{"id":1280,"date":"2016-02-20T21:13:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T03:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intlwota.com\/happydisco\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2016-02-20T21:13:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T03:13:55","slug":"my-top-25-songs-of-2015-5-to-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mescallado.com\/happydisco\/index.php\/2016\/02\/20\/my-top-25-songs-of-2015-5-to-1\/","title":{"rendered":"My Top 25 songs of 2015 &#8211; 5 to 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alright gang, here it is! The top 5 songs of the year! These are all songs I&#8217;ve listened to very frequently over the past year, and are the best of 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Rev. From DVL &#8211; What a Surprise<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XLaQnMuoDkY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I know so many people have an impression of Rev. from DVL being the Kanna show, but honestly they have some to fhte most consistently great idol music out there. What a Surprise, because of that, isn&#8217;t a surprise to me, but it might be to those of you who haven&#8217;t checked out Rev. It&#8217;s performed by about half of the group, featuring the older members of Rev, and is a more laid-back, mellow kind of funk\/disco sound. Right away the song hits you with the best part, the phenomenal chorus. The rest of the song is great too, featuring some solid vocal work from Rev, a great guitar solo near the end, and just a lot of great, mellow idol music. The thing that Rev has been doing so well lately is being a more classic idol group, with some great performances and top notch music. I get a big old-school Morning Musume vibe from them sometimes, which is a very good thing in my book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. LinQ &#8211; LinQuest &#8211; Yagate Densetsu e<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D4DS2klfPZw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This song is as perfect for me on paper as it is in practice. Hyadain writing an epic of a song for LinQ with video game chiptune sound in there? Sign me up. This song is just so big &#8211; it&#8217;s one of the songs that the word &#8220;epic&#8221; works for. Every member is constantly belting out their lines (and every member does get a solo). It&#8217;s a tad melodramatic but in the best kind of way. Aside from the strong melody and performances, this song is perfect down to the details &#8211; the chiptune inclusion here and there works very well, as do the little instrumentation details that pop up. I also love the lyrics and how the song builds them up. When all the members sing &#8220;hitori janai&#8221; in the slower section near the end, it genuinely moves me to tears. This song is perfectly built up and constructed, and I really hope LinQ keeps up the good work!<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Takoyaki Rainbow &#8211; Genki Uri no Shoujo ~Naniwa Meika Gojussenn<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x31ja65\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x31ja65_takoyaki-rainbow-genki-uri-no-shoujo-namihana-meiuta-gojuu-sen-english-subbed_music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Takoyaki Rainbow- Genki Uri no Shoujo ~Namihana&#8230;<\/a> <i>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/margie-gigi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">margie-gigi<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Like all of Stardust Promotion&#8217;s groups lately, Takoyaki Rainbow has been putting out some consistently great things. However, their best song yet is Genki Uri no Shoujo. It&#8217;s.. weird, but in the best possible way. It&#8217;s high energy funk that includes things like two of the members doing a comedy routine mid-song, which is followed up by Kurumi hamming it up, belting out lines. If you aren&#8217;t already onboard with Stardust&#8217;s madness, Genki Uri no Shoujo might not be for you. However, if you&#8217;re like me and want idol music to be as weird as it possibly can and you want it to include as much disco\/funk as it can, Genki Uri no Shoujo might be your best bet. It&#8217;s strange, frenetic, and one of the most addicting songs of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Team Syachihoko &#8211; J.A.N.A.I.C.A<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mnH6OoLGrM8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Stardust being manic and strange, J.A.N.A.I.C.A fits the bill! Written by tofubeats and Seamo, J.A.N.A.I.C.A is a high-energy parapara dance themed song that manages to be both a great song and still Syachi-brand weird. For example, the rap verse is strange but totally fits into Syachi&#8217;s type of weirdness. That said, while it is a generally weird song, it still feels very cohesive. I don&#8217;t know parapara dance very well,  but it seems like it would be a fun song to dance to for that. The other thing that draws me to Syachi and makes me love this is just how high energy of a song it is. While Team Syachihoko has some great slower songs (Maji Kansha, Yume no Tochuu, Akeboshi), Syachi&#8217;s biggest strength is their energy, and J.A.N.A.I.C.A  has it in spades. It&#8217;s fun, great to listen to, and an incredibly cohesive, well put-together song. <\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Juice = Juice &#8211; Umaretate no Baby Love<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xgCB6_xuJaA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While I could have reorganized my top 10 a million times, Umaretate no Baby Love is my favorite song of 2015 by miles. If you had told me in January 2015 that my favorite song of 2015 would be a Juice=Juice album song I would have laughed at you, but here we are. I&#8217;ve written about it in my First Squeeze review, but honestly Umaretate no Baby Love is not only perfect, but it&#8217;s perfect for me. It&#8217;s upbeat, happy disco music (the chorus even starts out with &#8216;boogie woogie baby!&#8217;), with a great arrangement. The performances are spot on (all of Juice=Juice is in top form and they&#8217;re all very strong vocalists), and I even love the lyrics. Even the ending is just perfect. Umaretate no Baby Love is one of those rare songs that feels like it was made just for me &#8211; it&#8217;s just about a perfect song, and one of my favorite idol songs of all time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alright gang, here it is! The top 5 songs of the year! These are all songs I&#8217;ve listened to very frequently over the past year, and are the best of 2015. 5. Rev. 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