What are you listening to?

TakashiTakahashi said:


龍と蛇ばっかだし、グロくて最後まで見れないですね。あなたはmartial artsが好きなんですか？僕はマーシャル・タッカーバンドの方がいいなあ:-)
It's all dragons and snakes, and it's so grotesque I can't watch it all the way through. Do you like martial arts? I prefer the Marshall Tucker Band.

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That's it my Friend, I like JAPANESE martial arts movies.
It all started without me even noticing it when I saw this movie just because it was on TV and my friends were watching.

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Das Schloß im Spinnwebwald (1957) - IMDb

Das Schloß im Spinnwebwald: Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Akira Kubo. A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.
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While at the University I saw a few more Kurosawa films as well as Bruce Lee movies. From this I moved on to practicing Karate, Taekwando and Aikido. Then I discovered Takeshi Kitano and all his films. I thought he did a brilliant job of playing Zatoichi

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Zatoichi - Der blinde Samurai (2003) - IMDb

Zatoichi - Der blinde Samurai: Directed by Takeshi Kitano. With Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Yasuda, Taka Guadalcanal. The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.
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That movie allowed me to discover the real Zatoichi in my opinion,

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Shintarô Katsu - IMDb

Shintarô Katsu. Actor: Zatôichi to yôjinbô. Shintarô Katsu was born on 29 November 1931 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor and director, known for Zatôichi to yôjinbô (1970), Kaoyaku (1971) and Shin Zatôichi: Yabure! Tôjin-ken (1971). He was previously married to Tamao Nakamura. He died on 21 June...
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Tradition and Modernity in Japanese Yakuza Films of the 1960s and 70s

Both a primer on the Japanese action film of the 1960s, 1970s, and a detailed analysis of key elements.
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Marshall Tucker Band was popular among some of my friends when I was at the University. Some of their tunes were good especially when we were drinking beer at their parties. 🍺;-)
 
TakashiTakahashi said:
以前、目黒区に住んでいたとき、近くには大悪党（He served as Pacific Asia chairman of the Trilateral Commission.）小林陽太郎　が住んで居て、車に乗った彼が、ブログ等でSOTTを紹介していた僕に気づき、車から顔を出して、運転手にクラクションを鳴らさせたことがあるのですが、僕の居た安アパートの向かいの家が、坂本九の屋敷でした。僕は遺族が外出するのを眺めていたものです。
When I used to live in Meguro-ku, there was an arch rogue (served as Pacific Asia chairman of the Trilateral Commission.), Yotaro Kobayashi, living nearby. When he got in the car, he identified me who was introducing SOTT on blogs, so he stuck his head out of the car and had the driver honk his horn. The house across the street from the cheap apartment I was in was the residence of the deceased Kyu Sakamoto. I used to watch the bereaved families go out.

この、日本で最初の全米ナンバー1ヒットを出した坂本九は、日本航空123便墜落事故で亡くなったんですが、一部では、同機は米軍が撃墜したのではないかと言われています。
Kyu Sakamoto, who released this Japan's first number 1 hit in the US, died in the crash of Japan Air Lines Flight 123, some say that this aircraft may have been shot down by U.S. forces.
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Ah yes, the Trilateral Commission. I've read much about them. There was a point in time when I noticed that Rockefeller was making a many trips to Japan. Initially I did not think much about it, but much much later when I had the time to get an above average immersion in world history it all started to make more sense. Here's one of these milestones in my understanding how the Spiders Web is spun.


Why do you think they would have wanted to eliminate Sakamoto ? Some say the same thing about Lennon being eliminated, as he was singing the "wrong tunes" to the Masses.
 
Hi_Henry said:
That's it my Friend, I like JAPANESE martial arts movies.

Marshall Tucker Band was popular among some of my friends when I was at the University. Some of their tunes were good especially when we were drinking beer at their parties. 🍺;-)
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It was a play on words about martial and Marshall.🍻
マーシャル・アーツのマーシャルとマーシャル・タッカーのマーシャルで洒落たつもりだったんですが。。
Do I need ten more years of experience to make a play on words? :-P
僕の英語力で洒落を言うのは10年早いですか？
 
Hi_Henry said:
Ah yes, the Trilateral Commission. I've read much about them. There was a point in time when I noticed that Rockefeller was making a many trips to Japan. Initially I did not think much about it, but much much later when I had the time to get an above average immersion in world history it all started to make more sense. Here's one of these milestones in my understanding how the Spiders Web is spun.

Why do you think they would have wanted to eliminate Sakamoto ? Some say the same thing about Lennon being eliminated, as he was singing the "wrong tunes" to the Masses.
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この映画に関するAmazonの説明に曰く。。。
Amazon's description of the film says:

This eye-opening book offers a disturbing new look at Japan's post-war economy and the key factors that shaped it. It gives special emphasis to the 1980s and 1990s when Japan's economy experienced vast swings in activity. According to the author, the most recent upheaval in the Japanese economy is the result of the policies of a central bank less concerned with stimulating the economy than with its own turf battles and its ideological agenda to change Japan's economic structure. The book combines new historical research with an in-depth behind-the-scenes account of the bureaucratic competition between Japan's most important institutions: the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Japan. Drawing on new economic data and first-hand eyewitness accounts, it reveals little known monetary policy tools at the core of Japan's business cycle, identifies the key figures behind Japan's economy, and discusses their agenda. The book also highlights the implications for the rest of the world, and raises important questions about the concentration of power within central banks.

友よ、面白そうな映画なので、いずれ原作の邦訳を読んでみるよ。実は、このフォーラムのここで、膨大な作業にコミットしてしまったんだ。
Sorry, my friend, it looks like an interesting movie and I'll read the Japanese translation of the original at some point. Actually, I've committed myself to a huge amount of work here on this forum.
The New History of Mankind: Who Are we? What are we? How did we get here?

坂本九謀殺説というのは、日本では聞いたことがないな。実は　明石家さんま　という大物芸人が、直前にこの便をキャンセルしてるんだ。向田邦子　という大物作家も死んでたり。。それより、どうして米軍がミサイルか何かを当て、どうして日本の自衛隊が同機を撃墜しなくてはならなかったか、という線を調べてみたらどうだろう。
I've never heard of the theory of Kyu Sakamoto's murder in Japan. In fact, a famous comedian named Sanma Akashiya cancelled his flight at the last minute. Kuniko Mukoda, a famous writer, also died. Instead, why don't you look into why the U.S. military hit the plane with a missile or something and why the Japanese Self-Defense Forces had to shoot it down?
 
１９８０年代以降、同じ旋律が延々と繰り返すタイプの楽曲が主流になるよね。実は、僕はあまり得意じゃないんだ。やっぱ、７０年代がいいな
Since the 1980s, the same melody repeating endlessly has become the mainstream type of music. Actually, I'm not very good at it. I prefer the 70's.

TOTOは99＝9+9=18＝6+6+6=666という邪悪な方向に繋がって行くけど、この曲が好きでねえ。
TOTO leads in the evil direction of 99=9+9=18=6+6+6=666, but I like this song.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia　"Lowdown"
"Lowdown" is a song originally recorded in 1976 by Boz Scaggs for his album Silk Degrees. The song was co-written by Scaggs and keyboardist David Paich. Paich, along with fellow "Lowdown" session musicians bassist David Hungate and drummer Jeff Porcaro, would later go on to form the band Toto.
 
Junior's Farm
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"Junior's Farm" is a song written by Paul McCartney (though credited to Paul and Linda McCartney) and performed by Paul McCartney and Wings. It was issued as a non-album single by Apple Records in October 1974; it peaked at No. 3 in the United States and No. 16 in the United Kingdom.


 
TakashiTakahashi said:
Junior's Farm
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"Junior's Farm" is a song written by Paul McCartney (though credited to Paul and Linda McCartney) and performed by Paul McCartney and Wings. It was issued as a non-album single by Apple Records in October 1974; it peaked at No. 3 in the United States and No. 16 in the United Kingdom.

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When he was in the Beatles I like McCartney a lot. His voice fit perfectly to the music and the lyrics. So when I heard that he started Wings, I was very curious in a positive way.

Now I realize that like so many things, personal taste is personal taste. So please don't take this personally Takashi, but in the case of McCartney I am willing to share my negative opinion.

When I heard Band On The Run album I was in a bit of a shock. There was one tune that seemed OK to me, but the rest seemed to have been put together by a high class high school band. I had no clue "Junior's Farm" hit #3 in the US, until I read your comment.

My first thought in reading that was that it was an error and might have been # 13. Nope, officially it was # 3.
My 2 cent opinion on this rating, "Maybe on the Moon it was #3".

When I was in the States I never heard this tune and I listened to a lot of radio. Never ever did I hear it until you mentioned it. If I had I would have changed the station on the radio immediately.

This is the tune that came to my mind thinking about McCartney and this tune.


Now from the comment I suspect you must sense that I have some bone with McCartney.

Yes I do, but I truly have no conscious clue as to why. It must be his body movements, voice or manner of speaking, because the guy outside of the band (in his news interviews) for some reason just rubbed me wrong. Lennon, Ringo or George had not such energy, but he just struck me (and continues to this day) as being this wise a$$ little prick with an overinflated head.
OK, lets leave it at that .... ha ha ha. 🍺

Thanks for taking me back to those fun days Takashi.

Keep On Trucking Takashi :thup:

PS: New Beatles Documentary Reveals Different Side of "Let It Be" Sessions
 
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