William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: Kimi no Tame nu Dekiru Koto (Single B-Side); Year: 2001; Genre: Alternative Rock I happened to notice that today's pick number is 1729, which is also known as the Hardy-Ramanujan number ; it is the smallest number to be expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways. Well, since I have yet to pick a song from Gackt, and he does have an aptly-titled song, ( Cube ), I figured that I would again kill two birds with one stone so to speak. Hear Cube with English fan subtitles on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Fairport Convention - Meet on the Ledge My song pick two years ago today: Rush - Losing It My song pick three years ago today: The Beatles - Yesterday My song pick four years ago today: Def Leppard - Animal +

1439 Rin' - Fuhen From: Jikū , Year: 2004 Genre: Traditional Japanese/J-Pop I had the melody of this extremely beautiful song running through my mind this morning and I knew I had to make it my pick for today. I first heard this song playing on the ending credits of the Animé Samurai 7 , which was an adaptation of the Akira Kurosawa masterpiece film The Seven Samuari . I immediately fell in love with this song upon hearing it for the first time; it is kind of a fusion of Traditional Japanese and modern Pop/Rock music. The three members of the band played traditional Japanese instruments and in this song in particular both the Koto and Biwa are very prominent; I've always loved the sound of the Koto. Hear Fuhen on YouTube. Watch a live performance on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Cream - Badge My song pick two years ago today: Steeleye Span - Seven Hundred Elves My song pick three years ago today: Billy Joel - Prelude/Angry Young Man +

1266 Yoko Takahashi - Zankoku na Tenshi no These (A Cruel Angel's Thesis) I heard some of the music from the soundtrack to the animé Neon Genesis Evangelion sometime during my travels today and thought this one would make a nice song for this late evening pick. This song was written for and used as the opening theme music for the series' episodes; it's a rather nice, upbeat track from a great show. Hear Zankoku na Tenshi no These on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Aphrodite's Child - Hic et Nunc My song pick two years ago today: Elton John - All The Girls Love Alice My song pick three years ago today: Rush - The Body Electric +

Last night my wife and I were watching an animé we rented called Solty Rei , this is the opening song. The vocals in this song is incredible, I love the way that she goes effortlessly climbs and drops back down with her vocals in a pentatonic in the chorus. The music in the song is excellent as well, I love the dynamics that they use during the transitions. Here is a fan video with the studio version on YouTube. +

I was thinking about this song today and chose to pick it. Two-Mix is a Japanese Technoesque Electronic Pop band comprised of two members at the time of this recording; they have since added a third member and re-named the band: II Mix Delta. The band features Minami Takayama, who is the singer/composer, and Shiina Nagano, who is the musician/lyricist; they are now joined by Joe Rinoie on vocals. For those who watch Animé, this band's music has been featured on Animés such as Gundam Wing and Detective Conan . The music in the song is incredible as well as the vocals. While they are not a cup of tea to everyone, they are definitely worth a listen. Watch the music video on YouTube. +