Recommendations/Favorites/Requests

[AzulieAngel]

Minna Sora no Sita by Ayaka.

[rozurainbow]

Acidman is really good. Slow rain is my favorite song.
Ali Project is also awesome. They have their own sound.
Then there's Bump of Chicken, Dragon Ash, and Monobright.
I like these the best n_n
No, I like Luna Sea the best! But they were in the list already.

[zearox86]

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to give this up and coming Swedish band som hype now that they have released their album in Japan and all.

They're called Early to Bed and they will be coming to Japan for a quick tour this spring!

Check out their myspace on; EARLYTOBED [NEW VIDEO and 7 NEW SONGS UP] on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

And take a look at their new music video called "Without You" on Youtube:
YouTube - Eary To Bed "Without You" PV

[lself]

Well, this video came out a little while ago (december?) but I'm so in love with it. Sakanaction in general are a great band, and have other great songs. But so far this is my favorite XD

[DewarHolmes]

Hello,

I have a few questions concerning some Japanese music I heard a little while ago.

1st: I heard the following, a hauntingly beautiful melody, atop the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building observation deck when I visited Japan in September.

YouTube - Tokyo Metro-Gov Building Observation Deck <<

Somebody identified it for me as a song from the Miyazaki film, Kiki's Delivery Service and since, I've found other versions of it on the internet, but I thoroughly enjoy this version and I would like to get my hands on a good copy. If anybody could provide any leads I would be positively thrilled! It is called (in English, anyway) "On a clear day" or "On a sunny day".

2nd: I was searching for Japanese folk songs a while ago on youtube and I came across the traditional, Sakura. Somehow in my searches I came across a video of a Japanese guy (an idol, perhaps?) playing guitar and singing a song to a bunch of schoolgirls in a large auditorium. (The girls were so happy they were crying.) I didn't think to take note of the song or artist but now the song won't leave my head and it's driving me nuts. I only remember the lyrics: "Sakura, sakura, (blah blah blah blah blah blah blah)....." It goes to a tune something like this:

YouTube - sakura.mov

Thanks much for any help! =)
-Seth

[siokan]

YouTube - Tokyo Metro-Gov Building Observation Deck

Studio Ghibli anime film - Kiki's Delivery Servic/soundtrack CD
4.空とぶ宅急便 Sota Tobu Takkyuubin [Flying Delivery Service]
YouTube - 魔女の宅急便の曲2

YouTube - sakura.mov

I do not understand it ;;

[allhailhata]

Originally Posted by DewarHolmes

YouTube - sakura.mov

SAKURA Naotarou Moriyama?
YouTube - さくら（独唱）　森山直太朗

Asakusa ongaku
Tokyo boogie woogie（東京ブギウギ）
Original by Shizuko Kasagi
YouTube - 笠置シヅ子　東京ブギウギ

ako−dion onna no hito at Ueno Koen
She said "Chyotto(or Syousyou) kakkoii gaijin no oniisan wo isiki sisugiteshimaimasita e-to.."
"I was too conscious of good looking foreign young guy,well.."
Maybe she made a mistake!
Thanks for your TOKYO sound!

[DewarHolmes]

allhailhata,

Thanks for your help! That's the song I was looking for. ...I don't know why I didn't think to search 'sakura' in Hiragana. It came up instantly. :P

I asked for help translating the accordion girl on another site and one fellow gave me this answer:

"I'm pretty sure that the accordion girl said, 'chotto... Kakkoii gaijin onisan, bikurishita'

I would translate this as 'just a sec... a cool/sharp foreign gentleman, whoa/I was surprised.'

This can definitely be taken as a compliment! "

*blush*

I recorded a few audio bits when I was in Japan because I felt my photographs-and even my writing-couldn't capture the experience as well as the audio could. It breaks my heart to listen to it though. I will return one day!

Thanks, also, for the info on Tokyo Boogie Woogie.
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siokan,

Thanks for your answer.

The song I'm looking for is actually this one, though:

YouTube - 「魔女の宅急便」より「晴れた日に」他 ２台のマリンバとマンドリン

It's orchestrated but it's different than the one in my link.
Most versions I hear use heavy instrumentation or sound like a musicbox but the one in my link is very simple. It seems the main instruments are harp and flute.

SAKURA by Naotarou Moriyama is the other song I was looking for. Thanks.
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One more question, if I may...is anyone familiar with the song that plays in the Ghibli Museum zoetrope room?

YouTube]YouTube - Living Anime @ The Ghibli Museum - Living Anime @ The Ghibli Museum

It's quite beautiful + I'd like to obtain it. Thanks to all for your assistance!

-Seth

[siokan]

Music unpublished in BGM of Ghibli Museum.

"The information that is known"
The thing that two pieces were presented among BGM on a birthday of Hayao Miyazaki by Jiyo Hisaishi.
There are not a CD and the DVD.
Three pieces flowed before the raising of the curtain of a concert performed in August, 2008 as BGM among BGM.

[Nyororin]

Ghibli music has a tendency to be remixed, remixed, and remixed some more... Then sold in countless compilations. There are whole areas in CD shops dedicated to remixed Ghibli compilations.... So I wasn`t even going to bother looking for it. But - I have that specific CD.

The version playing sounds like the AUN J Classic Orchestra version. If you have iTunes you should be able to listen and check. It is the 4th track.

I can`t be 100% certain because of the background noise and low volume of your recording, but it sounds very close.