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  1. Review of the song "One of Two (Runaway)" This is a quick translation of a review on the song “One of two (Runaway)” that was posted on the Karaboard by writer Nezo. I thought it would be interesting to read what K-Kamilias are saying. Nezo is a graduate student studying in Japan right now who is also a musician. Before I go into the translation, I want to also add my short comments about the new single. I think it’s great. In fact, it’s best so far from Kara. They’ve clearly departed from their previous works and genre. And the sound is more mature and advanced. Here is why. The music is awesome. It is an R&B style really with some blues, hints of bossa nova and acoustic folk rock. I agree with Nezo, there are two acoustic and two electric guitars. Plus, there is a keyboard (I can hear it), a bass, a real drum, and there are one male and (at least) two female backup singers (they maybe Kara doing it but am not sure because I hear the faint bass tone in the combination). The snare drum sound is so real nice. It adds real punch, doesn’t it? I love it. And the guitar sounds are just amazing. Simply, the music is a real pleasure to my ears. It is a great arrangement. Then, we have KARA. They’ve grown. You can really hear it. The voices are more balanced, stable and mature. And you can hear emotions as well. Hara’s voice has more strength. You can hear that she’s been training. And Nicole’s rap is great. Jiyoung is getting better and better. And the sounds of Gyul and Ham’s voices have strength and balance. Overall, they’ve definitely matured and have reached, dare I say, at a level of artist. I can feel them breaking out from their idol stage to the now a real bona fide artist level. So, here to the translation… ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- by: Nezo Introduction going in: This new song “Runaway” is very very good. It has a very desirable unfamiliarity! It is a great compromise of emotional gayos of the early 2000’s with the medium tempo boom before. Oh, damn, if this one track on the album is like this how high a quality will the title song be by Sweetune. Oh, man, ㅜㅜ, this is like the satisfaction felt from the “Way” on the album “Pandora”. Analysis of Genre: Rather than calling it blues, the genre is closer to R&B Soul, acoustic R&B Soul. Organic Soul! The sound is of style we are more familiar from foreign artists; however, we heard it more (from the Korean artists) in the past but harder to find now days. In fact, it is a style we rarely heard it for the last few years. In my view, it seems to be similar to a playing style of Adriana Evans acoustic soul plus a hint of modern country-style rhythm session. It even sounds like an opened and expanded feeling from the acoustic R&B sound of Nicole’s “Lost”. Charming Vocals: I see more sensitivity to popular appeal. It has the sound quality to appeal not only to the existing fans of KARA but also to the fans of emotional gayo (the Korean style pop ballads). The refrain section shows that one does not have to resort to screaming to reach an emotional number. The vocal abilities of all the members have increased. And their controls are great. And it’s a matured image! Finally, their vocals have completely broken out from the idol image. One more attractive point, the members have tried hard to make similar tone if possible. They have tried to faithfully assimilate to the song’s sound concept that it is hard to figure out who sang which part at first glance. The sound of instrument is magnificent: The sound of bass and even the tones of the acoustic guitars, they’ve done a great job. I wonder if they are the work of Hong, Joon-Ho and Lee, Tae-Yoon? The sound is not young (meaning the players are not young). And the drum part is so real. The fuzzy tone of the guitar part does not try to stand out but adds much pleasurable spice to the whole piece. What is interesting is that I’ve been repeating it for over an hour and still cannot hear the sound of the keyboard. How can they make this kind of sounds with a rock-band arrangement? Are they really going with a session band? If that is the case, I find it interesting that they’ve used various effects sounds from electric guitars to replace the previous uses of electric piano and synthesizers. To my ears, there are performances with two acoustic guitar arrangements in addition to two electric guitars which are using two separate tones each. Upon first listening, the tone sounds like an electric piano because the sound stresses punch tones; however, to my years it sounds like a guitar. (Ah, but it sounds like there is an electric piano as well in the background of the acoustic guitars. We will have to see the album flyers to see what instruments were used.). Satisfaction grade: To base “My Darling” as 100 points, I give 97 points. Note: I must stress that the review is not 100% due to my use of Youtube and the downloaded song from iTunes. (Meaning, it’s not a raw WAV file from a CD).
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  2. MY savings meant only for OUR WEDDING ..Hammie <3 hehe.. Seriously speaking not so much ..i keep buying things LOL
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  3. I've added you btw, have you already started investing on your live savings? hehehe
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  4. Fan art on Full Bloom. I like this. From twitter.
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  5. its really touching when we see our girls having fun it also make us happy by seeing them happy
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  6. HeHeHeHe. I've started investing in my life savings for the future but I think it's going to be used on all KARA-ness
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  7. Well, we have the butt popping~ We also have the chestamathangbodywave! o_o ikr.... Just made it when I saw that butt popping pic... reminded me of the sports version.
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  9. ^^ that butt popping move is by far the best part of Jumping choreography lol. And Jing does it the best.
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  11. Jingstagram 130924 MY CAPS of VIDEO HEHE SEXY SEXY SEXY
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  12. LIVE SAVINGS !!!HAHAHAAHHAHAHHAAHAHHAHA KAMILIA GO
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  13. If they're going to have a World tour they shouldn't miss the Philippines!!! I'll spend all of my life savings for that concert!!
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  14. Ninki Ratings Next week album sales debut Albums 01 85.00 KARA - FANTASTIC GIRLS 02 69.10 CNBLUE - What turns you on? 03 28.80 Mao Abe - Anata wo Suki na Watashi 04 21.00 Hatsune Miku - MikXperience e. p. 05 19.80 Avenged Sevenfold - HAIL TO THE KING 06 17.60 marasy feat.HATSUNE MIKU.KAGAMINE RIN - Kusou Memorize 07 16.60 mihimaru GT - mihimaland 08 16.20 mihimaru GT - mihimania 4
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  15. she's rap-PING in RunAway, even combos wit Cori >> Coljing..their raps perfect/flawless , am officially abuse replay button
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  16. @ Everyone, Do you know NOW why Jiyoung exercised to removed her face-fat? If no, then the answer is above.
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  17. hope kara will go here in the Philippines i want to see them...
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