Ghosts [Yurei]: A Urasawa Naoki Song In English

 

So just 60 seconds of URASAWA NAOKI's "Yurei" from yesterdays HOT🥵 Kyoto afternoon, but in English with Synths and METAL GUITAR🤘 A very literal translation and with more thought could probably make it a bit more catchy or something, but did the music and animation in just a couple of hours, so didn't put a lot thought into it. 

He actually sings "no one else can see us", which may make sense in Japan, but in English, to be more a love song, the couple should only see each other. "Only having eyes for each other" being an Idiom in English for a couple in love.

I thought I would just sing his Japanese at first, but Urasawa already did that, so I don't need to.

The word GHOSTS has terrible sibilance I haven't cleared up enough, so it is what it is 🫠.   It does however have this interesting Shhhh sweep across the stereo field though, so maybe it should be a feature! 😀 

If you are into making "studio" music, like I am, your constantly getting YouTube recommended videos  about mixing, mastering and gear. But in reality for me, making my mix or my master "better" doesn't impact how many see these Music+Comics.  A very niche thing, only a few bother to check out.

Urasawa san's Osaka Music+Drawing gig is September 23, and I have a VIP seat.  Hope to not get sick and not be able to go!

Urasawa san is first and foremost a successful comic creator. This music stuff and his CD releases are a very serious hobby and may be his Sunday radio show and MANBEN Neo NHK TV series is too. You would think he is trying to do fun things other spend all his time chained to a manga drawing board, wouldn't you?

This picture was posted to his X account 2025/8/30 (I assume he doesn't do any interaction with his own X account and an assistant handles it), saying they had finished rehearsals for the first show in Tokyo 2025/8/31.  The left hand up and finger is from his 20th Century Boys manga, the symbol from the friends cult.

And the turn out for that Drawing-Music gig. All making the "Friend" hand sign.

Been thinking I haven't even tried to play any of Mattias's FREAK KITCHEN music. Same way no one does covers of Jeff Beck's music, as his guitar had notes on it the rest of us don't have. Just a riff or 2 here and there. What he does is mostly really hard, but I can do his Drop Guitar Tuned power chords... 

Looking forward to seeing them at Club Quattro UMEDA in 2 weeks time. The following week is the Urasawa gig.

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