Starting Over (Speed album)
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Starting Over was Japanese J-pop
girlband Speed
's very first album and was released on May 21, 1997. It contains 3 of Speed's earlier singles, "Body & Soul", "Steady" and "Go! Go! Heaven" respectively. The album was hugely successful entering the Oricon weekly charts at number 1, and shipping approximately 2 million units in total.
history; Hiroko's age of twelve was symbolic for the young group. They actually didn't look very childish because they were all mature early on in a variety of ways. Takako, although thirteen at the time, sported a sizable bust.
Another reason they were not seen as childish is due to the lyrics of their songs they performed. Speed's lyrics at this time included provocative messages. The lyrics of "Body and Soul" include the line, "痛いこととか怖がらないで もっと奥まで行こうよ 一緒に," which translates as "Let's not be afraid of pain and go deeper together." Then seven months later Speed sang " Go! Go! Heaven," which contains the lyrics, "成熟した果実のように あふれ出してく 欲望に正直なだけ 満たされてたい," which loosely translates to, "Like from a ripened fruit, it floods out. I want to be honest to my desires and kept satisfied."
J-pop
, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...
girlband Speed
Speed (band)
Speed is an Okinawan female vocal/dance group comprising Hiroko Shimabukuro, Eriko Imai, Takako Uehara and Hitoe Arakaki. All four members are former students of Okinawa Actors School which also trained popular artists Namie Amuro and MAX.Speed made their major label debut on August 5, 1996 and...
's very first album and was released on May 21, 1997. It contains 3 of Speed's earlier singles, "Body & Soul", "Steady" and "Go! Go! Heaven" respectively. The album was hugely successful entering the Oricon weekly charts at number 1, and shipping approximately 2 million units in total.
Track listing
- Walk This Way
- Body & Soul
- Luv Vibration
- Steady
- Rakugaki
- Go! Go! Heaven
- I Remember
- Kiwi Love
- Happy Together
- Starting Over
- Starting Over: Reprise Walk This Way
Controversy
In the early days of Speed, they surprised the audience with their authentic performance. Speed was the youngest group in J-popJ-pop
, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...
history; Hiroko's age of twelve was symbolic for the young group. They actually didn't look very childish because they were all mature early on in a variety of ways. Takako, although thirteen at the time, sported a sizable bust.
Another reason they were not seen as childish is due to the lyrics of their songs they performed. Speed's lyrics at this time included provocative messages. The lyrics of "Body and Soul" include the line, "痛いこととか怖がらないで もっと奥まで行こうよ 一緒に," which translates as "Let's not be afraid of pain and go deeper together." Then seven months later Speed sang " Go! Go! Heaven," which contains the lyrics, "成熟した果実のように あふれ出してく 欲望に正直なだけ 満たされてたい," which loosely translates to, "Like from a ripened fruit, it floods out. I want to be honest to my desires and kept satisfied."