SoftspotTV, Ep. 2: "Bored and Dericious"
(fur, fake fur and feathers)Posted by Mikhail K. on September 20, 2006, 21:25:12
Ian P.'s efforts inspired me to do an other SoftspotTV episode. Thanks Ian!
Fur, or should I say FUR:
Ayumi Hamasaki wearing a really beautiful mink (and I don't use the phrase 'beautiful mink' easily!) throughout her clip 'Bold and Delicious. If anyone has a proper quality .mpeg instead of a Google file, I'd like to hear:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ParPy-zAFks
Avoid the 'live' version, it's unintentionally funny. Or should I say, 'Bored and Dericious'?
Fur:
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eoXDjf1ho, or look for 'Ayumi Hamasaki step you'. Black fur collar and trim in some parts.
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSBXUIsfXWI or 'Ayumi Hamasaki (Miss) Understood. The commercial for the album.
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6hl7AN6PN8 or 'Ayumi Hamasaki Mister Donut'. Ayumi wearing a blue fox fur coat throughout a commercial. Kawaii...
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pRTavFlEOM Ayumi accepting an award for her song 'No way to say, and performing it, while wearing a white fur stole. It might be fake, but it's so good I really don't care. Or look for 'Ayumi No Way To Say Live'
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO-VBb13J88, The clip for the same song, different furs.
Fake fur:
You Tube. Fake Christmas fur in fact. Including the bag, which is a neat detail, IMHO. Look for 'ayumi boss santa'. Love the music too, much better than her regular stuff.
Feather and fake fur:
* On Youtube, look for 'Nina Hagen Torgen place'. A long interview with the German singer Nina Hagen. She's wearing a very fluffy marabou bolero and cute fake fur leg warmers throughout. For those of us who understand German, it's in German and somewhere she explains in her own Nina-ish way that she doesn't want to hurt animals, but feathers should be okay. Sure Nina. 
Feathers, er... FEATHERS:
* One more Ayumi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJngIKUnZO8
The middle part of this long clip has her running through corridors wearing a lovely ostrich feather outfit. Don't ask me why. There's also a shorter, feathers-only version of this clip (look for 'Ayumi Games intro')
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2hYaXyPz24. YES! The same feathers but live, and she also brings along some feathered friends, after the bondage weirdos have gone. Sort of Kylie-meets-Madonna, but better.
* On Google video, look for 'Phyllis Diller interview'. Another interview, a looong interview with comedian Phyllis Diller. She's getting on a bit (just a bit), but she's also wearing a nice ostrich trimmed gown. Actually, I think she's cute and funny too.
Enjoy,
M.K.
(http://file.verycd.com/img/music/ayumi.jpg)
(http://i3.yesasia.com/assets/24/622/l_p1004162224.jpg)
posted by Eric ForFriends @ 12:33 PM
1 Comments:
A useful comments on the board by MrMockle:
A cloud of doom over US entertainment industry? ;-)
Posted by Mikhail K. on September 22, 2006, 1:42:58, in reply to "Re: SoftspotTV, Ep. 2: "Bored and Dericious" (fur, fake fur and feathers)"
--Previous Message--
: Mikhailk,
:
: Following links to Auymi Hamasaki on other fur forums, I found her
: CDs and DVDs for sale on a few websites including YesAsia.com. I
: don't have the facility to copy them (before anyone asks) but for
: a smallish fee you and others can buy your own copies there in a
: variety of country formats.
:
: Her music isn't to my taste but it's good to see a number of fur
: items in her videos - "Bold and Delicious" is by far the
: best but the black fox stole in "Step You" is nice too.
: The videos I have also have "Making of" clips from both
: videos with extra fur clips and extra furs in the B&D one.
:
: Regards,
: Mr Mockle
Thanks MrMockle,
Good to know it's possible to order for these DVDs after all. I found myself on a Yesasia page yesterday, but I got intimidated by all the squiggly bits.
The Step You 'Making Of' is on You Tube too, and the fur is much more visible in that one than in the Step You clip itself.
Although some of it is tolerable, I think the music is Ayumi's Achilles' heel - in my not so humble opinion it's a bland and wildly eclectic rehash of the Britney-and-Christina output right up to the two chihuahuas. Yet, the shows are bigger than anything I've seen, the video clips are pretty good, she's much more of a personality than the aforementioned two (I mean Britney and Christina), and somehow it might be that she's in the same copycat phase where Japanese cars were a few decades ago. Perhaps, one day they will have worked it out, it will all come together and she'll out-Toyota Britney's Ford. :-) Until that day, I'll just enjoy the furs, the feathers and campy weirdness of it all... Or, as my friend Jerry put it, Ayumi Yummy!
M.K.
Additional comment:
: Mikhail,
:
: They have an english language page - which I think is
: global.yesasia.com
:
: Regards,
: Mr Mockle
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