Category: The Jukebox

  • [The JukeBox] #81 – The Beautiful South – Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)

    [The JukeBox] #81 – The Beautiful South – Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)

    Recently on Spotify, I was playing a 90’s / 00’s pop mix and rediscovered this fantastic song by The Beautiful South.

    It was released in September of 1996 and ready Number 5 in the UK Singles Charts and Number 11 in Ireland and was part of their 5th Album, “Blue is the colour”

    With its catchy lyrics and beat, it’s something to go back to and enjoy once more.

    Lyrics:

    And the women tug their hair
    Like they’re trying to prove it won’t fall out
    And all the men are gargoyles
    Dipped long in Irish stout

    The whole place is pickled
    The people are pickles for sure
    And no one knows if they’ve done more here
    Than they ever would do in a jar

    This could be Rotterdam or anywhere
    Liverpool or Rome
    ‘Cause Rotterdam is anywhere
    Anywhere alone
    Anywhere alone

    And everyone is blonde
    And everyone is beautiful
    And when blondes and beautiful are multiple
    They become so dull and dutiful

    And when faced with dull and dutiful
    They fire red warning flares
    Battle khaki personality
    With red underwear

    This could be Rotterdam or anywhere
    Liverpool or Rome
    ‘Cause Rotterdam is anywhere
    Anywhere alone
    Anywhere alone

    The whole place is pickled
    The people are pickles for sure
    And no one knows if they’ve done more here
    Than they ever would do in a jar

    This could be Rotterdam or anywhere
    Liverpool or Rome
    ‘Cause Rotterdam is anywhere
    Anywhere alone

    This could be Rotterdam or anywhere
    Liverpool or Rome
    ‘Cause Rotterdam is anywhere
    Anywhere alone
    Anywhere alone
    Anywhere alone
    Anywhere alone
    Anywhere alone, alone, alone

    Ooh this could be Rotterdam or anywhere
    Liverpool or Rome
    ‘Cause Rotterdam is anywhere alone
    Alone, alone

  • [The JukeBox] #80 – Perfume – Love the World

    [The JukeBox] #80 – Perfume – Love the World

    Nocchi, KASHIYIKA and a-chan make up the Japanese pop girl group sensation, Perfume.

    Formed in 2000, the trio have been a staple in the Japanese pop scene since they were signed to Amuse, Inc in 2003. They would stay with them for 9 years before signing with Universal Music Group in 2012 and have been there ever since.

    Perfume has been a guilty pleasure of mine for years and every so often, I go back to listen to the album that got me hooked on them.

    Their newer music is just as good as the ‘old’ and still a great listening experience.

    Today, we look at ‘Love the World’, released in 2008 and was the first ‘technopop’ song to reach Number 1 on the Oricon charts (Basically the Japanese version of the IRMA Single Chart or the UK Top 40.)

    This would become one of the singles released ahead of the 2009 release of their 2nd studio album Triangle (⊿) album. (In Japan, the singles are released ahead of the release of the album)

    YouTube/Spotify

    Lyrics

    Kossori himitsu wo ageru wa zutto suki ni shite ii no yo
    Kitto kimi mo ki ni iru yo futari dake no tokutouseki

    Choppiri unmei mitai na
    Kyara ni mo nai you na koto mo
    Kanjitatte ii janai no
    Dareka kaita shinario?

    Mada kono saki ga mienai
    Ichibanboshi sagasu te ga furuetemo

    Akiramenai de taisetsu na
    Sukoshi no iji to kimi yo daarin
    Shigekiteki hora suteki
    Mieru sekai ga kirameku wa
    Tesaguri no atashi ni mo
    Sukoshi wakaru ki ga shiterun da
    Yawaraka na kimi no taimingu
    Zurui desho chuchuchu
    Love love the world

    Yappari chansu wo ageru wa yatto mieta kimi no sukima
    Kitto hitori de nayande oshiete kurete iin da yo

    Choppiri hanse mitai na
    Kyara ni mo nai you na koto mo
    Tama ni wa ii janai no
    Dare ka kaita shinario?

    Mada kono saki ga mienai
    Ichibanboshi sagasu te ga furuetemo

    Akiramenai de taisetsu na
    Sukoshi no iji to kimi yo daarin
    Shigekiteki hora suteki
    Mieru sekai ga kirameku wa
    Tesaguri no atashi ni mo
    Sukoshi wakaru ki ga shiterun da
    Yawaraka na kimi no taimingu
    Zurui desho chuchuchu
    Love love the world

    Have a nice day!
    Be in a good mood yeh!
    In all the world
    Love the world

    Yorokobi no naka mada kono saki ga mienai
    Ichiban boshi sagasu te ga furuetemo

    Akiramenai de taisetsu na
    Sukoshi no iji to kimi yo daarin
    Shigekiteki hora suteki
    Mieru sekai ga kirameku wa
    Tesaguri no atashi ni mo
    Sukoshi wakaru ki ga shiterun da
    Yawaraka na kimi no taimingu
    Zurui desho chuchuchu
    Love love the world

    Have a nice day!
    Be in a good mood yeh!
    In all the world
    Love the world

  • [The JukeBox] #79 – Masayoshi Soken – Scream

    [The JukeBox] #79 – Masayoshi Soken – Scream

    Back on August 23rd, Square Enix released their 2nd tier of the Endwalker 8-man raid and as per usual, the composer Masayoshi Soken released another banger of a tune!

    This time, he collaborated with AKINO (Kawamitsu), an American/Japanese solo singer to perform the song Scream

    There is also an instrumental version that is used for one of the fights named Silent Scream.

    Lyrics:

    Fell child, bastard and beast
    A lost lamb, first to the feast
    Go claim if you’re able, a spot at this table

    Mild and meek, down on your knees
    For hide and seek, it’s time that we feed
    Your heart is racing, blood is running cold
    Your fractured will is whispering (fly a- fly a-)

    “Fly away,
    Here be lions”

    Say goodnight!
    With each bite does your sanity die!
    Sucking the life out, letting the dark…

    Inside!
    Say a prayer as the light leaves your eyes!
    Or scream all you like, your Gods can’t hear you…

    Scream
    Now scream
    Scream

    So suicide, don’t choke on your pride~

    Scream
    Now Scream
    Now scream
    Yeah, we’re gonna watch you bleed

    Incensed, inflamed, how does it feel?
    Your pound is paid, those scars will not heal
    You’re lost in suffering, drowning in your tears
    Won’t someone, somewhere, tell me, where I (where I)…

    Go from here?
    Be the lion

    Say goodnight!
    With each bite does your sanity die!
    Sucking the life out, letting the dark…

    Inside!
    Say a prayer as the light leaves your eyes!
    Or scream all you like, the Gods can’t hear you

    Dressed in rage, inside my cage
    My Pandæmonium, still bound to the flame that I bear
    Buried alive, in the coffin of who I used to be!

    Oh scream all you like, ’cause we’re all mad here

    Simpering, Tempering
    Whimpering, Wandering

    Simmering, Hungering
    Forever falling into the night
    Deeper, deeper down tonight

    Say goodnight,
    To the shadow I’ve left far behind!
    I’m just a stranger, we are all strange,

    Inside!
    You can run but there’s nowhere to hide
    So scream all you like, no one can hear us

    Follow me, come follow me
    To Pandæmonium, still bound to the flame that I bear
    There’s no release, from this empty, waking wonderland

    So scream if you’d like ’cause we’re all mad here
    Scream all you’d like ’cause we’re all mad here

  • [The JukeBox] #78 – Coco Star – Toca Miracle

    [The JukeBox] #78 – Coco Star – Toca Miracle

    I could have sworn that I have already covered Fragma’s – Toca’s Miracle from 2001 but it looks like I didn’t.

    While searching, I noticed that there has been a re-release of the song at the start of July 2022 by Coco Star who created the lyrics back in 1996 for ‘I need a miracle’.

    The song was released as a track on Fragma’s album Toca in 2001 with the instrumental Toca Me also included on the album.,

    The song was released on the Spinnin’ Records label.

    Lyrics:

    If you’re gonna save the day
    And you’re hearin’ what I say
    I feel your touch
    Your kiss, it’s not enough
    And if you believe in me
    Don’t think my love’s not for real
    I won’t take nothin’ less then a deeper love

    Let me tell you, you know
    Aah, I need a miracle
    I need a miracle
    It’s more than physical
    What I need to feel from you
    Let me tell you, you know
    Aah, I need a miracle
    I need a miracle
    It’s more than physical
    What I need to get me through

    Tell me that you understand
    And you’ll take me as I am
    You’ll always be the one to give me everything
    Just when I thought no one cared
    You’re the answer to my prayer
    You lift my spirits high
    Come on and rescue me

    Let me tell you, you know
    Aah, I need a miracle
    I need a miracle
    It’s more than physical
    What I need to feel from you
    Let me tell you, you know
    Aah, I need a miracle
    I need a miracle
    It’s more than physical
    What I need to get me through

    Let me tell you, you know
    Aah, I need a miracle
    I need a miracle
    It’s more than physical
    What I need to feel from you
    Let me tell you, you know
    Aah, I need a miracle
    I need a miracle
    It’s more than physical
    What I need to get me through

  • [The JukeBox] #77 – Siedah Garrett vs Eden Prince – Do You Want It Right Now

    [The JukeBox] #77 – Siedah Garrett vs Eden Prince – Do You Want It Right Now

    Back in 1985, Siedah Garrett released her hit song Do You Want it Right Now for the movie Fast Forward.

    It was remixed in 2021 by Eden Prince and while modern, it still has what makes the original great. Some remixes can butcher the original or they try too hard to incorporate other genre of music like rapping or heavy metal.

    The style of Eden Prince works really well here. I, personally, would love to see more from Eden Prince in the future and what they have to offer.

    I want you, oh, I want you so
    Do you want it right now? Oh, I can’t let go
    I want you so bad, give me all you have
    I can show you how, do you want it right now?

    I want you, oh, I want you so
    Do you want it right now? Oh, I can’t let go
    I want you so bad, give me all you have
    I can show you how, do you want it right now?

    I want you so, I can’t let go
    (Now)
    I want you so, I can’t let go
    (Do you want it right now?)
    I want you so, I can’t let go
    (Now)
    (Right now)

    I want you, oh, I want you so
    Do you want it right now? Oh, I can’t let go
    I want you so bad, give me all you have
    I can show you how, do you want it right now?

    I want you, oh I want you so
    Do you want it right now? Oh, I can’t let go
    I want you so bad, give me all you have
    I can show you how, do you want it right now?

    I want you so, I can’t let go
    (Now)
    I want you so, I can’t let go
    (Do you want it right now?)
    I want you so, I can’t let go
    (Now)
    (Right now)

  • [The JukeBox] #76 – CHVRCHES – Warning Call

    [The JukeBox] #76 – CHVRCHES – Warning Call

    Mirror’s Edge Catalyst is a 2016 remake prequal of the original Mirror’s Edge game that released in 2008.

    I recently completed the game a month ago and I have always been a fanatic of the atheistic of Faith Connors (the protagonist that you play as) and the atheistic of the city of Glass.

    In the main ‘hub’ area where you meet up with Noah at the start of the game, there is a Jukebox. Interacting with it allows you to play music. Cycling through songs eventually brings you to this track.

    I knew of CHVRCHES from their other song: The Mother We Share but I never took anytime to look into them. Suffice to say that after The Mother We Share and Warning Call, I will be listening to them more.

    YouTube:

    Lyrics:

    I hear it
    Echoing of every place that we’ve called our home
    And I don’t talk
    Of any time I ever believed in the unknown
    I need it
    So I hold on to every mistake that I made alone
    And I don’t lie
    When I say that we will never return to closing doors

    Sleep tight in a new light
    Through another warning call
    Look down on the cold ground
    No one try to break the fall

    I feel it
    Moving in an another direction we call our own
    And I won’t chase
    Anyone who ever believed in what they stole
    I need it
    So I hold on to every piece of mine that I chose
    And I don’t lie
    When I say that we will never return to closing doors

    Sleep tight in a new light
    Through another warning call
    Look down on the cold ground
    No one try to break the fall

    Say you’ll remember
    To keep it all inside
    You can run for the skyline
    Your eyes open wide

    Say you’ll remember
    To keep it all inside
    You can run for the skyline
    Your eyes open wide

    Don’t look away
    (It’s a memory)
    Cause when we see it we are closer
    Don’t look away
    Cause when we see it we are near

    Say you’ll remember
    To keep it all inside
    You can run for the skyline
    Your eyes open wide

    Say you’ll remember
    To keep it all inside
    You can run for the skyline
    Your eyes open wide

    It’s a memory, it’s a memory, it’s a memory, it’s a memory
    It’s a memory, it’s a memory, it’s a memory, it’s a memory
    It’s a memory, it’s a memory, it’s a memory, it’s a memory
    It’s a memory, it’s a memory, it’s a memory, it’s a memory

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