terça-feira, 25 de julho de 2023
PARAPARA PARADISE Difficulty guide
Even though ironically there is a Para Para video series literally called "Para Para Holy Scripts (Para Para Kyouten)" that were released years before this series, PARAPARA PARADISE is considered, at least by every non-Japanese Paralist, the holy bible of Para Para and is still used by beginners.
It have well-known songs, is still one of if not the best produced Para Para video series, had charismatic dancers and great routines, but this doesn't mean that all of the routines are easy though at least half of them are. So, just because, I decided to rank the level of difficulty of the routines in every official PARAPARA PARADISE video and every video featuring the ParaPara AllStars. I don't know if this will be of any use but I hope so.
I'm one of the people who started with their videos decades ago, and I watched most of these videos an awful lot, the ones I watched the least I might have watched like 7 times. So, I decided to rank it on what I think watching these routines and dancing them myself. But I also have natural ability to dance so I tried to rank everything thinking about how each routine would be to a complete beginner that probably have no previous experience with dance at all, so maybe some routines will have its ranking changed with the time. It's not likely but also not impossible.
Why the uppercase titles and the "song name / artist" thing? Just to keep the 1990s/2000s vibes.
Levels: ★☆☆ / ★★☆ / ★★★
➨ PARAPARA PARADISE
➨ PARAPARA STADIUM presents ALE' JAPAN
➨ SEF MACH vol.1
➨ PARAPARA PARADISE 2
➨ ParaParaParadise & ParaParaParadise 2nd MIX
➨ PARAPARA PARADISE 3
➨ PARAPARA PARADISE 4
➨ PARAPARA PARADISE presents J-EURO PARAPARA
➨ SUPER EUROBEAT presents ayu-ro mix 2 PARAPARA SPECIAL EDITION
➨ PARAPARA PARADISE presents Gotcha! Laugh-kun with ASH
➨ PARAPARA PARADISE 5
➨ PARAPARA PARADISE 6
➨ PARAPARA PARADISE 7
PARAPARA PARADISE 1
If you have issues with flashing lights, motion sickness or things of the like, it's better for you to search for other videos of people dancing to every routine of this volume because it was entirely filmed on a big Para Para club, which means flashing lights and a big screen with images that flashes and/or changes literally every few seconds. This happens only in this volume though.
The last four routines are solo numbers that are virtually always ommited from the video because in the original release they're a post-credits bonus. I'll share the links since they're available on YouTube, but one of them is of a Paralist YouTuber because I couldn't find the original video.
"Station to Station" can be either ★☆☆ or ★★☆ depending on your motor skill.
01. ROMEO & JULIET / LOLITA (★★★)
02. NIGHT IN TOKYO / ATRIUM (★☆☆)
03. YOU CAN LIGHT MY FIRE / MADISON (★☆☆)
04. NO ONE SLEEP IN TOKYO / EDO BOYS (★☆☆)
05. STAY THE NIGHT / DAVE RODGERS (★★★)
06. MY SWEET BANANA / GO GO GIRLS (★☆☆)
07. BURNING DESIRE / MEGA NRG MAN (★★★)
08. deltadance.com / NEWFIELD-MORONI-SINCLAIRE (★☆☆)
09. JAM JAM JAM / KIKI & KIKA (★☆☆)
10. GRAND PRIX / MEGA NRG MAN (★★☆)
11. I LOVE YOU BABE / KING & QUEEN (★☆☆)
12. ROCK ME TO THE TOP / DUSTY (★☆☆)
13. GO GODZILLA GO / IKA (★☆☆)
14. BREAKING THE LAW / D.ESSEX (★☆☆)
15. JEALOUSY / VIRGINELLE (★☆☆)
16. STATION TO STATION / DERRECK SIMONS (★★☆)
17. LOVE GENERATION / SUZY LAZY (★☆☆)
18. 1 FOR THE MONEY 2 FOR THE SHOW / NIKO (★☆☆)
19. SPACE BOY / DAVE RODGERS (★★★)
20. HELLO GOODBYE / PRISCILLA (★★★)
21. NUMBER ONE / FASTWAY (★☆☆)
22. PLAY WITH THE NUMBERS / DOMINO (★★★)
23. DON'T STAND SO CLOSE / DR. LOVE (★★★)
24. O SOLE MIO / GO GO GIRLS (★☆☆)
25. SPEEDWAY / NIKO (★★★)
26. MICKEY MOUSE MARCH (Eurobeat Version) / Domino (★★★)
27. BABE FOLLOW ME / HELENA (★☆☆)
28. FUN FUN BOY / GO GO GIRLS feat. ANNALISE & VIRGINELLE (★☆☆)
29. DON'T YOU LOVE ME / VIRGINELLE (★☆☆)
30. NEW LOVE / ANNALISE (★☆☆)
PARAPARA PARADISE 4
They really went like "at this point you're already dancing like a pro, right? :)" eh...
PARAPARA PARADISE 3
I love how while the theme of this video is "goldies oldies" and while half of the songs are indeed old, the other half was released just 6~7 years before.
PARAPARA PARADISE 2
From this video onwards there's no flashing lights and images that changes every second 100% of the time, but there's a flash at the beginning of every routine. The special performance have a friggin lot of flashing lights and a big screen with changing images though, but neither are as extreme as like in the first video. Also the end of the intro can give motion sickness but it's only a few seconds and only in this video.
I almost counted "Sexy Sexy Sexy" because it is danced in its entirety, but it's hard to see the steps. If you're curious, I would give it the ★☆☆ ranking. Also you can see the PPA dancing to it if you search for the game videos.
01. DO YOU WANNA DANCE / GO GO GIRLS (★☆☆)
02. GANGURO / FRANZ "MAD COW" TORNADO AND THE YAMANBA GALS (★★★)
03. PLAY THE MUSIC / ACE (★☆☆)
04. SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT / PRINCESS F. (★★☆)
05. RED HOT ZIP / DAVE & DOMINO (★★★)
06. Popteen / DOMINO (★☆☆)
07. THE FINAL COUNTDOWN / DAVE RODGERS (★★☆)
08. BANDOLERO COMANCHERO / FRANZ "MAD COW" TORNADO AND THE MAD COW GIRL (★★★)
09. CRAZY FOR LOVE / DUSTY (★★☆)
10. KILL THE SILENCE / DOMINO (★☆☆)
11. TAKE ME NOW / TOMMY K. (★☆☆)
12. MIKADO / DAVE McLOUD (★☆☆)
13. DUM DUM PISTOL / JOE BANANA (★☆☆)
14. THE BOOM BOOM POWER / TAM ARROW (★★★)
15. FEVER THE NIGHT / MATT LAND (★★★)
16. I BELIEVE IN YOU / DAVE & DOMINO (★★★)
17. EASY BUSY / KIKI & KIKA (★☆☆)
18. MADE OF FIRE / NIKO (★★☆)
19. DANCER / MAKO (★☆☆)
20. SHY GUN / ODA (★☆☆)
21. IKE IKE / TRI-STAR (★★☆)
22. velfarre 2000 / BAZOOKA GIRL (★★★)
PARAPARA PARADISE presents Gotcha! Laugh-kun with ASH
This is a great video (if you can stand the ugly outfits) that is a collaboration between PPP and Fuji TV, even having a PV filmed in its headquarters. But aside "Gotcha!" I wouldn't recommend using it if you're a beginner.
SUPER EUROBEAT presents ayu-ro mix 2 PARAPARA SPECIAL EDITION
No matter if you're a big Ayu fan and/or if you love this album, if you're a beginner don't chose anything from this video at all.
PARAPARA STADIUM presents ALE' JAPAN
The first track on this one is actually a PV, and a cool one.
SEF MACH vol.1
I had this video but I lost it, but probably this video is still around somewhere on the internet.
01. DANCER / MAKO (★☆☆)
02. BLACK MAGIC / JOE BANANA (★★★)
03. PLAY THE MUSIC / ACE (★★☆)
04. THE BOOM BOOM POWER / TAM ARROW (★★☆)
05. velfarre 2000 / BAZOOKA GIRL (★★★)
domingo, 16 de julho de 2023
Porn Porn Night 1
domingo, 9 de julho de 2023
Eurobeat is on Fire 2
01. Sally Rendall - On Fire
02. Cy-ro - I Want Your Fire
03. Lolita - Riding on Fire
04. Roberta - Burning in the Rain
05. Matt Land - Fever the Night
06. Kaioh - Nitrofire
07. Ace - Burn the Night with You
08. Seastar - Burning Inside Out
09. Neo - Disco Fire
10. Cherry - I'm Dynamite
11. Dejo - 1.2.3.4.Fire!
12. Fastway - The Element of Fire
13. Mickey B. - Wind & Fire
14. Jee Bee - Wings of Fire
15. The Big Brother - Red Fire
16. Derreck Simons - T N T
17. Tipsy & Tipsy - Dance Boom Boom
18. Susy Time - On Fire 2007