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An Illustrated History
''An Illustrated History'' is the second North American album released by Japanese pop group Puffy AmiYumi. It was released on May 21, 2002. (See 2002 in music). The album consists of a compilation of Puffy's greatest hits in Japan since their debut, albeit in English lyrics''.'' At least one song from each of Puffy's pre-2022 Japanese album releases were included, with the exception of ''solosolo.'' Notably, it included the whole of the Atarashii Hibi single, but without the karaoke song. There is also a bonus movie of 'Boogie-Woogie No.5' able to be seen on a QuickTime Player when placed into a computer. Track listing #Love So Pure (Andy Sturmer) #True Asia (Asia no Junshin) (English Version) (Yosui Inoue, Tamio Okuda) #That's the Way It Is (Kore ga Watashi no Ikirumichi) (Tamio Okuda) #Electric Beach Fever (Nagisa ni Matsuwaru Et Cetera) (Okuda) #Wild Girls on Circuit (Circuit no Musume) (Okuda) #Sign of Love Captain Funk's Puffy De Samba Mix (Ai no Shirushi) (Kusano Masamu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puffy Amiyumi
is a Japanese pop rock duo formed in Tokyo in 1995, consisting of singers Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura. In the United States, they adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, who also performed under the name Puffy. They sing in Japanese and English. Onuki and Yoshimura were scouted by Sony-affiliated talent agencies and put together in the mid-1990s. Most of their work was produced or co-written by Tamio Okuda and Andy Sturmer, formerly of the bands Unicorn and Jellyfish, respectively. The pair's first release "Asia no Junshin" (1996) sold a million records. They gained mainstream success in Japan during 1998, following the release of their album '' Jet CD'' and continued with several more full-length releases (totaling 15 million sales in Japan). In 2004, an animated series featuring cartoon versions of Onuki and Yoshimura, ''Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'', premiered on the US Cartoon Network. Although their characters were voiced by actresses, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boogie Woogie No
Boogie is a repetitive, swung note or shuffle rhythm,Burrows, Terry (1995). ''Play Country Guitar'', p.42. Dorling Kindersley Limited, London. . "groove" or pattern used in blues which was originally played on the piano in boogie-woogie music. The characteristic rhythm and feel of the boogie was then adapted to guitar, double bass, and other instruments. The earliest recorded boogie-woogie song was in 1916. By the 1930s, Swing bands such as Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Louis Jordan all had boogie hits. By the 1950s, boogie became incorporated into the emerging rockabilly and rock and roll styles. In the late 1980s and the early 1990s country bands released country boogies. Today, the term "boogie" usually refers to dancing to pop, disco, or rock music. History The boogie was originally played on the piano in boogie-woogie music and adapted to guitar. Boogie-woogie is a style of blues piano playing characterized by an up-tempo rhythm, a repeated melodic patt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother/Nehorina Hahorina
"" is the fifth single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese pop rock duo formed in Tokyo in 1995, consisting of singers Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura. In the United States, they adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, who also performed under the name .... It was released on December 12, 1997. The music video features Ami and Yumi playing guitars and singing on a roof. Mother was used as the 1997 drama Eve's theme song. Track listing # "" # "" # "" # " " References Puffy AmiYumi songs 1997 singles Japanese television drama theme songs {{1990s-Japan-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nichiyoubi No Musume
''Fever Fever'' (styled as ''Fever*Fever'') is a 1999 album by PUFFY Puffy can refer to: * Puffy, stage name of Sean Combs (born 1969), American rapper and entrepreneur * Puffy, nickname of Mike Bordin (born 1962), American drummer for the rock band Faith No More * Puffy, nickname of Jeff Dubay (born 1968), Minneso .... On tracks 4 and 10, "Nannari to Naru Deshou (Anything Can Become a Habit)" and "Always Dreamin' About You", the vocal parts are sung by Yumi Yoshimura and Ami Onuki solo, respectively. The latter is also sung entirely in English. Track listing Charts Personnel *Sumiharu Arima – French horn *Tomoyuki Asakawa – harp *Jake H. Concepcion – sax (tenor) *Otsuhiko Fujita – French horn *Takashi Furuta – drums *Takayuki Hijikata – guitar, electric guitar, handclapping *Makoto Hirahara – sax (alto) *Masato Inami – chorus *Megumi Ishibachi – French horn *Shin Kazuhara – trumpet *Taro Kiyooka – trombone *Chiharu Mikuzuki – bass *Akira Okazawa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tararan/Puffy No Tōrmen
"Tararan/Puffy no Tourmen" is the seventh single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese pop rock duo formed in Tokyo in 1995, consisting of singers Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura. In the United States, they adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, who also performed under the name .... It was released on August 29, 1998. The music video has Ami and Yumi singing, interspersed with scenes of a traveling polar bear. Track listing #Tararan #Puffy no Tourmen #Tararan (Original Karaoke) #Puffy no Tourmen (Original Karaoke) References Puffy AmiYumi songs 1998 singles {{1990s-Japan-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puffy De Rumba
"Puffy de Rumba" is the 8th single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi. It was released on December 12, 1998. In the music video, Ami and Yumi sing and dance in a magical garden and meet Jimi Hendrix. Some of this song also played in the Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi episode titled "Janice Jealous." Rumba de Puffy did a slow jam A slow jam is music with rhythm and blues and soul influences. Slow jams are commonly R&B ballads A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or ''ballade'', whi ... version from the album Rumba! UN! as of it was added in Do It Now! Singles chart but lost I've Been Working This Saturday. Track listing # Puffy de Rumba # Peace # Puffy de Rumba (Original Karaoke) # Peace (Original Karaoke) References Puffy AmiYumi songs 1998 singles 1998 songs {{1990s-Japan-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai No Shirushi
"Ai no shirushi" is the 6th single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi. It was released on March 14, 1998. This song was written and composed by Masamune Kusano of band Spitz. Some of this song was played in the film Waterboys. They also sang a Chinese Mandarin version of it on their album The Very Best of Puffy/AmiYumi Jet Fever. Captain Funk also did a remix of it on their album An Illustrated History. There was also a special version of the song sung for the Drummania game. This song was also featured on the live action movie Lovely Complex. A portion of the song was also featured in the Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi ''Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'' is an American animated television series created by Sam Register for Cartoon Network. Produced by Renegade Animation and Cartoon Network Studios, the series stars fictionalized and animated versions of the Japanese pop ... episode "The Phantom of Rock." Track listing # Ai no Shirushi (Sign of Love) # Ai no Shirushi (Original Karaoke) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Funk
(born 28 November 1969) is a New York-based Japanese composer, recording artist, music producer, and DJ, best known for the moniker of Captain Funk. He is known for his mastery and diversity of composition and music production in electronic, dance, rock, pop, and dramatic scores. In addition to commercial releases under recording artist monikers of Captain Funk, (Tatsuya) OE, and Dark Model, he has composed for and has been often featured on TV, film, video games, animation projects, and corporate branding campaigns in the US, Europe, and Asia markets. In July 2012, his composed piece as Dark Model was included on the first footage reel of 2013 movie ''Elysium'' (starring: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster. dir: Neill Blomkamp) played at Comic-Con, San Diego. Tatsuya has collaborated with or remixed numerous artists/bands such as James Brown, Diana Ross, Chic, Simon LeBon, Ron Sexsmith, Serge Gainsbourg, and many other icons. He is also called "Remix Wizard." Oe participated in Panaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circuit No Musume
"Circuit no Musume" (サーキットの娘, also known by its alternative title "Wild Girls on Circuit") is the third single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi on March 12, 1997. The single was one of few releases to gain a #1 hit, with singles " Kore ga Watashi no Ikirumichi", "Nagisa ni Matsuwaru Et Cetera", and album ''Jet-CD ''Jet CD'' is a studio album by Japanese pop rock duo Puffy, released on March 31, 1998 through Epic/Sony Records. It features five hit singles that they released between 1996 and 1997, including three of which topped the Japanese Oricon charts. ...''. The single's cover design, when put alongside the right side of the cover from the single "Nagisa ni Matsuwaru Et Cetera", create a single picture together. Track listing #Circuit no Musume #Circuit no Musume (Original Karaoke) References Puffy AmiYumi songs 1997 singles 1997 songs {{1990s-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagisa Ni Matsuwaru Et Cetera
"Nagisa ni Matsuwaru Et Cetera" is the 4th single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi on April 4, 1997. In the first episode of the Japanese drama "Love Generation", Matsu Takako and Kimura Takuya sing karaoke to this song while doing the punching moves from the music video. The song is also notable for having the alternative title of '"Electric Beach Fever"' in Puffy's 2002 U.S. release An Illustrated History (but is not a direct translation of the original Japanese title). Lining up the single's cover with the single cover from Circuit no musume "Circuit no Musume" (サーキットの娘, also known by its alternative title "Wild Girls on Circuit") is the third single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi on March 12, 1997. The single was one of few releases to gain a #1 hit, with s ... also results in one big picture. Track listing # Nagisa ni Matsuwaru Et Cetera # Nagisa ni Matsuwaru Et Cetera (Original Karaoke) References Puffy AmiYumi songs 1997 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kore Ga Watashi No Ikirumichi
is the 2nd single released by the Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi on October 7, 1996. It sold over 1.5 million copies and was their first #1 hit. They won "Japan Record Award for Best New Artist" in 1996. It is known in American releases as being titled '"That's The Way It Is"' in An Illustrated History and the album Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, although not a direct translation of the song title. A Mandarin version of the song was released as a single in China and Taiwan in late 1998 and can be found on their compilation album The Very Best of Puffy/amiyumi Jet Fever. A remix of this version is also on their 2003 remix album PRMX Turbo. Track listing #"Kore ga Watashi no Ikirumichi" (Monaural) #"Yuki ga Furu Machi" (Unicorn cover) #"Kore ga Watashi no Ikirumichi" (Stereo Karaoke) #"Yuki ga Furu Machi" (Original Karaoke) Phrases and harmonies "Kore ga Watashi no Ikirumichi" is filled with phrases and harmonies of The Beatles and The Who. In 2012, Tamio Okuda explained it in the maga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
