#japanese post punk

[gotforgimmick]

ILL BONE - さよなら昭和歌詞: Lyric Translation

This one’s for the 2 whole other ILL BONE fans out there. If you’re a fan of post-punk, I definitely recommend you give this album (死者/Shisha) a listen as it’s one of my favorites of all time and is criminally underrated. ★彡

日本語:

はるか遠い日の青空

山火事の胃よりがする

私の心ナイフの撚り

明日若い

草の匂いの中に倒れる

みえただろう

時代が遠いはなく

甘く閉ざされた世界へ

私の心ナイフの撚り

あめる顔を探し*

石にほほをつけて

頭の中から言葉多い払う

どこにも行きはしない

ここにいるだけさ

ただ見るだけ

ただ聞こえる

さよなら昭和と歌ってる私が

ただ見えるだけさ

ただ聞こえる

さよならこんなと歌ってる私が

こんなばかけたいめは*この時期終わりだと

はるか遠い日の青空

山火事の胃よりがする

遠いはなく

甘く閉ざされた世界へ

私の心

Romaji:

Haruka tōi hi no aozora

yama kaji no i yori ga suru

watashi no kokoro naifu no yori

ashita wakai

kusa no nioi no naka ni taoreru

mietadarou

jidai ga tōi wanaku

amaku tozasareta sekai e

watashi no kokoro naifu no yori

ameru kao wo sagashi

ishi ni hoho wo tsukete

atama no naka kara kotoba ōi harau

dokoni mo iki wa shinai

koko ni iru dake sa

tada mirudake

tada kikoeru

sayonara Shōwa to utatteru watashi ga

tada mieru dake sa

tada kikoeru

sayonara kon'na to utatteru watashi ga

kon'na bakagetai me wa kono jiki owaridato

haruka tōi hi no aozora

yama kaji no i yori ga suru

tōi wanaku

amaku tozasareta sekai e

watashi no kokoro

English:

The blue sky of a day far away

My stomach aches like a wildfire

A knife churns in my heart

Tomorrow is young

Collapsing into the smell of grass

You see it don’t you

The era is not far away

To a sweetly confined world

A knife churns in my heart

Looking for a rotting face*

I put my cheek up to a stone

And dispel many words from my head

I’m not going anywhere

I’m just here

I can only look

I can only hear

I sing goodbye to the Showa era

I can only look

I can only hear

I sing goodbye to

This the end if this ridiculous era

The blue sky of a day far away

My stomach aches like a wildfire

It’s not far away

To the sweetly confined world

My heart…

*These lines I’m really not so sure about. Even in the live vs. the recording he seems to be singing something different, but either way it’s hard to make out (T_T). If you think you know what he’s saying instead, lmk!

[lemon-dokuro]

G-Schmitt - Catholic

And now for something completely different... I'm still translating songs from time to time. The song, japanese lyrics (source) and a translation by me are below.

Japanese: 闘いは今まさにその火蓋を切って落とす 黄金の民は何も信じられない 素足には血が滲み　身体からは死にゆく者の匂いがした 永遠の愛を勝ち取る闘い

罪深き者の穢れを 隣人の血で贖えば お前の神は遠く彼方へ

焦燥は日毎濃く暗い影を落としてゆく 黄金の民は何も信じられない ステンドグラスに刻み込まれた約束は 奇跡の待つ墓標の群れ

暗い聖地に息絶えて 生贄の血は流された お前の神は遠ざかってゆく

水はやさしく 身体を包むだろう コスモへと　変わりゆく 私の泣き顔

「堕ちてしまえば　再び堕ちることはないだろう あなたの優しい歌が　私を現実に引き戻す 神が天上から　手を垂れたところで　誰を救えるというのか この濁った地上で…」 English: The fight ended as soon as it's started. The Golden people do not believe in anything. With bloodied feet and smelling of dying, The fight to win over eternal love.

If you atone for the impurity of the deeply sinful By spilling the blood of your neighbor Your God will stray away…

My unease falls further into thick darkness every day. The Golden people do not believe in anything. A promise etched onto stained glass Is a miraculous clustering of headstones.

Swept away by the blood of the sacrifice That breathed its last breath upon the dark sacred land, Your God is fading away.

The water gently Engulfs my body. My crying face Morphs into Cosmos.

"You can't fall again once you've fallen once. Your gentle song pulls me back to reality. If God outstretched his hand from the skies, who could he save In this corrupted land…"

Commentary: I'm pretty sure 黄金の民/the golden people are the japanese (most likely from Marco Polo referring to Japan as "Zipangu, the Land of Gold") => I'm pretty sure the song is about christian missionaries in Japan. This is pure interpretation, though. By the way, the recording in the video is a re-recording, the original song is from 1985. It's not very different, but here's the original 1985 recording.

[nugothrhythms]

"Angel," the 2023 debut single by Tokyo, Japan-based solo post-punk act Lilii Mar

[musicanthology]

Japanese New Wave - Post Punk - Gothic: 1st Selection

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1. 0:00 Aunt Sally - Aunt Sally

2. 6:33 Morio Agata - Submarine

3. 11:50 Kokushoku Elegy - 太陽眼

4. 15:26 D-Day - Memory

5. 19:23 Auto-Mod - Deathtopia

6. 24:40 Pale Cocoon - Brain To Vain

7. 30:09 Phew - Signal

8. 34:41 G-Schmitt - K No Souretsu

9. 41:23 Allergy - Joker

10. 46:35 Zelda - 真暗闇 －ある日の光景－

11. 52:42 Phaidia - Dark Side

12. 57:43 Dendö Marionette - Frozen ・Edge

13. 1:01:02 Mizutama Shobodan - Goblin's Eye

14. 1:03:47 Madame Edwarda - Lorelei

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[restingcorpse]

[thehumandevil666]

[slingbacked]

[imyou5kii]

sexinjapan

[versinalia]

"Lovers" by Japanese band Brand Of Cain, off their 1984 singles Lovers / ベム

[losminerosinapatheticway]

Happy bday adonis the meat boy!!! The time when natsume wanted to hypnotize him into barking like a dog will forever be my fav moment of him.

Bonus pages+old drawing!!!

The world after I tried drawing my persona with undead uniform, then ended up somehow with deadman clothes

Unfinished wips!!

[themusewithinthemusewithout]

Some of my favourite photos of Atsushi Sakurai (March 7, 1966 – October 19, 2023). Mesmerizing.

[possible-streetwear]

54 Nude Honeys

[restingcorpse]

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

このスピードの先へ (Kono Speed no Saki e) • 青い、濃い、橙色の日 (Aoi, Koi, Daidaiiro No Hi) • かくいうもの (Kakuiumono) • She is inside, He is outside • なん��ん (Nan Nan) • ワールドイズユアーズ (World Is Yours)

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