From: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org (Monkey Digest) To: monkey-digest@valinor.eldar.org Subject: Monkey Digest V1 #1147 Reply-To: monkey@valinor.eldar.org Sender: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Errors-To: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Precedence: bulk Monkey Digest Monday, June 16 2003 Volume 01 : Number 1147 In this issue: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai's songs in Monkey - now available to download! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 15:59:46 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai's songs in Monkey - now available to download! You may remember that sometime in 2002, I found out that Masaaki Sakai had released 2 EPs in Japan, containing songs performed by him in Monkey. For a long time now, we knew that Masaaki Sakai contributed 2 songs to Monkey season 2: - - The song played at the end of all seasoon 2 episodes (it ends with the words "Magic Monkey"), just before the end credits. This song is called "Songoku" (co-written by Yukihide Takekawa from Godiego) and was released as a single in Japan. A longer clip of this song can be heard near the start of episode 34, "Keep on Dancing". - - A Japanese version of the Godiego ballaad "Thank You, Baby". This can be heard in episode 11, "The Difference Between Night and Day", and episode 15, "Monkey Meets The Demon Digger". Last year, my Japanese friend managed to find the 2 Masaaki Sakai EPs: 1) Songoku The A-side is "Songoku", and the B-side is his Japanese version of the Godiego song "Havoc in Heaven", called "20 Oku Nen No Kurayami" 2) Ima Dewa Ososugiru The A-side is "Imadewa Ososugiru", and the B-side is "Kono Michi No Hatemademo", Masaaki Sakai's version of the Godiego song "Thank You, Baby". I don't have the actual EPs, but my friend recorded both of them for me, and sent me photocopies of the record sleeves. Take a look at my Masaaki Sakai tribute page for pictures of the sleeves: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/masaaki.html NOTE: (a) I had no idea he'd recorded his version of "Havoc In Heaven" (b) I had no idea that his version of "Thank You, Baby" (strictly speaking, it's a different song to the same tune - the lyrics aren't a direct translation) was released as a single in Japan. The Japanese lyrics mean: "Flowers, Birds, don't ask me where we go. We would just walk on. It's only such a thing. Your heart, your word, I will never forget them. ..." (thanks to Eiji Ikeda who translated these and sent them to the mailing list back in 1999) (c) Apparently, his song "Ima Dewa Ososugiru" is the third song that Masaaki Sakai recorded for "Monkey". After listening to it, it doesn't familiar - if you know which episode(s) featured it, please let me know. After much deliberating, I decided that I really should share these songs with fellow Monkey fans... they're just so good, I couldn't just keep them to myself. These songs are not available in any shape or form in Japan nowadays, so the only way you can get to hear them is to listen to the MP3s that I've uploaded to my "Monkey Heaven Archives" web site: http://archive.monkeyheaven.com/ You'll need to log in to access this page: Username: greatsage Password: masaaki You can download the MP3 files via the download links near the bottom of the page. Please enjoy!! Personally, my favourite song of all is the last one, "Kono Michi No Hatemademo" (Masaaki Sakai's version of "Thank You, Baby"), followed closely by "Songoku". On my trip to Japan earlier this year, I found out that Asano from Godiego is playing guitar in the *phenomenal* opening of "Kono Michi No Hatemademo". Howell _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool emoticons - download MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + 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 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of Monkey Digest V1 #1147 ***************************** ----------------------------------------- List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html List archives: http://archive.monkeyheaven.com/ User name: greatsage Password: masaaki To unsubscribe from the Monkey Mailing List digest list, send mail to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe monkey-digest To send a message to the list, send mail to: monkey-digest@valinor.eldar.org If you have any problems or questions, send mail to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org For lots more information and news about "Monkey", check out the Monkey Heaven web site: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/