Pepper Keibu 10/10
Morning Musume’s 37th single is a cover of Pink Lady’s 1st single making this the second cover song the group has ever released as a sinlge. With the great update of this classic you can’t help but love it. The lines seem to be much more equal than Resonant Blue with Ai’s out of body strength in her voice and Reina’s strong vocals heard prominantly. After the first 40 seconds or so, you begin to hear the magic that makes me love this track so much. The way they presented this song is pure brilliance. Keeping with the original tune then using am modern synth makes it sound like it could have been released as an original today as well as in the early ’70’s. The classic dance break that is included with every MM song since the beginning of time only seems to make it better.
Romance 9/10
Another cover of a song from the same era originally by Iwasaki Hiromi. This is a great B-side but judt doesn’t seem to complete this single in the least. It makes the whole single seem to be broken into two seperate parts. Everything was beautifully done regardless of the fact that it isn’t the best piece for the puzzle. Taking this song sperate, I’d have to say it is one of the better songs vocally I’ve heard from the current line-up in a while especially since it’s a B-side. My favorite song fro this single by far…
