Unexpected happy things

[matataku_hoshi]

So today I was out doing karaoke with a friend from college and some of his Japanese friends.  For those of you who don't know, Japanese style karaoke is different.  Instead of having to sing at a bar in front of strangers, you and your friends get your own small room.  I like it better because 1) you don't have to feel embarrassed about your singing and 2) you don't have to sit through the bad singing of people who you don't know.

In any case, as I was flipping through songs today, I was thinking about how cool it would be to sing Zuka stuff at karaoke.  I had seem some pretty random stuff in the backs of the karaoke books before, so I decided to give it a shot.  And lo and behold...there was a Zuka section.  It was only about a page long, but it was there.  Mostly stuff from a generation or so of siennes or so back (Mami, Aika Mire, Amani Yuki, Tom,  Wao, etc), but within that there was some stuff I was familiar with.

As it turns out one of the Japanese girls I was with liked Zuka.  We both sang "Ai Areba Koso" (which sounds even sillier when you're looking at the lyrics), she sang a song from Excalibur (which I now want to see), and then I found the jackpot.  "Saigo no Dansu."  Okay, maybe it's silly to make an entire post about this, but it made me ridiculously happy to belt that one out.  I adjusted the key a little so it was in my range, and if I wasn't exactly Zunko, I'd like to think I at least didn't make any mirrors shatter :D

Any chance that any of the karaoke booths in Takarazuka-shi have more songs?  If I can find it again, I think I'll be subjecting my friends to "Saigo no Dansu" on a regular basis.

Comments

[arlecchinic.livejournal.com]

Yep, even the little imitation-Japanese karaoke box place here has a handful of Takarazuka songs XD

There's the awesome, awesome place I went to with Yoshiko & co, nearish the Tokyo theatre, which has heaps. I'm trying to track the place down for Katharina, and if I can, I'll pass the info on to you, too <333

[muffin-song.livejournal.com]

"I'm trying to track the place down for Katharina, and if I can, I'll pass the info on to you, too <333"

That would be great. Be careful, though. I can't go karaoke-ing alone, so I may end up drafting you into this when you come back to Japan in the fall :D

[arlecchinic.livejournal.com]

I approve of this plan! I feel obliged by your post to finally upload that clip of Yoshiko singing XD

[kozuki.livejournal.com]

Yeah even the little tiny local place by Saitama Daigaku has the songs. They had the ones you mentioned but Saigo no Dansu was the Osa version and they had a few Aida songs and Waga Na wa Oscar. I wonder if the Shidax right by the theater is loaded with Zuka songs since it's so freakin' close to the theater.

[muffin-song.livejournal.com]

No idea. The one that I went to was in a game center slightly past the Loft in Omiya.

[kyttenfae.livejournal.com]

See, karaoke in a small room with dorky friends singing zuka? That, that sounds like fun. *grins* When we're all there for the 100th Anniv. I think we /have/ to do this, as like, a big clump of people. *giggles* Yay to you with the belting, though... that's half the fun, just going for it. ;-)

[muffin-song.livejournal.com]

"Yay to you with the belting, though... that's half the fun, just going for it. ;-)"

I may not be signing any record deals, but I do love karaoke :D As do the Japanese. That's why on the single CDs there's always the karaoke tracks.

[kyanited.livejournal.com]

maybe it's silly to make an entire post about this


I have no more to say than that this post amused me greatly :P So yes, it's silly, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't post it. XD


Ok, I have more to say: It never occured to me that the mirror-shattering at the end of Saigo no Dansu might be caused by Toddy's singing... XD XD

[muffin-song.livejournal.com]

"Ok, I have more to say: It never occured to me that the mirror-shattering at the end of Saigo no Dansu might be caused by Toddy's singing... XD XD"

...that didn't occur to me either -_-;

[sumire-no-hana.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine there NOT being a decent selection of Takarazuka songs in a karaoke booth in Takarazuka-shi.

(And I heartily concur with your need to see Excalibur/Citrus no Kaze. The show is just fun. The revue is just crack... and there's so many wonderful, hope-filled songs. Actually, the song your friend sang was most likely "Mirai e," which I know wao_wao sang at karaoke a while back.)

It's a shame I have to get myself fairly drunk in order to have the courage to really sing in front of anyone - I'm not particularly good -_- Not tone deaf, since I can HEAR what's wrong. I just can't get my voice to match it. *sighs*

[ladybretagne.livejournal.com]

Oh "Mirai e" is one of my absolute favourite Zuka songs! Every time it comes up on iTunes I end up singing along at the top of my lungs. Amusingly it sits well in my voice, lol.

[dusk-in-dendera.livejournal.com]

That's so funny that you mentioned Takarazuka karaoke! Today at tea, Hiroyo told me that we can sing many popular 'zuka songs from shows like Rose of Versailles and Elisabeth. I wanna go and try it! :D