Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tan Yaki 680 Yen
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"Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen" (黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円; Salty Grilled Tongue of Black Japanese Beef 680 Yen) is Ai Otsuka
's seventh single, which was released on 9 February 2005. It contains a different version of the Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 735 Yen track on the Love Jam
album. Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen is arranged differently in terms of music and vocals. Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 735 Yen has been described as more "loving" or "tender" while Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen is more "aggressive". This single sold 149,134 copies and is the #68 single of 2005.
Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen was used as the ending theme for Black Jack
on Nihon TV
and initial pressings contained a Black Jack sticker (Love & Pinoko).
Music video
Ai Otsuka
is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and actress from Suminoe-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She is a popular artist on the Avex Trax label and is best known for her 2003 hit "Sakuranbo," which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 103 weeks.A piano...
's seventh single, which was released on 9 February 2005. It contains a different version of the Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 735 Yen track on the Love Jam
LOVE JAM
Love Jam is the second album by Ai Otsuka, released on 17 November 2004 under the Avex Trax record label. This album was available in CD and CD+DVD editions. The first-press of the CD Only edition came with an 80 page illustration book drawn by Ai Otsuka herself . The album hit #30 in 2005,...
album. Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen is arranged differently in terms of music and vocals. Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 735 Yen has been described as more "loving" or "tender" while Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen is more "aggressive". This single sold 149,134 copies and is the #68 single of 2005.
Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen was used as the ending theme for Black Jack
Black Jack (manga)
is a manga written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in the 1970s, dealing with the medical adventures of the title character, doctor Black Jack....
on Nihon TV
Nippon Television
is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...
and initial pressings contained a Black Jack sticker (Love & Pinoko).
Track listing
CD- "Kuroge Wagyuu" is a rock version of "Kuroge Wagyu... 735 En" on her Love JamLOVE JAMLove Jam is the second album by Ai Otsuka, released on 17 November 2004 under the Avex Trax record label. This album was available in CD and CD+DVD editions. The first-press of the CD Only edition came with an 80 page illustration book drawn by Ai Otsuka herself . The album hit #30 in 2005,...
album. It features a part of the chorus at the beginning a cappellaA cappellaA cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
before going into rock instrumentals. "Hon Maguro" is a jazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
track, featuring heartbeats and a jazz band. "Tsukune" is a hard post-grungePost-grungePost-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as a derivative of grunge, using the sounds and aesthetic of grunge, but with a more commercially acceptable tone...
song that has Ai's vocals masked after the intro. The intro is a simple 30-second piano ballad before going right into the song. This song sparked some discussion into what she could be actually saying, because the beginning's lyrics was open to discussion for sexually suggestive lyrics. - This arguably is Ai's most daring single, seeing as all of the song's lyrics were sexually suggestive, or sexual innuendos as in "Tsukune".
Music video
- The music video for "Kuroge" was also sexually suggestive, as it featured Ai in a black dress in a restaurant trying to seduce a man (portrayed by Kou Takasugi) by feeding him. It features her in a restaurant with the man, her barefoot sitting in a room full of sparkling objects and then her in a bright blue fuzzy shag room. It goes between those scenes in that order until at the end, when Ai gets the man to come into her bright blue room, only for him to eat her food and fall through a strange hole.