2021/3/16 Last night, Shinobu Otake sang "Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o" in the studio for the last time on NHK's program. This song was one of the songs I sang on stage as a representative of the 3rd-grade class at the thank-you party after the graduation ceremony held in the gymnasium of Yuriage Junior High School, which parents of the students attended. The other songs differed from those of ordinary junior high school students. After all, they were "Hamachidori" and "Jogashima no Ame."
When I returned to my seat after singing, my CHILDHOOD FRIEND's mother exclaimed, "I didn't know you could sing that well."
That is why I sang three songs in a row, Bob Dylan's "Let It Be Me," John Lennon's "Don't Let Me Down," and Prince's "Purple Rain," backed by a live band in the arcade of the Kapalua Bay Hotel, as if I were representing the Japanese people.
Long after 3.11, I went to Yuriage. The school building and gymnasium were still there. The door to the gymnasium was open, so I went inside. The stage was still there. I was deeply moved beyond words.
2021/3/16 Last night, Shinobu Otake sang "Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o" in the studio for the last time on NHK's program. This song was one of the songs I sang on stage as a representative of the 3rd-grade class at the thank-you party after the graduation ceremony held in the gymnasium of Yuriage Junior High School, which parents of the students attended. The other songs differed from those of ordinary junior high school students. After all, they were "Hamachidori" and "Jogashima no Ame."
When I returned to my seat after singing, my CHILDHOOD FRIEND's mother exclaimed, "I didn't know you could sing that well."
That is why I sang three songs in a row, Bob Dylan's "Let It Be Me," John Lennon's "Don't Let Me Down," and Prince's "Purple Rain," backed by a live band in the arcade of the Kapalua Bay Hotel, as if I were representing the Japanese people.
Long after 3.11, I went to Yuriage. The school building and gymnasium were still there. The door to the gymnasium was open, so I went inside. The stage was still there. I was deeply moved beyond words.
2021/3/16 Last night, Shinobu Otake sang "Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o" in the studio for the last time on NHK's program. This song was one of the songs I sang on stage as a representative of the 3rd-grade class at the thank-you party after the graduation ceremony held in the gymnasium of Yuriage Junior High School, which parents of the students attended. The other songs differed from those of ordinary junior high school students. After all, they were "Hamachidori" and "Jogashima no Ame."
When I returned to my seat after singing, my CHILDHOOD FRIEND's mother exclaimed, "I didn't know you could sing that well."
That is why I sang three songs in a row, Bob Dylan's "Let It Be Me," John Lennon's "Don't Let Me Down," and Prince's "Purple Rain," backed by a live band in the arcade of the Kapalua Bay Hotel, as if I were representing the Japanese people.
Long after 3.11, I went to Yuriage. The school building and gymnasium were still there. The door to the gymnasium was open, so I went inside. The stage was still there. I was deeply moved beyond words.
歌い終わって席に戻ったら、竹馬の友のお母さんが、「あなたが、あんなに歌がうまいとは」と絶句していた。 そんな私だから、カパルアベイホテルのアーケード街で、日本人を代表する思いで、生バンドをバックに、ボブ・ディランのLet it be me、ジョン・レノンのDon't let me down、PrinceのPurple Rain、こんな3曲を立て続けに歌いもしたのでしょう。
