Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Yozora no Mukou (Beyond the Night Sky)

I toyed with the idea that two of my favourite Japanese singers, Yui and Suga Shikao, would do a duet. To my delight, they actually did one: Yozora no Mukou.


Before that, I should introduce them first and since there can be no briefer and better introduction to a singer than through his works (nah I’m just lazy and there is always the ever reliable wikipedia), here goes…

YUI writes and sings songs that ranges from the slow and sad such as Tokyo to the fast and happier ones such as Life (one of the Bleach ending themes, though I don’t watch).

I knew Suga Shikao from Manatsu no Yoru no Yume (one of the Death Note themes) and other recent works include 19 sai (the PV is slightly R-rated so I won’t put the link).


Back to Yozora no Mukou, it was originally written by Suga and sung by SMAP. I prefer this version though all versions are good. It is a sad love song which means Beyond the Night Sky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvo_a4A-OE4

The PV set with Tokyo tower in the night sky as the background. Makes me want to go back to Japan. Sigh…

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I got to download the mp3 file of Yozora no Mukou thru Limewire and unfortunately, the filename is in Japanese characters so I needed the help of an online translation. Hee! I decided to search for it in Google then I ended up here on your blog site. :) Thanks for the links! And sorry for a long comment. :D