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Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Mar 07, 2007 9:30am
by Keiji
Who else hates it when they put English words in Japanese songs? IMO it just makes it sound stupid.

It's okay when it's just a single word, but when you get to phrases or even whole lines (cough Maburaho credits cough), it gets really ridiculous.

Re: Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Mar 07, 2007 10:11am
by Vamoose
Awww... but Engrish is just so fun!

OH YA MISTA DEEEEE!!! :-s

Okay, maybe Engrish is a little bit weird at times, especially Ken-chan's Engrish which I have just demonstrated, but it is fun to hear so many singers try (and fail) to say words like love.

RABU!!!! :love:

Re: Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Mar 07, 2007 11:31am
by gogirlanime
My favorite would have to be Namie Amuro's "We Will Love Long Long Time" in "Can You Celebrate?" I know there are several others, but that's the only one comming to mind haha

Re: Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Mar 07, 2007 4:01pm
by Yuki~
hmm.. Laruku's english is good.. i think...

Re: Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Mar 08, 2007 8:31am
by Vamoose
Hakaro wrote:hmm.. Laruku's english is good.. i think...
Hyde's English accent is pretty good... but I don't think he can speak a great deal of English. He must learn his songs phonetically, which I think is pretty difficult. But Hyde is a genius... =P~

And I remembered another of my favourite bits of Engrish:

SEKUSHI!!!

:lol:

Re: Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Mar 08, 2007 10:25am
by Yuri Volte Hyuga
I don't mind engrish in some Japanese songs. My favourite engrish song would be Heart of Madness.(Fist of the North Star.)I swear, half of it is in Engrish and the other half Japanese, lol. Still cool though.

Re: Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Mar 08, 2007 10:27am
by Abel Nightroad (cooper)
ME ME ME

Re: Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Mar 14, 2007 7:53pm
by Tsuchi
"Goodbye Days" and "Rolling Star" by YUI are really good and they has some English words.

but I do agree that alot of the time they sound terrible

Re: Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Mar 17, 2007 7:13pm
by Duuz
There are a few songs sung in partly Japanese and English from Urusei Yatsura, they don't sound too bad to me.

Re: Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Mar 18, 2007 5:04am
by Yuki~
Life is Like a Boat has a good english, right?

Re: Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Apr 13, 2007 8:13am
by Krimmu Za Rabbitto
your right.

Re: Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Apr 14, 2007 2:33am
by Ethereal Blaze
BoA does it very well. then again, she is multi lingual, i think she CAN speak english.

Re: Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Apr 16, 2007 11:29pm
by Krimmu Za Rabbitto
I think YUI speaks Engilsh sometimes.

Re: Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Jun 30, 2007 3:03pm
by Gyro Zeppeli
Oh God, the Hellsing Opening is possibly the worst English I've ever heard. I like the song but the English is god awful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMNJwUUH ... ed&search=

This is the actual lyrics:
Don't be cool vibration
Revlofantasy
Tell me fool talk show day and rain
Every stardom the rating
Don't stop horror show inner darken
Jus suc ra ra oh

Oh no harbor won't you buy valley show
Take me want to talking revolution
No havea won cheese have lay show
(No have a want cha have late show)
Diviphon de have worry star
Shooby dooby doo shooby dooby doo durul
Shooby dooby doo shooby dooby doo durul

Re: Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Jul 07, 2007 12:39am
by Sakujou
I always found it neat how they mix english into their songs, but us english people can't do the same and still make it sound good. Yes I admit some songs should be without but a lot work perfectly with it :bounce:

Re: Engrish in Japanese songs...

Posted: Jul 11, 2007 10:37am
by DJ ÑÎÑJÅ
It's a fad that they have right now, they think it's uber cool to have english words mixed into their music. It's nothing new, it's all over the place in Japan. Not just crappy anime openings...I think all Japanese music is weird and stupid, but I know that much.