It is that time of year once more where I let you all know that my 2023 Spotify playlist has been completed.
I discovered a good few artists this year, and I have gone back to listen to them more often than not.
New albums from BABYMETAL, Q-Rabbit, HANABIE, Superflat and Sparkly Night.
Some classics mixed in there too.
Enjoy!
And you can listen back to all the playlists that I have made since 2017 here:
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![[The JukeBox] #93 – Alter Bridge – The Other Side](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/alterbridgetheotherside.jpg)
Initially, I wasn’t sure if I was going to post about this or Metalingus since they are both good songs, but I have been enjoying ‘The Other Side’ a lot more recently.
The Other Side is a 2016 hit from American band, Alter Bridge. Most wrestling fans would be familiar with Alter Bridge as Metalingus became a household hit with Edge’s entrance in WWE.
In 2022, Edge turned heel (An evil/bad person) and debuted a new theme to go along with a new look and persona. That theme would be The Other Side.
With that, he formed a new stable in WWE called “The Judgement Day” initially adding Damien Priest, Rhea Ripley and Finn Bálor to the group. After only a couple of weeks, Edge was ejected from the group.
Edge went back to Metalingus after some time off and basically went back to the old persona. The Judgement Day continues to use The Other Side today as a stable theme. Each person within The Judgement Day (which now includes Dominik Mysterio & JD McDonagh) have their own individual theme.
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[Verse 1]
Just step into the dark, it’s waiting
Take your vow, it’s time
Time for you to meet your maker
Playing God tonight[Pre-Chorus]
You’re insane, have you gone too far
Who’s to blame for what you are[Chorus]
If you believe yours is the only way
Then you’re a fool who lives to die
Well you deserve the hell you’re gonna pay
On the other side
Once you reach the other side
Once you reach the other side[Verse 2]
The trigger warm, anticipating
The ritual’s begun
You think that heaven’s gates are waiting
But only hell will come[Pre-Chorus]
You’re insane, have you gone too far
Who’s to blame for what you are[Chorus]
If you believe yours is the only way
Then you’re a fool who lives to die
Well you deserve the hell you’re gonna pay
On the other side
On the other side
Once you reach the other side[Bridge]
Fade to black, you’ll see in time
You will only be deniedFools will only be denied
There will be no paradise
Fools will only be denied
There will be no paradise, yeah[Chorus]
If you believe yours is the only way
Then you’re a fool who lives to die
Well you deserve the hell you’re gonna pay
On the other side
On the other side
Once you reach the other side[Outro]
Once you reach the other side
There will be no paradise
Once you reach the other side
There will be no paradise, yeah
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![[The JukeBox] #92 – Mariya Takeuchi – September](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mariya_takeuchi_love_songs.jpg)
It’s time for Mariya’s hit parade.
(Yes, I know I’m posting this in October… I was busy OK)
September, released in August 1979 on RCA Records label and was part of the 1980 album LOVE SONGS. It spent over half a year within the Oricon Top 100 charts for 1979 and won the “Best Newcomer Award” at the 1979 Japan Record Awards.
There isn’t much to say but I like the song. You can’t go wrong with Mariya.
[No Spotify… The album looks to be geolocked to Japan. I have reached out to Sony via Twitter and asked them to add it]
I jumped into the door of the train
Chasing after your mustard yellow shirt
I know I shouldn’t be
So I hid when you turned around
The city’s been colored in with crayons
I run along, my tears stained from it too
I know you’re meeting up with someone older
September And then you
September Turned into fall
You cast a shadow over my heart
As if your summer sunlight was dimming
September And now September
September Is a land of goodbye for us
The knot holding our love together is coming apart
My tears become the leaves on the treesI wanna meet her so I can ask
For her to give him back to me
But I can’t, I’m too timid– my lips freeze over
September And then you
September Turned into fall
The fact that we can’t even talk now
Is proof that you’re over me
September And now September
September Is a land of goodbye for us
The moon’s the loneliest color
Of all the seasonsTomorrow I’ll give you back the Dictionary you lent me
The way you can tell the only word I cut out was “Love”
Is “good-bye good-bye”
September And then you
September Turned into fall
Being the only one to have my feelings hurt
That was the kindness you left behind
September And now September
September Is a land of goodbye for us
I’ll never wear these tricolor beach clothes
Ever again
karashi-iro no shatsu oinagara
tobinotta densha no doa
ikenai to shirinagara
machi wa irodzuita kureyon ga
namida made somete hashiru
toshiue no hito ni au yakusoku to shitte’te
September soshite anata wa
September aki ni kawatta
natsu no hizashi ga yowamaru you ni
kokoro ni kage ga sashita
September soshite kyuugatsu wa
September sayonara no kuni
hodokekakete’ru ai no musubime
namida ga ki no ha ni naruatte sono hito ni tanomitai
kare no koto kaeshite ne to
demo dame ne ki no yowasa kuchibiru mo kogoeru
September soshite anata wa
September aki ni kawatta
hanasu koto sae naku naru nante
watashi ni akita shouko
September soshite kyuugatsu wa
September sayonara no kuni
meguru kisetsu no irodori no naka
ichiban samishii tsukikarite ita Dictionary ashita kaesu wa
“Love” to iu kotoba dake
sore ga Good-bye Good-bye
September soshite anata wa
September aki ni kawatta
watashi hitori ga kizutsuku koto ga
nokosareta yasashisa ne
September soshite kyuugatsu wa
September sayonara no kuni
torikoro-ru no umibe no fuku mo
nido to kiru koto wa nai
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![[The JukeBox] #91 – ANRI – Windy Summer](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/anri-timely.png)
Another track from ANRI’s 7th Album, Timely!!, Windy Summer.
Honestly, the whole album is so good that I could post a JukeBox for ALL the tracks on this album.
A refresher of who ANRI is from #66
ANRI (Real name ‘Eiko Kawashima’) is a singer-songwriter from Yamato, Japan who has been releasing music since her 1978 album “Apricot Jam” and continues to this day with her latest being her 2018 self-titled album release.
While listening to ANRI over the last while, something clicked with me. ANRI could be considered to be the Japanese Gloria Estefan and the backing band (in this song at least) would be the Miami Sound Machine. It gels so well together.
I would love to see a collaboration between ANRI and Gloria.
Here is Windy Summer (which actually is a great name for Ireland’s summer sometimes lol)
Hikari no shizuku ga
Nami no shibuki abita seeru o
Hamabe ni terashi dasuto
Hashiridasu kokoro
Nani mo kamo ima wasuretai noKaze ni nareru nara
Kono mi o hizashi ni makasete moWindy summer touzakaru hamabe ni te o futte
Windy summer todokanu omoi mo kanau wa!!
Here we’re windy summer!!Eien no nami ga
Tasogare no hikari wo izanau
Harukana omoide sae
Kokoro ni hitotsu no
Kirameki wo kanjitara sugu niUmi e to kakedasu
Ano koro no yume to kawaranaiWindy summer kaze mo ima wa omoidouri ne
Windy summer anata no kokoro e imasugu!!
Here we’re windy summer!!Windy summer touzakaru hamabe ni te o futte
Windy summer todokanu omoi mo kanau wa!!
Here wе’re windy summer!!
Kaze mo ima wa omoidouri nеWindy summer anata no kokoro e imasugu!!
Here we’re windy summer!!
![[The JukeBox] #90 – Macross 82-99 – Two Of A Kind (feat Neon Vectors)](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sailorwave_iii.png)
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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.
https://macross82-99.bandcamp.com/track/two-of-a-kind-feat-neon-vectors
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 thrillWe’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 unstoppableWe’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 aliveWe’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 unstoppableI know we’re not perfect, but we’re perfect for each other
We’re two of a kind, and we’ll always have each otherWe’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 unstoppableWe’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
![[The JukeBox] #89 – Richard Jacques -Can You Feel The Sunshine (Sonic R)](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sonic-r.jpg)
Sonic R has gone down as one of the very few games where the score is better than the game itself.
Released back in 1997, Sonic R was Sega’s third racing game in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise after Sonic Drift’s 1994 Japan-only release with Sonic Drift Racing being released internationally 13 months after.
This would also be the first 3D Sonic Game, second overall after Sonic 3D Blast.
The game received mixed reviews with GameSpot giving it 5.6 out of 10. CVG however gave it a 4 out of 5.
After the release of the game in 1997, Sega would not release another Sonic racing game until 2006 with the release of Sonic Riders. These days, Sega released Team Sonic Racing back in 2019.
The song ‘Can You Feel The Sunshine’ is one of the first tracks that you hear once you get into a race. Performed by British singer TJ Davis, the song has become gained a resurgence with many older Sonic fans rediscovering a timeless classic.
Can you see? The sun is shinin’ on me
It makes me feel so free, so alive
It makes me want to surviveAnd the sky, it makes me feel so high
The bad times pass me by
‘Cause today is gonna be a brighter dayCan you feel the sunshine?
Does it brighten up your day?
Don’t you feel that sometimes
You just need to run away?
Reach out for the sunshine
Forget about the rain
Just think about the good times
And they will come back again
Feel the sunshine…Without you, there’s nothing for me to do
Can you feel the sunshine, too?
It’s comin’ through; it makes me feel brand newWhen you’re here, I wish you were always near
‘Cause everything’s so clear
And today is gonna be a brighter dayCan you feel the sunshine?
Does it brighten up your day?
Don’t you feel that sometimes
You just need to run away?
Reach out for the sunshine
Forget about the rain
Just think about the good times
And they will come back againWhen the sun goes down
I feel like I am waiting
For another day
When the clouds go awayCan you feel it?
Ooh-hoo…
Can you feel it?
Oh…Can you feel it?
Oh…
Can you feel it?Can you feel the sunshine?
Does it brighten up your day?
Brighten up your day…
Don’t you feel that sometimes
We just need to run away?
Reach out for the sunshine
Forget about the rain
Just think about the good times
And they will come back againCan you feel the sunshine?
Does it brighten up your day?
Brighten up your day…
Don’t you feel that sometimes
You just need to run away?
You just need to run away…
Reach out for the sunshine
Forget about the rain
Just think about the good times
And they will come back againCan you feel the sunshine?
Can you feel it?
Does it brighten up your day?
Brighten up your day…
Don’t you feel that sometimes
We just need to run away?
Need to run away…
Reach out for the sunshine