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"A Looking in View" is a song by American rock band Alice in Chains, featured on their fourth studio album, Black Gives Way to Blue (2009). It was the first publicly released song from the album and was available for purchase on June 30, 2009, [1] and for a limited time it was available as a free download through the official Alice in Chains website. [6]
"Umi Yukaba" (海行かば) is a Japanese song whose lyrics are based on a chōka poem by Ōtomo no Yakamochi in the Man'yōshū (poem 4094), an eighth century anthology of Japanese poetry, set to music by Kiyoshi Nobutoki.
"The Japanese Sandman" is a song from 1920, composed by Richard A. Whiting and with lyrics by Raymond B. Egan. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The song was first popularized in vaudeville by Nora Bayes , and then sold millions of copies as the B-side for Paul Whiteman 's song " Whispering ".
Common features of denpa songs include intentionally off-key vocals, nonsensical lyrics, and an over-the-top tune. Denpa music has grown into a subculture within Japan, forming a significant aspect of otaku culture, and has large numbers of dōjin circles and music artists dedicated to denpa music.
These songs, while not having Tokyo in their names, lyrics, or in content, have, in their (promotional) videos, scenes of Tokyo. "I Love The Things You Do To Me" by Balaam and the Angel "Love Missile F1-11" by Sigue Sigue Sputnik "Just Can't Get Enough" by The Black Eyed Peas "Motorcycle Emptiness" by The Manic Street Preachers
In Japan, "Ue o Muite Arukō" topped the Popular Music Selling Record chart in the Japanese magazine Music Life for three months, and was ranked as the number one song of 1961 in Japan. In the US, "Sukiyaki" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1963, one of the few non-English songs to have done so, and the first in a non- European language .
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J-Rock, or Japanese Rock music, gives a new meaning to modern Japanese music. J-Rock mixes heavy guitar playing and fast-paced drumming along with many English words and phrases thrown around to create a unique new sound. It takes the "western idea of rock" and uses the adrenaline of the Japanese to create this new age of Japanese music.