Lyricist : Rokusuke Ei \ Composer : Haichidai Nakamura 
ISWC : T-101.072.813-7
Publisher : Sony Music Publishing Inc \ Singer : Kyu Sakamoto
Released : October 15, 1961
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In Anglophone countries, the song is best known under the alternative
title "Sukiyaki",
the name of a Japanese hot-pot dish with cooked beef.
The word sukiyaki does not appear in the song's lyrics,
nor does it have any connection to them; 
it was used only because it was short, catchy, recognizably Japanese,
and more familiar to English speakers.
A Newsweek columnist compared this re-titling to issuing "Moon River"
in Japan under the title "Beef Stew"

This song was famous also by Kyu Sakamoto’s whistling

The English-language lyrics of the version recorded by « A Taste Of Honey »
in 1980 are not a translation of the original Japanese lyrics,
but instead a completely different set of lyrics
arranged to the same basic melody.
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It was four or five years now that I didn’t sing and record the songs.
I was sung and recorded one in 2022 and one recently in April 2024
and  this one today. The voice is not quite there…
I need to rework my voice.

When I was a little, I often hummed this song…
I sing in English, it doesn't sound the same as in Japanese.
But I try not to damage the song too much. The melody is very pretty.
I’ll try my best for the next time to sing in Japanese.
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Vocal : Anh
Arrangement : Phong
Recorded : August 10, 2024
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上を向いて歩こう - Sukiyaki - Ue o Muite Arukō - Cover (Kyu Sakamoto)

Time for a Change-up to a recent New Classical Piano Improvisation that captures the light and refraction of the tones that come in and out of focus as the music flows.

May you enJOY.

© Gary Courtland-Miles  2025
℗  Gary Courtland-Miles  2025

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A reworking for this track in my archive originally created in autumn 2024, after a few versions in the last year i  find it fits well with the context of Haiku Music Challenge Naviarhaiku 617



an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.

by: Saitō Sanki



Saitō Sanki (1900 – 1962) was a dentist who discovered his passion for haiku poetry in his mid-thirties, when his colleagues at the hospital in Soto Kanda convinced him to write a haiku for a collection. Later, he became one of the most important exponents of wartime haiku: he was imprisoned in 1940 during the government’s World War II persecution of controversial artists, and was officially forbidden to write until the end of the war.

haiku by Saitō Sanki

Picture by John Jason

more info here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/

an autumn nightfall (Naviarhaiku#617)

"How Many Stones"

The Universe Will Respond (2025).



https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=d4CTNVLsV-U&si=EdDSVnUe91cyRuZS

https://open.spotify.com/album/5A1dXun1ezYgzIs9Pis3Xk?si=PQEnENduRli3EK8JJ7kCXA

https://music.apple.com/us/song/compromessi/1854498021



Compromessi.mp3

Not my usual fare, but was at a loose end and this sort of eased out. Don't honestly know why - apart from the obvious and having been dragged around doing Xmas shopping. Anyway, it is what it is, I think the church bell sound effects from pixabay may just be a little sombre, But they do produce a great  contrast - if you listen far enough into the track, LOL

Can You Hear those Christmas Bells

Earlier this year my friend Atik Yomin  (@othiqivmin) „challenged“ me to write an album consisting of tracks in odd meters only after listening to my track ‚Trickle’ which is written in 5/4.

Then in early September I got my hands on a decent trigger sequencer by Doepfer (Thanks to @synthetic-arts !) and to test it in depth together with my crazy Bigger Dumber Sequencer by Beers, I pretty much immediately started this odd times project, and three weeks later finished it. Believe me, I had a blast! 

First up, as always, is the last track I made. It comes in 8/8 – counting 123 123 12 – and in the end it comes back 'into balance', landing on a straight four on the floor rhythm.

Counterbalance

I'm just an amateur.

I don't have the talent of a composer, arranger or creator...
I love music, I especially love to sing, I only perform and I only do covers.
I played guitar for over 10 years when I was young.
I gave it up over 30 years ago...

Thank you for taking the time to stop by my page and listen.

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Je suis juste une amateure.

Je n'ai pas le talent d'un compositeur ni arrangeur ni créateur...
J'aime la musique, j'aime surtout chanter, je ne fais qu'interpréter et je ne fais que des reprises.
J'ai joué la guitare pendant plus de 10 ans quand j'étais jeune.
Ça fait plus de 30 ans que je l'ai laissée tomber...

Merci d'avoir pris le temps de visiter ma page et d'écouter.

(2024)

上を向いて歩こう - Sukiyaki - Ue o Muite Arukō - Cover (Kyu Sakamoto)

Phi Anh NGUYEN