RATINGS: * - make it stop! ** - eh. *** - average (good) **** - special ***** - Wow! ****** - YAHOO!! Lynn Minmei Do You Remember Love? - **** "the song that won the war" ; almost haunting, Minmei's brief shining moment My Boyfriend is a Pilot - *** essential Minmei...shows up in nearly all incarnations of Macross Sharon Apple After, in the Dark - ** i'm not a big Sharon fan...her persona is better than her music SANTI-U - ** a little better but still not my style "the good Sharon song" - **** the one Sharon song i really like appears on the 4th soundtrack; it's only from the movie version of Macross Plus...when she's flying thru Macross City with a holographic dino-bird Myung Fang Lone VOICES - ***** i love this song! it's simple, yet heartbreaking and quietly uplifting; much like Myung herself Fire Bomber! Planet Dance - *** Fire Bomber's signature song is fun and exciting but nothing special Charging Loveheart - **** Loveheart sounds a lot like Planet Dance but is more better...more "charged" perhaps? Power to the Dream - *** a more powerful song, but it lacks something Holy Lonely Light - ****** the harshest of Fire Bomber's songs; Basara and Mylene sound their best together and make it one of my favorites Light the Light - ****** one of my very favorites; the music's breathtaking and the lyrics simply beautiful; Basara sings it well, Mylene sings it better...but Millia sings it best! Try Again - ***** another favorite, Try Again is sort of the finale song for Macross 7-they sing it before the final episode but it fits into the final sequence perfectly (to the point where even if you didn't like it before you will now!) (it also appears as the opening song for Macross Digital Mission VF-X) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nights - *** the video really makes this one as it features Rex' cyberpunk biker gang Diamond Calling - *** well, it's not bad Dynamite Explosion - ** this one would be good if it had a few (like 30) less "Dynamite!"s Parade - **** much improved over the above - and it has neato keen effects onscreen; the animated Basara walking and singing through the real world Nekki Basara (these songs are part of Fire Bomber's rep but are really Basara's songs) My Soul for You - ***** Basara's signature song; just pure Basara : simple, unassuming passion Remember 16 - **** although Mylene sings it once, this is Basara's song (she's only 14 when she sings it anyway!); a sentimenmtal little song, really very pretty On the Wind - **** i've never heard it on the show, but it's very Basara...sort of My Soul for You and Voices combined... Submarine Street - * what was he thinking? Basara spends weeks singing this awful song to Sivil, trying to wake her up...the lyrics are nice but it's painful to listen to! Mylene Jenius (again, these are Fire Bomber songs, but they're only performed by Mylene) My Friends - ***** another favorite and Mylene's best - SO much fun to sing! Sweet Fantasy - **** very pretty, very soft, very "girl" Love It - **** another girl song; this one on the "girl power!" vein i'm a big Mylene fan, i think i forgive her a lot Dakedo Baby! - *** the second closing song (after My Friends), a little terrifying, really gets stuck in your head Kimi ni to Doke - ***** Mylene's heartbreaking "lonely sad song" is her most powerful (it awakens the spiritia deprived)despite being her most quiet Pillow Dream - ***** Another lonely sad song, just as beautiful despite lyrics that make no sense whatsoever Emilia Jenius Flash in the Dark - ***** there is a lot of talent in this family! Emilia's first song is really rocking - upbeat and spirited Heart and Soul - ******!!! but her second song is the best in the series (and any other); this song is indescribably good! it really is just that good!!!