Favorite J-Pop Singles: Tamura Naomi / Chijou Ni Maiorita Tenshi-Tachi

Another incredible, epic song from powerhouse singer Tamura Naomi, who REALLY shows off her pipes in this MUSIC STATION performance! I just love how she builds and builds on the song to those crazy highs, once for the bridge solo and once to take the song out!

Ah, man, I was just getting into the goodness that is Princess Princess, and I guess my mind was at its most “Japanese Girls that rock the house” mode, but this song really made an impression with me! The only problem I had was…what the heck was the NAME of it?

As I mentioned before, when I was first getting into j-pop, I had a hard time reading some of the song titles, and without the help of the internet, was left to guess as best I could with my “Kanji ABC” book… I studied my Hiraganas and Katakanas, and by the time this Naomi Tamura song came out, was fairly decent with my ability to decipher the titles to the songs I liked, at least more or less...

But then I get hit with a song with a title like THIS:

地上に舞い降りた天使達

WTF?!!! O My God, Look at ALLA THAT KANJI! It seemed utterly insurmountable to me at the time! And while in situations like this, my best bet was to read along with the lyrics on the screen and try to match the title to what she was saying, EVEN then, the chorus was sung at like a MILLION MILES an hour!!!

Truth be told, I never did figure that one out myself, and in fact, until very, very recently, It was always simply referred to me as “That song with the long title that Naomi sings really, really fast!” AHAHAHAHAHA!

Thankfully, with the advent of cool sites that romanize lyrics and translate songs, I finally came across a site where some kind person (BLESS THEIR SOUL, BTW) took the time to translate that Naomi Tamura single for me and give me the long-desired song title!!!!

Listening to Naomi belt this song out always makes me want to go to karaoke (though I would NEVER DARE attempt to tackle a song like this) because her absolute 100% attack style of singing ALWAYS gets me fired up! It’s like watching a great Kung-Fu movie and then walking out of the theater wanting to kick somebody’s butt! AHAHAHA!

With hard-hitting songs like Yuzurenai Negai, Blood, Sweat and Guts and Chijou Ni Maiorita Tenshi-Tachi, Naomi has certainly solidified her in my mind as one of the great Japanese Female rock acts, and the Rock n Roll lady is still out there kickin’ it live to this day! With her recognition for her fine anime songs, she even recently performed for American audiences at the 2009 Otakan, and from the clips and photographs of the event, Naomi is still as terrific-looking as ever!

Favorite J-Pop Singles: Tamura Naomi / Yuzurenai Negai

Incredible single from Naomi Tamura, the lead singer of kick-ass rock group PEARL (which featured some prolific musicians like Carmine Appice of Vanilla Fudge fame and Tony Franklin) with her solo outfit!
The first time I saw her was on this Music Station special, and I was floored by her powerful voice. The song was “Yuzurenai Negai”, a song I would later see her do on that year’s Kohaku as well! What a Gal!!!

Naomi made a few more rocking singles, and then, strangely enough, I suddenly stopped hearing from her after that! I DID notice Tower Records started carrying various PEARL Cds after this…did the group reform, cutting Naomi’s solo venture short?

Anyway, here's Yuzurenai Negai to wrap your ears around...let the rocking begin!