Love is an Open Door

“You can’t marry a man who you just met.”

(original version)

A few months ago, the Disney movie “Frozen” went viral among all ages, and almost everyone had heard its OST(Original Sound Track). When it comes to this movie, “Let it Go” is the first thing that comes to mind. But it is too common to introduce, so I want to pay attention to another one “Love is an Open Door” in Japanese.

The background story is that when Anna first met Prince Hans, she fell in love immediately. It is a lovely duet song, but the singer, Ikasan, sang the man’s and woman’s voices by herself. Maybe you think that is no big deal, but the more surprising is that the man’s voice is her real voice.

Ikasan is a network singer on Niconico website, featuring her special voice. Although she is totally a high school girl, her male-voice is better than some real men, and I really like her voice. When Ikasan just made her debut, she sang almost every works with male-voice; now she progress her female-voice (sounds strange, lol), and even can sing eight kinds of different voice in one song, I still like the original one and remember the shock she gave me with it.

OAOA

This song is really famous, even those who never follow Chinese music also have heard it.

Flumpool is to Japan what Mayday is to Taiwan.

Flumpool is a band composed of four people in Japan, and their music style is similar to Mayday’s, so that they have many cooperation works, and they even have performed together on the same stage in Japan. 

OAOA is one of their cooperation.

Actually I prefer to he Japanese version more, because it is just somehow cooler when a song is sung in Japanese and I prefer to soft voice. But it can’t be denied that Mayday version are more able to heat our blood, no matter its lyrics or accompaniment are more aroused, especially its drumbeat.

Both versions are conveying an idea that making people pursue their dream bravely. But Flumpool tell us that our dream will come true someday in the future, while Mayday emphasis on putting it in practice immediately and seizing the moment. That is why the latter is more powerful.

Although this song is well-known, do you know what "OAOA” means?

"It's the cry of baby, it's the shape of Ferris wheel, it's the shape of sun and mountain, it's the shout toward valley... whatever your OAOA is, we can sing the same OAOA, the only thing you can do is to sing out your feelings." Ashin answered.

Spirit Contract

Warning: The lyrics involve a bit of the romantic between boys. Maybe some people don’t like it.

This song is divided to two parts and separately sung by two network singers.

The first part performed with piano is slow, negative, and full of loneliness; while the second part performed with guitar is lively, positive, cheering somebody (the first singer) up.

The two parts have the same melody, and both are sung softly by two male-singers, but because of the different performing ways, they have totally different style.

Its background story is about a novel “Tomb Note,” and it has been my favorite novel for years. It belongs to adventure novels and talks about the protagonists rob graves and seek for secrets, although there are lots of dangers, they want to reach the truth. The novel features the delicate depiction of the intricate plots and especially the sinister of human’s heart.

“More terrible than the ghosts, is the heart.”

The song is one of my favorites, I had looped it again and again for one more week ever.

Which style you like more? To me, the second part is more attractive. 

Miracle

Sometimes, a human is more brutal than a brute.

The singer, Uemura Kana, is a female singer in Japan. Maybe she is not so famous that few people know her, but she still sang movingly in this song.

The story is a adapted version of Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf, and the video title is “Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Tender Wolf.” 

Although the song is great, why I love this video is not because of the song, but because of the story.

(QAQ)

Little red cap met the tender wolf in forest, and they became good friends soon. However, unlike the fairy tale, little red cap’s grandma is cruel. So, the wolf killed her grandma to protect her. As a result, the wolf was put to death by bloody villagers.

It sounds like a sad story, in fact, it is. 

But if you concentrated enough, you would find it could be interpreted in two different ways:

One is a bad ending, the wolf is dead and Little red cap is grieved, as most people can see. Another is a happy ending, the story is actually flashback, the wolf is alive and they live a happy life. 

We can prove the latter ending by Little red cap’s bandage on her face. 

On my opinion, I think the second one is the real ending because it reflects the song title “Miracle.”

(The story is from: http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=1856506)

Minecraft – Revenge

I know I said that I’ll focus on Chinese and Japanese, but it is reasonable to put one English song in my blog, right?

Have you ever played the game “Minecraft?”

Maybe you have heard it before, because it is famous. It is my favorite game ever, and I have played it for years. Today I'll share a song about it.

First of all, I want to introduce the guy: Creeper, who is a monster in the game, and he always appears behind us, then blows up without our awareness. That’s why he is the most impressive monster in Minecraft, even can represent the game, as the setting is really loathsome! Especially when you just collect lots of precious mineral. And this is the situation that the song describes.

Believe that you can totally understand if you have played the game.

The video is really interesting and inspirational(?). Initially, I watched it for fun, but then the pleasant voice attracted me immediately. The song is adapted from” DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love.”

(original version)

Actually, I just want to know who are also playing Minecraft.

This is what I built in Minecraft.

You are not really happy

“You laugh gregariously, as survival is a rule instead of your choice.”

This week comes to Mayday again! There is no denying that their songs can really sing into people’s minds and bring out people’s emotions. This one is no exception. Today I will share the version covered by Tang Tsz-Kei, a famous singer because of the China TV program " I am a Singer." Although she is a controversial singer, her talent can’t be ignored.

(original version)

After listening to it, you maybe feel sad, even weep, and lose your happiness. In addition to bringing out your sadness, However, Tang Tsz-Kei uses her powerful voice and singing skills to cheer you up finally, helping you pick up your lost happiness. And that is the power of voice.

(covered version)

Are you really happy? Maybe your college life is fulfilling. Maybe you are too busy to have a breath. Maybe you have no time to be sad so that you think you are happy. But you still feel empty sometimes. That is, you are not really happy. Then, keep this in mind: “you are worthy of the real happiness.”

Painting? Ah, so

I think the most difficult in my blog is how to translate the song title…

The song title is related to homophonic in Japanese, maybe someone can help me translate it better.

Did you hear three kinds of voices of boy and girls? Actually, there is just one person, and she sing three different voices. It is why I want to share it with you, not only because it sounds great, but also because the vocal can sing two or more voices of different gender without incongruity. How amazing!

The female vocal, “96-neko,” whose pronunciation in Japanese is same as “black cat,” is a network singer just like last week one, but she acts on the Japanese anime website “Niconico.” Although it is a anime website, you can still find lots of great creative music and interesting videos on it.

The background of this song is a Japanese role-playing game (RPG) named ”Ib.” A little girl, Ib, visit art gallery with her family one day, and was stuck in the world of painting suddenly. Then she met a gentle man, Garry, and a mysterious girl, Marry, and they tried to find way out of the horrible galley together.

If you want to experience the feeling of horror in a adorable style without blood or scary ghost, try this game, Ib.