Posts filed under: ‘Nakagawa Shoko‘
Shokotan Again
I’m now imitating my Koharu post kick, but this time with Shokotan. With Hairspray on in the background this time.
Anyway, I’ve kind of gone on an insane extravaganzathon of Shoko’s songs and have learned half of them. And now I really wish, like a hell of a lot, that I could meet her and sing them with her.
Eh… never gonna happen, but a girl can dream right?
Ah, the point of this post.
Is completely random. But I was thinking of setting up a fansite/blog here on wordpress, but I don’t want to do it alone and it ending up falling through after about three weeks of little to no activity, so if anyone actually reads this and is a fan of Shokotan’s contact me and let’s organise something 
Add a comment October 23, 2008
Shokotan is Number Something-or-Other
Nakagawa Shoko has been the subject of a surprising number of conversations I have had with my best friend. For some reason, and I know not what, she has become somewhat of a escalating favourite. There’s no way she would overtake my absolute favourites like Ayu or Kumi or Hikki anytime soon, if at all, but I find myself increasingly more satisfied with her releases.
I’d heard about her in passing and then downloaded and enjoyed her debut album, even if anime music is not my thing, and since then whenever I see a new single or video up for download I feel an inexplicable draw to seize the link. And is it just me or is she releasing a lot?
Cause it feels like it.
The Shiny GATE single was less than spectacular admittedly, but it was good for the genre, it just didn’t sit well with me. But Tsuzuku Sekai was awe-inspiring.
Shokotan has several voices. Her cutesy pop voice, her rock voice, her anime theme song voice, her ballad voice… it’s a long list and I think that’s what I really like about her. From release to release she sounds different, new, fresh and diverse.
Her newest song Kirei a la Mode I haven’t listened to completely yet, I’m distracted watching The Last Legion, but from what I’ve heard I definitely like. She sounds half-ballad, half-pop song and she has an odd ability to make everything sound rather like a theme song. In a good way.
Anyway, if I had to evaluate where she is on my favourite soloist list, she would be in my top ten, maybe even top five.
Add a comment October 20, 2008
