Seasonal Songs (including CHRISTMAS)

[tangerinesun]

Christmas is on my mind right now, but if there's a Maypole dance
or Brazilian Carnival clip you like, don't hold back. 



We wish you a Shonen Xmas



YOUTUBE AUDIO ONLY including video dub-overs and info-free slideshows



Space Christmas (1991 DEC 09, Seminal Twang)

Space Christmas  (03:07)
Bear Up Bison  (02:07) 
Christmas Message '91  (04:37) 



A Shonen Knife Christmas Record For You (1991, Rockville)

Space Christmas  (03:04)
Christmas Message '91 (04:35) 



All I Want For Christmas........ maxi w/Thurston Moore (1999, Universal)

All I Want For Christmas........  (4:24)
All I Want For Christmas........ Instrumental Vibe Version  (04:10)



Sweet Christmas maxi (2011, Damnably/Good Charamel)

Sweet Christmas  (03:29)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas  (01:57) 
Sweet Christmas (acoustic)  (03:19) 

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Listen at Spotify






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Download and stream from Danmnably at Bandcamp
shonenknife.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-christmas  

You can still own the LE 7" white vinyl for £15GBP + postage




Shonen Knife's single "Sweet Christmas" on vinyl!
2011 DEC 22 by supremenothing1 (03:49)
Enjoying Shonen Knife's latest holiday-themed single "Sweet Christmas"
on glorious "snow white" vinyl pressed by Damnably Records!
You can get the vinyl here: shop.damnably.com/
And the US domestic version is on CD from Good Charamel
Records: www.goodcharamel.com

The experience of listening from the next room while
watching a warped copy spin through binoculars.

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OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEOS



Mewwy Kuristsumas from AV Club and Shonen Knife
avclub.com/video/shonen-knife-covers-we-wish-you-merry-christmas-246888 

Looks like AV Club got Shonen Knife to jam out a quickie Christmas carol —
a remake of 2011's electrified "We Wish You a Merry Christmas".

Signs of haste include:

• Actual words and English diction could use a little more study
• No update on the arrangement (minimum of vocal harmonies in a genre where harmony rules)
• Performance is tentative. They did it at a crawl, like a practice tempo.

Still, they did it and that counts, so enjoy at the publisher's page.




Shonen Knife - Sweet Christmas
2011 DEC 22 by jerryguzmanvideos (03:29)

Ritsuko was actually doing fine with those eggs by hand, using a whisk.

Looking at the backdrop and home furnishings, you can speculate that
this might have been shot early in December 2011 in Osaka at Pangea
and in Naoko's own kitchen.

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LIVE CONCERT VIDEO




Shonen Knife 少年ナイフ All I want for Christmas (1st time live)
2014 MAY 21 by MrLolosaka (03:01)
Space Xmas tour 2013
Shonen Knife @ Osaka Conpass Shinsaibashi Dec 15, 2013

Naoko intros in Japanese, then they pass the vocal lead around.



Shonen Knife 少年ナイフ All I want for Xmas pt2

Really, there's no good reason for the split.




Shonen Knife Sweet Christmas. 2011.12.4. @the Pangea, Osaka
2011 DEC 05 by yusuke198082 さんのチャンネル (04:30)

Santa suits; even the gig towels are red, green & white.




NEW song: Christmas Cake by Shonen Knife in Concert
2011 NOV 21 by RollercoasterManiacs (01:22)
Shonen Knife an all female punk band formed in Japan in 1981
play Valentines in Albany, NY on the last day of their American
tour Nov 20th 2011. They are also called the Osaka Ramones since
they are very much influenced by the Ramones.

★★ for quality, ★ for accuracy, but it's here.




Shonen Knife @ Radio Radio, Indianapolis 11/14/11
2011 NOV 15 by Bryan Murray (03:18)
Shonen Knife performs their NEWEST XMAS JAM "Sweet Christmas"
jsadio.wordpress.com

A meritorious act of Ritsuko worship




Shonen knife - Naoko plays Sweet Christmas with
the pink heart guitar in Buffalo (2011 OCT 20)
2011 NOV 20 by lionheardt (06:46)
In this video we catch up with Shonen Knife on their 25th and
second last date of their North American tour in Buffalo at
Mohawk Place. Naoko plays my Pink heart guitar on stage and
speaks with me about the guitar...

Bad bass boom, but there's the heart guitar. Maker Mike
Reinhardt, who thinks of luthiery as a woodworking problem,
corners Naoko with a microphone, fishing relentlessly for
complements on a highly questionable design idea.
"So how's the guitar play?" 
"Ah, yeah, the heart-shaped guitar is of course very cute…"

Better quality but less footage:
youtu.be/toizDKo3RME

Heart Guitar, the making of:
youtu.be/bRqA_uFwPBk




SHONEN KNIFE Live in Buffalo 11-19-11 (Pt 2 of 6)
2011 NOV 22 by gottalovetheknife (13:27)
Sweet Christmas (new song), I Am a Cat, Devil House

Same event shot from Naoko's side. The whole show
is on the same channel in six parts. Includes a cautious
3-song encore by Osaka Ramones promoting that album.

[tangerinesun]

Something halloween-y for all the bone daddies and voodoo queens. 

This is the short, animated version of a song evidently made for 
children's television in the middle 1970s.

State-of-the-art videotape SFX with cardboard cutout puppetry
(and the puppets come apart a little).



HONE-HONE ROKKU
Bony Bony Rock
2012 OCT 02 by yasumin34 (01:58)

Title : Artist :  Lyrics :  Composition :

Hone Hone Rock Masato Shimon Hiroo Takada Juichi Sase

ひとくいしゅうちょうが  おおだいこ  つきよにこっそり  たたいたら  はくぶつかんの  きょうりゅうが  いっしょにうかれて  おどったぜ  ホネホネロック  (ホネホネロック)  ホネホネロック  (ホネホネロック)  ホネホネ  ホネロック    タイマツつもって  ガイコツも  ちょうつがいはずし  おどったぜ  ろじうらの  ゴミばこじゃ  イワシのあたまも  おどったぜ    ホネホネロック  (ホネホネロック)  ホネホネロック  (ホネホネロック)  ホネホネ  ホネロック    ホネホネロック  (ホネホネロック)  ホネホネロック  (ホネホネロック)  ホネホネ  ホネロック    EXTRA VERSE:    さばくじゃしんだ  ライオンも  たてがみみだして  おどったぜ  ムカデやヘビの  なきがらも  たいこにあわせて  おどったぜ

Hitokui shuuchou ga   oodaiko  Tsuki yo ni kossori   tataitara   Hakubutsukan no   kyouryuu ga   Issho ni ukarete   odotta ze     HONE HONE ROKKU   (HONE HONE ROKKU)   HONE HONE ROKKU   (HONE HONE ROKKU)   HONE HONE   HONE ROKKU     Taimatsu motte   gaikotsu mo   Chou tsugai hazushi   odotta ze   Roji no ura no   gomibako ja   Iwashi no atama mo   odotta ze     HONE HONE ROKKU   (HONE HONE ROKKU)   HONE HONE ROKKU   (HONE HONE ROKKU)   HONE HONE   HONE ROKKU     HONE HONE ROKKU   (HONE HONE ROKKU)   HONE HONE ROKKU   (HONE HONE ROKKU)   HONE HONE   HONE ROKKU    EXTRA VERSE:    Sabaku ja shinda   RAION mo   Tategami midashite   odotta ze   Mukade ya hebi no   nakigara mo   Taiko ni awasete   odotta ze

The cannibal chief on his big bass drum   Plays in secret on a moonlit night   The dinosaur from the museum  They danced making merry together    Bony bony rock   (bony bony rock)  Bony bony rock   (bony bony rock)  Bony bony   bony rock    Pine-torch bearing skeletons too  Danced, loosening up their joints  In the back of the alley there's a garbage can  The sardine heads also danced    Bony bony rock   (bony bony rock)  Bony bony rock   (bony bony rock)  Bony bony   bony rock    Bony bony rock   (bony bony rock)  Bony bony rock   (bony bony rock)  Bony bony   bony rock    EXTRA VERSE:    In the desert even a dead lion   Danced with his mane all awry  Centipedes and snake remains, too  Danced all together to the drum

Taken from the entry at the Pixiv Dictionary:
dic.pixiv.net/a/ホネホネロック

Recorded as the B side of the single "Pata-Pata Mama" released
in 1976. The previous year, singer Masato Shimon had a big hit
with "Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun", which won popularity with boys by
combining a rousing singing voice mixed with loud war cries.

Various characters dance to the drumbeat of the "Cannibal Chief"
(later called "Jungle Chief" in compliance with the broadcast code).

Characters in order of appearance:
Cannibal Chief 
Museum Dinosaur
Skeletons
Sardine Heads
Dead Lion
Centipede Remains
Snake Remains


Translation notes:

ホネ (骨, hone) is just "bone". So if you want to be fussy, it's "bone bone rock".

Because this song is aimed at young children who don't read kanji any better
than I do, the lyrics are written without. This leads directly to the problem called
OMG What Word Is That, And How Many Words Are There Anyway?!!

For one example, the song leads off with:

ひとくいしゅうちょう

hitokui shuuchou

man-eating chieftain

The kanji for that is pretty unambiguous:

人食い酋長

But the hiragana could technically be parsed as:
hi to ku i shuu chou 

and you can move those word spaces around at will to make
new combinations that are also words.
hitoku ishuu chou 
hi toku ishuu chou 
hito kui shuu chou 

and so on, so that a complete idiot could read the phrase as:
Fire, swift-flocking butterflies 

and Google's mighty collective AI can come out with just:
Lifestyle 

[tangerinesun]

🎃 Hone Hone Waltz 💀




Costume display at the AKB48 Teams H&K 3rd Anniversary Party
From the mineboo Style blog. They put it on the dummy backwards.  




Hone Hone Waltz Perfect Version (Every Bone Complete)
Honegumi from AKB48 • 2007 
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ほねほねワルツ 


This is the 3-minute version. Not quite perfect and complete. 
They skip one forensically physical verse to bring it in on time.
In its way, this is about as cute as it gets. More Disney than Disney.




ほねほneワルツ (Hone Hone Waltz)
2011 MAY 09 by 佐々木主浩 (02:55)
Just a bit of springtime from a national tour

Springtime, because here the members of Honegumi (The Bone Squad)
are still hovering around middle school.

Tomomi Itano is the oldest, at 16. According to the arithmetic,
Manami Oku is still just 12 years old.

This clip must come from a performance on 18 April 2007,
for the NHK Educational TV program "The Body at Play".

It was shot at the Akihabara 48 Theatre, where the group has
been in residence for the past 12 years, during a longer revue
called "Team K 3rd Stage: Intra-Cerebral Paradise".

The Hone Hone Waltz segment was later released on DVD by Sony Music.

I don't know whether this production ever did actually tour, as the YouTuber
implies. It's very NHK-TV specific, and I don't know how many trailers you'd
need to haul that set around.

See also: a bunch of pictures from packaging, videos, and backstage.

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Song lyrics are by their producer, Yasushi Akimoto, who conveniently writes nearly
all their stuff. Choreography is by the prodigious Uran Hirosaki (@uranhirosaki).

Title: Artist: Lyrics: Composition: Arrangement: Choreography:

ほねほねワルツ (Hone Hone Waltz) ほね組 (Honegumi from AKB48) 秋元康 (Yasushi Akimoto) 青野ゆかり (Yukari Aono) 梅堀淳 (Atsushi Umebori) 広崎うらん (Uran Hirosaki)

頭と首と 首と胴と  胴と両手足  体中のあっちこっちに  骨のかくれんぼ    上腕骨に肋骨  大腿骨に骨盤  肩甲骨に脊柱  どこかな?鎖骨    ほねほね ほねほね みんなで  ほねほね ほねほね 一緒に  206個の骨たち  手をつないで 踊りだす  ほねほね ほねほね ワルツに  ほねほね ほねほね 合わせて  カルシウムの貯蔵庫  君の骨は生きている  ※ Skip to the mark 魚を食べたお皿の上に  骨は残るけど  まさか 自分の骨なんて  想像もつかないよ    鎖骨に肩甲骨  上腕骨・尺骨・橈骨  手根骨に中手骨  どこかな?指骨    ほねほね ほねほね 曲げたり  ほねほね ほねほね 伸ばしたり  体中に隠れてる  骨に刺激を与えよう  ほねほね ほねほね ワルツに  ほねほね ほねほね 合わせて  新しい自分よ  君の骨は君のもの  ※ 家の中をよく見てごらん  柱があるよね  屋根や壁を支えて  家族 守ってる    大腿骨に膝蓋骨  腓骨に脛骨  足根骨に中足骨  どこかな?踵骨    ほねほね ほねほね ありがとう  ほねほね ほねほね 大感謝  206個の骨たち  神様の贈り物  ほねほね ほねほね ワルツに  ほねほね ほねほね 合わせて  あの骨も この骨も  君の骨は一生懸命  君の骨は生きている

Atama to kubi to kubi to dou to  Dou to ryou teashi  Karadajuu no atchi kotchi ni  Hone no kakurenbo    Jou wankotsu ni rokkotsu  Dai taikotsu ni kotsuban  Kenkoukotsu ni sekichuu  Doko ka na? Sakotsu    Hone-hone hone-hone min'na de  Hone-hone hone-hone issho ni  Ni-hyaku-rokku ko no hone-tachi  Te wo tsunaide odori dasu  Hone-hone hone-hone WARUTSU ni  Hone-hone hone-hone awasete  Karushiumu no chozouko  Kimi no hone wa ikiteiru  ※ Skip to the mark Sakana o tabeta o sara no ue ni  Hone wa nokoru kedo  Masaka jibun no hone nante  Souzou mo tsukanai yo    Sakotsu ni kenkoukotsu  Jouwan-kotsu · shakukotsu · doukotsu  Te ne-kotsu ni nakate-kotsu  Doko ka na? Yubi-kotsu    Hone-hone hone-hone magetari  Hone-hone hone-hone nobashitari  Karadajuu ni kakureteru  Hone ni shigeki o ataeyou  Hone-hone hone-hone WARUTSU ni  Hone-hone hone-hone awasete  Atarashii jibun yo  Kimi no hone wa kimi no mono  ※ Ie no naka wo yoku mite goran  Hashira ga aru yo ne  Yane ya kabe o sasaete  Kazoku mamotteru    Daitai-kotsu ni shitsugaikotsu  Hikotsu ni keikotsu  Sokkonkotsu ni chuusokkotsu  Doko ka na? Shoukotsu    Hone-hone hone-hone arigatou  Hone-hone hone-hone daikansha  Ni-hyaku-rokku ko no hone-tachi  Kami-sama no okurimono  Hone hone hone hone WARUTSU ni  Hone hone hone hone awasete  Ano hone mo kono hone mo  Kimi no hone wa isshoukenmei    Kimi no hone wa ikiteiru

Head and neck and neck and torso  Trunk and upper limbs  All around throughout the body  The hide-and-seek of the bones    From the ribcage to the arm bone  From the pelvis to the thigh bone  From the spine to the shoulder blade  Where is it — the clavicle?    Bones-bones bones-bones in everyone  Bones-bones bones-bones all together  Two hundred and six bones  All join hands and begin the dance  Hone-hone hone-hone in a waltz  Hone-hone hone-hone all joined together  Reservoirs of calcium  Your bones are alive  ※ Skip to the mark On the dish the fish I ate  Even though the bones remain  No way of imagining  What my bones are like    Scapula to clavicle  Humerus · ulna · radius   The metacarpal to the carpal  Where are they — the phalanges?    Bones-bones bones-bones bending  Bones-bones bones-bones extending  Hidden inside the body  Let's give the bones some stimulation  Hone-hone hone-hone in a waltz  Hone-hone hone-hone all joined together  It's a brand-new you  Your bones belong to you  ※ Have a good look inside the house  There are pillars aren't there?  Holding up the roof and walls  Protecting the family members    Patella to femur  Tibia to fibula  The metatarsal to the tarsal  Where is it — calcaneus?    Bones-bones bones-bones thank you  Bones-bones bones-bones greatly appreciated  Two hundred and six bones  Gifts from Kami-sama  Hone-hone hone-hone in a waltz  Hone-hone hone-hone all joined together  This bone and that bone  Your bones are working as if life depended on it     Your bones are alive

Translation note:

"Isshoukenmei" is an expression equivalent to "for all you're worth" or "for dear life";
literally it's an adverbial phrase that means working hard for the sake of your very life.

[tangerinesun]

MERĪ KURISUMASU in a can
Perfected industry images of the season




J-pop popular Christmas song medley
2017 NOV 17 by 最新シングルTOP10 (15:12)

Mood-maker of 15-second cuts.



More of kind of the same. It's like a time machine
that won't settle down and stop already.



The songs you want to hear at Christmas! Classic Japanese Christmas
songs. Recommended well-known and popular songs 2017
2017 NOV 19 by Ch Moco TV (19:29)


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Because express rail service
is the true heart of Christmas!

JR's late-evening "Cinderella Express" is the Xmas eXpress this time of year.
These superbly over-acted TV commercials became a Christmas tradition
of their own. The exquisite suspense ended in the mobile phone era.



Japan Rail Tokai Xmas Express CM 1988 - 1992 & 2000

1988  Eri Fukatsu  "The best present… you coming home"
1989  Riho Makise  "You're coming home to ring the jingle bells" 
1990  Rina Takahashi  "It's the night I want to see you at all costs" 
1991  Miho Mitsubuchi  "The ones you want to be with want to come and be with you" 
1992  Takami Yoshimoto  "The time we couldn't spend together, I want to get it back tonight." 
2000  Mari Hoshino (Eri Fukatsu, Riho Makise)  "Let's get together one of these centuries" 


There are other collections of these CMs, some with extra spots.
Here's the 1989 MV at full length with subs.



Christmas Eve — Riho Makise
2017 NOV 20 by 武士道精神を、、by kan (04:16)


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STRONGEST J-XMAS/WESTERN PLAYLIST at YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8CgehqveLI&list=PL9MHpazTdQCBfd6WWosuD6T2ycy9vmyCR 
【BGM】 The strongest Christmas songs! Japanese music / Western music mix,
a continuous-play medley of classic pop song hits!
Updated 2017 DEC 15 by channel lily

Like it says, from Wham! and Enya through John & Yoko, Lady Antebellum and
Ariana Grande, to l'arc-en-ciel and GLAY. Mimi's here in Santa drag of course.
Justin Beiber advisory. Many commercial interruptions, maybe some region blocks.

View the full playlist of 47 videos:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9MHpazTdQCBfd6WWosuD6T2ycy9vmyCR





All-time best Christmas songs 🎄 Christmas songs 2018
2017 NOV 12 by メリークリスマス (01:19:54)

Getting out ahead of next year, they managed to capture
exactly what Christmas looks like at my house. With
commercial interruptions. Xmas ain't free, enjoy.

[tangerinesun]

The greatest thing in the world? Yes — maybe. How Naru and Itchī do it,
hour after hour and day after day… I don't know.



Christmas Songs / Japanese Children's Songs
From "Kids Bonbon", the official Kodansha Ltd. Childrens Club
YT channel (updated Fridays at 5pm)

By キッズボンボン for Children


35-song Christmas mix
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMkpGZLUS5w&list=PLV59WPWhCCPVb7ButjeZ9LcH1N8QY_Nux

Including, with Japanese lyrics on the song pages... 




Mama Kissed Santa (02:18)





Santa Claus Will Come Around (01:59)





Jingle Bells (02:05)





Santa is Coming to Town (02:35)





The Red-Nosed Reindeer (02:05)





Christmas Congratulations (02:29)





A Wonderful Holiday (KFC Christmas CM song) (04:18)





Silent Night (03:15)





The Wind and the Snow are Friends (02:04)





Let's Decorate with Holly (02:20)





Mominoki (03:04)

[tangerinesun]

The sound of trumpets at the Port of Kobe
40 people playing Christmas songs
2017 DEC 16 by SankeiNews (01:07)

At Kobe Harborland (Central Ward, Kobe City) about 40 people tried
to reach out to those in their town who currently suffer from being
expelled from their homes. Mindful of the history of the many refugees
who have landed at Kobe Port, trumpet players from Osaka held a
charity concert and a beautiful tone echoed over the ocean.

Organized in response to a request from authorized Tokyo NPO group
"The Refugee Assistance Association", it was sponsored by Kobe Cruises
(of the same district), which operates the cruise ship "Concerto" out of
Kobe Port.

Put aboard the cruise ship from the quay where it is anchored, about
40 professional and amateur trumpet players gathered from across the
country lined up in a row to play about 10 tunes including Christmas
songs such as "Jingle Bells" and "Mominoki" (O Tannenbaum).


The video shows that they played at intervals all afternoon and into the evening.
Fairly dissonant modern arrangements.

Sort of awful and sort of inspiring both at once.
The idea that you can make displaced people happy with a chilly
half-hour trumpet concert, the idea that 40 people were willing
to come together to try.

[tangerinesun]

The one and only real, true Ventures Christmas album.
WIth all the snap, crackle and pop.

Track 1 starts with a fabulous joke. First time I've
ever heard "What Child Is This" called "Snow Flakes".




The Ventures Christmas Album FULL LP [HQ]
2013 DEC 08 by Fendernirvana (27:34)

Side One:
1. Sleigh Ride
2. Snow Flakes
3. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
4. Jingle Bells
5. Jingle Bell Rock
6. Silver Bells

Side Two:
7. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
8. Frosty The Snowman
9. Scrooge
10. Blue Christmas
11. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
12. White Christmas



Twice wasn't necessarily as nice.



Christmas Joy The Ventures
2015 OCT 03 by val campos (42:11)

00:00  Jingle Bells
03:06  We Wish You a Merry Christmas
05:53  Winter Wonderland
08:55  Joy to the World
12:04  O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)
14:50  Silent Night
19:23  Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
21:33  God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
24:36  O Holy Night
29:16  The Christmas Song
32:28  Sleigh Ride
36:05  Medley: Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree / Here Comes Santa Claus
38:36  We Three Kings
40:57  What Child Is This