Utaitte: Gero
After having two obsession talks about utaittes, I thought I should do an appreciation post of a few of my favorites. Just because I haven't talked about them here does not mean that I wont in my next few posts ;ㅁ;
Name: Gero DOB: January 23rd, 1986, 0 o'clock. Blood type: A Likes: Fried rice, Miyazaki Aoi, JK
Who shall I start with? That's a simple question.
First things first. Without a doubt, Gero is my favorite utaitte of all time. I usually have hard time picking absolute favorites with anything, but Gero is too incredible to pass by.
This guy and his shouting just has no answer. He loves it, and does it just about every song. Gero not shouting in a song is like someone not adding ketchup to really plain french fries.
二息歩行 (Two Breaths Walking)
There aresomany covers of this song, but Gero's cover is still my favorite. The scream at 2:20 kind of made me jump at first, but I think it's a nice touch. Really, this guy is a utaitte shouting legend (Look at the 3rd video for a better example). To top it off, his singing voice is beautiful too.
Just Be Friends Piano Arrange
Why are you suddenly singing such soft songs...? I always imagined a song without his shouting wouldn't be worth listening to, but something like this... All these feels.. Marry me. I mean, just listen to him trying so hard not to scream. Even slipping a bit is adorable.
But just amazing shouting and a beautiful voice wouldn't be enough to make me this obsessed.
Double Lariat
(Gero is the guy on the left) This video is actually how I found about this guy. His sense of humor. Love it, embrace it. Seriously. This guy. Around 3:35, his short talk sums up my top two favorite part of his personality. The JK comment, and his obsession of fried rice.
In an interview, he was asked " What do you like better: girls or fried rice? " He straight out, without a doubt, answered: " fried rice ". But aside from that, his sense of humor is just amazing. Gero is my hero.
Also, this song is part of the Negero Radio series that's been extremely popular. Technically, it's Gero and Neru ( the other guy in there ) singing and talking. I've been through all of them and found all of them really hilarious.
Oh yeah. Did this voice sound familiar to you?
Perhaps you've seen this commercial?
Yep. It's exactly as you'd expect it. It's this guy.
Singing the Pokemon theme song like a boss.
He's so awesome, right? But he's also beautiful too.
This is another reason why Gero is my hero (hah. That rhymes). This was taken for part of his first single album, Gourmet. If it weren't for those arms, I would've never guessed that he was a guy. I remember screaming then cracking up the first time I saw this. Oh boy, do I want this album.
That face on the bottom right corner is Gero's signature face, also known as No-se (・`ェ´・). I use it quite frequently as well because of how cute it is.
But for closing, here are a few of his awesomeness:
Rainbow Girl feat. Ron
This was originally a song from Miku's side in a more upbeat version, but Gero has his own instrumental arrange and PV. I personally think this is amazing in singing, arrangement and PV quality. I listened to this before the original, and I really could not listen to the original anymore.
くたばれPTA ( Kutabare PTA )
This song practically came to life because of Gero. Seriously. Maybe I am biased because Gero was the reason why I found out about this song, but I really cannot find any other cover that I like better than this one. I wouldn't be surprised if they said this song was made for Gero. The shouting fits in too well not to be part of the song.
マトリョシカ( Matryoshka ) Band Arrange version
This is one of my favorite version of Matryoshka because I think the band arrange fits Gero really well. I also really think the mood of the song fits Gero's voice really well; so much room for shouting.
Also, give it up for the awesome picture starting at 1:28.
セツナトリップ( A Momentary Trip )
I don't have much of Gumi's songs because I never had the time to look through her, but this is one of the few I have. Again, Gero is the reason why I found the song. But really, I think his voice fits really well with the fast well with this song partly because of how fast it is. His slow, soft singing is amazing, but it feels more like Gero-rin when he sings fast, upbeat songs with shouting.
Halo
This is another song of Gero without screaming. But instead of being super slow like the piano arrange of Just Be Friends, it's still like a regular band song. I've often favored many songs like this, so I just had to put this up as well.
Also, " Halo " is technically " Hello " just translated oddly because that's how they pronounce it in Japanese.
Scissorhands
Another non-shouting Gero song. This isn't necessarily my favorite cover by Gero, but I still think it's done really well.
Another
Another one of those songs that has a lot of room for shouting; I'll call it a Gero song. Really, Gero goes really well with Rock and metal. This song was updated a few days before Halo.
二息步行( Two Breaths Walking )
This was during his Taiwan concert I wanted to be there too. According to report, he looked like he was kind of sick and the fans worried about him. Either way, he did a great job as usual with his singing, although it started to feel like he ran out of breath as he went on.
Appreciation to his voice and awesome sense of humor.
Pon Pon
This one is pretty self-explanatory, I believe. Everyone has practically heard Pon Pon before... But Gero really makes this one fun. His " Kawaii voice " is hilarious. But even more, just because he shows off his awesome shouting just makes it better. Most of the covers I've heard of this were just trying to sing like the original. That's not a bad thing, but I think showing off one's strongest characteristics in such a distinctive song is much more appealing. Gero also sounds like he really is having fun with the slight slip in laughter in the very beginning, and with how he goes from pon & way to pon & neko & sorry.
Magnet
I think this is the one of the most overly covered song ever. There are countless versions of this song that it's not even funny; but this version is hilarious.
Like the Double Lariat video, this is part of Negero Radio series. They had a special guest, ASK this time ( you know, the pimp guy at the end who couldn't shout with Gero and Neru? ). But Gero and his fried rice love...
人柱アリス( Alice Human Sacrifice )
This is another Negeru radio series. I can never show and end to my appreciation for Gero's personality. He just had to shout at the 3rd Alice. Out of all the Alices he could have done. I wont talk too much about Neru and Nelmo right now. Also, the Street Fighter game play part at the middle can be kind of boring... but aside from that, I really enjoyed this one.
Shota Shota Night Fever
This is a parody of Luka Luka Night Fever. And this is where Gero got his tittle as the Shota of Kansai. Oh man, the voice. The shota voice kills. Of course, Gero would end up shouting at the end, huh?




















