Saturday, 25 August 2007
Nada SouSou : Japanese, English and Chinese Versions
After writing the recent post about the song, Jupiter being used in an Australian commercial I remembered how I had heard another famous Japanese song, Nada SouSou being played in The Body Shop in Shibuya though... in English. I'd been after any info about this English version for ages before it finally occurred to me to search for it on YouTube. Duh!
Not only did I find the Japanese and English versions (sung by a New Zealander no less!) but also a beautiful Chinese version! I simply love Chinese music. There's something in the way the language is used in music that always impresses me.
Here's the original Japanese version, Nada SouSou written by the group Begin lyrics by Ryoko Moriyama and sung by Rimi Natsukawa. Feed and Email Readers click here for the clip:
Anyway, here's the English version, Tears For You sung by, Hayley Westenra. Feed and Email Readers:
And now the Chinese version, Joi Chua Cai Chun Jia sung by Tsai Joi. Feed and Email:
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Lovely in both English and Chinese!
Strangely, it even sounds like a Chinese song when it is in Japanese! Is it a regional folk song, Okinawan or something? Would explain the un-Japanese sounding (to me) title...
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Well it's sung in Japanese but it's written by an Okinawan group, Begin and sung by an Okinawan. I think some Okinawan words are used but for the most part it's regular Japanese.
What may be doing it for you is the Okinawan music style with which it's sung/written. (sudden high and low notes).