MONKEY MAJIK – Aishiteru PV
A commenter on the Negai post last week reminded me of some of the past groups I’ve posted about, and one of those groups put out a really good song recently. MONKEY MAJIK is a band that I talked about a few years ago but haven’t been paying attention to for a while. For those of you who aren’t familiar with them, they’re a group led by a pair of Canadian brothers who speak Japanese. Aishiteru is the aptly-titled theme song they perform for the NTV drama Aishiteru (which incidentally I hear is quite good). It’s a really nice love song that, like their others, is a mix of English and Japanese. The PV was very interesting to watch too because it’s a combination of papercraft-esque animation with ragdoll characters and real life. I’m not sure I completely understand it, but it appears to tell the story of a guy in love who falls out of heaven, gets eaten by a fish, and the girl saves him in the fish market. I know it sounds like of stupid, but I thought it was worth the watch and definitely the listen. I’m even curious about the drama now.
The single for Aishiteru is due out June 10th, 2009.
May 26, 2009 at 12:25 amMajinAndy
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Interesting…
May 26, 2009 at 12:58 amPhosphatide
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I half-expected Gandhara or something when I saw “Monkey Majik.”
Very nice song, still. I like.
May 26, 2009 at 12:59 amwowowowowo
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Wow. i dont know why but the difference between a white person and an asian singin the smae language seems so different.
its like another english song
May 26, 2009 at 1:33 amjaalin
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i got monkey majik in my car… one of my fav bands
that track they did with yoshida brothers… too cool
May 26, 2009 at 1:38 amGod~Knows~
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Nice fish?
May 26, 2009 at 1:41 amrum1rum
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almost lost faith on non-japanese makin interesting japanese pvs(ahem… himeka..amazing voice thou).
May 26, 2009 at 1:43 amPeaches
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Oh yah, these guys did a song with Anna Tsuchiya :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=konB9EB1aXg
May 26, 2009 at 3:21 amNyfe
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Song was fun to listen to. Thanks for the interesting post, Omni.
May 26, 2009 at 5:24 amoutcast
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They don’t sound like foreigners in anime at all. XD
May 26, 2009 at 6:24 amCurtis
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They had an accent, but it was hardly strong and a newbie into Japanese music could be made to believe that the singer was Japanese.
The guy had a great voice in either language, also.
May 26, 2009 at 1:24 pmToya
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Good song, but I felt the music was a little too loud and made the voice harder to hear at times.
May 26, 2009 at 1:58 pmLou
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I love his voice… i’m looping it on my WMP now~
May 26, 2009 at 3:58 pmShebear
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Fantastic vid. One of the most original PVs I’ve seen all year. It absolutely pwned Himeka artistically, tho both songs are good.
May 26, 2009 at 4:27 pmRe-Hikari
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I was half expecting some sappy love song when I pressed the play button, but the song itself turned out rather nice :p The PV is… amusing… and funny… and very original actually. Me applauds XD Kinda reminded me of Pinocchio… don’t ask…
By the way, the way they were falling… anyone ever came across that G. Bush game where he just keeps falling through bubbles or something? It really is the same thing XD
May 26, 2009 at 7:22 pmIrational Promise
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I think the PV is about a version of the Tin Solider.
May 26, 2009 at 9:50 pminvAZN
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Multiculturalism at its best.
And go Canada =)
May 27, 2009 at 5:49 ambrianleung8912
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XD the angel got no penis but massive balls, as big as 1/4 of its head XD
May 27, 2009 at 9:57 amDragonite88
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The song is great. Great band. btw must watch Aishiteru it is really sad and get you watching. must see.
May 27, 2009 at 3:05 pmMighty Mouse
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Haha, Monkey Majik usually has really interesting PV’s and this one is no different XD
*puts morning-evening back on repeat*
May 28, 2009 at 12:57 amOmni
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Irational Promise: Good point, I hadn’t thought of that.
May 28, 2009 at 5:43 pmHaohmaru
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Does anyone have a direct download for the mp3 file of this song?
May 28, 2009 at 8:16 pmreal talk
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That whole band is corny. The fish should of swallowed them and I think the singer was a under cover sperm drinker if you know what I mean.
May 29, 2009 at 4:43 amHotarubi
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i really like the song…
and everyone should watch Aishiteru – it’s a very good drama. So far that is. I’ve only seen one episode, but it is very sad and makes you think.