When a Macross 82-99 album releases, you can’t help but be sucked into a particular track. For me. there are far too many to choose from and one for me features the fantastic vocals of the talented Neon Vectors.

Two of a Kind was released as part of SAILORWAVE III last March on Neoncity Records and while this song is a banger, the whole album and its previous 2 albums are also bangers. Well worth a listen.

With the album released on NCR’s Bandcamp, they also released limited physical editions via vinyl and cassette.
It would be cool to get a record player and all 3 SAILORWAVE albums (Plus the rest of Macross 82-99’s back catalogue) but I have limited space in my house and I don’t think a record player would fit in anywhere. Maybe, a cassette player would work as it has a smaller footprint.

Maybe a project for another day?!

Grab some headphones and enjoy the sick bass line of this fantastic song.

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Bandcamp

https://macross82-99.bandcamp.com/track/two-of-a-kind-feat-neon-vectors

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Lyrics

We’re two of a kind, you and I
We’re always on the run, never satisfied
We’re always looking for the next big thing
The next adventure, the next thrill

We’re two of a kind, we’re meant to be
Together we’ll conquer the world, you and me
We’re two of a kind, we’re unstoppable
Together we can do anything, we’re unstoppable

We’re always breaking the rules, never conforming
We’re always marching to the beat of our own drum
We’re always looking for something new, something different
Something that will make us feel alive

We’re two of a kind, we’re meant to be
Together we’ll conquer the world, you and me
We’re two of a kind, we’re unstoppable
Together we can do anything, we’re unstoppable

I know we’re not perfect, but we’re perfect for each other
We’re two of a kind, and we’ll always have each other

We’re two of a kind, we’re meant to be
Together we’ll conquer the world, you and me
We’re two of a kind, we’re unstoppable
Together we can do anything, we’re unstoppable

We’re two of a kind, we’re a team
We’re always there for each other, no matter what
We’re two of a kind, and we’ll always be together

Normally with The JukeBox posts, I discover a song or an album, add it to my Spotify playlist, go back through the playlist at a later stage (Normally 6 months to a couple of years) and then decide whether to create a post for it.

This song, I heard one day and I must have instantly liked it but never added it to any playlist and therefore I forgot about it.

It recently came back up during one of my many City pop listening sessions using the new ‘Enhance’ feature on Spotify.

This song is fantastic. It’s a Japanese song by MONDO GROSSO (Real name: Shinichi Osawa) who is a DJ from Tokyo. I will not lie and say that I haven’t heard any other of MONDO GROSSO’s work!

Here is Labyrinth with Hikari Mitsushima as the dancer.

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Lyrics:

Mitsumenaide kanashii hou wo
Me wo tsubutte kuchizuke shiyou
Amaku tokeru merodii

Hikikomarete
Meikyuu no paradaisu
Deguchi mo naku owari mo naku
Tsutsumarete itai no
Jama shinaide
Mayonaka no paradaisu
Iki mo sezu ni
Mogutte iku
Futari dake no dansu

Sagasanaide
Utsukushii rabirinsu
Kuchizuke shite mou modorenai
Futari dake no dansu

Mayoikonde
Byakuya no you ni
Shibireta mama dochira kara mo
Kaerou to wa sezu ni

Tomaranaide
Yurete itai no
Nanimo iwazu
Kuchizuke shite
Wasuresasete subete

Tomaranaide
Yurete itai no
Nanimo iwazu
Kuchizuke shite
Sora kara ochiru

Mitsumenaide kanashii hou wo
Me wo tsubutte kuchizuke shiyou
Amaku tokeru merodii

Hikikomarete
Meikyuu no paradaisu
Deguchi mo naku owari mo naku
Tsutsumarete itai no

Mitsumenaide kanashii hou wo
Me wo tsubutte kuchizuke shiyou
Amaku tokeru merodii