkles_n15, 20 December 2009 - 06:13 PM.

[Choco ~ Latte]

lol i thought the tittle meant that arashi alone is gonna sing 50 somgs i was gonna say wow thats so awesome!!
but i was wrong.
anyways them doing a medley is good enough for me.
cant wait.

[cassy_clim8]

lol i thought the same way too that arashi will perform 50 songs until i realized that would be impossibly long even if it's a medley!


waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa A.Ra.Shi and Believe!!!! i wonder what other songs they would sing as part of the medley?!?! or are those the only songs they'll sing? Truth would be a good one too! and maybe some slow songs for diversity. hehe

extremely excited for this!

[b]Edit:[/b] lolz i've heard A.ra.shi a long time ago and it was only recently that i've realized what the song meant. i didn't really internalized the lyrics before. and i wonder if Nino, Ohno and Aiba will do the cartwheel during their a.ra.shi performance. hahahaha

but Believe has good lyrics too! gives you an optimistic view of life eh like a lot of their other songs.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHr-oKDAYjA[/youtube]

Edited by cassy_clim8, 20 December 2009 - 07:50 PM.

[miira-chaan]

hahaa..i thought arashi alone would sing 50 songs..i was like..woah..hahaa

but..anywho..i want to know..when will this be aired..?? i soo want to catch it.!!

[cassy_clim8]

@ miira-chaan: NHK channel Dec. 31 7:45-11:45pm (Japan time or GMT+9)

[sparkles_n15]

[color="#4169E1"]HAHAHA, 50 songs would be more than what they sing at their concerts!!
I'm happy they chose A.RA.SHI and Believe![/color]

[meoinkie2]

the title is indeed misleading..xD
im glad to know that they'll sing Believe and A.RA.SHI. among others..
i hope they'll also include Truth in the medley

the dorks' thoughts on performing in Kohaku this year
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao79MHDGkPg[/media]
Riida is being bullied again..LOL
nevertheless, he's still cho adorable even with that eye-patch (it was said he had a sty during that time..)

Edited by meoinkie2, 21 December 2009 - 12:15 AM.

[cassy_clim8]

[b]sparkles_n15[/b]

haha. that's what i thought too sparky.... i mean, they sing like an average of 30+ songs in their concerts so it's kinda hard to imagine them singing 50 songs though i initially thought it was because of the title. haha

[b]meoinkie2[/b]

darn! riida was so effin' cute there when he was trying to tell the group like hey i'm still here and i wanna give a message with that expression of his and he smiled at the camera like a lil kid! funny how ohno rarely does say something and when he does, the group or should i say the duo Nino and Jun try to cut him, living up to their DOS titles. wahahahaha and lolz at Aiba, thinking he said something wrong when the group was all silent after his piece.


[b]EDIT: i just saw something over at lj that usually for first timers they are only given 1'40 - 2 minutes and even some veteran singers are given 3 min long performances but they will be giving arashi 4 minutes after careful deliberation coz NHK considers arashi as a national group and treat them as the highlight of Kohaku
[/b]
saw it [size="4"][b][url="http://community.livejournal.com/arashi_on/2426204.html"]here[/url][/b][/size] thanks to [b][u]yamakaze067[/u][/b] of lj

Edited by cassy_clim8, 21 December 2009 - 04:00 AM.

[YunHo-Takki <3]

[quote name='cassy_clim8' date='20 December 2009 - 07:06 PM' timestamp='1261336003' post='6487247']
@ miira-chaan: NHK channel Dec. 31 7:45-11:45pm (Japan time or GMT+9)
[/quote]

ermm.
abt the time.
will it be aired at 4:45-8:45 ( for GMT) then?
cuz i live in england so adding 9 hours to the japan time makes the above time.
i hope it makes sense.
and thanx for the info!
cant wait for this!!!!

[cassy_clim8]

^^ if you're in england, it should be Dec 31, 2009 10:45am - 2:45pm coz GMT+9 is Japan time so you deduct 9 hours to get GMT. japan time is GMT +9 so if your time is GMT, deduct 9 hours from whatever time is in japan....hope this helps

Edited by cassy_clim8, 21 December 2009 - 01:32 PM.

[tater]

Arashi will be singing a medley! why am i not surprised? Yay! will be looking forward to this.
but they are rushing towards the Johnnys Countdown after the event right?
still want to see them with the rest of the JEs.

[embryo]

Hahaha I thought too it meant Arashi sings 50 songs! That would have been quite a long XD
But can't wait for their medley~

And awww that vid [b]jing[/b] posted, Oh-chan looks so cute with the eye-patck!! Poor Riida but still so cute XD

Edited by embryo, 21 December 2009 - 02:54 PM.

[♥Kitsiee]

LOL! Like everyone when I saw the title I went "Wtf, how does one sing a medley of FIFTY songs?" xDDD But oh yeahhh! Arashi's gona be given 4 minutes even as a first timer? That sounds awesome. Does it mean that NHK really have JE extra spots because of Arashi? *shot* I wonder what song will they sing in the medley though.

[YunHo-Takki <3]

[quote name='cassy_clim8' date='21 December 2009 - 12:19 PM' timestamp='1261397974' post='6488040']
^^ if you're in england, it should be Dec 31, 2009 10:45am - 2:45pm coz GMT+9 is Japan time so you deduct 9 hours to get GMT. japan time is GMT +9 so if your time is GMT, deduct 9 hours from whatever time is in japan....hope this helps
[/quote]

oh! thanks alot!
oops! my bad . i added 9 hours to the japan time insteasd of deducting thats y i was thinking why the time looked really weird.
haha
thanks once again!!

[YunHo-Takki <3]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
this cant happen
i've been waiting to watch kohaku so badly
but it doesnt comes up.
and its already 10:59 here
somebody plz help me!!!
where can i watch live broadcast??
isnt that in nhk world tv???
it was supposed to air at 10:45 according to the time but some other things are coming up.
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
m gonna die.

[SoulReaper]

=_= The title is misleading.. I was like O_O Arashi's going to sing 50 songs???!
That'd be awesome but in my own world

Isn't this showing tonight? D: Oh my if i didn't see this I would have 100% forgotten about it D:

[cassy_clim8]

yep this was tonight! or rather yesterday since it's already jan.1 in japan

here's the performance part....

'[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOJegyfWdzQ[/youtube]