This was the first waltz composed in Japan.
It was first sung by marine troops and became widely known by Japanese citizens afterwards when street performers gradually began playing the tune.
The song has a typically Japanese melody with a triple time rhythm; a mixture of western and Japanese culture.
Genesis
04-17-2014 10:23 AM
Ainu folk song: KANE RENREN アイヌ民謡『KANE RENREN
'It's an Ainu folk song that was sung in a circle during the Kuma Okuri bear sacrifice ceremony.
The rhythm and phrasing can lead you into a trance.'
Genesis
04-17-2014 10:27 AM
SAKHALIN ROCK" BY OKI DUB AINU BAND
Genesis
04-17-2014 10:32 AM
Riwkakant リウカカント - gift
Genesis
04-17-2014 10:42 AM
Toru Takemitsu, November Steps Part 1 & 2
Genesis
04-17-2014 12:20 PM
Nicole Reynolds: Wonderin'
Por Vous...
Daktari
04-17-2014 12:31 PM
Genesis
04-17-2014 12:39 PM
ANNA RF - Raining in the desert
Genesis
04-17-2014 12:50 PM
ANNA RF - MUSIC WALLA
KayCee
04-17-2014 01:00 PM
meridiantoo
04-17-2014 01:14 PM
WildHorses
04-17-2014 04:18 PM
CONCRETE BLONDE Mexican Moon
Orema
04-17-2014 05:33 PM
John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Ron Hicklin, Ian Freebairn-Smith - Suicide is Painless
From Wikipedia ...
“Suicide Is Painless” is a song written by Johnny Mandel (music) and Mike Altman (lyrics) ... Mike Altman is the son of the original film’s director, Robert Altman, and was 14 years old when he wrote the song’s lyrics. During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the 1980s, Robert Altman said that his son had earned more than a million US dollars for having co-written the song while he only made US$70,000 for having directed the movie.
The song was written specifically for Ken Prymus (the actor playing Private Seidman), who sang it during the faux suicide of Walter "Painless Pole" Waldowski (John Schuck) in the film's "Last Supper" scene. Robert Altman had two stipulations about the song for Mandel: first, it had to be called "Suicide Is Painless" and it had to be the "stupidest song ever written." Altman tried to write the lyrics himself, but found that it was too difficult for his 45-year-old brain to write "stupid enough." Instead he gave the task to his 14-year-old-son, Michael, who apparently wrote the lyrics in five minutes.
Altman later decided that the song worked so well, he would use it as the film's main theme, despite Mandel's initial objections. This version was sung by uncredited session singers John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Ron Hicklin and Ian Freebairn-Smith (the vocals are sometimes misattributed to Johnny Mandel, due to his being the only name officially credited for the song).