Since a couple people have asked I thought I would start posting the list of songs my karaoke group sings each Saturday.

Firstly, Aiko sang a new song I have been helping her with. It’s a very pretty song by Aya Matsuura called Watarase Bashi ( Watarase Bridge ).

also this version with English subtitles for those that would like to know the lyrics. The one above is a much better sounding version though.

 

I sang a couple songs actually, first was one of my favorites Towa ni Towa ni Hoshi no Yume ( The Never Ending Dream of the Stars ). Great song from Tenchi Muyo. Here is a the great Ai Orikasa singing it live :)

Second, sang an oldie by request from Aiko and John ;)

Endless Rain by X Japan, one of the most beautiful songs ever written and a wonderful entrancing song to sing IMO.

Days of joy, days of sadness slowly pass me by
As I try to hold you, you are vanishing before me
You’re just an illusion…
When I’m awaken, my tears have dried in the sand of sleep
I’m a rose blooming in the desert

It’s a dream, I’m in love with you
madoromi dakishimete ( hold me as I fall to sleep )

Aiko and I did another duet this night. We have worked on it for quite some time and it came off pretty well I think. She thought so to and it was quite pretty and seemed to make people smile.

The song is Eyes on Me from Final Fantasy. Both of us had sung this song solo many times and it didn’t take too much rearrangement to make it work nicely.

This is another one of the songs that if you have never heard it, please, please watch this video as it is absolutely wonderful. Beautiful. If you can’t watch the whole thing at least start watching at 2:14 for one of the greatest scenes and moments in video game history. It is tear jerking and wonderful.

 

It would take way too much to list every song every person sang and mine and Aiko are the two significant people for this blog so the last will be the group songs.

First group song was Tattoo Kiss from Kaleido Star. If you have never heard this song check it out. It is very upbeat and quite good. The show ain’t bad either :)

The girls all got together and sang Kizudarake no Wild ( Wild and Scarred ) from Bubblegum Crisis. Man, do I love that one and it was sweet hearing all 4 singing it. Good job!

Teardrops yuuki ni ima kaete
hashiridasu Born to be wild heart

Now teardrops change to courage
and I run on, because my heart was born to be wild.

 

As the evening wound down, Aiko got a request to sing Hikari by Mai Hoshimura. This is the ending song of “Tomorrow” a Japanese TV show.

 

So, at the end of the night we decided to break tradition and sing the opening theme to Sakura Taisen ( Sakura Wars ), Geki! Teikoku Kageki Dan ( Go! Imperial Flower Attack Team ).

Don’t let that kinda odd title put you off though. This is one of the greatest anime theme songs of all time. Written by Kohei Tanaka it has energy, spirit and enough power to make just about anyone want to come out of their seats. I will post two versions here.

The first one is basically the opening of the TV show ( there have been many series of this story and also movies oh and operas and also a live musical done in Paris, Rome, Tokyo and New York so this Sakura thing is big! ).

and to give a bit of what it would sound like in a group, one of the better live performances I have heard. BTW: These are the original seiyuu for the show as well so these voices are the same as in the TV show.

 

omedetou! yoku dekimashita!

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