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Kamonegikkusu means "Kamo ga negi wo shotte kuru" (lit. a duck comes carrying a green onion on its back) is a Japanese proverb that means a stroke of luck occurs, and things become more and more convenient. According to NMB48 member Sayaka Yamamoto, "The title was a coined word by Yasushi Akimoto". It is a song about a girl who despite being a ...
Bobby Freeman released a version of the song as a single in 1965, but it did not chart. [4] Sandy Nelson released a version of the song on his 1966 album "In" Beat. [5] The Olympics released a version of the song on their 1966 album Something Old, Something New. [6] Billy Preston released a version of the song on his 1966 album Wildest Organ in ...
In 1969, the folk singing group Akai Tori (赤い鳥) made this song popular, and their single, recorded in 1971, became a bestseller. The song has also an additional history in that NHK and other major Japanese broadcasting networks refrained from playing it because it is related to burakumin activities, but this ban was stopped during the 1990s.
Kagome Kagome" (かごめかごめ, or 籠目籠目) is a Japanese children's game and the song associated with it. One player is chosen as the Oni (literally demon or ogre , but similar to the concept of "it" in tag ) and sits blindfolded (or with their eyes covered).
The centuries-old lyrics are often incomprehensible to modern Japanese (especially to children who are singing it), and others can be quite sinister on close analysis. [citation needed] Like many children's songs around the world, because people are used to them from an early age, they are often oblivious to the real meanings.
"Katyusha's Song" (カチューシャの唄, Kachūsha no Uta), [1] or "Song of Katyusha", [2] is a Japanese song which was highly popular in early-20th century Japan. It was composed in the major pentatonic scale by Shinpei Nakayama [ 3 ] with lyrics by Soeda Azenbō . [ 4 ]
The first verse of the song. Hotaru no Hikari (蛍の光, meaning "Glow of a firefly") is a Japanese song incorporating the tune of Scottish folk song Auld Lang Syne with completely different lyrics by Chikai Inagaki, first introduced in a collection of singing songs for elementary school students in 1881 (Meiji 14).
"Song 2" is a song by English rock band Blur. It is the second song on their eponymous fifth studio album.Released physically on 7 April 1997, "Song 2" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, number four on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, It was also popular on radio stations in the US; consequently, it peaked at number 55 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, number 6 on Billboard ' s Modern ...