• Posted by : mr. take it easy Tuesday, November 1, 2011

    Song of the week: "FIREWORKS" by EXILE

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    Woops, I was carried away with the newly released Final Fantasy Reishiki and delayed writing this for three days. Oh well...

    Let's skip on my top 10 Jpop list because I want to introduce you to one of the catchiest Japanese songs I have ever heard in my whole life.
    It's EXILE's "FIREWORKS", no, Katy Perry is not Japanese.
    To be fair, every song that has a combination of fucking awesome shamisen and flute -or generally any traditional instruments- with modern genre of music such as RnB, has to be ungodly catchy.

    Also, Avex banned all full PVs of their artist in youtube, that's why you can only find short PVs there. I gave another link above so check that one out for the full version.

    "The Hurricane -FIREWORKS-" was released in summer 2009, and it was the second EXILE single after they merged with their brother group "J-soul Brothers", becoming a 14 member group. At that point of time, they managed to expand their repertoire by trying to include J Soul Brothers tendency to do more aggressive hip-hop songs and rap. FIREWORKS is one shining example.


     

    So what do we have here?
    1. Soothing intro followed by the awesome shamisen.
    2. Bam! Fucking catchy chorus

    Whoawhoawhoawaitwaitwait. See? We got ourselves a fucking catchy chorus right from the start, and it's gon' repeat throughout the whole track. That's the key selling point of this song, the chorus is captivating, exotic and is that damn catchy. The fact that it uses only simple phrases makes it oh so sing along time, "Fireworks, just like fireworks..."

    On to the first verse. Well, it's your usual high quality EXILE RnB. It gets interesting near the chorus with the melody gradually getting higher and more aggressive.

    Then there's the rap part. Some hate it, some love it. I'm quite torn between the two of them. It kinda bugs me when they suddenly rap in the middle of a very catchy RnB, but I don't dislike that either.

    As for the lyrics, well to be honest, the lyrics writer here kinds of... uh... revolutionary, to say the least. EXILE excels in soft ballads with melancholic lyrics compared to their more RnB oriented works, so yeah.

    Overall, the composer did a really great job here combining traditional instruments with EXILE's catchy RnB.
    Fuck, the famous Yoshida Brothers even joined with their live tour to perform the awesomely difficult shamisen solo.


    ROMAJI

    IT’S SUMMERTIME!
    EXILE’S MAIN JOB IS TO ROCK THIS WORLD

    WISH IT'S FOREVER kienai de yaketsuki mi wo kogasu
    FIREWORKS, JUST LIKE FIREWORKS
    kimi ga hi wo tsuketa doukasen
    mune no naka hashirinuke uchiagaru
    YOUR LOVE IS LIKE FIREWORKS

    A E I O U fui wo tsukarete
    kikaretakunai tameiki
    YOU BLOW MY MIND
    SPICY de amai
    kuchibiru de ooi tsukusu kara

    shisen wo ubai hanasanai neon no hana
    yami wo terashi tamashii wo yusaburu hikari
    omowazu te wo nobasu
    DIAMONDS IN THE SKY
    THAT MAKES ME WANT TO FLY

    kaze ga fuite mo SELF IGNITION ga sadou
    hibana wa ima ni mo moedashi sou
    jounetsu ga hajiketobu oto
    BANG! BANG! BANG!
    manatsu no yoru ni

    WISH IT'S FOREVER kienai de yaketsuki mi wo kogasu
    FIREWORKS, JUST LIKE FIREWORKS
    kimi ga hi wo tsuketa doukasen
    mune no naka hashirinuke uchiagaru
    YOUR LOVE IS LIKE FIREWORKS

    yoi no koro CONTRAST wa mada
    boyakete nijindeiru kedo
    YOU TOOK MY BREATH AWAY
    SO HIGH kumo no ue e
    izanai yumemigokochi ni shite shimau

    karadajuu abiseru ILLUSION SHOWER
    saibou ni shimikonde ai wo tsutaeru
    omowazu nigirishimeru
    DIAMONDS IN THE SKY
    THAT MAKES ME WANT TO FLY

    kaze ga fuite mo SELF IGNITION ga sadou
    hibana wa ima ni mo moedashi sou
    jounetsu ga hajike tobu oto
    BANG! BANG! BANG!
    manatsu no yoru ni

    WISH IT'S FOREVER kienai de yaketsuki mi wo kogasu
    FIREWORKS, JUST LIKE FIREWORKS
    kimi ga hi wo tsuketa doukasen
    mune no naka hashirinuke uchiagaru
    YOUR LOVE IS LIKE FIREWORKS

    Hu mabushiisugiru BABY
    hi no hizashi de mi mo kokoro mo BLAZIN
    natsu no yokaze demo samasu koto wa muri
    mou sude ni kuse ni narisou de CRAZY
    ah ah futari no kyori wa mada
    ah ah chikakute tooi kara
    ah ah asahi ga noboru mae ni
    kakujitsu ni chijime you ze kono mama
    BANG F.I.R.E.wowowoworks
    YES 5.4.3.2.1 COUNTDOWN
    ima honmono no ai te ni tsukanda
    moshi hanareteite mo nai fuan wa
    hora miagero sora ni kabe wa nai ze
    futari no WORLD kokoro wo tsunaideru
    sono shunkan shunkan ni chikau
    LOVE FOREVER
    itsumade mo SPARK

    EVERYTIME I SEE YOU
    MY HEART BURNS, BREAKS AND SHAKES, OH CRAZY
    mada POSE wo kaete semari kuru
    NIAGARA, STAR-MINE, ROMAN-CANDLE

    IT’S SUMMERTIME!
    EXILE’S MAIN JOB IS TO ROCK THIS WORLD
    IT’S SUMMERTIME!
    EXILE’S MAIN JOB IS TO ROCK THIS WORLD

    WISH IT'S FOREVER kienai de yaketsuki mi wo kogasu
    FIREWORKS, JUST LIKE FIREWORKS
    kimi ga hi wo tsuketa doukasen
    mune no naka hashirinuke uchiagaru
    YOUR LOVE IS LIKE FIREWORKS

    fureru na hiasobi wa DANGER
    kore wa gaki no oasobi jyanee-nda
    sugu kieru hiasobi wa DANGER
    moshi yannara atoshimatsu wasuren na

    WISH IT'S FOREVER kienai de yaketsuki mi wo kogasu
    FIREWORKS, JUST LIKE FIREWORKS
    kimi ga hi wo tsuketa doukasen
    mune no naka hashirinuke uchiagaru
    YOUR LOVE IS LIKE FIREWORKS

    TRANSLATION

    It's summertime!
    EXILE's main job is to rock this world

    WISH IT'S FOREVER everlasting, setting this passionate self on fire
    FIREWORKS, JUST LIKE FIREWORKS
    You have just ignited the fuse
    and its gushing out here inside my chest
    YOUR LOVE IS LIKE FIREWORKS

    A E I O U just like that I was caught off guard,
    don't wanna hear a thing, I let out a sigh
    You blow my mind
    Spicy yet sweet
    I want to swallow you with these lips

    You're a neon flower that stole my attention, can't let go of you
    You're the light that illuminates the dark and soothes my soul
    so I reached out straight away
    DIAMONDS IN THE SKY
    THAT MAKES ME WANT TO FLY

    The wind blows and SELF IGNITION is starting
    its sparks burn out so fast
    The sound of our passion going crazy
    BANG! BANG! BANG!
    in the middle of this summer night

    WISH IT'S FOREVER everlasting, setting this passionate self on fire
    FIREWORKS, JUST LIKE FIREWORKS
    You have just ignited the fuse
    and its gushing out here inside my chest
    YOUR LOVE IS LIKE FIREWORKS

    evening falls, and the contrast
    makes it sparkles even though it's getting dark
    YOU TOOK MY BREATH AWAY
    SO HIGH above the clouds
    I want to dive into that alluring dreamish feeling

    ILLUSION SHOWER bathes my whole body
    "Tell her your love", that thought is filling my body cells
    so I grasped out straight away
    DIAMONDS IN THE SKY
    THAT MAKES ME WANT TO FLY

    The wind blows and SELF IGNITION is starting
    its sparks burn out so fast
    The sound of our passion going crazy
    BANG! BANG! BANG!
    in the middle of this summer night

    WISH IT'S FOREVER everlasting, setting this passionate self on fire
    FIREWORKS, JUST LIKE FIREWORKS
    You have just ignited the fuse
    and its gushing out here inside my chest
    YOUR LOVE IS LIKE FIREWORKS

    Hoo it's too bright BABY
    My heart and soul is blazing from the sun's brightness
    it's impossible to cool down even with the summer night's wind
    and now it's already a usual thing, I'm going crazy
    AH AH There's a distance between the two of us...
    AH AH We managed to get this close from far...
    AH AH Before the sun rises
    I have to make sure that everything stays like this
    BANG F.I.R.E.wowowoworks
    YES 5.4.3.2.1 COUNTDOWN
    Now Imma grab true love with these hands
    No worries even if we are separated
    Hey look! There are no walls separating us in the sky
    A WORLD of our own connects our hearts
    At that very moment we swore
    LOVE FOREVER
    Sparks forever and ever

    EVERYTIME I SEE YOU
    MY HEART BURNS, BREAKS AND SHAKES, OH CRAZY
    When you change your pose yet again, what I saw were
    NIAGARA, STAR-MINE, ROMAN-CANDLE

    It's summertime!
    EXILE's main job is to rock this world
    It's summertime!
    EXILE's main job is to rock this world

    WISH IT'S FOREVER everlasting, setting this passionate self on fire
    FIREWORKS, JUST LIKE FIREWORKS
    You have just ignited the fuse
    and its gushing out here inside my chest
    YOUR LOVE IS LIKE FIREWORKS

    Don't touch it! Playing with fire is dangerous
    This is not a plaything for children
    Now begone! Playing with fire is dangerous
    If you still insist on doing this, don't regret it afterwards

    WISH IT'S FOREVER everlasting, setting this passionate self on fire
    FIREWORKS, JUST LIKE FIREWORKS
    You have just ignited the fuse
    and its gushing out here inside my chest
    YOUR LOVE IS LIKE FIREWORKS

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