here's my thoughts on the single since i could finally say something now. LOL. :D

明日の記憶 - a very pretty ballad. such a shame i don't like ballads in general though, lol. i don't find myself repeating this too often. but like i said earlier, i do think for an Arashi ballad, it's one of their stronger ones. the PV is really pretty though. simple PVs seem to work really well for Arashi. :)

Crazy Moon ～キミ・ハ・ムテキ～ - OHHH THIS ONE I LOVE. :heart it sounds so much better than i remember from the radio rip!! ahhh, it's very reminescent of their older sound, but it does have a modern touch to it. i'm glad this song made it to a physical release! i'll comment on the PV whenever it comes out.

i think overall, a great single. even though i think "Believe" & "truth" are amazing, i couldn't say the same for their respective single as a whole. but this single is solid even if both songs aren't on the level of "truth" or "Believe". it would've been a better if there was a b-side (...a good one, lol), but nevertheless, quite enjoyable! i'm already repeating "Crazy Moon" :P

tell me about it Kaori

I'm a bit miffled that season nor Green were not included as B-sides

it's different as compared to their other double A-sides single where at least they included a B-side but not this time round hmph

but I'm still buying all 3 editions so ... :laugh & T_T

....is the full crazy moon PV out yet? :P

LMAO hello & morning Lisa at your end :laugh

here you go but Kaori said that it takes FOREVER to load & I agree with her :dead2 - http://serviceapi.nmv.naver.com/flas...e11d67f75bd088

I'm watching it now , having a bit of deja vu moment because the outfits that they wore , it's exactly the same ones that they wore in MUSIC STATION on Fri @_@

I don't know if that's a good or bad thing

aww, i can't go on these korean websites. i don't trust them, LOL. it's okay, though. i'll search youtube or i'll just go to the link later on my grandparents' computer :P

haha ok

I suspect the PV for Crazy Moon was shot after MatsuJun cut his hair because he still had that lion rambo inspired mane in there haha

& they have traditional chinese subtitles on the link when i'm watching it which benefits me

OMG i found it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugj9JwVrOsg

off to watch now :D

WOOT , thanks Lisa

the PV's still loading at my end ;_; so I'm going to youtube now haha

so i just watched it. naturally it's very simple, but the dancing makes up for it. and i like the parts where they show their feet dancing from the bottom or something. i can't explain it :laugh but anyway, it's still a great PV :yes

:laugh

yeah you definitely can tell this time round , the PVs for both songs have been scaled back , budget wise but it's still a really good PV

the dances are SO complicated oh my god , they can't hold a candle to KAT-TUN & let alone NEWS :lmfao & it will be hard for me to mimic the dance steps @_@

My brother in law Sakurai was SO hot O_O & I almost got a full Jun-bait thing IF NOT for his hair but his outfit's *___* but :no to the 'tie'

LOL that's true & this's J Storm we're talking about .

That or they probably spent quite a lot on Believe / KNK & this time round , they went a bit more upscale with the singles covers haha :laugh

Ok I better stop before I talk somemore nonsense but I want my single NOW ;_; . I will be getting it for sure alongside with GLAY & GReeeeN's new singles this coming week locally

I should be getting all 3 by Fri & these will be my last singles for May . Bought waay too much things already for this month -_-''' & next month the only things I'm getting online are the 2 CD + DVD's of Ashita / Crazy Moon from my Taiwanese friend Cliff since the Taiwan press of it's already confirmed for release on 12th June

other than that , the other items , I will be getting them locally

does anyone else think that sho's legs are so skinny in the PV? they all look pretty thin, actually :P

and i also love the last scene of the PV, when nino smiles to the camera :love

yeah I noticed that too Lisa . I realised that Sakurai's legs looked a bit skinnier than usual

no wonder all of them have good figures to wear french maid & cheongsam outfits way back in AnS's cosplay episodes :roflmao :roflmao :roflmao

oh those cosplay episodes are such a CLASSIC :lmfao

:laugh that maid cosplay of sho will never get old!

:roflmao

AHEM ::

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/9364/sakurai3.gif

:roflmao & :rofl & :bchuck all combined into 1 :lmfao

ROFL i love you, sho! :smitten

haha that's my brother in law for you xD xD

my younger sister Carol's going to kill me for putting that (in)famous gif but I don't care LMAO

the school kid cosplay outfit's great also but nothing beats the french maid outfit :lmfao

i really like the PV. i really like how they shot the dancing from underneath too. it's a strictly dance video, but well executed, of course. :)

any predictions on sales? i think it won't be like 500k like Believe/Kumori... but since they're still pretty darn popular i'll go with 375-400k opening week? i think they'll go #1 & #2 again this year. sales in general have been pretty bad this year.

yea, i think it'll do more or less like beautiful days. but anything's possible. the tie-ins aren't as big, but they're still tie-ins, so i'm sure we can be calm and not worry about the sales :yes

sales wise I don't know it's hard to say because both songs have relatively good tie in's

like Ashita no Kioku , it's used for promo for The Quiz Show while for Crazy Moon , it's used for promo for Kose .

I'm going to say about 350K onwards ? Since both CD + DVD's were already outta print on the day when I received the email update from CDJapan @_@

Poor Ohno got bullied again in today's HEYx3 -_-''' & they did Ashita no Kioku :D - http://community.livejournal.com/arashi_on/1688439.html

You're thinking about the KinKi Kids and the title of the song just happens to be Happy Happy Greeting.

the HEYx3! performance was soo good. i loved their oufits :love

^We all get titles/artists wrong at times. Lol

I liked the performance too, but I liked Sho's part even more.

LOL

at least this means that they're not lip synching in HEYx3's performance or so I think

some updates

they will be touring soon :D - http://arashiheartie.livejournal.com/17601.html

& another new song (single maybe ?!?!) called Everything - http://community.livejournal.com/arashi_on/1691376.html

@_@

^ANOTHER SINGLE! They need to stop releasing singles and released a album.

okay....i'm getting a bit tired of singles, personally. WE ALL KNOW YOU'RE PLANNING AN ANNIVERSARY BEST, OK JE?! but i suppose you must dry fangirls clean of their money~

haha, i like the tour title! it's cute! :P

I still don't know whether will it be another single or not , it just stated new song called Everything that will be used in AU's new CM

I really hope it's a NO because they need another new studio album or a best album

too much already for me to handle :dead2

times like this i'm glad i'm not an Arashi collector. 8)

but i'm buying that best album, for sure. i wonder what they're going to do with their 10th anniversary album in terms of package and/or music wise.

TOKIO covered other JE songs for "TOK10" & KinKi Kids had "39", which is the greatest compilation album i own!

LOL :laugh & I'm going to get both CD + DVD's of Ashita / Crazy Moon in due time when it's out in Taiwan next month on the 12th @_@ ;_;

I don't know , we'll see about it in due time Eirynne . All I know's that I probably be going for the OS press of their best album when it's out in due time

already learnt a hard lesson with regards to BOTH editions of KAT-TUN's Break the Records ;_;

Just wanna say that I love the new single, both the songs are really good! Especially 明日の記憶! Way better than Believe!

oh god, i just ordered crazy moon/ashita no kioku. now i gotta order "everything" if it gets released?

.................

oh well, i'm always excited for new singles, so i don't mind, LOL. i actually did want a summer single, since i'd miss arashi too much if they had no releases for the next 2 months. but i can't say how my mom will feel about this. she'll think i'm crazy for killing her credit card :laugh

when does this AU CM air, btw?

oh and also, karen, can you post the sales tomorrow ASAP? i wanna see how well arashi will do on their first day, so i'd get online early just to check, lol. they better do amazing! :cool

:weep BUT I WANTED A SUMMER SINGLE! :scry

@ Lisa - will do since it's already Wed morning at my end & sorry girls for the PM 'scare' that I sent you all @_@

I already have heard & downloaded the chorus preview for Everything from a LJ source (cough Yuuki chan cough) & it's basically a summer song from the sound of things

btw you can download their performance of Ashita no Kioku at HEYx3 & the talk via http://arashixdream.com/2009/05/2009...-no-kioku.html

I already did so , so yup

lol we better :mischief

and thanks karen! i'm so excited to see the first day sales!

no problem guys I will keep you all updated with the 1st day sales

it will be out in a matter of time

Arashi landed at the top spot again with sales of 230022 :P

OMFG , 230,022 for a 1st day ?!?!

@_@

that's AMAZING with a capital A , I'm so proud of them :smitten :weep

source - http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

In comparison with the double A-side single releases , 1st day sales wise

Truth/KnMe - 208,647
Believe/KnK - 214,618

my god @_@ :thud

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woot I will be picking up my copy of Ashita no Kioku / Crazy Moon tomorrow :D :D . Someone from HMV Heeren called me earlier on this <3

will scan it up over the weekend if possible

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you will get stickers if you buy the CD only of Ashita no Kioku / Crazy Moon - http://community.livejournal.com/arashi_on/1699007.html

lovely !

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you can download the preview of Everything & see the pics of the guys in the new AU CMs via http://meizhen85.livejournal.com/2673.html

gorgeous *___*

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you can download DVD rips for both PVs of Ashita / Crazy Moon via http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...20#post1958520

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Yuuki has uploaded scans for all 3 editions of the single - http://community.livejournal.com/ara...tml?mode=reply

OMG @_@ they're awesome , no wonder all the $ went to the covers LMAO :lmfao

I'm so glad that I'm going to buy both CD + DVD's in due time when it's out in Taiwan <3

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last & definitely least , scans of them in the latest TV Guide - http://community.livejournal.com/ara...uki/88500.html

*____*

:thud:thud:thud

Are you serious. Wow such a huge number. I hope they can keep it up. Looks Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon is like the 9th or 10th best-selling single of the year. And that's just with one day sales. Image when the week is up. O.o
That's A LOT of add-ons Karen. Thanks though.

I know I'm in such a state of shock & it's only the 1st day man Mishelle @_@

I know it's a lot sorry :dead2

I was resisting in double/triple posting til you came & bump this thread xD xD

OMFG I'M GETTING STICKERS WITH MY CD?! OMG OMG OMG (i think i read that the regular edition has stickers, and i got that version, so i hope i get stickers :weep)

AND OMFG I DIDN'T EXPECT HIGHER SALES THAN BELIEVE!!!!!!

:thud

*:dead2

the power of arashi is insane. god bless them :scry

i'll DL the "everything" preview later, but i can't wait for the CM!

and karen, you and irene got similiar (hot) sets! :cool

o_O;; wow, really?

i thought it wouldn't sell as high as "Believe", to be quite honest with you. but i enjoy the single, so i'm not bitter over it like i was with "Beautiful days" numbers. LMAO.

i assume if this single doesn't drop too hard, "Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon" will be the #1 yearly single. :D

it's like each single surpasses the other for the #1 single of the year. i can't believe it :laugh

our sets are quite similar in a sense the photos used are found in the "Break the Records" concert pamphlet. LMAO. :P

IKR, it's pretty astonishing, really. i'm speechless! i wonder if any future release will break the million mark. they're the only ones right now that have the potential to do so, i think.

yea, these kind of sales for an album would be even better, considering how JE albums don't sell that much in general. but hey, these sales for singles are great, too. since they have more tie-ins and exposure. so i'm still VERY shocked that they did better than believe's first day. i honestly think this single deserves it, because i really did like only "believe" and "tobira" the most. ohno's solo i could take or leave, really :P as for the new single, i love both songs completely :yes

^ yeah, i'm the same with the "Believe" single. but...i don't listen to Ohno's solo. at all. LOL.

well, Best of KAT-TUN sold 700k+, so it's possible for a JE album to get good sales! SMAP & KinKi Kids have a couple million-selling albums too.

oh really? i never knew that! :D hopefully arashi can follow in their footsteps, too :yes i'd love to see them get a million seller or at least something over 500k! it'd really be great.

that's the thing Lisa I really don't know because the person whom took photos of the stickers , she bought it from HMV Japan (I think)

so there's no telling whether I will be getting it or not & so do you T_T

yes because we both love the pics from KAT-TUN's Break the Records pamphlet that's why so :heart

Oricon article about the latest single - http://community.livejournal.com/arashi_on/1702135.html

aww, i still hope i get stickers :P i can hang them on my wall and look at them everyday when i wake up, LOL.

I did get stickers for the limited editions for Wish & Love so sweet

never for a regular edition so far o_O

& you can download scans for all 3 editions via http://ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88927

:D

so most probably we be getting stickers for the CD only now after all

you guys can hear the preview of "everything" here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAgilVERYtI

i love it :love such a pity it won't be a single :(

AND YES I'M GETTING STICKERS!!! :lech

:laugh

this will be the 3rd time for me in getting stickers of the guys , singles wise but the 1st time that it will be included in the CD only regular edition

I really hope to see season , Green & now Everything in their new album , HOPEFULLY

2nd day 130,905

Total sales: 243,027

LOL you mean 360,927 for total 1st 2 day sales Mishelle ? :laugh

1st day was 230,022 ; 2nd day aka today's 130,905

anyway but it's still awesome

2 days only man @_@

Lol my bad. It's kinda early and I'm still tried. Sigh, school....

LOL it's ok Mishelle

wouldn't blame you on that since it's almost 7am at your end @_@

so is 360, 927 still good? or better than believe's 2nd day? :P

LOL

I really don't know Lisa

but oh my god by tomorrow , it will outsell RESCUE's total sales . They already did it for ONE DROP @_@ & let alone Koi no ABO

cos you look currently at the top 10 singles of '09 :

*1 *,642,051 **1,539 Believe/曇りのち、快晴 / 嵐、矢野健太 starring Satoshi Ohno 09/03/04
*2 *,444,368 **3,542 愛のままで… / 秋元順子 08/01/23 累計605,764
*3 *,376,426 ***,320 RESCUE / KAT-TUN 09/03/11
*4 *,348,396 **1,302 ひまわり / 遊助 09/03/11
*5 *,331,248 ***,*** ONE DROP / KAT-TUN 09/02/11
*6 *,271,386 **3,860 恋のＡＢＯ / NEWS 09/04/29
*7 *,248,006 **3,659 THE MONSTER ～Someday～ / EXILE 09/04/15
*8 *,231,122 ***,*** 弱虫サンタ / 羞恥心 08/12/10
*9 *,210,510 ***,*** 約束 / KinKi Kids 09/01/28
10 *,190,891 ***,*** Days/GREEN / 浜崎あゆみ 08/12/17

DAMNNN & I have a feeling Ashita / Crazy Moon will gate crash to either #2 or #3 , overall sales singles for '09 wise

looks like Days / GREEN will be pushed down to #11 when next week comes T_T

but oh well long live ARASHI :lmfao xD

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I almost forgot about this before I logged off & head to bed

I can't wait to see them perform Ashita no Kioku later on at MUSIC STATION *___*

it's already 23 mins past midnight here on a Fri so yup :laugh

who gets a 130k second day, SHEESH.
.....oh yeah, Arashi does. LOL. *lame*

but LOL, poor Ayu. :P

i was literally scared to see sales for today, since i hoped they wouldn't really drop much. but for the sake of my health, they didn't :laugh if they did, though.........:dead2 yup, i'd be out, lol.

oh really? KAT-TUN has the worst drops? that's strange, since i looked at the chart-lifes for NEWS/KAT-TUN/KANJANI8/KinKi Kids latest singles and they all dropped about 50% more or less their 2nd day. which is typical for a JE single.

and if Arashi's sales were at 115k instead of 130k, they would be at a 50% 2nd day drop too. they're not that off from the rest of the pack.

:roflmao

*___* & :thumbsup on the extra stuff that Eirynne said on both of us *points to her signature* :lmfao

I hope to see another great performance of them doing Ashita no Kioku later on at MUSIC STATION since it's already Fri morning here

I hope they will not lip synch please :( . I can pardon them for Crazy Moon because of the complicated cheem dance moves but Ashita no Kioku's a ballad so don't be lazy guys :grumpy

:D

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who wants to take part in a poll yo - http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90531

already did it at my end

& I'm going to collect my single alongside with GReeeeN's Haruka & GLAY's I am xxx singles later on after school :heart

JE albums drop worse than singles okay~ :yes

i voted for "Iza, Now!" on the poll. :heart
& are you getting all editions, Karen?

i chose "Time". i basically enjoyed all the albums from Iza now! and onwards, though :P

yay, tomorrow (well, today :P) is the MS performance! i'm so excited.

3rd day sales 45,413. They dropped by so much.

Total sales-360,927+45,413= 406,340

Wow so currently they are #3 on the yearly chart. I have a feeling they're going to outsell Ai no Mama de by the end of the week.

i don't think their doing so bad. i never expected it to be #1 on the yearly chart anyway, lol. but when the first day sales were out, i just decided to expect the unexpected :P i'm still proud of my boys.

I like Believe :heart

Iza , Now ! is :heart Eirynne & yes I'm going to get all 3 editions for Ashita no Kioku / Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~ @_@

Already booked Cliff to get both CD + DVD's when it's out in Taiwan on 12th June LMAO

if they're going to do another truth / Kaze no Mukou e , One Love again sales wise , man I really don't know what to say at all :thud

true :yes & ta dah :

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5822/img1274v.jpg

:D & :heart at the stickers

I'm going to stick them inside my sticker book LMAO (yes I still collect stickers xD alongside with the WISH single inside my book)

ahh those stickers look so cute. now i really wish i had my single already :weep

you will get the single soon Lisa :yes & oh sorry this's the 2nd time I have gotten stickers of the guys . 1st was from the limited edition of WISH

Love so sweet didn't have stickers as a 1st press if I'm not wrong :dead2

latest Only Star mag scans - http://community.livejournal.com/ara...76.html#cutid1

*___* at the Sakurai & MatsuJun shot

ashita no kioku at MUSIC STATION!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLSz2-jE3Lo

they sounded really good singing live :love sho was so hot, haha.

lol thanks Lisa

my younger sister Carol will be going KYAAAA *____* xD xD

she thought of buying another copy of the single just because for the stickers HAHA cos she wants to stick them all on her laptop

I'm not sure whether will she be doing it in due time though maybe ?

btw reg the stickers , if you realise or not , the photos that were used , are the same ones you can find in the CD sleeves for both CD + DVD's editions of the single

400k by the 3rd day is astonishing! congrats to Arashi! :)
i think 475k overall 1st week? but i wouldn't be surprised if they managed to get 500k again somehow, LOL. :P

ughh, i need to watch all these performances. i haven't seen one yet.

oh god, i watched episode 7 of SMILE just now...i think i'm gonna have nightmares from the ending :weep matsujun's acting is just seriously amazing, i can't get over it :weep

too bad i haven't seen a subbed episode of it since episode 3, though. :( so i've just been warching the RAWs, lol.

:D

3 more Oricon days to go before the sales are totalled up