be human

[cosmicastaway793]

What is the background voice I keep hearing during this song, he keeps saying different things and I can't make out what they are and it's been on every copy of this song I've heard so far.

[jjboy90]

what i wanna know is why this song sounds so sad i mean robots cant but i guess sense they cyborgs and not robots they can still feel in same way tho in stead of showing it its just a chemical reaction of the brain...... tho motoko's past really makes me cry U_U

[HumanErrorPROCESS]

やっぱり良いわ

[felipeXD2010]

tengo penaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!

[SayaSpringfield]

i love this song!

[kanishk7267]

Where is the picture at 1:04 from? It looks like Liam Neeson?

[reck101101]

This is in one of those scenes when Batou wanted to challege Motoko in a fight but he end up punching himself before even starting the fight

[Kaorusan12]

this has got to be one of the greatest songs ever. it just reaches out and touches my soul

[Dkongs123]

タチコマあああああああああああああああああ



[ZikittyZakitty]

Aw, this one made me almost cry. It's lovely.

[KianaRox]

i like this song.

[HailTheOri]

The desire and longing, the dreaming, makes him more human than most humans.

[MrWorf510]

Beautiful song. 

[ssjwes]

Im a guy but dont care bout saying this but it made me cry too

masterpiece

[takeda155]

damn when i started thinking about this song while i was doing my math i started so cry.

[Iceshifter]

This is one of the most beautifully crafted songs I've encountered. The lyrics have extremely deep meaning. It doesn't take over analyzing to understand them, but most importantly to feel them. This song really blankets you in emotion.

[Yukikun44]

I like this song too but I honestly like Cream more than this one.

[Ashiman12]

This is such a great song. We fritter away our lives, grasping after money, status, possessions, and "success". But too often, we forget the beauty that fills us and surrounds us. We forget what a miracle it is to be human. And hearing the simple wants of a robot really puts things in perspective. Maybe we would be happier if we stopped taking things for granted.

[eightbitgnosis]

I think my bank account looks beautiful with big numbers in it

[elzumo]

This song makes me incredibly sad and I hope more people will reflect on the wonderful world we have.

[INEEDANIME]

This song really makes me reflect on how humans are more mechanical then human nowadays. We're rushing to make better technology and we rely to much on it.

Then again it makes me sad thinking how robots want to become human or at least share human traits.

I usually don't hear a lot of songs that would make me a bit sad; I congratulate Yoko Kanno and Scott Matthews.

[Tegasu47]

@INEEDANIME If we don't advance in all aspects of life than there's no point in continuing to live. Also computers or "robots" don't want to be human because they lack emotion, we cant even make a bipedal android yet much less an emotionaly depressed, whiny robot. Great song though.

[Flubly]

No one knows what makes us human, that's why sci-fi explores ideas such as A.I. It's an abstraction, a kind of thought experiment to try and understand our familiar state by contrasting it with something unfamiliar yet with key elements of our choosing to progress discussion. We've seen our society act hyper-rational before, so "advancement" could potentially just be us capsizing with our own uncontrolled potential.

[retnur]

@INEEDANIME

Lol? Robots want to become human, huh? That's pretty amazing since wanting itself is a human trait. Maybe you're just projecting your own human traits onto inanimate objects? ;)

[ssjwes]

@retnur Im sure Ineedanime was talking about in the anime... SINCE there where robots wanting just that...

[Infestedeliwood]

And this is what separates Yoko from all the generic anime composers. Any composer can make decent background music, some composers can make good background music that can stand alone as good music. But very, very few composers, anime or not, touch the human condition. There are very, very few pieces of music that can make an individual actually thankful to be human and alive.

[kN5ack]

lawl

[TheLasombra077]

really can't say how great this song is. by far one of the best songs i've ever heard and truly one that somehow always manage to go deep in your emotions each and every time you listen to it.

[Infestedeliwood]

That's because this song mentions by word, the experiences of ...this is getting redundant... being a human, both pleasurable and painful, whether or not we have personally experienced it yet. It also helps that it comes with a great melody and a great A-B build and a passionate climax that starts in the middle of the song and builds to the end..

[LIawIiet]

This song speaks to my soul . . .

[skaurawind]

I'am crying

[Jon69330]

I cry every time i heard this !!!!

[dnomsedretsen]

It was composed by Yoko and sung by Scott. I read it somewhere. Really deep song. Makes me feel sorry for the robot.

[soulrunner66]

Such a beautiful song.

[PickledFudge]

I would really appreciate a link to the Lyrics for this song.

[metranon]

isnt it scott mathews?

not yoko

not all of GitS was done by yoko

damn nubs

[BluePandada]

pretty sure its written and composed by Yoko & sung by Mathews.

i could be wrong but i'm probs not

[metranon]

probly XD

im probly wrong to

but im too lazy to research that

all in all the song is great

[pdtulip]

I always feel soooo sad at the end, where he sings "When I die, will I see heaven?" .... aww... It's so sad...

[StealSpartan]

I love it, specially how it gets more serious and dark near the end of the song, I LOVE THIS SONG TO DEATH XD

[bublacok]

ಠ_ಠ

[BuxtehudeBuxtehude]

some pics were pretty kitchy but the song is excellent!

[ssjwes]

To late ... I already became a robot. Long live our robot overlords

[Ashiman12]

I adore this song. Not only one of Kanno's best, but one of the most profound and purely touching songs I've ever heard. Brilliant.

[theworld94]

tachikoma...

=)

[MaxiusTheGod]

cool song. id still trade my humanity though. and those images are more creepy than heart warming.

[RichardHannay]

LOL!...

[jnickence]

Wow. This is the first time I've heard this song.

People rushing to become more machine-like, while the machines want to be human.

Life is complex.

[PiroCat]

I love Yoko Kanno, and i really love be human, and ur video with this pictures ... i love it T_T

[achalter]

great song =)

[Th3RedX]

This song tells us that we should appreciate and embrace every feeling we have, even the bad ones, because at least we have them. We have the Miracle's of Life, Love, Pain, and Thought.

[CountAbel]

These lyrics really make you appreciate the fact that you have feelings and are alive, no matter how bad it sometimes feels.

Amazing song.

[FierceUnicorn]

where can i get this song!?

[TheKillysOwn]

I love this song and if you find it in surround sound, it is so much better, trust me on this.

[BloodySerpent]

That probably goes for most music.

[NefariousVirusx]

lol

[bakashingo]

モウチョットダケ人間ダッタラ

人生ニ起コル全テノ感情ヲ　シッカリト抱キシメルハズ

私ハ思イヤリノアル　寛大ナ人間ニナルダロウカ？

センチメンタルニナッタリ　寂シガッタリスルカシラ？

疑ッタリ　不安ニナッタリスル？

誰カヲ悲シマセタリスルノカナ？

全テガ終ワル時　泣クノカナ？

死ガ訪レタ時　天国ヲ見ルノデショウカ？

[bakashingo]

私ハ分析シ照合シ　チャント数量化シマス 100％ミスシマセン 私ハ同期化シ特殊化シ　タクサン分類シマス 眠リマセンノデ　夢見ルコトモアリマセン セメテ30％デモ　夢ヲ見ルコトガデキタナラ ソシタラ50％ハ楽シミニ使ッテ 残リノ20％ハナンニモシナイ！ 私ガモウスコシ人間ダッタラ 残リノ人生ヲ一秒一秒　大切二カゾエマス モウチョットダケ人間ダッタラ タクサンノ子供ヲツクッテ　奥サンモ一人欲シイカナ モシモウスコシダケ人間ダッタラ 全テノ出来事ヲ　キラキラ目ヲ輝カセテ見ツメルト思ウ

[tanzgabu]

what a fucking rip off. spiritualized is a million times better

[killer73195]

fag

[peach55]

what is spiritualized?

[MotokoKusanagi089]

this song is more effective when played with ghost in the shell concepts

[isaned]

I think this song really makes me think about what it does mean to be "human," and how we often think of ourselves as the best thing on Earth, but look at what we do to each other and how we live. I'm not sure if I was a machine, or anything else for that matter, I'd want to be human at all.

[killer73195]

i agree

[Saszlyk]

Nice video, love that song.

[EclipsedMyst]

I will NOT die until I meet yoko kanno it'd be my death wish !!! ^^ shes a genious and brings us such beautiful songs ^^!

[Karumachan]

i like this song a lot.. i didnt know there was a Be Human soundtrack :P im downloading it right now lol

but either it is such a sad song... reminds me of a robot fantasizing about what his future would be if he was human.. it is sad that he will never be one... such a sad wish

[Vieilli]

awesome song!!

[citarasa]

WOWndertiful

Song

! (;

[theoctabouts]

love this song really good one for the video which is great thanks for sharing

[hoffmann9471]

It´s very nice and a real good song.

[Minique7]

This song is so sad.

It makes me want to cry ... ='[

[2219999]

I feel like that so many times

[GravityOn]

If someone wants this song, send a message. If you liked the tachikoma song, you will also love Ishikawa's song. Both of them sung by Scott Matthew.

[kuukan4]

what's ishikawa's song called? i have all the CD's i'm not sure what the title is.

[Hanul14]

The guy who sings this is Scott Matthew.He's jsut singing it for Yoko for the anime.This is Scott Matthew singing,Yoko sounds way different.

[Karumachan]

yes Yoko is a woman thats a good difference XD

[JadeTsukasa]

I remember this song from somewhere....I love it.

[MariaKukasMuukaan]

I love this song

[mamimisan]

ahhh...this is a funny song but one of the most serious songs at the same time. I like it a lot...

[great20]

I wish the tachikoma could be both human and robotic and by the way this is a very good song.

[jsaintil]

absolutly beautiful.  what a wonderful song. great vid. I love yoko kanno she's so tallented.

[boomstix]

LOL cute, its from ghost in the shell right?

[enoki10212000]

LOL? yes its from ghost in the shell .. but this is not used in the anime scene. This is included only the soundtrack, "be human"

[madcatmk1]

It is used briefly in the at the one episode where Batou tries to take on the Major.

[Pysosis2]

@enoki10212000

actually they used it once, I remember a scene whee Batou was working out, and they played this sound while Major was making fun of him, that's actually how I found out about this song.

[theShadowviking]

@enoki10212000 You can hear a bit of it in at least one scene with the Tachikomas

[agreatpenname]

I <3 this song