Happy 30th Birthday, Mizuki Nana-san !

Today is 21st, January, 2010.
This girl is now 30.
Yeah, she IS 30.

Ahah no she’s actually eternal-17. ;DD

水樹奈々さん、お誕生日おめでとうございます！
To celebrate, I made my Top Favorites Nana’s songs list !

I’ve never done this so far because it is kind of really hard to distinguish which songs I like the most compared to others. And the more songs I want to add in a Top List, the harder it goes. So I’ll limit this Top List with only 30 songs, since she’s turning 30. <3
And before we start, this will be a Studio songs list. I will try not to consider the quality of how the songs sound like when performed live, which means some songs won’t appear in the list. There will be exceptions though, because some songs are definitely too awesome in Live to not be noticed, starting with this one :

30. POWER GATE

When I first heard this song, it was in its studio version, and I didn’t really pay attention to it. ‘Course it was a good song, yet not that awesome. But then I started watching some concerts, and how Nana sang it was… … astonishing. Each time this song goes live, the crowd goes crazy. Otagei ftw. Since then, every time I listen to this song (studio ver), I have the pictures of the concerts coming in my mind, and this is just so power fulling, as the title suggests !

29. Crystal Letter

A nice and peaceful song that I discovered watching concerts, and totally loved it.

28. chronicle of sky

I discovered Nana with THE MUSEUM compilation and Great Activity, and this song was one of my first favorites. It is cool, catching and quite addictive.

27. Gimmick Game

I usually don’t like high-paced electro-pop song but Gimmick Game is the best. Except for…

26. Astrogation

Because it is her best one so far : the violin, the violin !

27. Blue Moon

The kind of song I quite like: slow and acoustic. Way better than Meikyuu Butterfly in my opinion.

26. Dancing in the velvet moon

The only reason why I fully watched Rosario to Vampire Season 1.

25. Orchestral Fantasia

Like chronicle of sky, Orchestral Fantasia was one my early favorites songs from Nana. I really liked the PV, which started to make of me a fanboy, haha !

24. Innocent Starter

I’m part of the people that didn’t discover Nana through anime, and I seriously don’t remember precisely how I did (it was thanks to Minorin, I think). And I’ve never watched Nanoha but it seems that Innocent Starter is probably the song that launched Nana, through Nanoha. I personally don’t know if this is true or not, but Innocent Starter is definitely a mandatory top song, often considered as her best work so far.

21. Trinity Cross

I like it with no particular reason.

20. Brilliant Star

This song has been recently favorited by doing a full re-listening of MAGIC ATTRACTION. Like its title says, it’s just brilliant.

19. Taiyou ga Niau yo

My second favorite track from Shugo Chara anime. Acoustic guitar is the best.

18. Ano Hi Yume Mita Negai

Liked it because of its Studio Live version, but actually I listen to the normal version the most.

17. Sing Forever

Nana was so damn cute when she sang it in Live Formula, with tears in eyes… And the song itself is damn good ! Please Nana-san, as the title suggests it, SING FOREVER !

16. refrain -classico-

I don’t know how many times I looped that song at my early fan times. One of the song that made me realize the pureness and beauty of her voice.

15. Sora Kaze

Just read this. [LINK]

14. Etsuraku Camelia

Because sexy Nana showing her back is sexy. Probably the PV at which I lost the most of blood.

13. Aoki Hikari no Hate

I still don’t know whether I prefer the normal version or the Ultimade Mode one, but this song is really addictive !

12. Pray

I love how she sounds so cool on this track, like a knight (knightess ?) protecting her beloved ! Pray makes a seriously good ring-tone ! Never changed it since then !

11. Heart-shaped chant

Because Agematsu Mika’s harp + Nana’s voice = pure ownage.

10. Shin Ai

Because Agematsu Mika’s harp + Nana’s voice = pure ownage. [2]

9. BLACK DIAMOND

Both Major and Indies version are in the list actually, but special point to the Major because of the violin parts !

8. Chinmoku no Kajitsu

The best ULTIMATE DIAMOND original songs, period.

7. Trickster

Because a cappella Nana is the best. And the PV is so goooood ! She looks so cool in her black outfit ! <3 There are times I really like a song and loop it, but then get a bit bored and I switch to another one. Trickster is the only song I can’t get bored of, that’s why I give it the special 7th position (it probably deserves to be 4th or 3rd though).

6. DISCOTHEQUE

CHULU CHULU CHULU PAYA-PA ! Does I really need to say why this song is in this top list ? Well, actually the song itself is not that awesome, but take a look when it goes live… XDDDD

5. Tenkuu no Canaria

Just read this to understand. [LINK]

4. Kimi ga Kureta Kiseki

Among the slowest of her songs, Kimi ga Kureta Kiseki is the best from them. My favorite Nanoha song so far.

3. Eien no Utahime

First opera song from Nana, and I totally fell in love. Just read this. [LINK]

2. Thermidor -Vingt-Sept-

When I discovered that special single, I was like… … OHMYGOD. It is a very different song from her usual one. In fact, Thermidor was a character song back from 2000 (her debut ! that was 10 years ago omg .__.), from the NOeL La neige character mini-album “depart Chisato X Nana.” The -Vingt-Sept- version (which means 27 in French) is a remastered version she did after the release of THE MUSEUM (she was 27 at that time). Thermidor -Vingt-Sept- is now really hard to find because it wasn’t sold but offered to those who bought the Livedom DVD and The Museum. That means I will never get my hands on it if I don’t buy from Yahoo! Auctions… ;___; By the way, if someone has it, can s/he rip it for me in a totally lossless quality ? >.<’

1. Tears’ Night (STUDIO LIVE VERSION)

Ok, this is not a really full studio song, because it was recorded in live conditions. Tears’ Night normal version is also in the my favorites songs, and is already awesome, and yet Studio Live is way way way way better. Acoustic instruments and Nana’s pure live voice are just AMAZING, combined altogether. I don’t listen to that song that much lately, but I believe this song will remains 1st, and will never be dethroned.

Some other special songs I often listen to :

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Yozakura o Shichi : because Nana as an enka singer is total win.
Kawachi Otoku Bushi : same.
Sky High and Yo ni wa Hana Yume ni Hoshi : two very short songs from Happy Dance Collection. There are somewhat addictive.
Juujika no Spread may also be in this top (among the 30 firsts) but it’s a bit too early to decide on which place (and it doesn’t really matter actually).

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Ok, 7 posts about Nana in a row, my blog is officially a Nana fanblog. OTZ