My 100th post - Mr. Children
I'm loving this japanese music group right now - Mr. Children. They've been around for years, making good music - and only recently I was able to acquire some mp3s of their more famous songs.
And, they sound great live:
SHIRUSHI
Shirushi
translated lyrics obtained from Mognet
We are listening to each other's pulse's, going at different tempos
As if things were decided to be this way from the start
No matter what words I choose, it seems like I'm lying somehow
I crumple up the letter that I wrote with the left side of my brain, and throw it away
I wonder if the voice of my heart will reach you?
Riding on a silent song...
Darling, darling, I've looked at you from all different angles
Each one of them wonderful, I realize what love is now
Now, with delicate nuances, you're trying to show me
That for you, "uncertainty = defense against getting hurt"
Someone made fun of our picture, saying "your faces both look the same"
Do we look alike? Or have we just begun to?
We faced each other so seriously that you could think of it as being tiresome
So much that it makes me envious of the rash person that I was
No one can hear the voice of my heart
That's fine, it's better that way
Darling, darling, I know that you have many different faces
No matter what I do to pass the time, I remember, and it hurts
I'm filled with my vivid memories, little by little
Instead of the many holidays that are filled in on my calendar
Laughing and crying, my feelings are unstable
But that is proof of you and I
Darling, darling, I've looked at you from all different angles
When the day that we can't live together anymore comes, I think that I'll still love you then
Darling, darling, oh my darling
I'm filled with vivid and crazy memories
Darling, darling
I also love another song of theirs, called "Kimi ga suki" (the live performance vid had an interview intro, so I'm opting to embed the music video instead - but I tell you, the live performance was beautiful!)
Kimi ga suki
Again, the translated lyrics from Mognet
If one of my wishes could still come true...
When a spend a day just
Absentmindedly daydreaming about the possibilities
The moon muddled the night in Tokyo
And the answer came out
I love you
It's fine if there is no more meaning to my life than this
In the depths of the night, on the side of an apartment building
I buy two cans of coffee from a worn out looking vending machine
If I could wipe away your tears with my hand
That would be wonderful
But just like me
You have an area that
You don't want to let anyone into, don't you
I love you
Even if the scent of a warm force of habit lurks within the sound of these words
My feelings burn, along with the halfhearted melody
Over and over again
The familiar muddy moon floats
Above the pedestrian overpass
Ah, it's futily and quietly trying to appeal to us
Us who are going to get dirty
I love you
It's fine if there is no more meaning to my life than this
In the depths of the night, I wait for you
Those feelings that have nowhere to go, float up again into the night sky
I love you, I love you
My feelings burn, along with the halfhearted melody
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I guess I'm in the mood for sad love songs right now...
And, they sound great live:
SHIRUSHI
Shirushi
translated lyrics obtained from Mognet
We are listening to each other's pulse's, going at different tempos
As if things were decided to be this way from the start
No matter what words I choose, it seems like I'm lying somehow
I crumple up the letter that I wrote with the left side of my brain, and throw it away
I wonder if the voice of my heart will reach you?
Riding on a silent song...
Darling, darling, I've looked at you from all different angles
Each one of them wonderful, I realize what love is now
Now, with delicate nuances, you're trying to show me
That for you, "uncertainty = defense against getting hurt"
Someone made fun of our picture, saying "your faces both look the same"
Do we look alike? Or have we just begun to?
We faced each other so seriously that you could think of it as being tiresome
So much that it makes me envious of the rash person that I was
No one can hear the voice of my heart
That's fine, it's better that way
Darling, darling, I know that you have many different faces
No matter what I do to pass the time, I remember, and it hurts
I'm filled with my vivid memories, little by little
Instead of the many holidays that are filled in on my calendar
Laughing and crying, my feelings are unstable
But that is proof of you and I
Darling, darling, I've looked at you from all different angles
When the day that we can't live together anymore comes, I think that I'll still love you then
Darling, darling, oh my darling
I'm filled with vivid and crazy memories
Darling, darling
I also love another song of theirs, called "Kimi ga suki" (the live performance vid had an interview intro, so I'm opting to embed the music video instead - but I tell you, the live performance was beautiful!)
Kimi ga suki
Again, the translated lyrics from Mognet
If one of my wishes could still come true...
When a spend a day just
Absentmindedly daydreaming about the possibilities
The moon muddled the night in Tokyo
And the answer came out
I love you
It's fine if there is no more meaning to my life than this
In the depths of the night, on the side of an apartment building
I buy two cans of coffee from a worn out looking vending machine
If I could wipe away your tears with my hand
That would be wonderful
But just like me
You have an area that
You don't want to let anyone into, don't you
I love you
Even if the scent of a warm force of habit lurks within the sound of these words
My feelings burn, along with the halfhearted melody
Over and over again
The familiar muddy moon floats
Above the pedestrian overpass
Ah, it's futily and quietly trying to appeal to us
Us who are going to get dirty
I love you
It's fine if there is no more meaning to my life than this
In the depths of the night, I wait for you
Those feelings that have nowhere to go, float up again into the night sky
I love you, I love you
My feelings burn, along with the halfhearted melody
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I guess I'm in the mood for sad love songs right now...
I've never actually listened to any contemporary Japanese artists. Thanks for sharing. Just listening to those songs remind me of "Saigo No Iwake" You've probably heard of it. Aaack and now this song is stuck in my head!
You can listen to it here:
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/yuna6/myoneandonly.html
Hope you are having a better week.
Posted by
June |
9/27/2007 05:22:00 PM
Wow...Saigo no iwake...it's been a long time since I listened to that song!
June, I listen to lots of japanese songs...I used to go download-crazy on mp3 rotation sites to get Jpop, Jrock...I haven't had much time to do so lately, though.
I just like the way the japanese language is sung sometimes - like when the end of words become silent...example - to speak the word "tonikaku" - the "ku" in the end is pronounced so you can hear it...but sometimes in songs, people will sing just "k" - the word kind of becomes "tonikak"...it's interesting ^_^
I'd love to share more...if I can find more vids on youtube :-D
Posted by
ronnie |
9/27/2007 07:06:00 PM