One of the catchiest songs in the Tsunku canon! Loved this clever reboot of the Tanpopo brand back... damn I guess it WAS ten (10) years ago.
Anyone here remember the Musume e-groups mailing list that later morphed into Yahoo Groups? I remember some people (well, maybe two or three) just SLAMMING this song and the new, light-hearted image that was adopted following the departure of Ishiguro Ayappe. I think I replied to the group that those people were just MISSING OUT (along with a few choice expletives kept to myself). Man, Tsunku was on fire way back when.
I bought this CD single on release date from my local store (Hakubundo) for the usual 50 percent markup with no regrets. No, it wasn't a chart topper like "Chokotto Love" but H!P didn't need every song to be #1 (like Johnnys) to expand the brand.
Besides I'm not sure you wanted Kago Aibon in a flimsy silk negligee, wearing heavy eye makeup and moaning the lyrics to "Motto."