Bah, you're right. I got too caught up in my favorite version. I appreciate the female version, I think I just have a massive bias towards singers who express it like this guy does.
Something I noted about the two versions was the presence of the bass in this versions. The fact that it is so much more prominent makes this a lot better in my opinion. I wish it wasn't so in the background in the other though!
Cowboy Bebop is the absolute GREATEST television series of ALL TIME! And this is coming from a guy who doesn't even like anime all that well. Goodbye Spike! We'll all miss your crazy adventures and emotional struggles.
I dunno, I like both versions but this one definitely has more soul. its like GlassCurtain said, he feels the notes. Where as the girl simply sings them. I dunno I like this one cause you can feel each note move him, plus i love the sound of his voice cracking when he sings "Walk" and "rain.
Great version of a already great song boy did he make you feel the song,but i liked the female version too so its kinda hard to say who is better; so i say as someone else said listen to either one and go with how you feel.
Since everyone else is giving their two cents... I can't help but agree with there not being a best version. Steve Conte sings like he feels it, like he's experienced all the context in it; his is painful and emotional. Mai Yamane's, matches the loneliness and suppression hinted in it. The first line of the song is, "I don't feel a thing," and her version sounds like someone walking alone, holding back feelings.
I like his version better. He doesn't sing the song, he FEELS it. The girl sings it good... but that's just about it. Steve Conte makes me feel as if I'm part of those sad and confusing feelings. LOVE IT!
I think he is a great interpreter and singer of how this music have to be sung BUT...
... at the same time he sounds to "alive" at some points. Like in the beginning " I dont feel a thing " sounds a bit passionate to me. It would be better if it would sound more exhausted and empty.
I also think she has the best ending, it really escalates midway and becomes more and more haunting, that “all alone” in the end. But I think she rushes a lot of the song too, especially with the chorus- she’s almost drowned out then. His stays really solid the entire time, and he makes every gorgeous line really sink in, “silent faces in the ground.” Good god!
Hearing both versions is like comparing cake and ice cream I think, whatever does it for you. Me? I like to taste both!
Can't pick… First time I heard him I thought... It's over, sorry lady! He just wakes you up. He clearly sings with the most feeling, its mad, free even transcendental. BUT I just played Mai Yamane again today, and it gave me chills. Hers is at least the most hypnotic version, she sounds like an angel. Though its more reserved, it could be deeper. TO BE CONTINUED
I love both versions. People like the female version better because of the moment it appears on Bebop. It begins one of the greatest endings to a Cowboy Bebop episode
There's just something more soothing about the female vocalist. I think they're both good, but she has a...quality to her voice that seems to give it that emotional umph.
The chick singer is good. She hits the notes but this dude feels the notes. It's a struggle for him...which encompasses the song. Steve's version is the best.
It's one thing to know the notes. It's another to feel the notes...like they know you.
@GlassCurtain Took the words out my mouth. I couldn't exactly put my finger on why I felt this one was better than the chick version, but I always felt his version a little more than hers.
@GlassCurtain I think its just different qualities of feeling, rather than 1 version being feeling, and the other having none. Steve brings the fire, his is an expressive and soulful sound. Mai is like water, she feels through despair, its an introspective version. I listen to both all the time-- & always run into fans of one trying to make light work of the other. But its apples & oranges. Lets just close our eyes & listen to one of the most beautiful songs to ever grace the kingdom of Anime.
@MISAEL602 haha I did the exact same thing, I watched cowboy bebop because of this song. In fact this song is the reason I got into anime in the first place, I'd watched a few studio ghibli films, but bebop was the first anime series proper.
@MISAEL602 There are some cool animes out there. I recommed you the 'ultimate' season of "Hellsing" - cool stuff with vampires, a lot of blood and so on ... or something like "Wolfs Rain", "Samurai Champloo" or the "Ghost in the Shell" movies. Another classic is "Neon Genesis Evangelion".... Watch "Golden Boy" if you like it some kind of dirty and funny ... - have fun
@MISAEL602 erm yeah, i agree with the guy below about ghost in the shell, samurai champloo and wolf's rain(especially the latter two), but you got others (a little more mainstream mind) like bleach or naruto. Epic films include 'grave of the fireflies', 'Akira', 'Spirited away', 'princess mononoke', 'ninja scroll'. You also got inuyasha (I got a bit bored though), eureka 7 (done by some of the same guys as CB, ending's a bit cliche and weak, still worth the watch).
dammit, I just replied but i think it got lost, so I'm just gonna give you a list
Films: Akira, Ghost in the Shell 1+2, Princess mononoke, Howl's moving castle, laputa castle in the sky, nausicaa of the valley of the wind and the sea, metropolis, For really stunning imagery watch anything by Makoto Shinkai. For a sad film watch grave of the fireflies.
Rurouni Kenshin (film and series). Bleach, Naruto, Wolf's rain, samurai champloo, inuyasha and 'death note' (which i think is shit).
@MISAEL602 Not to dissuade you or hack on anyone's likes, but none really compare to Bebop's level. A lot of them come close to the editing/writing/sound/plot, but Bebop is arguably still the tour de force anime series.
@sk8er4ever0101 FLCL, trigun and samurai champloo are all worthy of cowboy bebop but i don't think elfin lied is as it has a different feel/genre about it plus excessive gore that really isn't like bebop or trigun although elfin lied is great it doesn't give off the same atmosphere as bebop
@dwreck0322 That's not the original, dumbass. You remind me of those idiots trolling Van Stephensson's Modern Day Delilah going "KISS VERSION BETTER" when they're two totally different songs.
I'm not sure why people keep complaining of this guy's "raspy" voice... I've far better that way because of that. It sounds like he's crying, screaming as well as singing giving the powerful emotion of pain that he feels. Ive been ill most of my life and I can't feel emotion to relate to enough with the female version. I understand that many people like it just for the fact that it was used in the show.
Am I the only one a little put off by the way Mai Yamane emphasizes some things? "Or'sit wrong" and the way she shifts the emphasis in "why do I feel so alone" sound awkward, whereas Conte, a native English speaker, sounds much more natural. Yamane does incredibly well considering how most Japanese sound singing English, but still sounds awkward, particularly put up against a native speaker of the language.
I haven't seen anyone else mention this, though, so maybe I'm just crazy and nitpicky.
The way his voice is strained conveys so much more emotion than the female version. Steve Conte gives the impression that this is a situation that's hes actually in and not one hes just singing about.
The female version is too processed, too bland. Don't get me wrong its good, but it doesn't really compare. Focus less on the sound and more on the emotion being conveyed.
That's why some bands can spend thousands altering their songs and still not be as good as one sung freehand.
@ComicSanMS Given that they're in a church or chapel, and Spike's life (and everything implied there)...I'm pretty sure it's supposed to sound like that. It's somehow more ethereal that way to me.
If you ask me, both give great versions. Yamane always had the more technically correct and better sounding voice, but Steve Conte always seemed to put a little more emotion in it than she did. Both are on constant rotation on my playlists, both are amazing.
The male vocals were the one used in the TV show though I believe. The female version with Yamane was an alternate take that Kanno nixed for the show.
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I think the male version sucks ass personally, like his voice isn't solemn like the woman version. idk I really think the female version beats the ass off this rendition.
This is such a great song. I personally prefer the female version, but I'm just a fan of Miss Yamane. When it comes to this song, it's all subjective. It's great no matter what though.
Mai Yamane sang the version in Session Five: Ballad of Fallen Angels when Spike is walking up to the cathedral to save Faye. Steve Conte's version (this one) is available on the box set. I like both versions. Steve also did a lot of work on the Wolf's Rain soundtracks.
@Thauglorymorgorus I can't remember who is was, but a rapper ripped off, or "sampled", this song as the back track to his song a couple years ago. So in a way it did... but it's not a good song (the rap).
I think which version is better is actually personal taste. Personally I think the female version is a lot suitable for the church scene. After all it's Mr. Shinichiro, the director of the show who had picked this.
I don't know why they gave you a -4 ..but I agree with you...though each artist did their own thing to the song..but I love the Male version better..due to the sound of call me call me..and his other songs..
You're right...though I guess that saying(or any opinion regarding that saying) will garner a person's crucifixion with negative ratings if said on youtube...Sad is it not?..LOL
@ArchdukeJames i agree , there were 2 women who sung this song though if i remember? one of them WAS good. perhaps yoko kanno or , perhaps maaya sakamoto?
@ArchdukeJames I prefer Steve Contes version BY FAR, this song is made for his voice, like call me call me or garden of everything. He has his own band too, the contes, who rock =P
Listening to both versions of this song is really good, is like they compliment each other. The female version version gives a subtle vibe of sadness, more like loneliness, while the male versions gives a stronger, sadder vibe, like the sadness of having lost something or someone important.
When you put them together, it gives you a song with a very hard melancholy feeling to it, a song that makes you remember the people you've lost in your live.
This song goes hard!!!! I wanted to play this piece to my homeboys and they were like, "This song's creepy" and they wanted to hear something else. This coming from guys that wanted to hear N-Sync. C'mon, some of the best music out there is not on BET or MTV.
we all know this is one of the all time classics, what surprised me is that anime now has become far too mainstream, there hasn't been a classic been released in years.
Someone mentioned this on another video, listen to both the male and female versions at the same time in sync, it sounds amazing! It's pretty tough to do though, and the female voice is a sec. faster. I recommend everyone trying it.
The female version doesn't have as much power to it, i think... this version is much more emotional, and seems more raw somehow. Mai Yamane's version feels muted to me.
Just can't get enough....
rjtjr2turner 6 days ago
@bendabledoll
Bah, you're right. I got too caught up in my favorite version. I appreciate the female version, I think I just have a massive bias towards singers who express it like this guy does.
Wonocva15 3 weeks ago
@GlassCurtain
And that, my friend, is how you sing.
Perfect description between the two. Thanks.
Wonocva15 3 weeks ago
i'm playing both versions at the same time...bang.
sewbte 1 month ago
Something I noted about the two versions was the presence of the bass in this versions. The fact that it is so much more prominent makes this a lot better in my opinion. I wish it wasn't so in the background in the other though!
Krafterr4 1 month ago
step one:pause
step two: new tab
step three: open female version
step foar: play both
step five: PROFIT
TheNuclearbomb11 3 months ago 4
@TheNuclearbomb11 Yes, I totally thought of doing this before. They choose to sing the lyrics in different ways. Sounds kind of off but fun.
Krafterr4 1 month ago
Pause the song at 0:00
Open a new tab (or window?)
Got to rainymood(dot)com
And then play the video asap and jizz ur PANTS!!
linkfreak117 3 months ago 3
im so glad that the top comment has stayed there for so long
it really just says it how it is
salvador4th 3 months ago
LOL "Man Version"
3Taah3 4 months ago
If you play the female version with this one at the same time, it sounds amazing.
emotodapreppyXP 4 months ago
Cowboy Bebop is the absolute GREATEST television series of ALL TIME! And this is coming from a guy who doesn't even like anime all that well. Goodbye Spike! We'll all miss your crazy adventures and emotional struggles.
PatrioticEagle50 4 months ago 4
@PatrioticEagle50 Aw MAN! careful throwin around those spoiler alerts! lol
as spoilers go...thats a pretty big one
but yeah bebop is great. that and 21st century boys are well celebrated in this house
fulmin8ingdarkness 4 months ago
still <3 you
irit8in 5 months ago
Were it possible, I would make love to this voice.
fencingblind 5 months ago
LOL man version
blankxz945 5 months ago
I dunno, I like both versions but this one definitely has more soul. its like GlassCurtain said, he feels the notes. Where as the girl simply sings them. I dunno I like this one cause you can feel each note move him, plus i love the sound of his voice cracking when he sings "Walk" and "rain.
LimitNine 6 months ago 3
steve god voice conte
DcCoO 6 months ago in playlist Steve Conte
Great version of a already great song boy did he make you feel the song,but i liked the female version too so its kinda hard to say who is better; so i say as someone else said listen to either one and go with how you feel.
Waxxers 7 months ago
eh the female vocal is better, the organ necessitates singing the wholeee note
waaaaaaaaalk in the rain
HERALDHERALD 7 months ago
I'd day this version is better. I like his voice especially when it harmonizes when he says ''the days are just like moments turned to hours''
Arcilios 7 months ago
Isnt it weird how Cathedral Organs are so powerful, so deeply moving, and yet so damn creepy?
jeffhardy0963 8 months ago 8
I love this song... both versons are fantastic+++
allenfreek13 8 months ago
Since everyone else is giving their two cents... I can't help but agree with there not being a best version. Steve Conte sings like he feels it, like he's experienced all the context in it; his is painful and emotional. Mai Yamane's, matches the loneliness and suppression hinted in it. The first line of the song is, "I don't feel a thing," and her version sounds like someone walking alone, holding back feelings.
Play whichever matches your mood!
Caldella 8 months ago 7
download anyone link???
Kibawolfgd 8 months ago
I like his version better. He doesn't sing the song, he FEELS it. The girl sings it good... but that's just about it. Steve Conte makes me feel as if I'm part of those sad and confusing feelings. LOVE IT!
XxJRockerxX 9 months ago 2
definitely prefer the voice of this one compared tot he female version. There's just more depth to it.
Eathora 9 months ago
man version + female version = LOL
albertoitiro 9 months ago
lol "man version"
cyclos12 9 months ago 5
this song makes me feel good, in a strang way. especily when it's raining:)
allenfreek13 10 months ago 2
I think he is a great interpreter and singer of how this music have to be sung BUT...
... at the same time he sounds to "alive" at some points. Like in the beginning " I dont feel a thing " sounds a bit passionate to me. It would be better if it would sound more exhausted and empty.
VocaloidDTM 10 months ago 4
This version is infinitely superior to the other one, imo. It has pain and soul.
trinityj1 10 months ago
I also think she has the best ending, it really escalates midway and becomes more and more haunting, that “all alone” in the end. But I think she rushes a lot of the song too, especially with the chorus- she’s almost drowned out then. His stays really solid the entire time, and he makes every gorgeous line really sink in, “silent faces in the ground.” Good god!
Hearing both versions is like comparing cake and ice cream I think, whatever does it for you. Me? I like to taste both!
bendabledoll 11 months ago 4
Can't pick… First time I heard him I thought... It's over, sorry lady! He just wakes you up. He clearly sings with the most feeling, its mad, free even transcendental. BUT I just played Mai Yamane again today, and it gave me chills. Hers is at least the most hypnotic version, she sounds like an angel. Though its more reserved, it could be deeper. TO BE CONTINUED
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Lucialbert1946 11 months ago
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sounds a little like someones whos smoked for 30 year;s trying to sing but hey if that's your thing have fun.
xxzerawriotxx 1 year ago
this is fuckin Beautiful
PainOfCloud 1 year ago 27
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song i want to play at my funeral
or the garden of everything (Another song with steve conte and sakamoto)
doomy08854 1 year ago
song i want to play at my funeral
or the garden of everything (Another song with steve conte and sakamoto)
doomy08854 1 year ago 3
sounds like bono
jeffplaysska 1 year ago
I love both versions. People like the female version better because of the moment it appears on Bebop. It begins one of the greatest endings to a Cowboy Bebop episode
necrovox1973 1 year ago 5
The quality nearly killed this song.
TrickyMagican 1 year ago
@TrickyMagican Ballad of Fallen Angels i think.
Chann223 1 year ago
what episode is this from
LAWILKS1027 1 year ago
@LAWILKS1027 Ballad of Fallen Angels i think.
Chann223 1 year ago
Anyone else think that the ending to Cowboy Bebop was sad?
DarrelHerring 1 year ago
@DarrelHerring Sad but fitting.
Saibal259 1 year ago
There's just something more soothing about the female vocalist. I think they're both good, but she has a...quality to her voice that seems to give it that emotional umph.
Nightbringer777 1 year ago
Sort of has an Aerosmith tone in the beginning
JayBoogie950 1 year ago
so when in the series (or if it's in the movie) did this song play?
RUSSxT 1 year ago
I will always prefer this version. The struggle is more real here, and I simply love it.
turntyle 1 year ago 2
The chick singer is good. She hits the notes but this dude feels the notes. It's a struggle for him...which encompasses the song. Steve's version is the best.
It's one thing to know the notes. It's another to feel the notes...like they know you.
GlassCurtain 1 year ago 163
@GlassCurtain Took the words out my mouth. I couldn't exactly put my finger on why I felt this one was better than the chick version, but I always felt his version a little more than hers.
JayBoogie950 1 year ago
@GlassCurtain Its mixed for me, I think the woman's vocals are better, but I think the mans version has clearer music.
jeffhardy0963 8 months ago
@GlassCurtain agreed.. with all of my soul.. agreed
TheTraveler12 5 months ago
@GlassCurtain read my mind
YaiBugy 5 months ago
@GlassCurtain I think its just different qualities of feeling, rather than 1 version being feeling, and the other having none. Steve brings the fire, his is an expressive and soulful sound. Mai is like water, she feels through despair, its an introspective version. I listen to both all the time-- & always run into fans of one trying to make light work of the other. But its apples & oranges. Lets just close our eyes & listen to one of the most beautiful songs to ever grace the kingdom of Anime.
bendabledoll 3 months ago 4
steve conte..........rain...
spikestrike91 1 year ago
its a powerful song period, now if there was a duet it would win sauce
ph33rt3hn00b 1 year ago
@ph33rt3hn00b There are duet versions! Check it out :D
ciddler 1 year ago
@ph33rt3hn00b yup there is look it up
ThetrueAloveFor 1 year ago
@ThetrueAloveFor i did....i faovrited it...and manly tears welled up
ph33rt3hn00b 1 year ago
this and samurai champloo are the best aimes i ever seen
llRuinall 1 year ago
what episode is this song on?
i just barely started this show yesterday. just for this song
MISAEL602 1 year ago
@MISAEL602 It's Session 5 - Ballad of Fallen Angels. This is the episode that got me.
jmoneyhoney 1 year ago
@MISAEL602 haha I did the exact same thing, I watched cowboy bebop because of this song. In fact this song is the reason I got into anime in the first place, I'd watched a few studio ghibli films, but bebop was the first anime series proper.
BENebuchadnezzar 1 year ago
@BENebuchadnezzar same thing with me. i wasnt into anime untill i saw this show . any other shows you recome i should watch?
MISAEL602 1 year ago
@MISAEL602 There are some cool animes out there. I recommed you the 'ultimate' season of "Hellsing" - cool stuff with vampires, a lot of blood and so on ... or something like "Wolfs Rain", "Samurai Champloo" or the "Ghost in the Shell" movies. Another classic is "Neon Genesis Evangelion".... Watch "Golden Boy" if you like it some kind of dirty and funny ... - have fun
xAleoNx 1 year ago
@MISAEL602 erm yeah, i agree with the guy below about ghost in the shell, samurai champloo and wolf's rain(especially the latter two), but you got others (a little more mainstream mind) like bleach or naruto. Epic films include 'grave of the fireflies', 'Akira', 'Spirited away', 'princess mononoke', 'ninja scroll'. You also got inuyasha (I got a bit bored though), eureka 7 (done by some of the same guys as CB, ending's a bit cliche and weak, still worth the watch).
BENebuchadnezzar 1 year ago
dammit, I just replied but i think it got lost, so I'm just gonna give you a list
Films: Akira, Ghost in the Shell 1+2, Princess mononoke, Howl's moving castle, laputa castle in the sky, nausicaa of the valley of the wind and the sea, metropolis, For really stunning imagery watch anything by Makoto Shinkai. For a sad film watch grave of the fireflies.
Rurouni Kenshin (film and series). Bleach, Naruto, Wolf's rain, samurai champloo, inuyasha and 'death note' (which i think is shit).
BENebuchadnezzar 1 year ago
@MISAEL602 Not to dissuade you or hack on anyone's likes, but none really compare to Bebop's level. A lot of them come close to the editing/writing/sound/plot, but Bebop is arguably still the tour de force anime series.
AveAugustus 1 year ago
@AveAugustus yea ive seen other anime and it aint the same as cowboy bepop
MISAEL602 1 year ago
@AveAugustus really? cause I've tried getting into Bebop a few times over the years, it just do anything for me. Am I the weird one?
lordseshomaru86 1 year ago
@lordseshomaru86 Cowboy Bebop isn't for everyone. it's more serious than the usual anime and don't have the same pace as most others.
it's more for character developement and immersing yourself into the characters to pack an emotional feeling.
HannibalLectorII 1 year ago
@MISAEL602
a good one is trigun as well
satansprdgy 1 year ago
@satansprdgy is it? whats it about?
MISAEL602 1 year ago
@MISAEL602 Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is awsome too =)
CuteAsHell91 1 year ago
@MISAEL602 Trigun is very good show you might like.
animeratio is a very good anime website that has it
spy5490 1 year ago
@MISAEL602 FLCL, trigun, elfin lied
sk8er4ever0101 1 year ago
@sk8er4ever0101 FLCL, trigun and samurai champloo are all worthy of cowboy bebop but i don't think elfin lied is as it has a different feel/genre about it plus excessive gore that really isn't like bebop or trigun although elfin lied is great it doesn't give off the same atmosphere as bebop
TheBleachAmv 1 year ago
@MISAEL602
Samurai Champloo
Pierceher 1 year ago
STeve Conte version is awesome....
Cowboy Bebop....epic
LordRednal 1 year ago
This song is really beautiful in a tragic way
Malicous45 1 year ago
does any one know how i can get this song?
sashrill 1 year ago
best part of the song is at 3:07
korgotth 1 year ago
it's like he's screaming, WHY?!!!!!!!!
xnoobbb 1 year ago
without spike walking through purple mist towards a decripit church, this song becomes just another song.
tiemedown 1 year ago
this version reminds me of Seal....which is ok with me, Seal is the shit.
OmniTron1000 1 year ago
This song blows compared to the original by tech n9ne
dwreck0322 1 year ago
@dwreck0322 That's not the original, dumbass. You remind me of those idiots trolling Van Stephensson's Modern Day Delilah going "KISS VERSION BETTER" when they're two totally different songs.
Corneliustheamoeba 1 year ago
@Corneliustheamoeba LMFAO
JessicaRabbitNumber1 1 year ago
@dwreck0322 Actually he took it from Cowboy Bebop. But his version is pretty rad too. I hope he did it as a fan of the show.
snacksforaddicts 1 year ago
@dwreck0322 other way round son
BENebuchadnezzar 1 year ago
i love the music in this anime though i wish i could find like a soundtrack on i tunes or im stupid and i can't find it lol
waterliles 1 year ago
@waterliles The soundtrack for Bebop? It's on Amazon.
500YenDevin 1 year ago
wow this song feels so nostagalic
MrMisterBluesman 1 year ago
I think both versions are lovely and they both show excellent emotion. I have to say I'm a fan to both.
tiptoetink 1 year ago 5
I heard this one first so I like it more, strange huh?
BIueharvest 1 year ago
@BIueharvest not realy blue , could just be a coincidence =P.
ovhan1 1 year ago
I'm not sure why people keep complaining of this guy's "raspy" voice... I've far better that way because of that. It sounds like he's crying, screaming as well as singing giving the powerful emotion of pain that he feels. Ive been ill most of my life and I can't feel emotion to relate to enough with the female version. I understand that many people like it just for the fact that it was used in the show.
AlexTriad 1 year ago 6
@AlexTriad *It's far better that way because of that.
AlexTriad 1 year ago
dude...someone mixed both the male and female versions together!!! it was AWESOME!!!
linkfreak117 1 year ago
actually the female version was in the show,thats why its my fav but love them both! give me chills! amazing music,amazing show!
CaptainAmerica4Ever 1 year ago
Am I the only one a little put off by the way Mai Yamane emphasizes some things? "Or'sit wrong" and the way she shifts the emphasis in "why do I feel so alone" sound awkward, whereas Conte, a native English speaker, sounds much more natural. Yamane does incredibly well considering how most Japanese sound singing English, but still sounds awkward, particularly put up against a native speaker of the language.
I haven't seen anyone else mention this, though, so maybe I'm just crazy and nitpicky.
Grendelynden 1 year ago
The way his voice is strained conveys so much more emotion than the female version. Steve Conte gives the impression that this is a situation that's hes actually in and not one hes just singing about.
The female version is too processed, too bland. Don't get me wrong its good, but it doesn't really compare. Focus less on the sound and more on the emotion being conveyed.
That's why some bands can spend thousands altering their songs and still not be as good as one sung freehand.
ComicSanMS 1 year ago
@ComicSanMS Given that they're in a church or chapel, and Spike's life (and everything implied there)...I'm pretty sure it's supposed to sound like that. It's somehow more ethereal that way to me.
ZeldaDD 1 year ago
Best version there is
WonderfulNoise 1 year ago
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yo dis dude sux the female version is better but TECH N9NE'S is way better than anybody out there so SUCK IT EASY BITCHES
SHAGGZ666 1 year ago
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no way the chick is the best the guy is just grubby
Shas01 1 year ago
If you ask me, both give great versions. Yamane always had the more technically correct and better sounding voice, but Steve Conte always seemed to put a little more emotion in it than she did. Both are on constant rotation on my playlists, both are amazing.
The male vocals were the one used in the TV show though I believe. The female version with Yamane was an alternate take that Kanno nixed for the show.
Drumroll418 1 year ago
Both are good people, they both got something the other does not have. I give them both a 10/10
2xkakashix2 2 years ago 4
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I think the male version sucks ass personally, like his voice isn't solemn like the woman version. idk I really think the female version beats the ass off this rendition.
Maj0ra 2 years ago
Good music loved the sound of it.
nojiske 2 years ago
whaaaaat, i've never heard this version, this guy's voice is out of control good
AndSimbaToo 2 years ago
oh dude im syncing this version and the female version and it sounds awesome
urbcire 2 years ago
Great anime,great soundtrack... this one with evangelion the best of the 90'anime
DrMarce 2 years ago 22
agreed
NaviReeOh 2 years ago
Wow, both versions are incredible. I love both of them a lot. <3
Miano 2 years ago 6
I give respect to this version but yamane makes the song feel how i'd invision it. Everyone will prefer either one over the other.
Drrailaa 2 years ago
@Drrailaa i love yamane's voice, but i think that, for this song, conte's sounds better, i cannot imagine blue with his voice though.
sanosukke 1 year ago 2
Tech N9ne used this in his song "The Rain (Welcome Back, Party Hard)"
skittlz111 2 years ago
This guy reminds me of seal, in a strange way......it's not a bad thing, seal is great.
OmniTron1000 2 years ago 4
I merely prefer the male version because that was the one i heard first
Phnxkon 2 years ago
This is such a great song. I personally prefer the female version, but I'm just a fan of Miss Yamane. When it comes to this song, it's all subjective. It's great no matter what though.
devonjw91 2 years ago
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Female version is better!!!
dosequiju 2 years ago
Son of a bitch this is good.
You wouldn't happen to have an mp3, would you?
Killericon 2 years ago
I love this song, but only the male version, the female version isn't bad at all, but this version is better.
therealchipan 2 years ago
wow, this one's different
CoombesKidd 2 years ago
too awesome, cowboy bebop had the best soundtrack
ukhio 2 years ago 5
Mai Yamane sang the version in Session Five: Ballad of Fallen Angels when Spike is walking up to the cathedral to save Faye. Steve Conte's version (this one) is available on the box set. I like both versions. Steve also did a lot of work on the Wolf's Rain soundtracks.
ChezaOtsr 2 years ago 7
One of the most awsome song I heard...pity that this kind of music newer reaches most of the people.
Thauglorymorgorus 2 years ago 48
@Thauglorymorgorus I can't remember who is was, but a rapper ripped off, or "sampled", this song as the back track to his song a couple years ago. So in a way it did... but it's not a good song (the rap).
500YenDevin 1 year ago
songs like this and "Call me Call me" should be playin on the radio... it's a pity.
IronTrooper7 2 years ago 10
a girl sang this one in sum version?
ImmortalRain1233 2 years ago
Steven Conte is one ugly fk, but hes got a godly set of pipes.
ComicSanMS 2 years ago
i resent that lmfao
xDiamondDoll702x 2 years ago
It was stupid to use the inferior female version in the anime. Steve Conte is an awesome rock vocalist.
ArchdukeJames 2 years ago
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They used THIS version in the anime.
dimatodd 2 years ago
No, they used the female one.
ArchdukeJames 2 years ago 5
Inferior? Get over yourself, it's just your taste.
Joeri12 2 years ago 6
hey, mai yamane contributed a lot of her talent to the soundtracks of bebop and her version is plenty fine. It wasn't inferior at all.
PrimeDefection 2 years ago 2
but this one is better =D
shildrine 2 years ago 3
I think which version is better is actually personal taste. Personally I think the female version is a lot suitable for the church scene. After all it's Mr. Shinichiro, the director of the show who had picked this.
backpain100 2 years ago
I don't know why they gave you a -4 ..but I agree with you...though each artist did their own thing to the song..but I love the Male version better..due to the sound of call me call me..and his other songs..
kasulrahul 2 years ago
Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.
But yes, I agree with you. This singer rules. I love his Ghost of the Shell songs (like 'Lithium Flower' and 'Beauty is Within Us'), too.
ArchdukeJames 2 years ago 2
You're right...though I guess that saying(or any opinion regarding that saying) will garner a person's crucifixion with negative ratings if said on youtube...Sad is it not?..LOL
kasulrahul 2 years ago 4
It doesn't bother me in the least. But people apparently loved the chick singer way more than this guy, which I think is a major, major error.
ArchdukeJames 2 years ago 63
@ArchdukeJames i agree , there were 2 women who sung this song though if i remember? one of them WAS good. perhaps yoko kanno or , perhaps maaya sakamoto?
ovhan1 1 year ago
@ovhan1 I believe it is Mai Yamane only. I have never heard of an alternative female version.
ArchdukeJames 1 year ago
@ArchdukeJames I prefer Steve Contes version BY FAR, this song is made for his voice, like call me call me or garden of everything. He has his own band too, the contes, who rock =P
Unagichan 1 year ago
@Unagichan Yeah, they totally rock shit. I have caught his live performances of some of his anime songs and they rule.
But yes, I agree. This song fits his voice so well.
ArchdukeJames 1 year ago
Those two songs are by a guy named Scott Matthew who also has some really good songs :D This guy sang "Living Inside the Shell."
Joeschmo200601 2 years ago
This my favorit song from the anime!!! T-T
DlokyD 2 years ago
i love this song.. omfg its so amazing!! T^T
XxreivinxX 2 years ago
i like his version better :]
UnitedWeFallTogether 2 years ago 3
Same, i think it is because the straining of his voice creates so much more emotion.
Wolfgang717 2 years ago
Listening to both versions of this song is really good, is like they compliment each other. The female version version gives a subtle vibe of sadness, more like loneliness, while the male versions gives a stronger, sadder vibe, like the sadness of having lost something or someone important.
When you put them together, it gives you a song with a very hard melancholy feeling to it, a song that makes you remember the people you've lost in your live.
Estmaraver 2 years ago 6
I wish they had this version on Itunes but they only have the women's version =( not that the women's versaion isn't good but I like this one better.
gamecommanderCOD4 2 years ago
I love Steve Conte.
He does great music for Wolf's Rain too.
:)
MustLuvStrawberries 2 years ago
I like the man version more but I got something whit male voices, the sound better for me...
spiritskudde 2 years ago 2
J'adore!
PrinceBebop 2 years ago
i prefer the male version it just sounds better somehow to me
ultrasco7 2 years ago 2
steve conte FTW
Saintsage777 2 years ago
This song goes hard!!!! I wanted to play this piece to my homeboys and they were like, "This song's creepy" and they wanted to hear something else. This coming from guys that wanted to hear N-Sync. C'mon, some of the best music out there is not on BET or MTV.
EmeraldOodie 2 years ago 7
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EmeraldOodie 2 years ago
this song is so great and it sounds like there is so much emotion behind it
deathpony071 3 years ago 11
cowboy bebop
we all know this is one of the all time classics, what surprised me is that anime now has become far too mainstream, there hasn't been a classic been released in years.
mrbedford 3 years ago 19
It's making me sad to see something I like rising to a mainstream popularity.
But dude, the problem is not the popularity but rather the folk.
No one in this time could simply enjoy.
Everyone chew through everything till it have lost his "magic"/classic. Also ...
no one really deal with the anime they just watch it - accept it.... not more ... and this makes me sad.
xAleoNx 3 years ago
Someone mentioned this on another video, listen to both the male and female versions at the same time in sync, it sounds amazing! It's pretty tough to do though, and the female voice is a sec. faster. I recommend everyone trying it.
XSaintsFireX 3 years ago 2
No lie I tried it and it does sound amazing together. I also recommend trying it.
greatbudda 3 years ago
The female version doesn't have as much power to it, i think... this version is much more emotional, and seems more raw somehow. Mai Yamane's version feels muted to me.
yufferschu 3 years ago
Agreed. But I wish there wasn't so much rasp in his voice. He can hit those notes without sounding so stretched.
djdrocco 3 years ago
i did, i didnt like it
bobbydigital20g 3 years ago
it always falls out of sync like halfway through for me.
pharfenagen 3 years ago
Great song from a great anime. Ep05 "Ballad of fallen angel" is one of the best of CB.
elchatonzepgm 3 years ago
The best version of this song. Steve rocks!
KintaroOnizuka 3 years ago 8
Steve Conte and Yoko Kano Rocks in each of there versions of this song.
Gothen25 3 years ago