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• 倍金萬
• 2022/03/13 (Sun) 08:51
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Million Roses" by Tokiko Kato


https://youtu.be/ii0oHOeDSM4


When this song was popular, I didn't care for it as much as her other songs and it didn't stick with me as strongly, but recently I have been watching the "Ed Yamaguchi channel" on YouTube, and in one of them, I saw this song in "Ed ＆ Nozomu Utagyoku Banzai ♪ 14". When I listened to it, the lyrics are very good, and the poem resonates with me.

Tokiko Kato is one of the few singers I have gone to see and listen to in my few "L.A. performances", and as for other singers, I went to a performance of "Chiyoko Shimakura" long ago. I had a classmate at an adult school who was a believer in the Gakkai, and she gave me a free ticket in return for my help in selling tickets to her show. As expected, I was disappointed to find that almost the first half of the performance consisted of Gakkai songs and dances. I guess Chiyoko Shimakura is also a member of the Gakkai.

The other performance was by Sada Masashi. This was held at the City College Auditorium in Gardena and I am sure many of you went to it.

• 昭和のおとっつぁん
• 2022/03/13 (Sun) 17:53
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Summer is here
Let's rap for fun tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6OQCDXHhOU

• 倍金萬
• 2022/04/03 (Sun) 09:14
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そう言えば「あの頃の生活は決して終わらない」と思っていたなぁ！

Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days - 1968

https://youtu.be/y3KEhWTnWvE

Lyrics:

"Those Were The Days"

Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
Think of all the great things we would do

Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way

Then the busy years went rushing by us
We lost our starry notions on the way
If by chance I'd see you in the tavern
We'd smile at one another and we'd say

Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days
Oh, yes, those were the days

Just tonight I stood before the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
In the glass I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely woman really me

Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days
Oh, yes, those were the days

Through the door there came familiar laughter
I saw your face and heard you call my name
Oh my friend we're older but no wiser
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same

Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days

• 倍金萬
• 2022/04/04 (Mon) 08:44
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Blowin' In The Wind (Bob Dylan Cover) by Jessica Rhaye and the Ramshackle Parad


https://youtu.be/oho_DejDTjQ


This song was popular in the past. In Japan it was sung by Peter, Paul&Mary. During the folk song boom, this song was sung by Yoshiko Moriyama, a Japanese singer in plain clothes. Later, she sang her own songs such as "This Wide Field Full of Field" and "Today's Day is Good-bye". However, when the folk boom died down, the next song she came out with was a normal song, "Forbidden Love. In this promo video, she is wearing a one-piece mini-skirt. I was also surprised at the way she sang the song, showing her thick thighs without hesitation.

• ネコx5
• 2022/04/06 (Wed) 01:52
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I went to see PPM perform at the Hollywood Bowl a long time ago, and was surprised to see how fat Mary was.

• 倍金萬
• 2022/04/06 (Wed) 08:14
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Cat x5,

I see. I saw youtube of all three of them when they were much older, but Mary didn't seem to have gained

so much weight. Well, people here usually gain weight when they stop performing.


One of the women in Mamas and Papas has been fat since her debut, so if she has lost weight

I might be surprised.


https://youtu.be/N-aK6JnyFmk

• ネコx5
• 2022/04/10 (Sun) 14:39
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They're doing a special on the Carpenters on KCET right now. I miss them ！

• 倍金萬
• 2022/04/13 (Wed) 08:29
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Ed Yamaguchi and others have used the Ventures' Japanese tour as a foundation for their performances with four members, but I first heard the Ventures' ♪ Walk, Don't Run ♪, so the recording also has a four-member sound. However, with the rise of surf music with the Beach Boys and others, I heard that ♪ Pipe Line ♪ by the Chantillys, an Orange County high school band, first became a hit in the U.S. In Japan, the Ventures' version ♪ Pipe Line ♪ was a big hit in Japan.

I first heard this ♪ Pipe Line ♪ on my stereo, and if you listen carefully, you will notice that it was not performed by the four members. It starts with that teke teke, then the bass comes in, then the chord accompaniment comes in right after that, then the drums come in, then the main melody guitar sound. That means there are five members. I felt that this was impossible, but later, when I wanted to release it as a record, I thought "the more powerful the better," so I decided to layer more and more instrumental sounds, so I added a fifth member ・ to decorate the song as well as the number of band members, and then I added a sixth member . In some songs, a sixth person's sound is layered on top of the band members, and sometimes a voice chorus or an electronic organ is also mixed in.

The Ventures "Pipe Line"

https://youtu.be/s0z8S2ZjSmc

• 昭和のおとっつぁん
• 2022/04/13 (Wed) 11:34
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Pipe Line was composed by The Chantays,
a group of five high school buddies from Orange County, when they formed, and two of the members co-wrote the song.
The combination was guitar, drums, guitar, bass, and keyboards.

The Ventures have four members and no keyboard player.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFucCXherLg

• 倍金萬
• 2022/04/14 (Thu) 08:43
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Ototto

I wrote about that in #608.

This is also what I wrote before, but in Japan, "Pipeline" by the Chantillys was not a hit at all, and the Ventures' version became a big hit as the record company wanted. It is true that the dynamic and excitement of the song is not there at all in the Chantilly's version. It is true that the dynamic and excitement of the song is not there in the Chantilly's version, but it has its own flavor.

＞ The Ventures had no keyboard player

As I mentioned in #608, unlike the early recordings of the Ventures, from the time of "Pipeline", they were not limited to just guitar and drums to decorate the song. The following "Ghost Riders In The Pipeline" was recorded by the Ventures in the early days of the band. The following song "Ghost Riders In The Sky" includes chorus and strings.


https://youtu.be/ifGA6APmFng

• 昭和のおとっつぁん
• 2022/04/14 (Thu) 10:16
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I think that a record can be multi-recorded and even keyboards and chorus can be added, but

I think that a concert performance cannot be multi-recorded and even keyboards and chorus can be added.

• 昭和のおとっつぁん
• 2022/04/15 (Fri) 18:12
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Moonwalk is famous for Michael ・ Jackson, but

that famous comedian Charles ・ Chaplin's Moonwalk also remains

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6mle5HRB3k

• ミランダ
• 2022/04/15 (Fri) 22:28
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I like Black Cats

"The Summer You Were There" is the best ballad song

• 虎雄
• 2022/04/16 (Sat) 03:14
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The Black Cats are legends. They used to tour in front of a famous singer on the west coast of the U.S. a long time ago. Nowadays, Shonen Knife and others are active in the U.S., but back then, they were the pioneers and pioneering Japanese bands.

• 倍金萬
• 2022/04/16 (Sat) 08:59
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＞ Concert performances cannot take advantage of multi-recording and add keyboards and chorus


Of course. But in #608, I meant to say that "recording is multi-recorded" and the sounds of more players than just the members are layered together. ♪ Pipe Line ♪ also overlaps the sounds of a total of 6 instruments. Otto, please listen to the Ventures version of ♪ Pipe Line ♪ with your headset.

In their Japan tour, Norquay cut off the overlapping part and skipped to the next melody an octave higher instead of extending the note.

Original record

https://youtu.be/EEoN64xoihM

At 0:17/2:18 the rust melody overlaps the first melody


https://youtu.be/SzGV5hoOLgw

(日本公演)7:12/38:18 At 7:12/38:18, Nokey suddenly plays rust without extending the previous melody notes


"rust". I said, but I couldn't find a good word for it.

• 昭和のおとっつぁん
• 2022/04/16 (Sat) 09:22
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The Beatles stopped performing live after the summer of 1966, and

tapes ・ with their extensive use of effects techniques and multi-recording music production

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was formed in 1967. The band was formed in 1967.

If a Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band song was played in concert

by four people, the song would change completely.

• 昭和のおとっつぁん
• 2022/04/16 (Sat) 16:33
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The Beatles stopped playing concerts

and played a roof top session on a cold January day in 1969.

You can feel the cold in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPbJSLWSWk8

• 倍金萬
• 2022/04/17 (Sun) 08:33
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#618 a ・ Fool on the Hill,

You're right, I've always thought of it as "rust" on metal since I was a student.

Just as metal rusts when it gets old, so too does the sound track change in a derivative way as it is used.

In this case, should I have used the katakana "rust"?

• 昭和のおとっつぁん
• 2022/04/17 (Sun) 16:54
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The Beatles' rooftop session was not visible from below the building, but

U-2's downtown Los Angeles rooftop session was

apparently visible because the building was lower.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzZWSrr5wFI

• 倍金萬
• 2022/04/18 (Mon) 07:34
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Japanese "connoisseurs" discuss the performance of The Ventures in a heated discussion.

*** Discussing The Ventures' Knock ・ Me ・ Out ！ ***


https://youtu.be/WGmBuPv2Z7M