From: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org (Monkey Digest) To: monkey-digest@valinor.eldar.org Subject: Monkey Digest V1 #1146 Reply-To: monkey@valinor.eldar.org Sender: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Errors-To: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Precedence: bulk Monkey Digest Sunday, June 15 2003 Volume 01 : Number 1146 In this issue: [monkey] The Drifters: "Go West" [monkey] Toshiyuki Nishida: "Moshi Mo Piano Ga Hiketanara" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 12:52:59 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] The Drifters: "Go West" You may remember that a while ago, I sent on some information about a 1977 Japanese TV show based on the Monkey story - it was a puppet version known as "Tobe! Songoku" (means "Fly! Monkey") These pages show pictures from the show: http://www.usiwakamaru.or.jp/~habuchi/drifters/etc/songo.html http://www.spice.or.jp/~knight55/songoku.htm The faces were based on a famous comedy group in Japan called "The Drifters", who also voiced the characters. Anyway, on my recent trip to Japan, I discovered that the theme tune to this Monkey series is called "Go West" and it is very well-known.. Japanese people love to sing it on karaoke... it's a crazy song, and very fast!! Here's the Romanised lyrics: Go West - ------------ Ninniki nikiniki ninniki nikiniki nininn ga Sanzo Ninniki nikiniki ninniki nikiniki nishin ga Goku Nishi e mukauzo ninniki nikiniki nin Nishi ni wa arunda yukenoku ninniki nin Go Go West Ninniki nikiniki nin nin nin Nininn ga Sanzo nishin ga Gokuu mo Nishi e mukauzo ninniki niki niki nin (western violin short play) Ninniki nikiniki ninniki nikiniki nininn ga Sanzo Ninniki nikiniki ninniki nikiniki nishinn ga Goku Onaka suitazo kutabirechatta zo Soredemo ningen shinbou dandakadan Go Go West Ninniki nikiniki nin nin nin Nininn ga Sagojou Nishin ga Hakkai Nishi e mukauzo ninniki niki niki nin (western violin short play) Ninniki nikiniki ninniki nikiniki watashi ga Sanzo Ninniki nikiniki ninniki nikiniki Eeai Leader Tsuite kurunoda iukoto kikun da zo Watashi ga ireba daijoubunbukubun Go Go West Ninniki nikiniki nin nin nin Nininn ga Oumamo Nishin ga Katoumo Nishi e mukauzo ninniki niki niki nin (western violin short play) Ninniki nikiniki ninniki nikiniki nininn ga Sanzo Ninniki nikiniki ninniki nikiniki nishin ga Goku Minna issho ni ninniki nikiniki nin Nishi ni wa arunda yukenoku ninnikinin Go Go West Ninniki nikiniki nin nin nin Aitsumo koitsumo doitsumo koitsumo Nishi e mukauzo ninniki niki niki nin Ninniki nikiniki ninniki nikiniki ninniki nikiniki nin nin nin Ninniki nikiniki ninniki nikiniki ninniki nikiniki nin nin nin ...Repeat - -- Again, if anyone notices any errors in the lyrics, please let me know! (my friend sent the lyrics to me, but I lost her email, so just typed them all in from a printout) You could replace the character names with their English names if you like: Sanzo = Tripitaka Gokuu = Monkey Sagojou = Sandy Ouma = Horse Hakkai = Pigsy I don't know who Katou is? Could it be Buddha? Howell PS You can get the song on this CD: http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005GLE6/ref=pd_sr_ec_ir_aps/249-4774364-3008316 The CD title is "Dorifu no single collection" by The Drifters. PPS You may also be able to do this at "Karaoke Box" in London - I'll check next time! _________________________________________________________________ Sign-up for a FREE BT Broadband connection today! http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 12:48:13 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] Toshiyuki Nishida: "Moshi Mo Piano Ga Hiketanara" Just in case any of you plan to sing Toshiyuki Nishida's famous song "Moshi Mo Piano Ga Hiketanara" on karaoke sometime (e.g. at the excellent "Karaoke Box" in London where you can hire a karaoke "box" / room with your friends - see this page for more info http://www.monkeyheaven.com/music_karaokelondon.html), here's the romanicised lyrics to the song. I got the original lyrics from the internet several years ago - they were written in Japanese characters.. while I was in Osaka in 2001, a Japanese guy kindly wrote out the whole song in hiragana and katakana - and when I was in Tokyo this year, I romanicised the lyrics to make it easier for me to sing them quickly and in time with the song. Anyway, enough chat - here's the lyrics to this wonderful ballad: Moshi Mo Piano Ga Hiketanara - ----------------------------- Moshi mo piano ga hiketanara Omoi no subete o utani shite Kimi ni tsutae ru koto darou Ame ga furu hi wa ame no yo ni Kaze fuku yoru ni wa kaze no you ni Wareta asa niwa hare yaka ni Dake do boku ni wa piano ga nai Kimi ni ki kaseruu demo nai Kokoro wa itsu demo han bira ki Tsutaeru koto baga no ko sareru Aa a- aa ...... noko sareru Moshi mo piano ga hiketanara Chiisa na akari o hitotsu tsuke Samai ni kikaseru koto darou Hito o aishita yoroko bi ya Kokoro ga kayo wane kanoshiniya Osae kire nai jou netsu ya Dake do boku ni wa piano ga nai Kimi to yume miru koto mo nai Kokoro wa itsu demo kara mawari Kikaseru yume sae too zakaru Aa a- aa .... too zakaru - --- If anyone notices a mistake in the lyrics, please let me know! (I may have incorrectly grouped the words - e.g. perhaps "Osae kire nai jou netsu ya" should be "Osae kirenai jounetsu ya"?) Howell _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail on your mobile phone http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? 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