I love the idea matsumoto!
I just listened to the One Ok Rock song. It was cool. Nice song and cool video.
And yay for Loudness!
You've got some good taste matsumoto. I would've choosen a different song, maybe Esper or Milky Waaaa~y.
Well time for my choice... errr... I'm actually cheating a bit now, cause rule 1 says it has to be band from Japan. Well it is a band from Japan... but a fictional one and yeeeees I know what you're thinking, but it's neither BLAST nor Trapnest (if you don't know what I'm talking about you're probably not an anime nerd... well that's okay ^^). My choice is... and I already pity the person after me a bit...
Yen Town Band! That came unexpected, didn't it? It is a fictional band from Shunji Iwais movie Swallowtail Butterfly.
Band: Yen Town Band
Song: Swallowtail Butterfly (あいのうた)
Video:
Why: I'm actually a huge fan of the singer Chara. Some people call her the japanese Björk. I like Björk, but noooo they don't have that much in common. I always tend to say it's like these weird people listening to whales singing. It's a sound that's just not for everyone. This song especially is very listener-friendly. It's easy and it actually was very succesful in the charts back then. I feel very melancholic listening to it. It also calms me down a lot. The
lyrics are also very beautiful! Many J-Poppers already covered the song, but none were able to transport the feeling of the song like the original did. Fun fact: Chara once
sang together with Hyde (VAMPS) which was one of the weirdest collaborations I've ever seen, but they were somehow awfully cute with each other. ^^°