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

From: Second Fire!! ; Year: 1995; Genre: Hard Rock/Metal Decided to go with another song from one of the Japanese animé's that I have always liked a lot: Macross 7 . For those not acquainted with the series, it was created by Shōji Kawamori  and combines science fiction/space, mecha , and music/"making of the band" genres. Over the years I have been able to procure most of the CDs associated with Macross 7 and some of the other Macro ss series. I've always liked the "Duet Version" off the second disc, which is performed by both guitar virtuoso  Yoshiki Fukuyama and Chie Kajiura as their characters from the show. As far as I am aware, the music was performed by Yoshiki Fukuyama and his band at the time: Hummingbird. Anyway, this is a high-intensity heavy metal/hard rock piece that feature a lot of blazing guitar work and was heavily featured in the show.    Hear Holy Lonely Light on YouTube.   Watch an awesome live performance of the song on YouTube.   ...

1252 Fire Bomber (Humming Bird) - My Soul For You Making a pick at the end of a rather busy day again; I heard this one while out and about today and thought it would be a rather nice pick. This is another song that comes from the animé Macross 7 , which featured music performed by the Japanese Metal band Humming Bird; the band in the show that Humming Bird put their sound to was known as 'Fire Bomber.' Anyway, this is a rather mellow tune in comparison to the other songs featured on the animé. I love Yoshiki Fukuyama's vocals and guitar work throughout, especially in the acoustic version. Hear My Soul For You on YouTube. Hear the acoustic version of My Soul For You on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Hawkwind - D-Rider My song pick two years ago today: Duran Duran - Rio My song pick three years ago today: Rare Earth - (I Know) I'm Losing You +

1175 Yoshiki Fukuyama - Angel's Voice Making another one just under the wire for tonight; this is one I heard whilst out and about today and seemed like a nice pick to end this day. The song comes from the animé Macross Dynamite 7 ; it was one of the main themes to the film. Again, as with the series itself, Yoshiki Fukuyama lent his vocals and his guitar playing to the music. Hear Angel's Voice on YouTube. Watch an excellent live performance of the song on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: The Kinks - (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman My song pick two years ago today: The Allman Brother's Band - Ain't Waistin' Time No More My song pick three years ago today: Red Sovine - Phantom 309 +

This is the opening song to the Anime' Macross 7 ; for some reason it just seemed perfect for a pick today. This song, along with the other music from this Anime' features monster guitarist/vocalist Yoshiki Fukuyama and his Rock/Metal band at the time: Hummingbird. Here is a fan video with the full studio version on YouTube. Here is a live performance of the song on YouTube. +

I'm in an odd mood today, so I decided to pick another song from the fictitious band "Fire Bomber." Fire Bomber is the band that is the main focus in the animé Macross 7 ; this song was featured in the movie Dynamite 7 . Hummingbird, a Japanese metal band, was used to perform the songs on the recordings and went under the name "Fire Bomber" for these songs. The whole band is very talented, however the lead guitarist/vocalist, Yoshiki Fukuyama really stands out and is amazing. What I have found odd about a lot of Japanese music is that the artists use English words smattered around in the song, in this one they use English lyrics throughout the choruses and use Japanese in the verses. I am not usually drawn to music from television shows or movies, however they did an excellent job with the music on this one. Here is the studio version in a fan video on YouTube. Here is a live performance of the song on YouTube. +

I was in an odd mood today; I decided to choose a song from an animé I like, Macross 7 titled: Remember 16 . The song is done by the fictitious band in the animé called Fire Bomber , the real Japanese Metal band that played under the pseudonym Fire Bomber in the animé was called Humming Bird , fronted by the guitarist/singer/songwriter Yoshiki Fukuyama . This animé cannot really be found easily in America because of the copyright problems with the music, no official translation or distributors can afford to buy the rights for it. I had to buy a Japanese version with non-professional subtitles. This track is played very little in the show and is more of a grooving song in comparison with the Japanese Metal in most of the show. I mostly picked it for the reason that I like it a lot and it is my 16th song pick in my list. Here is a fan video with the studio version on YouTube. Here is Yoshiki Fukuyama performing the song live acoustically on YouTube. +