Perfume

The Japanese are known globally for their super cute cartoons, mangas and animes. i remember when i was a kid and later a tween, i used to look forward to Saturday mornings for a dose or two of Japanese cartoons. Those were the days when Astro and the Internet were non-existent. There were only RTM1 and RTM2!! Yikes!!! O.@

i remember loving the cartoons' theme songs. Even as a child, i found the tunes catchy although i had no idea what they were about. And the cartoons would end with another different song, usually a slower tempo song. And i'd always sit through the songs!

Something that never failed to amuse me then was the singer's voice. i think the theme songs are sung only by females (Correct me if i'm wrong). The singers would sing in a childlike, high-pitched voice. Really, i couldn't differentiate the voice quality from one singer to another. They all sounded the same to me. i loved ^-^ and hated \_/ those voices. Well, in spite of that, i still loved the tunes.

i was bumbling around Youtube and clicked on a video that was being watched. And guess what? It linked to a trio of Japanese girls, Perfume, who are famous for techno pop music. Yup, they sounded almost like each other and the digital distortion of their voices only made them sound more alike.

Anyway... again i'm 'caught' by the catchy tunes. Errmmm... i can't really find much meanings to their songs despite the English sub-titles. Maybe the songs would make more sense if i know Japanese. Or maybe the lyrics do not really matter if you are dancing away.

So, here's three of their songs. Tap along...

PolyRhythm

Baby Cruising Love

Macaroni

So, what do you think?