Well, I have got to say that I was impressed with the cover of Pink Lady’s Pepper Keibu. I’m not really a fan of covers but I gave MM a chance to turn me around. And they did.

I liked the effects at the beginning of the PV. It gave off that old kind of feeling and then when Ai-chan and Reina started they immediately switched to high quality. Let’s not forget the modern beat they added in the background. It seems like again JunJun and LinLin have been shafted off together as the ‘Chinese Girls’. Sure, they got paired together with other girls but only for one or two lines. And again Reina has been the spotlight. She got both solo lines in the song, and on the covers she is the only one by herself. I suppose I can’t really complain about her being singled out though. There are 9 girls in the group and it doesn’t divide evenly so someone was bound to be singled out, unless they made one trio.

I’m not exactly a big fan of Reina (I should really explain this in another post) BUT I loved how she delivered her solo lines in this single. I’m not sure why, but I just can’t stop listening to it.

Finally Sayu got some singing lines! It’s about time. I guess all these hints that Sayu has been dropping to Tsunku worked! I am a happy camper

Things That I Didn’t Like About The SONG: I don’t really like the “Pepper” part in the instrumental part (where the girls dance amazingly). It sounds kind of odd (yes I realise there are effects done to it) as if they’re saying ‘pepper’ but it gets changed to sound like ‘pep-OW”. I really don’t like that part at all.

Things That I Did Like About The SONG: Tsunku has taken an old classic and given it a modern twist. And with the help and work of the girls they’ve given it their own unique version. As I said before I liked Reina’s solo lines but I also like after that with the Jun/Risa pairing singing. Who’s low voice was that? I loved it! XD I will definitely be listening to this song a lot and dancing along.

Things That I Didn’t Like About The PV: Again it’s the dance shot(?). I was not as bored with this PV as I was with Resonant Blue’s dance shot. The camera actually moved around this time. But, I still think that there was too much Reina. She was nearly in every shot @___@

I wasn’t that pleased with Eri’s, Aika’s, Risa’s and LinLin’s hair styles. They’ve defintely been pulling Aika’s hair back too much recently. For LinLin I think that I just don’t like her new bob haircut in general. I can stand GakiKame’s hair styles in the PV but they better not start wearing their hair like that all the time.

The outfits: I’m not saying that I don’t like them, in fact I quite like them. Maybe my judgement is a bit off but the sequins seem to make the the girls look a bit bigger in my eyes.

Things That I Did Like About The PV: The dance routine. OF course they had the original dance to work from but but they also had seven other people! I think that the dance co-ordinator did a pretty good job.

The sparkliness was pretty as well. Makes the girl ’shine’ even more! XD (That was bad pun wasn’t it? ^__^;)

Even though I listed more things that I dislike about it I definitely prefer it more than I dislike it but I’m waiting to see what the other version are like.

All in all, they did a great cover and I can’t wait for more.