AHHH!!!!!!! SPEED IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 12:42 AM
ooh, i'm so eagerly anticipating SPEED's new single to release... HaHa... yeah!! SPEED IS FINALLY GETTING BACK!!!!
YES!
YES!
YES!
YATTA!!
For those who dunno who speed is.. they are a 4-girl japanese pop group who are super duper famous during the late 90s. It is made up of Hiroko Shimabukuro, Eriko Imai, Takako Uehara and Hitoe Arakaki. Their sales record til now has yet to be broken.
Their 1st single "Body and Soul" received great response on the it's release. Below are their full single listings:
(Included in their 1st album Starting Over)
Body and Soul
Steady
GO! GO! Heaven!
(Included in their 2nd album RISE)
Wake Me Up
White Love
My Graduation
(Included in their movie Andromedia OST and Moments greatest hits)
Alive
(Included in Moments greatest hits)
All my true love
(Included in their final album - be disband- Carry on my Way)
Precious Time
Breaking out to the morning
Long Way Home
Carry on my Way
After their final studio album, they disbanded on March 31 2000.
(Included in their Greatest Hits Dear Friends 2)
April
This greatest hits was released after they disbanded. There were 2 greatest hits being released titled 'Dear Friends 1' and 'Dear Friends 2'.
In 2001, they reunite for 1 nite for charity to raise money for earthquake. They released the single and later on, released a live cd which was recorded from their concert.
(Included in their live album One more dream + remix)
One More Dream
In 2003, they reunite again for another charity called Save the Children. This time round, they reunite and held a concert which went on for a month long. They released a album and 2 singles.
(Included in their 4th studio album Bridge - which was a charity album)
Be my Love
Walking in the Rain/Stars to Shine Again
In Aug 2008, the girls appeared on a 24 Hours Charity TV Program. It was on that program that SPEED announced they will be rebanding for @ least a forseeable future. Their latest single 'Ashita no Sora' will be released in 12 Nov 2008!!
(Latest Single - which will be the theme song for Japanese TV Drama 'Japan OL')
Ashita no Sora(Sky of Tomorrow)
Below is the latest MV by SPEED.
I can't stop playing this mv.... the song is so beautiful n the dance steps r so graceful!!! HaHa...
Other than their high single sales, the girls also went have had remarkable concert performance. After their 1st album was released, they had a concert called SPEED-First Live in 1997.
Their 2nd concert was titled TOUR RISE in 1998. It was a countrywide DOME tour which was considered the biggest feat even til now, as they were the youngest artistes to hold a successful concert in all the DOME.
Their 3rd n final concert in 1999 was titled Final DOME Tour, which they visited all the 4 DOMEs again during this tour.
In 2001, they had a charity concert which was for 1 nite only.
In 2003, they reunite for another charity concert called Save the Children Project, which the concert went on for a month long.
Their albums Starting Over, RISE, Moments and Carry on my Way had reached Number 1 in Oricon charts, while the others, Dear Friends 1, Dear Friends 2, One more Dream + Remix, Bridge and Save the Children Live were in the ranks of 4th, 3rd, 7th, 9th and 15th respcetively.
After releasing the 2nd album RISE, the girls decided to give acting a try and thus the movie Andromedia came out. It was for that movie that SPEED recorded the single 'Alive' as the theme song.
Til now, no one has ever beaten their record for sales and for being the youngest artistes to complete a DOME tour.
I am nw eagerly waiting for the release of the single... i cant wait to lay my hand on the cd!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Pic 2) the inside of bus with seats.
(Pic 3) the inside of the bus with basin, mini kitchen and sofa bed. 
(pic 4)
(Pic 7)