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15th April 2010, 12:12 AM
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CMJK's posts about Lady Dynamite / Don't look back arranging in London
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! Quote:
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. Quote:
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I think CMJK thinks Don't look back = GENIUS, haha.
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Last edited by truehappiness; 15th April 2010 at 07:36 PM. 
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