Wings of My Heart 3.0

Here’s a meme I just filled out about my top ten artists on my Last.fm account, because sometimes you’re just in the mood to do memes. I’ve had my Last.fm since the summer of 2006 and have never reset it; sometimes I wonder what my charts would look like if I’d switched accounts at some point, or if my Last.fm had started counting my iPod plays before I installed it on my new MacBook. (It’s only been counting iPod plays for the last two weeks, and I’m very curious to see how that might affect my play counts from now on.) Leave it to me to take something like a meme, something you can answer with very few words when you don’t feel like thinking, and be wordy about it, even when I’m exhausted.
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Berryz Koubou’s brand new double A-side single happens to be the first Berryz single I have truly enjoyed in a long time. This is exciting for me, because Berryz were always my number one before their singles started sucking (to me). My displeasure with the music got to the point that it made me stop caring about the girls themselves, which is pretty surprising looking at my Berryz fandom track record. So now that I’m warming up to them again and genuinely enjoying both of their new songs and PVs, I say it’s time for a little comparison! Which of their two new A-sides will come out on top?

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It’s an idea that pops into every wota’s head at some point, and something that many of us will do or have done: buying multiple copies of the same single or album. Sometimes, one simply wants to help their idols achieve a high Oricon ranking, and buys more than one copy of a new release in the hopes of pushing it to the top. Other times, it’s difficult to choose between the regular and limited editions - you want the bonus DVD, but the regular edition has a better cover - so you just get both instead. And some fans no doubt collect every version of every release by their favourite artist just for the sake of having a complete collection. It’s the way of fandom; some buy loads of CDs, some download everything, and everyone enjoys whatever their favourite artists put out. As long as no one’s getting themselves into debt with their spending habits, there’s no problem with it - until the companies backing our artists take advantage of it.

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