Chitchat CHAGE and ASKA, famous 1980s&90s J-pop duo, and one of my favourite J-pop groups! ^_^

flatearther · Sep 24, 2016

ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHAGE_and_ASKA
wikipedia.org/wiki/Chage_and_Aska

For those who are not aware, Aska is the lead singer and the one standing on the right of this photo, and Chage is the one wearing sunglasses:

And this time, I certainly have more than two favourite songs by them. :smile:

I'll start with their most famous song and best-selling single in Japan, released in 1991:

ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAY_YES
wikipedia.org/wiki/Say_Yes_(Chage_and_Aska_song)

[video=youtube;DQK9QrxADP4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQK9QrxADP4[/video]

[video=youtube;Q9qAyt0G-jM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9qAyt0G-jM[/video]

[video=youtube;IHxzAjigxgI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHxzAjigxgI[/video]

flatearther · Sep 24, 2016

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"SAY YES" was even covered in the:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_language

[video=youtube;UbjUQvrrLdc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbjUQvrrLdc[/video]

[video=youtube;0BrPngelPwk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BrPngelPwk[/video]

:eek:

johnny333 · Sep 24, 2016

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The only Chage & Aska song I'm familiar with is "On Your Mark" from a short animated sci fi sequence that used this song.

[video=youtube;ynPVGZFUylQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynPVGZFUylQ[/video]

johnny333 · Sep 24, 2016

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Found this clip on youtube but it lacks any color. The original clip is in color

[video=youtube;VRjp847JLlI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRjp847JLlI[/video]

flatearther · Sep 24, 2016

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johnny333 said:
The only Chage & Aska song I'm familiar with is "On Your Mark" from a short animated sci fi sequence that used this song.

wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Your_Mark_(song)
is also one of my favourite C&A songs, for which Studio Ghibli created the seven-minute animated music video:
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Your_Mark
wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Your_Mark
in 1995, directed by the great:
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/宮崎駿
wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyazaki_Hayao

johnny333 said:
Found this clip on youtube but it lacks any color. The original clip is in color

YouTube seems to have deleted all those copies uploaded years ago, but Vimeo still has one copy:

[video=vimeo;115387039]https://vimeo.com/115387039[/video]

[video=youtube;-fSPpNmYZ4M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fSPpNmYZ4M[/video]

johnny333 · Sep 24, 2016

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I saw the short clip playing at a Gramaphone records store which is now closed. I thought that if was from some anime movie & only found out last year that it was only a short clip 15+ years later :smile:

I bought the Chage & Aska CD which had this song but the CD version is not as nice or long as in the anima sequence .

chootchiew · Sep 24, 2016

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2 years ago aska was jailed for drug offence in Tokyo.

http://www.straitstimes.com/lifesty...-illegal-drug-use-given-3-year-suspended-jail

flatearther · Sep 24, 2016

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johnny333 said:
I saw the short clip playing at a Gramaphone records store which is now closed. I thought that if was from some anime movie & only found out last year that it was only a short clip 15+ years later

I bought the Chage & Aska CD which had this song but the CD version is not as nice or long as in the anima sequence .

Yes, for J-pop music, I usually prefer to listen to a song while watching its music video, whether it's an animated one or not. :smile:

Anyway, here's the official music video for "On Your Mark":

[video=youtube;3Obh9kg6o_U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Obh9kg6o_U[/video]

I also like to watch the videos of the TV/concert performances of J-pop songs, so here are two more for "On Your Mark":

From 1995 in Taiwan
[video=youtube;9U7VaVgGBPU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U7VaVgGBPU[/video]

From 1999/2000 in Fukuoka Prefecture (on the island of Kyushu in western Japan, where both Chage and Aska were brought up during their childhood)
[video=youtube;Cc0eeU3aN_s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc0eeU3aN_s[/video]

flatearther · Sep 24, 2016

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And here's the most popular "On Your Mark" video on YouTube, in terms of views:

[video=youtube;pVAFbsLhj10]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVAFbsLhj10[/video]

Just the music, without the singing:

[video=youtube;dg3GaiqkUhI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg3GaiqkUhI[/video]

flatearther · Sep 24, 2016

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Another C&A song that I like is:
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOVE SONG (CHAGE and ASKAの曲)
first released in 1989 and re-released in 1992:

[video=youtube;tsi5-O3Qe6c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsi5-O3Qe6c[/video]

[video=youtube;djfjKhzPzGU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djfjKhzPzGU[/video]

[video=youtube;Ddxp-MpxLZI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddxp-MpxLZI[/video]

flatearther · Sep 24, 2016

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flatearther said:
Another C&A song that I like is:
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOVE SONG (CHAGE and ASKAの曲)
first released in 1989 and re-released in 1992:

Here's Aska performing it as a soloist (without Chage) in 2010, nearly twenty years later:

[video=youtube;Culi55FF7DU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Culi55FF7DU[/video]

And as a soloist, here's his most famous song and best-selling single in Japan, released a few months before "SAY YES" and also in 1991:
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/はじまりはいつも雨 (Hajimari wa Itsumo Ame, The beginning is always rain or At the beginning, it's always raining)

[video=youtube;11iKJsynFXk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11iKJsynFXk[/video]

[video=youtube;kX8voaNQjc4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX8voaNQjc4[/video]

flatearther · Sep 25, 2016

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From 1992
[video=youtube;y-KRD4nRPmU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-KRD4nRPmU[/video]

From 1994
[video=youtube;2fxlb_0O_4c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fxlb_0O_4c[/video]

From 1998
[video=youtube;jyaJQVNuDZg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyaJQVNuDZg[/video]

flatearther · Sep 25, 2016

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From 1999/2000
[video=youtube;H5_Xfa614kw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5_Xfa614kw[/video]

From 2008
[video=youtube;JycdI5sL2cg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JycdI5sL2cg[/video]

From 2010
[video=youtube;X_akq8sUQ3M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_akq8sUQ3M[/video]

krafty · Sep 25, 2016

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flatearther · Sep 25, 2016

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I also like this song by them, released in 1981:
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/男と女 (CHAGE and ASKAの曲) (Otoko to Onna, Man and Woman)

[video=youtube;k1nqdG42XGI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1nqdG42XGI[/video]

and covered by 周华健 about ten years later, in 1991:
zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/讓我歡喜讓我憂

[video=youtube;vqTXMw9zdto]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqTXMw9zdto[/video]

[video=youtube;Ehc5dNz7P8c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehc5dNz7P8c[/video]

flatearther · Sep 25, 2016

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From sometime during the 1980s
[video=youtube;SaeG5QC_kmc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaeG5QC_kmc[/video]

From 1990/1991
[video=youtube;G8ICWVIAzVo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8ICWVIAzVo[/video]

From 1994
[video=youtube;POVwXJx8kAM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POVwXJx8kAM[/video]

Balls2U · Sep 25, 2016

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One of my favourite Jap bands - Monta & Brothers. I like the low husky voice.

[video=youtube;VHjlpqlRuKA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHjlpqlRuKA[/video]

flatearther · Sep 26, 2016

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The fifth C&A song (not counting that song by Aska as a soloist) that I like is:
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAH_YAH_YAH
released in 1993 and their second best-selling single in Japan:

[video=youtube;yfZIaTZJo0o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfZIaTZJo0o[/video]

[video=youtube;AtLEgAUNfao]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtLEgAUNfao[/video]

flatearther · Sep 26, 2016

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From 1993
[video=youtube;lCnu8pvvVfw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCnu8pvvVfw[/video]

From 1995 in Taiwan
[video=youtube;6ZU83iFNzZI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZU83iFNzZI[/video]

From 2007
[video=youtube;nBHaypCqqhw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBHaypCqqhw[/video]

flatearther · Sep 27, 2016

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The sixth C&A song (not counting that song by Aska as a soloist) that I like is:
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/no no darlin'
released in 1992:

[video=youtube;RAYaSSoFM4A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAYaSSoFM4A[/video]

[video=youtube;ZjI1yGH87VI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjI1yGH87VI[/video]

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