At the end of Honshu island, there is a prefecture called Yamaguchi (山口). And seems like they are making series of songs "Yamaguchi de umareta uta (山口でうまれた歌 / songs born in Yamaguchi)", which I´ve just discovered by accident.
First of all, where is Yamaguchii?
It´s here, at the tail of Honshu (本州).
Yamaguchi is famous for fugu (puff fish) and….
oh, they´ve recently opened a brand-new art centre, YCAM.
Sorry, I don´t know much about them. Anyway, now they have this series of songs, most of them are composed Kenji Kubo (久保研二).
And the song which made me a little shocked to be honest was "Byounin no uta (病人の歌)", a sick person´s song.
In their official page, 山口でうまれた歌, you can see the comments from the composer and he say about this song, " Don´t think too much about this song. The good way to enjoy this song is to respond to the song like this, "I´m sick – So?" "I´m not proud of it but.. – of course not".
Great. Thanks for the tip….
Anyway, listen to this and tell me what you guys think.
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病人の歌
作詞・作曲 久保研二 歌・ピアノ anoa
俺は病人だ 自慢することじゃないけど ちょいと前から病人さ だからゆっくり休むんだ
俺は根っからわがままだから 病気になってもわがままなのさ 優しくされなきゃ気に入らない かまってくれなきゃ腹が立つ
俺は病気だ 聞こえはあんまり良くないけど ここしばらくは病人さ くよくよしたって始まらない
俺はいつでも前向きだから 病気になっても前向きなのさ 世間のためとは言わないけれど 正々堂々仕事をさぼる
俺は病人だ ちっとも偉くはないけれど 元気じゃないから病人さ 寝ているだけでも気にかかる
俺はほんとは臆病だから 病気になっても臆病なのさ このまま死んだら困っちゃう だから良い子でねんねする だから良い子でねんねする |
Byounin no uta
Sakushi, sakkyoku Kenji Kubo Uta, piano anoa
Ore wa byouninda Jiman surukoto janaikedo Choito mae kara byouninsa Dakara yukkuri yasumunda
Ore wa nekkara wagamama dakara Byouki ni nattemo wagamama nanosa Yasashiku sarenakya kini iranai Kamatte kurenakya hara ga tatsu
Ore wa byoukida Kikoe wa anmari yokunaikedo Koko shibaraku wa byouninsa Kuyokuyo shitatte hajimaranai
Ore wa itsudemo maemuki dakara Byoukini nattemo maemuki nanosa Seken no tametowa iwanaikeredo Seisei-doudou sigoto wo saboru
Ore wa byouninda Chittomo eraku wa naikeredo Genki janaikara byouninsa Neteiru dakedemo kini kakaru
Ore wa honto wa okubyou dakara Byoukini nattemo okubyou nanosa Konomama shindara komacchau Dakara yoikode nen-ne suru Dakara yoikode nen-ne suru |
Sick person´s song
Word and music Kenji Kubo Song and piano anoa
I´m sick I´m not proud of it but I´ve been sick for a little while So I have a rest
I was born to be selfish, so I´m selfish even after being a sick person I´m not happy if people aren´t nice to me It annoys me when people don´t care about me
I´m sick It doesn´t sound nice but I´ll be sick for a while Nothing changes if I worry about it
I´m always positive so I´m positive even I´m sick I wouldn´t say that is for the society but I´m officially skive work
I´m sick Nothing I can proud of but I´m sick because I´m not healthy Even I´m just lying down, I´m a little worried
I´m really a coward so I´m coward even after being sick I don´t want to die like this So I´ll be good and sleep So I´ll be good and sleep |
or ;D. But have you ever seen Japanese Kaomoji? Sometimes I can´t even read because they are so complicated.Here I introduce to you “smiley” face.
Someone really needs to see a doctor in Yamaguchi prefecture.
Maybe they are patients and made the song to amuze themselves.