Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Parade - CHABA

This is a song that I heard about a year ago while in Iraq.  It was used as an ending for the Anime, Naruto.  It's actually an incredibly awesome anime that is paired with an equally incredible song.  I really like the old school sound to it.  I listen to almost all kinds of music from many places, and Japanese music really has a special place in my heart.  (Especially since I can speak a decent amount)

It's called  "Parade"  by  "Chaba"
Here is the Youtube vid:



Here are the Lyrics:  (Full URL here: http://www.kiwi-musume.com/lyrics/chaba/parade.html )
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The wind blows and it hurts, my love won’t go away
What should I take with me? There’s only one
It’ll never come again, never come again, it’d be stupid to throw it away
That innocent image
Surely won’t end…
Set your heart in love on fire, cross through a thousand dreams
Run right and left, through the world you hold in your hand
The clouds scatter and the sun goes down again
And the one-person parade begins to move
An adventure, a lucky day, heartbeat rising, light and darkness, an encounter, life, mutual love
If you say something, the words make me
Smell your hair, inhale it, and cuddle up closer
I don’t know, I don’t know, I won’t know just from appearance
So I want, I want to get deeper
It’s like a dream…

Set your heart in love on fire, cross through a thousand dreams
Run right and left, through the miracle of meeting
The clouds scatter and the sun goes down again
And two parades melt into the night sky

There’s a night everyone’s waiting for, deep in their pockets
I hope you’ve found someone who lights you up, swims to you when you hold out your arms
With the same scenery as you

Set your heart in love on fire, cross through a thousand dreams
Run right and left, through the world you hold in your hand
The clouds scatter and the sun goes down again
This incomplete parade moves everywhere
Mikansei no pareedo de doko made mo
An adventure, a lucky day, heartbeat rising, light and darkness, an encounter, life, mutual love...
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3 comments:

  1. The feel of this song brings to mind a deep, dark pool of thoughts in which the artist seems to be looking into, contemplating the past... I think it's very neat.

    There's something interesting about listening to a language that I know nothing of, too. :) I kept watching and laughing a little at how they form their words with their lips and what their mannerisms are in singing.

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  2. It amazes me how good some of the background and credit music for anime is. I mean, listen to the background music on some american shows and cartoons, it's crazy low quality compared to this stuff.

    I loved the music they used in Escaflowne. It's a different style than this one, with a slightly more arabian/indian sound to it in some parts(and few songs had lyrics), but still good. I don't necessarily recommend the anime, just bc it's been at least 7 years since I last watched it and I don't remember everything about it, but I used to have almost all of the music from the anime (which was way better than the movie).

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  3. Sorry for the Epic suspense; I'm just now noticing the email. 300+ Inbox :(
    Ya your exactly right. American Cartoons are most always so low budget & of shameful quality. That's something about anime which allows me to connect so much with the shows... Music can truly transcend cultural and language barriers. It often helps re-enforce the show or episodes, or set the mood.

    I don't know much of that show, but I've def heard of it. As far as I know, its pretty decent.

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