[2/13] Idoling!!! 19th single [Sakura Sankyuu]

[SuzukiRyo]

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Idoling!!! 19th Single

さくらサンキュー

"Sakura Thank You"

February 13, 2013

 

Limited A [CD＋DVD] ￥1,600（tax in）

Tracklist
    1：さくらサンキュー
    2：Secret Xmas
    3：さくらサンキュー(Instrumental)
    4：Secret Xmas(Instrumental)
    5：申し訳ないとPresents IDOLING !!! MEGAMIX !!! -Digest-

DVD
    さくらサンキュー -Music Video-
    さくらサンキュー -Dancing Ver.-
    さくらサンキュー MVメイキング

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Limited B [CD＋Blu-ray] ￥2,000（tax in）

Tracklist
    1：さくらサンキュー
    2：voice
    3：さくらサンキュー(Instrumental)
    4：voice(Instrumental)
    5：申し訳ないとPresents IDOLING !!! MEGAMIX !!! -Digest-

Blu-ray
    さくらサンキュー -Music Video-
    さくらサンキュー -Dancing Ver.-
    さくらサンキュー MVメイキング
    voice -Music Video-
    voice MVメイキング
    おまけのサンキュー

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Regular [CD Only] ￥1,000（tax in）

Tracklist
    1：さくらサンキュー
    2：Secret Xmas
    3：さくらサンキュー(Instrumental)
    4：Secret Xmas(Instrumental)



Trivia:
- Cerezo Osaka image flower is Sakura
- #1 Saya-nee image flower is Sakura

[SuzukiRyo]

Sakura Sankyuu & Secret Christmas


Closer view

[SomethingWild]

Even for a LQ preview it sounds pretty good! I already prefer it over "One up!!!" 
It has nice chant and choreography moments for optimal fan interaction. Good idol song 

One minor complaint would be that releasing a song with "Sakura" in the title during graduation season is about as unoriginal as possible. It shows once again Idoling is following the trend rather than being innovative. Not saying that's a bad thing.

[cicily]

This clip probably has the best audio of all the clips I've seen so far. Close to radio quality (except for a few random fan chants).

[SuzukiRyo]

Different costume

[neonero]

First impression, the song is not bad but I'm not conviced yet.

[AEUGNewtype]

If I didn't know the history of Idoling's discography, I probably would have a better impression of this new single, I mean it's not a bad song, it's warm and gentle in its generic sort of way, but knowing what I know, I am very disappointed with it.

First thing that I didn't like was that it's a very ordinary sounding song with zero impact and no flavor, it almost sounds like a school choir song, very bland and forgettable. Granted, the song writer may have graduation in mind but what's the point in singing a very generic song as an idol group? Any student choir group can do that, an idol group has to make a distinction in some way and this new song doesn't. Honestly, this single is only good enough as a B-side song to me, or an album song.

Third thing is rather obvious, and that is Idoling has stopped being innovative and simply following the trend now. This generic song immediately reminded me of millions of generic songs AKB is infamous for. Not only that, even the naming of the song is mimicking the AKB style in using Japanese word with an English word, as in Iiwake Maybe, Oogoe Diamond, Namida Surprise etc., I mean it might not really matter that much in the whole scheme of things, but somehow as a fan I feel most devastated that Idoling has become what it is.

Overall, I may be overly critical towards the new single, and granted as a stand-alone product there's nothing wrong with it, but from a long-time fan's perspective, there's simply nothing that excites me about this particular single from any angle for lacking innovation, lacking character, lacking singing showcase, and lacking originality.

I'm largely in agreement with all of this, though I don't feel its as life-or-death as you're making it out to be.  Its just one single, its not like they've been following this same style for a couple years or anything.  While I agree Don't Think, Feel and Mamore could've been much better and seem like sore thumbs in their discography, I thought One Up was a pretty good return to form and reminded me a lot of older stuff. 

I'm not very impressed with the new song either, but then by Summer of next year, they'll have another single or album coming out that might go back to the old style again. Hopefully the PV is pretty, it may warrant a few more watches, but I don't think this song will be making it onto my iPod, though the b-sides may turn out to be good since they'll probably have 2-3 b-sides with the different versions if its anything like the last few singles.

[SuzukiRyo]

Front seat

[neonero]

A B2 size poster coming with the single.

I also ordered it 2 weeks ago.

[SuzukiRyo]

Sakura Sankyuu PV

[neonero]

The PV is really good, even though some members hardly appear for a second or so.

[AEUGNewtype]

The song sounds SO much better in studio quality, I actually like it pretty well.  The PV is cool too, but I'd be more interested to see the alternate versions more than this one, it just lacks a little excitement and it seems rare that anyone from 1st or 2nd gen even has their face shown at all. I might just buy the version with a Blu-ray to see the alternates.

[SuzukiRyo]

They seems to show 1st gen as mentor rather than main selling point. That's good, because 1st gen will not be there forever.
They clearly want Yuna, Yurippe, Ai, and Asahi to be the future selling point.

[SuzukiRyo]

Limited A [CD＋DVD] ￥1,600（tax in）

Tracklist
    1：さくらサンキュー
    2：Secret Xmas
    3：さくらサンキュー(Instrumental)
    4：Secret Xmas(Instrumental)
    5：申し訳ないとPresents IDOLING !!! MEGAMIX !!! -Digest-

DVD
    さくらサンキュー -Music Video-
    さくらサンキュー -Dancing Ver.-
    さくらサンキュー MVメイキング

===

Limited B [CD＋Blu-ray] ￥2,000（tax in）

Tracklist
    1：さくらサンキュー
    2：voice
    3：さくらサンキュー(Instrumental)
    4：voice(Instrumental)
    5：申し訳ないとPresents IDOLING !!! MEGAMIX !!! -Digest-

Blu-ray
    さくらサンキュー -Music Video-
    さくらサンキュー -Dancing Ver.-
    さくらサンキュー MVメイキング
    voice -Music Video-
    voice MVメイキング
    おまけのサンキュー

===

Regular [CD Only] ￥1,000（tax in）

Tracklist
    1：さくらサンキュー
    2：Secret Xmas
    3：さくらサンキュー(Instrumental)
    4：Secret Xmas(Instrumental)

[neonero]

Basic covers. I'm tempted to get the blu-ray version too now that I've seen the tracklists.

[AEUGNewtype]

Aah, the cover for standard edition is awesome, just like last time, so tempted to get it..  And so happy they're making a PV for the b-side again 

[kei_86]

basic cover is looking great! and I'm going to have 15 of them delivered to me because of the handshake...

[SuzukiRyo]

They are going to compete with YGA last single and PASSPO☆. 
But not for No.1 spot, because Kis-my-ft2 will rules it. 

[AEUGNewtype]

They are going to compete with YGA last single and PASSPO☆. 
But not for No.1 spot, because Kis-my-ft2 will rules it. 

Yeah, YGA is one of the lowest tier of idols as far as sales go, so that won't be much of a contest, and they may also defeat Passpo, because their sales have declined lately and been much less than Idoling's recent releases (Passpo between 7k-10k when One Up! did 43k.) Unfortunately, some boring Johnny's artists will most likely win, just like you said (their last few releases were between 300k and 400k  ) I guess it pays off to have legions of wealthy middle-aged housewives as your fans 

[SuzukiRyo]

Sakura Sankyuu
Songwriter/composer: Tada Shin'ya (Arashi, AKB48, Watarirouka Hashiritai, Momoiro Clover)
Arranger: Yo Keigo (AKB48, Watarirouka Hashiritai, bump.y, Buono!)

Secret Xmas
Songwriter: M.B.L (Unknown. Could it be MORM-Bee-Liz☆ ???)
Composer: Hibino Hirofumi
Arranger: Watanabe Tooru

voice
Songwriter: leonn
Composer/arranger: Hibino Hirofumi