Japanese Dreams (1 of 6) ~おぼくり ええうみ Obokuri Eeumi~

[benxgov]

"...traditional Japanese songs"

This is ANIME Music! You don't have to dress up or disguise that fact. Haters gonna hate. If something moves you, it doesn't matter where it comes: You shouldn't give a damn how people will perceive you.

Champloo has literary merit. It ain't like you singing Death Note music.

[kimchiikim]

@benxgov true but it doesnt "come from" champloo...the original singer is renowned japanese folk singer and this is one of her renditions of a traditional song...champloo used it but didnt create it....having said that...champloo OST is beautiful music

[Appeleater]

just Ikue Asazaki has the perfekt voice for this song

[nocturnalillusion]

Beautiful, Just beautiful.

Dont ever quit



[demonfelix]

I like the youthful contrast to Asazaki's old woman version. Variety is the spice of art.

[screwwormlocc16]

ms asazaki is the 1 and only.. its her song, so with that being said.. nobody can copy, only modify.. but this other chick is ok..

[elendless]

mugen approves this

[meirus]

I think she has a beautiful voice though. You can tell she has the talent to sing. Just it seems this song doesn't fit her that well. She did an excellent job despite that however.

[SuicidalGirl1234]

No matter if she lacks sadness or not, its very hard to sing that song ang get it pretty close, this girl impressed me majorly, and remember, every person sounds different

[hyonimarru]

@SuicidalGirl1234 what you said is so true, its just one of those songs that can truly be mastered by one person and others can only put their different interpretations of it and that doesn't mean that the other versions are bad or anything(well ok some might be bad) but I think she does justice to the song :-)

[gudflicks4all]

This is ridiculously good !

[Tegami91]

I was worried that your voice might be to "young" for this song but I was wrong. You sang it from the inside and I felt your magic :)

Greetings from Poland.

[laapsaap]

Its a sad song, and should be sang like one.. But still impressive..

[Cuezu]

Very beautiful. But this singer, she lacks the sadness. Every other emotion, but the sadness. But, georgeous, I would love to be able to sing like the original lady and sing this song in my school talent show...

[sjragin]

i find her very attractive :O

[SymphonicJrockLove]

This is still very beautiful and the pianist is wonderful. I praise them both. Kirei na

[lamalayay]

4 ppl are trolling!! 

[chunkey6modest2]

I love this, it's so emotional.

[bokutoone]

wonderfull!!!beautyfull!!!i love this!!! ; ))))

[pennillion]

nice,,,,but listen to Ikue Asazaki singing it.....you'll cry.

[claudevandort]

@pennillion I think she has already heard this song ... just in my opinion .. xD and I didn't cry whith this, almost but i didn't :B

[roscoeluo]

you have such amazing voice. Great performance and beautiful interpretation of the song. I could sense the the emotion of the song even I don't know the language.

[juvi77]

Beautiful . . . Simply beautiful. One of the OST of my favorite ANIME Samurai Champloo

[Dominaxel]

I can't understand this language, but it's a such beauty that touches the depths of the heart. The piano adapting captures perfectly the old theme. Thank you for this time of great aesthetic

[JmanVega310]

this song is absolutely beautiful......Thanx for the upload!

[brigmate]

強力な感情。 ありがとう、賛美しなさい。

[gruffcolgan]

Is it okinawan dialect?

[kumikoangeloflight]

I believe it is.~ :3

[tallgeese30]

this song is sad, I remember the first time I heard from Samurai Champloo

[rey024]

and here i was thinkin some1 gonna rape the song, let's watch and laugh. i was wrong : D it was good : )

[DJLJonline]

wow not bad at all

[ayaf3276]

absolutely beautiful.

[petrush0805]

ezt minden embernek végig kéne hallgatnia (:

[HImluv]

i love the melody

[SoWeirdBoy]

You can hit her notes and chord arrangement perfectly. I love this. You are very talented♥

Beautiful.

[KidOnTheNet]

beautiful singing, piano is awesome too..

[thedougmeister]

本当にすごい、これ

[EvilDoer35]

that was great.

thanks for posting

[kadaro]

AWESOME

[Yardidol]

This is a beautiful song and I feel like crying every time I listen to it but thx to Samurai Champloo, I will always link this song to death. lol

[benares180]

Lol. Ditto! On all accounts 'cept the crying part.

I'm a manly man. =)

Hahaha.

[july071992]

lol, death sounds too harsh.

this song represents the idea that there is someting bigger than life.....that after we die, we transit to another dimension that is beyond our logic and senses..in other words, we would transcend everything

[brigmate]

@july071992 That seems true; she is a woman giving all she has, and still has a lover. She wishes she could hide from the moon or the eyes of heaven. Most likely in accepting she has dishonored her family with a lover, she knows she must atone in death, and wishes she could escape her single transgression for all the good she does. Fortunately in Jigoku, you're released after you are punished for your sin. Part of the transcendentalism is purging impurity, similar to heating and beating metal.

[teldiron]

@brigmate Sorry but that sounds like a rather cruel meaning. What nonsense to die for having a lover and bringing "dishonour" on the family. There are still killings these days because of such trivial incidents.

[SageVallant]

@teldiron You need to understand that these "trivial incidents" weren't trivial throughout most of civilized history. A woman who became pregnant out of wedlock was considered, in many cultures, completely undesirable as a wife. Nothing but a burden upon her family. There used to be a real stigma to being a bastard, too. Values, in America at least and other "civilized" nations, have changed drastically in the last hundred years. Not necessarily all for the better, but some were improvements.

[teldiron]

@SageVallant I don't want to disappoint your belief in the objectivity of comments, but I regard my use of the term "trivial incidents" as somewhat open to interpretation. I don't think that this is necessarily "trivial", however the exchange of one's life for an adultery to save a family's face, is quite a bit harsh, especially if it was genuine love. And similar thinking (of honor and possession of women) often leads to killings just because someone thought a lover wasn't the right one.

[teldiron]

@SageVallant

And I also think that an innocent life (yes, I regard this not as a criminal transgression) is still above any convention of society. If there is some sense of inevitability, it makes it all the more tragic, but it doesn't make it a good thing. (And btw, I was referring to present day killings, which not only still happen in middle eastern countries, but sometimes also in western countries.)

[Sevilou]

It's Okinawa Island song, she sings about how people were starting to live there (short overall review of mine).

I'm hypnotized everytime I listen to this song and thinking of things that ussually I don't think of.

Great cover.

[VozAlternativa]

Superb! both of you. Your voice is more in tune than Ikue's, but she's the original. The pianist's playing also excellent. Congratulations from Argentina. I love oriental traditional music and culture.

[greyandthemute]

Great job on the cover. The feel I get from your performance is different from the original song by Ikue Asazaki. She expresses a different sad solitary feeling. I love the depth in your voice. I keep listening to this cover. Korega watashino daisuki. ^_^

[honeyflash1]

FABULOUS!

[matthewliujm]

This is really really good.

[20erking]

wow..

just an amazing feeling in her voice..

respect..

5/5*

[katon95190]

magnifique!

[marius4a]

this song is great :)

[FakkDaPolice]

she have a beautiful voice.....

[FakkDaPolice]

fantastisch!

[awakenedrosebud]

love the song

[Joeri12]

Your voice is impressive. Really cool, they way you sing this.

[scootfd3s]

i really don't think it would even be fair to compare this version to the original... after all its the original that brought us all to this video. This one is great as well.. but cmon. lets stop comparing already.

[larynxist]

Nice job, such an expressive and deep voice. but it would be perfect if you waited about fifty years and sang it as a old woman. it kinda needs the scratchy timbre of an old voice.

[DJPsionix]

Doesn't sound easy to sing at all...

[aeoko2]

when you say 'original', i hope you don't mean Asazaki-san's version. perhaps the arrangement is the same, but this song is a traditional Okinawan folk song, so whomever sang the original sang it long long ago. Both of their versions are very nice, I think.

[aeoko2]

or rather, I do prefer Asazaki-san's version because her voice has matured and fits the lyrics and mood of the song completely.

[aeoko2]

of course, though, I'm assuming that Asazaki-san sang it the way it is traditionally presented, and I'm not sure if that is so, or if it is her own representation of the song. so, yeah.

[ozmoron]

I am guessing that the girl sang the cover for the version that Ikue Asazaki San sang. Due to the non traditional use of piano on an Okinawan song with a western touch.

[SageVallant]

You make a valid point... now that I think about it, I'd like to hear a more proper version of the song. The instrument would probably be a type of zither then?

[jpkillboy]

ohhhhhh :'( !!!!

this song is the best

one of my favorite songs of japanese culture

excessively sublime ^^

kawai :D

[csfreak50]

an amazing song every time i listen, and the girl on the piano looks cute :]

[th3mach1n3gun]

Definitely sends chills down my back.

A nice interpretation of the original.

[dnlovers]

cool...

[Mysweetfruitsbasket]

Is there anyway you could put this in a file so i can download it! Your voice is so soothing and you did an amazing job on this song!

[kelvin12600]

well the pianists was good, original is the original. this was obviously a nice different interpretation

[king2zilla]

her voice cant really live up to the original singer. her tone of voive is not strong enuff to hit sum of the pitches and comes off as crack at points

[EchoWinds071]

I don't think anyone can live up to the original, lol.

[AnimeChick7519]

its beautiful.

[Argonaut22j]

wow

[kronos666777]

Hermoso..!!!

[Meven2001]

Awesome !

[trishtam]

Linda la intencion de la dama pero esa cancion es muy profunda, Ikue Asazaki lo plasma con sentimiento, con dolor, con pasion aqui solo escucho la intencion pero no la pasion , no esta mal

[projectmsk]

here is no fixing and cr8 throught studio just mic and voice ! it's AMAZING !

[jaejunha]

so beautiful

[sammohungkamboo]

I would say this song is good, if i havent heard the real one first.

[panicdemonic]

Great, but Obokuri EeUmi sings better than this girl.

[2BWholeAgain13]

thats not he woman's name, its Ikue Asazaki. i like them both though.

[cuauhtle]

Great !! She feels all the lyrics right in front of her while singing. Impressive

[BadAngel92123]

I really want the piano sheet music of this! I'd love to be able to play this on the piano

[renoxcloud]

this was amazing

they both did beautifully

the song is awesome too

[BrokenImperfect]

Hmm...

The singer has a bit of a deep voice, no?

In my humble opinion, this version of the song doesn't have as much of an impact as it does when performed by Ikue Asazaki. When Ikue Asazaki sings it, her voice paints a picture of a old frail woman, reflecting on her long life and on death. It's very haunting and evokes such strong feelings, but this performance I found to be a bit lacking...

It's not BAD per se. Me likes it.

[pe10437]

@BrokenImperfect i swear i couldnt have stated it better myself.  nicely done!

[AndaluciaMaria]

@BrokenImperfect you are so right ! couldn't say it better :)

[sorcress18]

@BrokenImperfect

That style of music is something you have to be trained in, so there wouldn't be any way for her, especially so young, to get that roughness in her voice.

[BloodyFandango]

@BrokenImperfect

Wait... What? A frail old woman reflecting on her long life is the opposite of what this song means. This song is about a girl fantasising about a future life with her husband, searching for new lands for them to settle and live their lives together, celebrating the construction of their house, wondering what she'll wear and finally, wishing that she could spend a perfect moment half bathed in the moonlight with him.

[BloodyFandango]

@BrokenImperfect

It isn't supposed to be haunting, and reflective on death, it's supposed to be about longing, for things to come, and for things to happen. Think of it more as her laying on the grass with her lover who, because of the times they live in is unable to spend time with her often, looking at the stars, telling him what she wants in the future knowing it may never come, and then quietly reflecting that she wishes the clouds would roll over the moon and give them her perfect moment.

[Tsukisan91]

I don't know what the heck is the song singing about, but I love the melody of its, sound very peaceful and very sleepy. Beautiful.

[darkhorseman90]

Such things like this is a sight to see

Not many can appreciate music like this because they can't see the meaning it has had back when it was introduced. At first I thought it was a bit amateuristic and could hear slight flaws, but when looking at the effort both of these girls have done for such things...I am amazed to even hear such a performance.

But it is sad to see today's societies rate such cultural customs lower than they should be held.

[scrag10]

LOL, you're so full of ____

except for the part about it being good.

[sgtrockstar75]

Absolutely beautiful. It sent shivers through my soul.

[ghijnen]

Those two ladies did a wonderful job. I'd love to get know the girls.

[bushwacker23]

Very very well done. Thank you.

[wxtrim]

This is a beautiful song... and her voice is great too...but still the song sang by Ikue Asazaki is just too precious u just cant change that... this cover is good but in order to be amazing she has to step it up a little... that's just my opinion

[SangreDeLithium]

This is just sick!... I've never heard such beautiful singing in my life.. Japanese dont have limits for talent!.. Lol xD

[sinpack]

no limit indeed...

[SangreDeLithium]

Cheers to that =D

[StephenKuma]

sayoko otonara sings i think "ee umi", not "obokuri eeumi"...any connection with these songs?

[JRoctheRoxwell]

I envy the people in the audience sooo much...if you all get goosebumps watching this..imagine it live....

[AmunHeruSet]

She sounds completely different from the album version of this song. Wonder what kind of mic they use to make her sound older and smaller?

Still a good song though, and the piano is right on point.

[Nagashi26]

What? a Mic can do that? haha I wish man, this isn't Ikue Asazaki. It's a girl doing a cover, she's got a much deeper voice than Ikue.

[AmunHeruSet]

Ahhhh, that explains it...

Thanks

[Pirotessa]

The pianist Girl looks cute^^

[RealHimura]

Beautiful

[goodbarley]

oh yeah! very nice thank you for being here!

[Furykey]

Magnifique <3

[demonfelix]

A youthful and pure version. So beautiful...

[Tyrant1993]

yea this sounds like a younger of the person sang this song

[tatzoetae]

i dont what to sound stupid but whats a kitana and is this ikue asazaki i dont sound like her

[Rayne006]

No, this is not ikue, its a student of music singing the song. The song in the anime is actually sung by Ikue asazaki and she is an ..well for lack of a better term old woman. umm iI think she's on here if you look up her name ...but I'm not making any promises that you might see what she looks like lol. Maybe you should google her or something.

[shanjucool]

wow, good job!

[DjSaiko]

I wanna cry every time I listen to it. I sit on my Roof with Headphones and my Favorite kitana and Just look out into the open sky thinking about all my past mistakes. And vision of a possible future. I love this women for making such a beautiful song. I love Samurai Champloo. So i cosplay Mugen!!!

[silmanarmo]

wow ... that's so beautiful

[pissingelk]

If you really want to hear this song on a deeper level listen to the version from Samurai Champloo.

[Nezamani]

This song makes my skin tingle...it's so beautiful

[YordanZhamNguyen]

Same Here

[kawabuku]

thats so weird thats exactly how my body feels too when i hear stuff like this. my skin literally starts tingling

[DeftJay]

I know what you mean, same feeling here.

[ChisaiRedi]

Same here...although I realized that it was all the hair on my body standing up at once. I was looking at my arm while listening to the song and the hair on my arm started to rise lol. Kinda weird, but who cares XD

[t123n5]

i think im in love with that girl...her voice is so beautiful

[Boldface82]

Relaxing and beautiful.

[phatcorns]

Very nice, very beautiful

[BrianM8685]

Quite wonderful, both the vocals and the piano.

[AlizeRosenkreuz]

this also the soundtrack of an anime called Samurai Champloo the music sounded so emotionally deep and grieving ^^

[t123n5]

In search of new lands, I build a new house

I thatch the house with reed stalks, gathered neatly in bundles

I thatch the house with reed stalks, gathered neatly in bundles

At the stone wall, let us celebrate the golden house, that was built by a hundred black kites.

At the stone wall, let us celebrate the golden house, that was built by a hundred black kites.

Let us celebrate the golden house, that was built by a hundred black kites.

[t123n5]

The eighth month is fast approaching, and yet I have nothing to wear

I want to dress gaily, so brother, will you lend me just one sleeve?

I wish to dress my children and loved ones... in the one kimono that I own

As for me, I will wear vines... that I plucked deep in the mountains

The light of the full moon shines down,

illuminating the world with its divine light

When my lover sneaks in to visit me,

I wish that the clouds would hide that light just a little.

[scubwrstlr]

this is great!

[kagemusha1976]

just in love with them!!! so nice to listen to... thanx!!! sugeee...

[badhabit121]

According to Berklee's website, the singer is Ayumi Ueda and the pianist is Yumi Sugimoto.

Amazing performances from both of them.

[mitatkarlica]

what a song..!!! really loved it....

[kagemusha1976]

so wonderful!!! thanks for that soulful & emotional cover!!!

[uncle40z]

上手ですね。

朝崎さんとはちがった味わいがあります。

感謝

[angelsflying]

Wow that was very very good. i loved it and i love that song XD only wish i knew what its saying and what its about. : /

[charlijoules]

I haven't researched on it, but I heard it's about a woman braggin about the things she has, eventhough it's just a straw house which is falling apart..you know the little things we take for granted, yet this woman appreciates the little things she has.

[t123n5]

SUMTHING LIKE THAT

[GuitarMan6293]

nice cover! :D

[trooper023]

Great!!!

[gravyfunky]

Very beautiful.Very very beautiful.

[Kakashikewl]

awesome ... RESPECT U ;)