Original video located here. Accessed 5th January 2015
Song title: Sore ga ai deshou
Artist: Mikuni Shimokawa
Year: 2003
Why I like this song:
It's a very pretty love song that is completely ill-fitting for such a demented comedy that is Full Metal Panic Fumoffu
Original video located here. Accessed 5th January 2015
Song title: Where Boys Fear to Tread
Artist: Smashing Pumpkins
Year: 1995
Why I like this song:
Mellon Collie was a defining album of my teen years and, twenty years later, this still rocks hard
Original video located here. Accessed 22nd December 2014
Song title: Let Me Sleep
Artist: Pearl Jam
Year: 1991
Why I like this song:
Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Original video located here. Accessed 15th December 2014
Song title: Uptown Funk
Artist: Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars
Year: 2014
Why I like this song:
To be honest, I didn't think much of Mark Ronson's previous efforts under his own name but here? He blows them all out of the water. Bruno Mars sounds like he's having the time of his life, the funk is unstoppable and, no matter many times I've heard it, it has yet to get old.
Which in itself is a rare achievement in the world of pop music.
Some say it may be derivative but who cares when it sounds so irresistable?
Original video located here. Accessed 3rd December 2014
Song title: Bouken Desho Desho?
Artist: Aya Hirano
Year: 2006
Why I like this song:
Everyone knows the ending theme - largely due to that dance - so lets shine a light on that opening.
Its a fun opening and has a sense of mischief about it - which is very fitting for it's parent anime.
Original video located here. Accessed 28th November 2014
Song title: Between Friends (Ft. Jesse Davidson)
Artist: Japanese Wallpaper
Year: 2014
Why I like this song:
A beautiful use of synths. Gotta love songs that come across as so damn hypnotic....
Original video located here. Accessed 26th November 2024
Song title: Here Comes Yesterday
Artist: Violet Swells
Year: 2014
Why I like this song:
It's doubtful that this song would've existed without the success of Tame Impala. I guess it's a given that when one act becomes huge, a crop of soundalikes will follow.
But imitation is the biggest form of flattery: And this song does work a treat with some crunching guitars and a striking organ. Hopefully, this act can go on to do something more....