Tag: music

  • [The JukeBox] #94 – Robert Miles – One and One

    [The JukeBox] #94 – Robert Miles – One and One

    Time to head to 1996 for a Robert Miles song that always played second fiddle to Children.

    The song was initially written and recorded by Polish singer Edyta Górniak, but it wouldn’t be released until a year AFTER the Robert Miles’ cover.

    The female vocalist in this song is Maria Nayler. Nayler mostly contributed to songs in the same way that she did for One and One. At the time of writing, she hasn’t released any of her own music.

    One and One was not part of Miles’ debut album Dreamland until a month after the initial European release of the album. It would be included with the US version and subsequent re-releases.

    My father was a massive fan of Robert Miles and was very sad when Miles passed away in 2017. Most weekends in our house had some Robert Miles tune blasting out of the Pioneer IS-21MD.

    YouTube

    Spotify

    Lyrics

    The sky isn’t always blue
    The sun doesn’t always shine
    It’s alright to fall apart sometimes,

    I am not always you
    And you are not always mine
    It’s alright to fall apart sometimes

    After all is said and done
    One and one still is one
    When we cry,
    when we laugh
    I am half, you are half

    The heart isn’t always true
    And I am not always fine
    We all have an angry heart sometimes

    After all is said and done
    One and one still is one
    When we cry, when we laugh
    I am half, you are half

    Look how far we have come
    One and one still is

    One moon (one moon)
    One star (one star)
    I love the one we are
    One thread (one thread)
    One line (one line)
    Let’s stand still in time

    One moon (one moon)
    One star (one star)
    I love the one we are
    One thread (one thread)
    One line (one line)
    That runs through our lives

    After all is said and done
    One and one still is one
    When we cry, when we laugh
    I am half, you are half

    Look how far we have come
    One and one still is one ah
    Ooh


  • Funky Loops Vol. 1 & 2 by Funklada

    Funky Loops Vol. 1 & 2 by Funklada

    A new album from Funklada was released on the Coraspect label on Friday. It has been on repeat much of this weekend already.

    Track 2 “Funkin’ Around” is a standout.

    https://coraspect.bandcamp.com/album/funky-loops-vol-1-2


  • Spotify Playlists Update

    Spotify Playlists Update

    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

    [The JukeBox] #93 – Alter Bridge – The Other Side

    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.

    [VIDEO REMOVED]


    YouTube & Spotify


    Lyrics

    [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 denied

    Fools 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

    [The JukeBox] #92 – Mariya Takeuchi – September

    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.


    YouTube

    [No Spotify… The album looks to be geolocked to Japan. I have reached out to Sony via Twitter and asked them to add it]


    Lyrics

    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 trees

    I 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 seasons

    Tomorrow 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

    Romanji

    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 naru

    atte 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 tsuki

    karite 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

    [The JukeBox] #91 – ANRI – Windy Summer

    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

    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)


    YouTube


    Spotify


    Lyrics

    Hikari no shizuku ga
    Nami no shibuki abita seeru o
    Hamabe ni terashi dasuto
    Hashiridasu kokoro
    Nani mo kamo ima wasuretai no

    Kaze ni nareru nara
    Kono mi o hizashi ni makasete mo

    Windy 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 ni

    Umi e to kakedasu
    Ano koro no yume to kawaranai

    Windy 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 nе

    Windy summer anata no kokoro e imasugu!!
    Here we’re windy summer!!