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Did another SALU song since I'm kind of bored and recovering from a really stressful work week.

 

This translation is probably at least a little off. The second verse, especially, might be very wrong, but I think the rest at least gives you a fairly good idea of what it's about.

 

 

ハローダーリン / Hello Darlin'

 

Lyrics: SALU

Music: SUI/take-c

 

Heading out of the forest of radio waves,

I'm going to see you again tonight

I wonder what you're doing now?

Even in this eco-friendly age,

I found a reason to start scattering gasoline

I love this sound

You're always so busy,

So I can't see you

Just like someone I saw outside the window*

 

Like that older guy I saw walking using his smartphone

Going around like that he'll bump into someone**

Looking down like that,

I wonder if he'll be able to find the woman that he's come to look for?***

Rays of light are coming in through the window

Who is that person over there waiting for?

I don't know how far apart we are,

But if only I could fly, I want to fly to you****

 

Listen,

Those guys say “That girl is just using you”, but,

They say you're an evil woman, but

 

Hello darlin', I miss you

Hello darlin', I need you

Hello darlin', I miss you

Hello darlin', I'm going to see you

 

Around this time, I'm held back by the traffic

I can't move forward at all,

But I want to see you right now

Please, give me wings

Then I'll fly to you right away

 

The radio news is on, I wonder what I should agree with*****

Someone has done something to someone for some reason

Your smile cuts right through all those dark topics

I can't believe anyone else

 

And if that's the case, I at least want to be able to believe in you

I want you to only believe in me

I won't pay attention to the things they say

I want to dance in the palm of your hand

 

The butterfly that dances in the night sky is calling to me but,

I want to go where you are, so

 

Hello darlin', I miss you

Hello darlin', I need you

Hello darlin', I miss you

Hello darlin', I'm going to see you

 

I don't care what you're doing now, I don't care girl

It's not for your sake

It's because I just need to see you right now

 

Notes:

*,**,***,****,***** Really not sure about these lines, so I'd take them with a grain of salt. If you have any corrections, please feel free to let me know.

******The way I'm reading this is like he wants to kind of be in her power – like “wrapped around her finger” or something, but maybe he just means he wants to hold hands while they dance? It's the "de" that's throwing me off.

 

ハローダーリン / HAROO DAARIN

 

Denpa no mori o nukete

Kimi ni ai ni iku yo mata konya

Kimi wa ima nani shiteru no ka na?

Riyuu o mitsuketa no sa

Konna EKO no jidai ni

Makichirasu GASORIN

Kono oto ga suki

Kimi wa itsumo isogashii

Dakara aenai maru de dareka mitai ni

Mado no soto o mita

 

SUMAHO ni ayatsureteru oniisan

Sono mama iku to butsukaru yo

Sagashi ni kita oneesan

Shita mitete kotae mitsukaru no?

Mado no akari no kazu

Ano hito wa asoko de dare o matsu?

I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR ARE WE

Tobaseru dake tobashitai

 

Kiite yo aitsu wa

“Ano ko ni furimawasareteru” to iu kedo

Karera wa kimi o warui onna da to iu kedo

 

HELLO DARLIN'

HELLO DARLIN'

HELLO DARLIN' I MISS YOU

HELLO DARLIN'

HELLO DARLIN'

HELLO DARLIN' I NEED YOU

HELLO DARLIN'

HELLO DARLIN'

HELLO DARLIN' I MISS YOU

HELLO DARLIN' ai ni iku

 

Konna toki ni kagitte juutai

Maru de susumanai

Ima sugu aitai

Konna boku ni tsubasa o kudasai

Soshitara kimi no tokoro e hitottobi

 

RAJIO no NYUUSU ja nani o kaketsu to ka

Dareka ga dareka o naze to ka

Kurai wadai ka tsukinuketa warai

Dare no koto mo shinjirarenai

 

Nara semete kimi no koto dake wa shinjitai

Boku no koto dake wa shinjite hoshii

Boku wa ki ni shinai karera ga nani o iou to

Kimi no tenohira de odotte itai no sa

 

Yoru o mau chou ga boku o sasou kedo

Boku ga ikitai no wa kimi no toko dakara sou

 

HELLO DARLIN'

HELLO DARLIN'

HELLO DARLIN' I MISS YOU

HELLO DARLIN'

HELLO DARLIN'

HELLO DARLIN' I NEED YOU

HELLO DARLIN'

HELLO DARLIN'

HELLO DARLIN' I MISS YOU

HELLO DARLIN' ai ni iku

 

Ima nani o shite ita to shitemo I DON'T CARE GIRL

Kimi no tame nanka ja nai yo

Tada ima sugu aitai dake dakara

 

Kanji:

http://j-lyric.net/artist/a057a43/l03a601.html

SALU is from Kanagawa, and there are a lot of references to things in the area in this song that I probably don't understand the significance of. The video is quite literal though, and it seems to line up for the most part, so hopefully this translation isn't too far off.

 

 

AFURI*

 

Lyrics: SALU

Music: SALU, OHLD

 

Coming out of Tokyo and Nagoya on the Shuto Expressway

It's been a while since I've driven this way

When I see that billboard and main tower, it always seems to calm me down

 

Today as well, the Odakyu line** is running through

Everyone is riding it, making their way home

There's nothing up in the sky,

But everything is here, yeah

 

Mount Oyama is dyed orange, red and yellow

And there's the hill where we happily watch fireworks shoot up over Sagamigawa*** in the summer

 

In the area where the most streets intersect,

I throw a peace sign out to the people working hard

I wonder if the weather will be right tonight?

Look everyone, clouds are gathering over Afuriyama**** again

 

The two of us from back in those days

This city remembers

Even now, I'm definitely still walking here with you

Walking,

Walking,

And laughing with you

 

It's not there anymore, that old department store

We can't change the past,

So let's draw out our future

I can't see the figure retreating into the distance from that time anymore,

But there's new artwork in the underground tunnel

 

When it comes to those guys hanging out in front of the station,

There's no helping it, should I approach them?

No matter what you do,*****

That will never get better, will it?

 

There are lots of different cities, and lots of different countries, but, in the end,

This one is the best

We're living in this city

We're living in this city

 

I'm looking out at Tokyo from this city

I'm looking out at the world from this city

The scenery that was supposed to stay the same as it was back in those days,

It's happening slowly, but I can definitely feel it changing around me

 

The two of us from back in those days

This city remembers

Even now, I'm definitely still walking here with you

Walking,

Walking,

And laughing with you

 

Notes:

*This is a reference to a mountain in Kanagawa called “Afuriyama”, which SALU also references in this song by its other name “Mount Ooyama”

**A train line

***A river

****”Afuriyama” means “rainy mountain”, which is why I think he switched to using that name when talking about the clouds

*****I don't really know how to read this. I'm assuming these people are kind of shady acquaintences, crazy people, delinquents or other people he'd rather avoid that shouldn't be loitering around the subway station and SALU is saying either A. No matter where you go or how you try to get rid of them, that type of person will always be there, or B. He says something to them as he passes by but doesn't expect it to do any good. Or both of those interpretations might be wrong. I'm not really sure.

 

AFURI

 

Shutokou kara toumei o nuke

Shibaraku hashiru to miete kuru

Ano kanban to MEINTAWAA

Mieru to itsumo ochitsuku

 

Kyou mo kakenukeru Odakyu-sen

Minna o nosete modoru HOOMUUEI

Sora ni wa nanimo nakute

Demo koko ni wa subete ga aru YEAH

 

Daidai aka YELLOW

Somatteku ooyama

Natsu wa hanabi ga agaru sagamigawa

Shiawase no aru oka ni

 

Ironna michi majiwaru ichiban gai

RIARU ni kasegu ano hito ni PIISU

Konya no tenki o ateyou ka

Hora mite mina AFURI yama ni mata kumo ga kakaru

 

Ano hibi no bokura no koto

Kono machi wa oboeteru

Ima boku wa koko de kimi to

Tashika ni aruiteru

Aruiteru

Aruiteru

Waratteru

 

Ima wa mou nai ano DEPAATO

Kako wa kawaranai

Mirai egakou

Ano koro no ushiro sugata wa mienai kedo

Chikadou ni wa atarashii AATO

 

Yatsura wa ekimae ni iru tte sa

Shikata ga nai kara yotte ikou ka

Nandakanda itte sa

Kawaribae shinee na

 

Ironna machi ya ironna kuni ga aru kedo

Yappari koko ga ichiban ii

WE LIVING IN THIS CITY

WE LIVING IN THIS CITY

 

Kono machi kara ore toukyou o miteru

Kono machi kara ore sekai o miteru

Ano hi kara onaji hazu no keshiki ga

Sukoshi-zutsu dakedo tashika ni ima kawatte kiteru

 

Ano hibi no bokura no koto

Kono machi wa oboeteru

Ima boku wa koko de kimi to

Tashika ni aruiteru

Aruiteru

Aruiteru

Waratteru

 

Kanji:

https://mojim.com/jpy119535x6x1.htm

Need to throw in a mention for SBK - especially since Dragon Ash and Missile Girl Scoot have already been brought up.

 

Shigeo gets goofy sometimes, and their music can be pretty hit or miss, but the sheer variety of styles they do makes it worth it IMO.

 

Their lyrics aren't the best, but A+ for energy.

So I just filled in the boxes that were on the site and I accidentally ended up with a top 42 instead of 50. No particular order after the first 10 or so.

I feel like I'm going to remember a ton of releases I missed later, but this is what I could think of right now off the top of my head and using my old last.fm account. It was actually really hard to get up to 42, and some of these probably wouldn't be on the list if I put a bit more thought into it, but oh well.

 

Also, I cheated and added two compilations. (TMGE and Mr.Children). I started listening to a lot of my favourite bands with compilations, so they're usually pretty high up on the list when I think about releases that have been able to stand the test of time.

 

 

 

I have such a weak spot for V6. I'm not ashamed of liking songs like "Darling" and "Honey Beat" because they're obviously meant to be fun and silly (and they're absurdly catchy), but songs like this and Coming Century's "Rock The House" can get a little hard to justify to myself sometimes...

 

 

This was super easy to do from the video and I thought my Japanese really improved for a second, but I think it's just because all the words he uses are extremely simple and common.

 

世界は君に鳴り響く / Sekai wa kimi ni narihibiku

 

Ikiru tame ni

Kimi ga kimi o

Aishiteru tte

Kizuite

Kizuite

Kizuite

Kizuite yo ne

 

Ima o ikiru imi ga hoshii

Nanimo iya na wake ja nai

Nani o shite nani o erabu?

Kasanari-au riyuu wa nani?

 

Kimi no oto o kikasete

Doushitai no? Kono sekai

Dareka ga nani o tsukuru no?

Kimi wa nani o nozomu no?

 

Mazu

Ikiru tame ni

Kimi ga kimi o

Aishiteru tte

Kizuite

Kizuite

Kizuite

Kizuite yo ne

 

Kawaranai shi

Kaere-sou mo nai

Chikyuu wa hitori hitotsu ya shi

Massara na oto o kikasete

Kimi no koe hibiki yurasu no

 

Ai no moto ni umarete

Aisaretai? Kono sekai ni

Furete-mitai? Kowashitai?

Sarakedashi afuredasu

 

Ai o shitte

Suki to iware

Ikiru imi ni

Kizuite

Kizuite

Kizuite

Kizuite yo ne

 

Kanji:

^Video is subtitled

^Yes, I'd like to see a broadcast of it. GLAY and LUNA SEA is always a winning combo, IMO.

 

^This BRIDGET video.

 

God, the haircuts, the singer's weirdly out of place EXILE look, the dramatic close-up on the Miyake Ken of the group's tattoo...

 

I still think the song is super catchy though.

 

Plus there's something about the video that still really sticks out in my mind - maybe it's just how hard they seem to be trying? All those super intense, awkward moves and facial expressions fit the lyrics well, and I actually find it kind of motivational to watch.

^Added a sketchy English translation.

Sad they didn't do Deadman's Rodeo Revolver when they came to Canada. It looks like so much fun live.

 

 

Then again, they did METEORS, which was like 15 minutes long with the intro, so I guess I can't complain.

Good Charlotte's self-titled album. I still think it's a lot of fun to listen to.

 

I'd been given tapes by groups like Aqua, The Spice Girls, etc. by family that I listened to on my Walkman over and over again, but that GC CD was the first one I remember actually buying from the store.

1 hour ago, peffy said:

If you still like the music by the bands you listed, you still like J-rock. You might not like any NEW J-rock, but the old J-rock will always be there for you if you want it.

^This.

Plus you never know when members will come out with a cool new project or bands you love will get back together. Two of the only VK bands I actually listen to regularly just randomly announced reunions not that long ago, so yeah...a disbandment or hiatus is not necessarily reason to give up if you still love the band's music.

^I actually started posting my translations online mainly because I couldn't find very many translations of Chiba's lyrics, so it's good to know that there are more people out there translating his stuff. My Japanese is terrible, so it's always helpful to compare how I interpreted the song with someone who actually knows what he/she is talking about.

 

His lyrics can be so frustrating because the lines are fairly simple, so it seems like each song should be easy to understand, but most of them just don't make very much sense when you put them together XD

 

 

旗揚げ運動 / Army-Raising Exercises

 

Music and Lyrics: Masakazu Takeda

 

Lift your right hand

Lower your left hand

Don't lift either hand

Every day, we're being forced to dance

 

Lift your right hand

And, of course,

Lower your right hand,

And, of course,

Don't let your right hand stay down

And, of course, remember to keep shifting between those positions again and again

Raise the corners of your mouth up into a wide angle

Show off your white teeth

That's how you form a smile, isn't it?

 

When it's time to relax, we head to a stylish cafe

I let out a sigh of relief, but suddenly,

After a glance out the window, a destined person appears*

I start to blush, and I feel something special

I wonder if this could be love?

 

Don't lift your right hand

Don't drop your left hand

Don't drop your right hand

Lower your left hand

Don't lower your left hand

Lift your right hand

We're ready to throw up our hands in defeat

 

And that's okay

It's just about beginner's luck

You're happy because you're lucky

And it's okay to do a nonchalant victory pose

However, reality isn't sweet like that

After just one defeat, it's all over

Life is a one-match game, and it's now or never

 

Every day, it feels like I'm bound

Every day, I'm bound

So my body moves jerkily, like I'm doing a robot dance

 

But, if you don't mind me being like this,

If I'm okay like this,

Even though it's so hard to say...

I say “Shall we dance?”**

 

Even though we're being forced to dance,

All we can do is continue dancing

In this world, we just go from dance to dance, dance to dance

You might as well enjoy the ride

I don't know any clever steps,

But still, I go dance to dance, dance to dance

Following the rhythm, I keep dancing***

 

Bring your nose up****

Try to narrow your mouth

Because that's sure to make it form a smile

 

Notes:

*, **, ***Really not sure about these lines

****Literally, it's something like “Make your nose find your head”, and what I'm picturing is the way your nose kind of wrinkles up and gets shorter when you laugh. Not sure if that's anywhere close to right, but try wrinkling your nose and trying to make your lips thin - you do end up smiling.

 

旗揚げ運動 / Hataage undou

 

Migite o agete

Hidarite o sagete

Ryoute o agenaide

Odorasarete iru mainichi sa

 

Migite o agete

Yappari

Migite wa sagete

Yappari

Migite o sagenaide

Nitensanten wa atarimae

Koukaku o agete

Shiroi ha o misete

Egao no tsukuri-kata wa

Konna kanji da kke

 

Chikara o nuite toki ni wa oshare na KAFE de

HOtto natte FUtto shite

CHIRAtto mado no soto mitsumete

Suteki na unmei no hito arawarete

POtto natte GUtto kite

Hyotto shite koi ka mo nante ne

 

Migite o agenaide

Hidarite o sagenaide

Migite sagenaide

Hidarite sagete

Hidarite sagenaide

Migite o agete

Oteage joutai sa

 

Sore de ii no da BIGINAAZU RAKKU datte

RAKKII datte HAPPII da

Shiretto GATTSUPOOZU sureba ii

Da ga shikashi genjitsu wa amaku nai zo

Ikkai kiri de HAI shuuryou

Matta nashi no ipponshoubu desu

 

Ganjigarame no mainichi da

Ganjigarame no mainichi da

Karada wa GIKUSHAKU shite shimau kara

ROBOTTO DANSU mitai ni natteru yo

 

Demo, konna boku demo ii nara,

Konna boku demo ii nara,

Totemo ii tsurai koto nan dakedomo

SHARU UII DANSU tte iu hanashi desu.

 

Odorasarete tatte

Odori-tsuzukeru shika nai n da

Kono yo wa DANSU TU DANSU DANSU TU DANSU

Douse nara tanoshimeba ii

Kinokiita SUTEPPU nante wakaranai sa

Soredemo DANSU TU DANSU DANSU TU DANSU

Odori ni notte

Odori-tsuzukeru no

 

Jibun no hana no

Atama o mitsume

Kuchi o subomete-mite

Kitto egao ni nareru kara

 

Kanji:

http://j-lyric.net/artist/a0598f1/l037cb6.html

5 hours ago, plastic_rainbow said:

all along i thought TMGE's song drop was about drop/falling, but it's actually about the hard candy, like lemon drops for example.

my life has been a lie.

.....at least it still works as a clever play on words.

I always thought it was referring to falling as well. Interesting.

I have a folder for each artist, then more subfolders titled "Artist - Album"

 

Sometimes I get fancy and put all of a specific musician's bands or related groups in one folder, but usually it's quite basic.

I thought "What do I like?" and the first things to come to mind were "purple" and "silver jewelry". So "violet" and "chain" as in a silver necklace. 

 

It's not particularly deep, but it means something, I guess.

On 6/30/2016 at 11:46 PM, CAT5 said:

 

^Yeah, I liked Nengu the best out of the bands at NMFT 8. Missed Dalljub Step Club since they went last, though, unfortunately, so I guess I'll never know what could have been there.

 

^Coincidentally, Suichu Blanco, the 6th band on that Audioleaf list, also came to Canada last year and I kind of like their style, but they played at like midnight to 1 am and I was commuting from the suburbs so it didn't really make sense to go.

 

 

Eita and Taichi, the singer and bassist from the band FABLED NUMBER, are brothers. Taichi is apparently the older one.

 

This is a song from Yellow Studs' acoustic side project Team GARAKUTA that they re-recorded and released on the album ALARM. The lyrics are pretty simple, so hopefully I'm not too far off with the English.

 

 

 

ヘイママ / Hey, mama

 

Music and Lyrics: Taichi Nomura

My precious piano is covered in dust
What am I doing?
Recently, I've started to wonder whether my meeting with music was a good thing

Hey, mama
Hey, mama
Won't you praise me again?
Hey, mama
Hey, mama
Won't you praise me like you used to all those years ago?

Those precious photos are all covered in dust
What should I do?
Recently, I've started to wonder whether my meeting with music was a good thing

Hey, grandma
Hey, grandma
Won't you praise me again?
Hey, grandma
Hey, grandma
Won't you praise me like you used to all those years ago?

Hey, mama
Hey, grandma
Won't you praise me again?
Hey, mama
Hey, grandma
Won't you praise me like you used to all those years ago?

ヘイママ / HEI MAMA

Daiji na PIANO hokori mamire
Nani o shite iru no ka
Saikin ja ongaku to deatta koto ni gimon o kanjite

HEI, MAMA
HEI, MAMA
Mata homete kurenai kai?
HEI, MAMA
HEI, MAMA
Mata mukashi mitai ni sa

Daiji na shashin hokori mamire
Nani o shitara ii no ka
Saikin ja ongaku to deatta koto ni gimon o kanjite

HEI, GURANMA
HEI, GURANMA
Mata homete kurenai kai?
HEI, GURANMA
HEI, GURANMA
Mata mukashi mitai ni sa

HEI, MAMA
HEI, GURANMA
Mata homete kurenai kai?
HEI, MAMA
HEI, GURANMA
Mata mukashi mitai ni sa

Kanji:
http://www.kget.jp/lyric/201473/ヘイママ_Yellow+Studs

^That's cool to hear. (Well, except for the Youtube RED part ^^;) I've really been in love with the whole NEW WORLD album for the past year or so. Got kind of discouraged from translating LEGO songs since I failed miserably at "Spark in the end", but it seems like the rest of their stuff is fairly direct.

 

I want to try to do either "end-end" or "Blue Birds Story" at some point.

The new GMA video is so kawaii it hurts. Lovely song too. Reminds me of a more lively version of "Ichi ni san de jump".