Tag: music

  • [The JukeBox] #91 – ANRI – Windy Summer

    [The JukeBox] #91 – ANRI – Windy Summer

    Another track from ANRI’s 7th Album, Timely!!, Windy Summer.

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    Check out [The JukeBox] #66 – ANRI – 悲しいがとまらない I CAN’T STOP THE LONELINESS

    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)

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    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!!

  • [The JukeBox] #90 – Macross 82-99 – Two Of A Kind (feat Neon Vectors)

    [The JukeBox] #90 – Macross 82-99 – Two Of A Kind (feat Neon Vectors)

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    This post contains compensated/sponsored content.

    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

  • [The JukeBox] #89 – Richard Jacques -Can You Feel The Sunshine (Sonic R)

    [The JukeBox] #89 – Richard Jacques -Can You Feel The Sunshine (Sonic R)

    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.

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    Lyrics:

    Can you see? The sun is shinin’ on me
    It makes me feel so free, so alive
    It makes me want to survive

    And the sky, it makes me feel so high
    The bad times pass me by
    ‘Cause today is gonna be a brighter day

    Can 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 new

    When you’re here, I wish you were always near
    ‘Cause everything’s so clear
    And today is gonna be a brighter day

    Can 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

    When the sun goes down
    I feel like I am waiting
    For another day
    When the clouds go away

    Can 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 again

    Can 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 again

    Can 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

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