Atsushi Sakurai - 雨音はショパンの調べ/Amaoto wa Chopin no Shirabe -I Like Chopin- live

Atsushi Sakurai - 雨音はショパンの調べ/Amaoto wa Chopin no Shirabe -I Like Chopin- live -Explosion- Ai no Wakusei 2004 The Sound of the Rain is the Sound of Chopin Singer: Sakurai Atsushi Lyrics: Matsutouya Yumi (YUMING) Music: GAZEBO  English Translation: I put my fingers in my ears To block that sweet song That makes my heart go numb Stop it That Chopin Will I never see him again? Rainy days, don’t keep pounding on the window Rainy days, soothing me like a drug, ah Resting its head on my knee, the song of the rain Murmuring “I love you“ Make it stop That Chopin If it’s only a memory, I don’t want it anymore Rainy days, until he’s no longer special to me Rainy days, the piano plays a secret code Rainy days whenever I look back into the shadows Rainy days, in the twilight room Rainy days, that special person lives in my heart Rainy days, and Chopin turns the key Note: The original version of this song was based around a Chopin melody and recorded by the Lebanese-born Italian singer Gazebo, under the title “I Like Chopin.” Matsutouya Yumi, also known as YUMING, the famous Japanese pop singer, wrote Japanese lyrics for the song, which was then re-recorded by another Japanese songstress, Kobayashi Asami. As the original song had been a huge hit in Europe, so the Japanese version became a huge hit in Japan. This is probably not surprising—Chopin is one of the most popular Western classical composers in Japan and often even people not very familiar with classical music claim to love his work. Sakurai recorded his cover of Kobayashi’s version as a part of his solo project. It appearead as a b-side on the “TAIJI/SMELL” single, and he performed it at his solo live at NHK Hall (you can see it on the DVD, Ai no Wakusei –EXPLOSION–). Performing this song was the first time Sakurai had ever sung a song from a woman’s perspective. He mentioned in a later interview that this was why Imai let him get away with writing lyrics from a female perspective for Buck-Tick’s album Juusankai wa Gekkou. (In fact, the style of Sakurai’s solo live inspired Imai to come up with the goth theme for Juusankai wa Gekkou. Translation from This is NOT Greatest Site