PEPPER~ Keibu!

UPDATE: The covers for Pepper Keibu have been released! (so much info in such a short amount of time *eek*)

Limited A

Limited B - Regular

Ah~h They look great! Very stylish and the girls all look awesome. Eri's hair is a dramatic change, makes her look very different, more mature. Both her and Gaki look incredible. They all do really. Very nice *must preorder*

NEWS: Morning Musume's 37th single title has been announced and much to everyone's surprise it is a remake of Pink Lady's Pepper Keibu. You might remember that Ai & Risa performed this song in the Hit Maker: Aku Yu Monogatari drama they were in last month (4:25 in the vid).

Morning Musume are looking smashing in their 70s styled, green outfits and their mod-squad poses *lol*

The remake is said to be more danceable than the original version and the coupling track will be another Aku Yu song, Hiromi Iwasaki's Romance (1975). It is also being reported that the group will release a tribute album of Aku Yu classics on November 26th titled COVER YOU. On the album Takahashi Ai will sing a duet with Itsuki Kinomi.

I'm very 50/50 about this. I really would have preferred a brand new, original song (as long as it was good). I do love Pepper Keibu and think a MM version would be great but after such a long wait since Resonant Blue an original would have been more ideal for me. I just hope the new Musume version has a great new arrangement, something that makes it stand out from the original which I've heard 100s of times. I'm hoping for something fresh and original from the remake. Either way I'll definitely be buying it.

Check out Pink Lady's 2004 remake of their 70s hit below:

Interestingly, Mizrock covered Pepper Keibu only last July:

You can also watch Hiromi Iwasaki's Romance, which will be remade as the c/w for MM's single: