Saul Panzer Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) Hi all Bit of background, back in the glory days of 56K modems I downloaded this video (90s if I remember right) and never managed to figure out the song or performers. I recently went through some old backups and found the video again, I tried using my phones translate option and the best I can get from it is "young yellowtail tuna [Red Sky]" from E-JAM vol.2 which might explain why the original file is titled Hamachi. I have vague memories of past research showing E-JAM as an annual music thing perhaps performing college related in some specific region of Japan. Something about the song is familiar like it's a cover or interpretation of something I used to know but that memory is long gone so I'm stumped. The video quality back then was so bad I can't really even match the faces, the guy on the left looks kind of like a guy from a Japanese band called Bump of Chicken but it's so low quality who knows. Can any of you understand enough of the lyrics to pinpoint the song or know enough songs to figure out what it's meant to be a cover of...or if this is an original piece? Around 20 years and I'm still no wiser to it. Edited May 12, 2021 by Saul Panzer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atsampson Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 The same video's on this page - Google Translate says the band's called はまち(Hamachi) and the song is 真っ赤な空 (Red Sky?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Panzer Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 5 hours ago, atsampson said: The same video's on this page - Google Translate says the band's called はまち(Hamachi) and the song is 真っ赤な空 (Red Sky?). Thanks for the link to that page, sadly I can't seem to view those pages anymore, even the wayback machine has nothing for it. I'm guessing it was some kind talent show thing based on the other acts and the Chiba music/variety wiki. The page seems familiar so I guess this was part of a rabbit hole I followed back then, the wiki mentions B'z so I was probably chasing down stuff about them at the time. I also have an ancient mp3 called "Loud System" with some Japanese rock/metal, your link also solves where that came from. Still not sure why their song seems so familiar to me, the hunt continues on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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