February 17, 2006
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Do Monkeys Fly?
In my never ending effort to take my mind off of the direction our nation is headed--the growing debt that most of you will have to deal with when you reach my age, the billions spent on the Iraq war which could have been spent on the Katrina victims or on education, inflexible supreme court justices--I waste countless hours watching J-Drama. Yes, it took the Republicans to get me addicted to J-Drama.
Anyway, I've started watching Saiyuuki, the famous Chinese story featuring the character Son Goku, starring Katori Shingo. The theme song is called "Around the World" by Monkey Majik, a group of two Canadians and two Japanese that started in Sendai in the northeast of Japan. READ MORE. It's a pretty good song, but I learned they have another song on the Oricon charts called "Fly". It is a mixture of English and Japanese and is pretty good. The two Canadians do all the singing, and their Japanese is pretty good. Certainly better than the English lyrics sung by Japanese artists such as L'arc en Ciel, Oda Yuji (ha!) and even *gulp* Kuwata Keisuke.
Of course, their music has a characteristic that many may not like. It's a bit poppy, mostly acoustic with a style similar to Smash Mouth. Anyway, I kinda like it. The lyrics are below. If you wanna sing along, leave a comment to listen.
Fly -- Monkey Majik
Leaving on that 7:30 train.
I don't know how far I'll go.
Round in circles just as long as I would tell you.
I am alone but we could be.Tell me something I haven't heard before
except for when you shut me down.
Remember when we stayed up all night drinking whiskey.
I know that you've been waiting.
I'll see you on the other side.Oh! We're better off alone.
I told you once before.
so don't knock on my door.
you'll see it if you will.
but I don't wanna know.
I'm feeling so resentfulCuz' I wanna fly, Fly me up so high
Take me to the skies, I won't get by
いつまでも君の声が僕の心で響く
(itsu made mo kimi no koe ga boku no kokoro de hibiku)
If you can't believe me, take me home君の小さな手をせめてあと少し
(kimi no chiisana te wo semete ato sukoshi)
強く握りしめていたなら
(tsuyoku nigiri-shimete-ita nara )
ゆっくり明日を待ってられたのに
(yukkuri ashita wo matterareta no ni)涙の訳知っていたけど
(namida no wake shitte-ita kedo)
今ではもう遅すぎるから
(ima de wa mou oso-sugiru kara)
それは過ぎ行く景色のように
(sore wa sugi-yuku keshiki no you ni)Cuz' I wanna fly, Fly me up so high
Take me to the skies, I won't get by
いつまでも君の声は僕の道にあるさ
(itsu made mo kimi no koe wa boku no michi ni aru sa)
If you can't believe me take me homeEverybody's talking always up and groovin'
come on up and join up with me yeah!
Always on and dancin' always on the move and.
come on everybody won't you come with me?Cuz' I wanna fly, Fly me up so high
Take me to the skies, I won't get by
Everybody needs to go beyond the seas
If you can't believe me, take me home
If you can't believe me, take me homeCuz' I wanna fly. I wanna fly.
Take me high.
Cuz' I wanna fly. I wanna fly.
Take me high!Cuz' I wanna fly, fly me up so high
Take me to the skies, I won't get by
いつまでも君の声は僕の道にあるさ
If you can't believe me take me home
Comments (8)
To my own awareness everything you verbalize seems correct
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lyric is awesome....and u have lyrics for other songs too?? e.g. getting started...livin' in the sun...etc...by monkey majik...and u know where i can find the guitar chords and tabs for them?? manythanks,,
johnny
p.s. please let me know if u do...email me at...hottrippedjohnny@hotmail.com
thanks again!
thanks for the lyrics! i was looking for it
@Onigiri
you can find monkey majik singles for download on nipponsei. Just google nipponsei. The CD itself is called "Fly".
I watched that show many moons ago. I escaped to Japan then, just as the USA was headed into Reganomics. I thot that nothing could be worse. Boy, talk about getting it wrong, I came back to the USA in 1998 to visit doctors. Now, I yearn to get the hell out of this Bush-whacked cunt-ry.
I think I watched the "original" TV, titled Magic Monkey, I think the group is the same, not sure. (this was back in 1978!) Another group I liked back then was a Japanese group called the Yellow Monkey. What I could understand then was pretty funny, they did a bit of English along with the Japanese. (Yellow Monkey Orchestra??? Been a long time, and time has not been kind to me.) I lived in Sendai, on Ichibancho 1 chome, next to Yanagimachi and Itsutsubashi dori and the University.
Yeah, L'arc's English is just... bleh. D: Though I have to admit, they're getting a little better, at least Hyde is, now that they've got some British person helping them. xD
Wow, this song really is catchy! All these doramas and their catchy songs! No wonder these singles always hit the Oricon charts and take over!
OMG, I want this song now. O_O; Do you know if it's out on a single yet?
And how are you watching Saiyuuki? I thought they were still filming that, unless that's already old news? Hmm, I remember seeing Katori Shingo in my magazine and I was wondering why his hair was so bright and blonde. xDD
Haha! You got me. It would be interesting trying to read 4 books all at once! Btw, the songs pretty catchy.
why? you interested? haha
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