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Mnet M!Countdown: 03/24/2011

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Other than the comeback of C.N. Blue, this week’s countdown made me a little blue watching it.  Welcome to this week’s mediocracy…

First up is new girl group Chi Chi with their song “Don’t Play Around.” I could barely watch the performance just because of their styling (bad stylists). The song is a bit generic dance, and their choreo was like electric cheerleader, but the girls performance was not bad considering what they had to work with. Will I ever watch a performance of this song again? No.

G.Na was up next with her newest song “Already Miss You.” It’s a pretty good song, but again her styling… Wae? The performance was a bit lackluster.

Lee Jung belts out his comeback ballad “Why Is The Love.” He actually sings it well with a little jazzy feel to it. Hey G.Na take note, this is how you own the stage as a soloist.

Maya comes back with the heavy hitting “So Pain, So Bad.” Not a big fan of the song, but Maya sang the heck out of it.

Trio M to M deliver a powerful performance of their song “Nothing More Than Trash To You.” It’s the first time I’ve heard them and the song, but it won’t be the last.

My boys C.N.Blue comeback to the Countdown. First up, my fave song on the new album “Love Rides the Rain.” Loved the performance- simple, clean and awesome.

They also performed their title track, “Intuition.” I’ve said before I’m not a huge fan of this song- the chorus just irks me. The performance was good, though not as solid as “Love Rides the Rain.”

Hangroo comes back with her song, “My Boy.” Cute choreography, that’s it.

In addition to their performance of “Tonight,” Big Bang also performed “Somebody to Love.” This is probably one of my fave stages for them, especially for a song I’m still trying to like.

The top three on the Countdown this week were K. Will, SG Wannabe, and Wheesung with Wheesung taking the win. I get my music shows mixed up, is Countdown one of those where you can only win three times or did these guys actually surpass Big Bang?

Other performances included: 5Dolls, Girl’s Day, Kan Mi-youn, and ZE:A. If you’re interested, try checking them out here.

(UnknownCarrot170)

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  • Maddy

    Comments spot on with Lee Jung, Maya, M to M, and CN Blue.

    Lee Jung owns that stage, from his voice to how he carries himself on stage.

    Maya’s song was bleh, doesn’t really hit it well with such strong rock sounds, but she definitely worked it.

    M to M is old school kpop for me, which I love.

    CN Blue, major love for the song Love in the Rain, major hate for intuition. Intuition’s style is, I suppose, their signature style, but it makes them boring… so red hot chili pepper-ish. Wish they’ll perform Love in the rain. =( Simplicity is beautiful.

    • Freesia

      I think CN Blue’s title songs are more like a repetitive version of Maroon 5 than RHCP.

      It was interesting when they first brought that type of sound to the k-pop scene.. but lately I’ve realized that the songs that actually make it permanently into my library happen to be composed/sung by Jonghyun (Love In/Rides The Rain is one of them).. this just my own personal opinion, but his songs feel more like more genuine music-focused ‘band’ songs rather than ‘idol-band’-success-formula songs.

      A little bit of trivia – Jonghyun was the former leader of CN Blue when they were underground in Japan, before Korean debut (when they changed it to Yonghwa.

  • MeIguess

    I dont know abt the winning thing. But who cares :{ as long as I get to see BigBang i’m good. I never watch the other performances either. No im not biased, im just not interested.

    • E

      LOL… Totally Agree with you.

      Big Bang are only K band that can make me watch or listen to their song again and again.

      I checked out CN blue out of curiosity. Love their song — Love in the rain and lie. They are like a breath of fresh air. I hope they pick up winning where Big Bang left off.

  • tak

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pdiBMBnRlY
    I came by this vid of MAYA randomly a year back and I was like who is this awesome singer. Nice to know that she’s still active.

    For CN Blue, I was very impressed when they first came out with Love in the Rain. I was expecting to enjoy Intuition as well but I got bored when the chorus kicked in. I guess it’s nice for a group to have a particular sound but now it just sounds too formulaic, like they are trying too hard to produce a hit song

  • blqckjack

    Mcountdown and inkigayo have a three week winning policy.

  • Mayumi

    I just can’t take C.N. Blue seriously, they come off as the Korean Jonas Brothers.

    • Johnelle

      Try checking out their special and see if that can change your mind.

    • lol

      The Jonas Brothers wish they had that much talent and those songs!

      • NN

        I’m not a fan of Jonas Bros, but i know they wrote their musics, even the youngest member
        so… cnblue ??? please..

  • LOL@YOU

    actually i like “intuition” better
    because while “love in the rain” is a good song, the performance for intuition was better

    and yonghwa was a bit off key in love in the rain

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