Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian readers! :D
So, lack of motivation has caused me to not blog in the past 2 months. @.@ I am slowly getting back into the groove of blogging, so be prepared for some AKB0048 episode reviews. I have other blog post ideas in the works, which will be more on the informative side like my Idol Auditions in Japan post.
Lately, I have been thinking about what dances to cover. I pick a song, and then download all the videos I can find, but not one video is good enough to follow (unless you are watching dance shot versions from Hello! Project groups). Watching 4 different videos 20 times to learn a dance is very time-consuming and slightly annoying.
As I have been really into NMB48's latest single "Kamonegix" (カモネギックス), I decided to make a video focusing on the dance to simplify the life of anyone who was planning on covering it, but could not find a good reference video. There is a "Dancing Version MV" of this song, but I think the editor got way too fancy with how many camera angles they had. Using 3 different camera angles in the span of 2 seconds is unnecessary and does not particularly help those learning the dance.
For download: uploaded version / mirrored version
As you can see, there are a lot of wide shots to see as many members as possible, as well as see any differing choreography between members that you could not have seen due to close-ups or camera angles only focusing on certain members.
According to JpopsukiTV, "Kamonegix" stands for "Kamo ga negi wo shotte kuru" (literally, "a duck comes carrying a Welsh onion on its back"), which is a Japanese proverb that means "when a stroke of luck occurs, things become more and more convenient". Later on in the song, they say "Nakiwarax" which I am guessing to be "naki" (cry) and "waratte" (smile) together, as the lyrics later on in the chorus say "Nakinagara hohoende" (I smile as I cry).
Videos used in order of appearance:
"Kamonegix" Dancing Version MV
[HQ] NMB48 130909 BII 1st stage (Kamonegix!)
"Kamonegix" MV
131004 NMB48 - Komonegix (Music Dragon)
NMB48 カモネギックス & 絶滅黒髪少女 131004 (not sure what show this is from, but the set looks a lot like Music Dragon's)
NMB48 カモネギックス SHOW 2013-10-12
[HD] NMB48 カモネギックス！ 130903 (Kayou Kyoku)
The only video that I did not use was NMB48 - カモネギックス(130902 N1R LOD 1830).
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