JERO 海雪 "UMI YUKI" (Read Description)

Jero (Cover by Erik Dillard) 海雪 (Umi Yuki) Read Description

American Translation:
Hey everybody! OMG! I was a Superstar for a day! Ha ha ha! Jero is a young man who is VERY famous in Japan for his new style of traditional enka singing. When I came here this year, his career exploded on the Japanese scene with his song "Umi Yuki". So many people in Japan would mistake me for Jero when I would go out in public...(it was quite funny every time). I was even stopped by an elderly man on the bullet train on my way to Tokyo asking me if I was Jero. "Umi Yuki" is a love song in translation that means "Sea Snow". The song is about a man who is in love, but cannot be with the one of his dreams. Enka is always very emotional and is a crowd pleasure if you can sing it as a young person.

Last night (August 31st) we had our annual school concert at Soul Bird Music School where I teach. As a surprise to the students and audience, I sang "Umi Yuki". It was a challenge to learn the song, but you can see in the video that the Japanese people really appreciated my rendition and we A LOT of fun with it! As a side-joke, they introced me as "Joro" which is our school's nick name for me now...ha ha ha!

I hope you all enjoy watching this as much as it was for me to perform it!

QUICK TRANSLATION for my Japanese viewers:
Mina-san! Watashi wa Erik Dillard desu. Boku wa America kara kimashita. Watashi wa Soul Bird Music School de oshiemasu. Jero wa sugoy enka utaimasu! Kino no yoru, watashi tachi no hapyokai ga arimashita. Seita san to audience no hito ni "Umi Yuki" utatta! Mina wa SUGOY bikkurishimashita! Watashi tachi wa mecha tannoshikatta. Watashi wa nihongo benkyoshimasu dakara ima sore ga chotto ma ma desu....(LAUGH!!!!) Watashi no video dozo! Tanoshin de kudasai ne?!

Jaa ne (see you later),
Erik (Joro a.k.a. Jero)

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• Jero
• 海雪
• Umi
• Yuki
• Osaka
• Japan
• Erik
• Dillard

[ephsori]

Great cover! I want to cover this song some time soon... I think your performance is better than the original!

[lloyd614]

@ephsori WOW! Thank you!! =)

[Naikorasu]

This is really cool! I've been studying a little Japanese independently, and I'll be taking classes soon, too. I think it's so cool that you sung one of Jero's songs. You really have a great voice, too!

[lloyd614]

@Naikorasu Thanks so much! This song was so much fun to do. I am a big fan of Jero and Japanese culture entirely! =)

[Geegeenane]

@floyd614

I misundestood your video I think your talent and sing very well

My friend thought you were jero until she look at it closer .(smile)

You seem like a nice guy.with ''smarts'' and talent.

[lloyd614]

@Geegeenane Hey ~ No worries! =) I appreciate you coming back. Thank you so much!

~E~

[Drinkhearty]

Commenting on this one rather than the other video since the audio is clearer (if rougher) on this one. Jero's rendition of the song is very strictly Japanese in tone. This rendition seems to blend an Enka format with Greek song style, with an Italian operatic richness. I personally find it a much more fun song this way. Whatever the song may be, I'd definitely love to get a mp3 copy of it, or find it up on Last.fm. Nicely done.

[AriNilla]

lol you cool

[asoto2013]

You are a straight beast. Watashi ga suki desu!

[solidkingcobra]

holy shit that's all kinds of legit.

[EnchantixEnergy]

You sing so well!!! I would have thought you were JERO too! xD

[princeTIGERphoenix]

haha, not bad! I def thought you were jero for a second.