[truehappiness]

Translations from Misa-chan:
Lady Dynamite Introducing Kenji Jammer Suzuki!

This is CMJK, not fully awake yet,
but still in the process of waking up.
Good morning.

Hmm--
I touched on this a little
in yesterday's blog entry,
about a unit called
BOMB THE BASS
who I really respect alot.

Englishmen, with Chinese ancestry
with Tim Simenon at its core.
A ground-breaking unit
from the late 80s.

If BOMB THE BASS doesn't exist,
I won't be here today.

What really won my respect then
was this cute little love song
"A SAY A LITTLE PLAYER"
A representative piece from famous composer Burt Bacharach
sung by Dionne Warwick.

A famous song, light-hearted and bright,
about the feelings of a girl caught in unrequited love,
After listening to it closely, I felt
"Ahh-- This girl is definitely
really great at dealing with the guy whom she feels love for"

But.

When the same song was left in the hands of BOMB THE BASS,
with Tim Simenon in charge...

I hear a song, a despairing song,
about a love that is totally uncontrollable and confused!

The strength of the arrangement is indeed amazing!

That really impressed the 20-year-old me,
and gave me the chance to stand up with an oath
to become a sound producer.
It was all due to that one memorable song.

And when BOMB THE BASS was in the process
of producing their 2nd album,
Japan's super guitarist,
who is said to be crazy but a genius too,
officially became a member.

He was Kenji Jammer Suzuki.

In 1992,
when I was working with Cutemen,
there was this song which I needed to do live at the very end.
It was called "CM SONG",

and, as luck would have it,
the one who played the guitar
was that one, who gave me all my memories, and encouraged me to endure.

And during the recording
of ayu-chan's album
Rock'n'Roll Circus,
I heard from the coordinator
that the guitarist who will be featured
in the song Lady Dynamite

will be a crazy rock guy!

And with this order,

Kenji Jammer Suzuki appeared!

I-i-is this a dream!?

A meeting again, after 20 long years!!!!

Honestly,
the destiny of a musician,
the work of a musician,

those are really deep things.

Ahh-- Now I've written it!

Kenji-san,
thank you!

Respect from the bottom of my heart!

Everyone, please listen to Kenji-san's
madness with your hearts!

All those funny and strange sound effects
are all sounds coming from
Kenji-san's guitar--!!!!

Don't look back

Today, we did recording
with FLIP-FLAP.
This is CMJK,
stuffed with sandwiches
and senbeis (Japanese rice crackers)
Good evening.

Hmm-- Half a month ago,
I went to London for 3 weeks plus,
and worked really hard. The results have surfaced

little by little.
ayu-chan's new album
Rock'n'Roll Circus
has gone on sale. Cracker--

For example,
for Don't look back,
we got a real authentic sitar player.

We had a really exciting
recording session.
Ah! I don't have photos of this,
but we also got a real
Indian tabla player in as well.
The tabla,

and
Darabukka (I have no idea what this is...)

were played for us.

It's not pop music at all,
like the interludes around it
Wahahahahahahaha---!!!

And

There we have it,
a fusion between
traditional sound
and breakdance music from the early 80's!
It was a daring challenge of an arrangement!

It's as if
I've really managed to fully experience
the London recording
just like my greatly respected BOMB THE BASS.

And it's possible because
we had the advantage of having those musicians. Grateful.

By the way,
this song, Don't look back,
didn't need any musical score for the A melody (first verses).
Is the composer a genius, or is he mad?
But it's still an awesome song!

Lady Dynamite　ケンジ・ジャマー・スズキ登場！

起きたのではなく
起きてたCMJKです
おはようございます

えー
昨日のブログでも
ちょっと触れましたが
僕が尊敬してやまない
BOMB THE BASSという
ユニットがあります

中国系イギリス人
ティム・シムノンを中心とした
80年代後半の画期的ユニット
なんですが

BOMB THE BASSがいなかったら
今の僕はありません

これまた尊敬してやまない
大作曲家バート・バカラックの
代表曲でディオンヌ・ワーウィックが歌う
"A SAY A LITTLE PLAYER"
というかわいらしいラブソングがあります

片思いの女子の心情を
軽く明るく歌った名曲ですが
これを聴く限りだと
あーこの女子はきっと
片思いの彼と上手くいくだろうな
と思わせてくれます

が

同じ曲がティム・シムノン率いる
BOMB THE BASSの手に掛かると

絶対にかなわないドロドロの恋愛！
絶望的な曲に聴こえます

アレンジの力ってなんて凄いんだろう！

20歳の僕は衝撃を受け
サウンドプロデューサーになる
誓いを立てるきっかけになった
記念すべき1曲なんです

そんなBOMB THE BASSの
2ndアルバムの製作の頃に
狂気と天才が同居した
スーパー日本人ギタリストが
正式メンバーとして加入しました

ケンジ・ジャマー・スズキ氏です

1992年
当時Cutemenをやっていた僕は
ライブの時必ず最後にやっていた曲
"CM SONG"

で　幸運な事にギターを
弾いてもらったのが
一生の思い出＆自慢だったんですが

あゆちゃんアルバム
Rock'n'Roll Circus
レコーディング時に
Lady Dynamiteという曲で
ギタリストをフィーチャー
したかったもので
コーディネーターの方に

ロック系のクレイジーな人！

と　オーダーしたらなんと

ケンジ・ジャマー・スズキ氏登場！


これは　ゆゆゆ　夢か！？

20年ぶりの再会ですよ！！！！

まったくもって
ミュージシャンの縁というか
ミュージシャンの業というか

そういったものは深いものです

あー　やっとこれが書けた！

ケンジさん　
ありがとうございました！

心の底からリスペクトです！

みなさん心してケンジさんの
狂気のサウンドを聴いてください！

奇怪なエフェクト効果音みたいなのも
ぜーんぶケンジさんの
ギターの音なんですよー！！！！

http://ameblo.jp/cmjk

This is CMJK basically fanboying about how Kenji 'JAMMER' Suzuki was a guest guitarist on Lady Dynamite. He mentioned that a big guest guitarist was a part of it, haha.

He's pretty legendary it seems.

Kenji “Jam*mer” Suzuki star*ted work*ing with Simply Red when they were record*ing the Blue album. Ori*gin*ally from Japan, he has been liv*ing in the UK since 1988 and has recor*ded with such major artists as Annie Len*nox, Seal, The Light*house Fam*ily and Bomb the Bass.

He has released sev*eral solo albums, some as Kenji Suzuki, some as Kenji Jam*mer. Kenji recom*mends gui*tars from Zemaitis.

Visit Kenji’s MySpace here.

He also posted about Don't look back's arranging session.

Don't look back　

今日はFLIP-FLAPと
レコーディングをしてたんですが
差し入れのサンドイッチや
せんべいでおなかいっぱいに
なってしまった
CMJKです　こんばんは

えー1月の半ばから
3週間以上もロンドンにいて
一生懸命作業した甲斐あって

ようやく　
あゆちゃんのニューアルバム
Rock'n'Roll Circus　が
発売されましたークラッカー

例えば
Don't look back　という曲は
本物の本粋のシタール奏者を呼んで

超エキサイティングな
レコーディング体験ができました
あっ　写真がありませんが
タブラ奏者もインド系の
本物の本粋の方を呼んで
タブラ

と
ダラブッカ

を　叩きまくってもらいました

間奏なんてもはや
ポップミュージックじゃないっすよね
わはははははははーーー！！！

で

そういった
トラディショナル・サウンドと
アーリー80’ｓの
ブレイクダンス・ミュージックの融合！
という大胆なアレンジにチャンレンジ！

まるで　尊敬してやまない
BOMB THE BASSのような
いかにもロンドンらしい
レコーディング体験ができました

ミュージシャン冥利に
尽きるってもんです　感激です汗

ところで　この　
Don't look back　という曲は
Aメロに音符がちょーっとしかない
作曲家は天才かキチ〇イかどっちか
にちがいないにひひ　すごい曲！です

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Spoiler:

I think CMJK thinks Don't look back = GENIUS, haha.