curiouser and curiouser...

[jemz]

Am working on things with the NEWS pacific Concert DVD running on loop.


I have a quick question for everyone on my flist who are JE fans.

Who do you think is the best singer in JE and why?

I'm curious and nihongofrancais and I had a brief discussion about this yesterday so I want to see what others think.

Comments

[pastdazed.livejournal.com]

. . . I think several JE boys have a lot of potential to be really good singers? Since I mainly stick to KAT-TUN, NEWS, and Kanjani8 (and Juniors), I can't really comment on anyone else (though Ohno certainly sounds good from what I've seen him perform).

Tegoshi has an incredible voice, but when he goes off it's painful. But I have issues with him because when he sings, it seems like he never puts any emotion into it, like he's just singing because he can sing that good.

Jin, oh Jin. Rich, gorgeous voice when he's on. Unfortunately, when he's off, he seems to have long streaks of being off . . . in a very flat way. Doesn't seem to want to put more effort into it than he has to.

And Subaru - oh Subaru. Subaru goes off key a lot a lot a lot. But unique voice and 90% of the time he throws himself into whatever he's singing and so when he's on it's pretty awesome.

. . . Yeah, best singer is hard. VOCAL TRAINING, BOYS. (And then I think it would come down to personal preference upon the sound of their voice.)

(. . . Like Ohkura and Maru are probably my favorite singers when they sing in their vocal ranges and have that low thing going on. Massu would be my favorite from NEWS.)

[pastdazed.livejournal.com]

Maybe I should add that I think a fantastic voice does not equal best singer. I think a good singer (or someone that can be labeled the best singer) needs to be able to control their voice and keep it within the ranges they can sing in. For best singer I would say the technical stuff (control, etc.) comes before the voice.

(AKA in no way do I think the boys I named above are the best singers in JE.)