Domo domo, on June 17th, this girl here suddenly get hits by a ...inspiration? and suddenly decide to translate Arashi's winter pamphlet.
This is my first ever official translation so if theres any mistakes spotted please guide me along! m(____)m
note : I think this is all Nino's doing XD i got too into the festive atmosphere
Member's series : Arashi's compilation 2012-2013
[ A section where Arashi does a compilation for their own songs. For the 4th installment, Nino will talk about the precious recording secrets as well as his thoughts about the songs ]
The songs that reminds of a live concert's 'scene' when you listen to it:
1. Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi
2. a Day in Our Life
3. Hadashi no Mirai
4. Kotoba yori taisetsu na mono
5. PIKANCHI DOUBLE
6. Happiness
7. Hatenai sora
8. Gori Muchuu
9. Fight Song
10. Energy Song ~ zekkouchou chou~
11. Subarashiki Sekai
12. Himitsu (Nino's solo)
13. Yes? No?
14. COOL & SOUL
15. Oh Yeah!
16. Refrain
17. Summer Splash!
18. Lucky Man
Original Compilation : Kazunari Ninomiya
Nino: Whichever song is it, they remind me of the 'scene' in concerts. [refrain] reminds me of the water performance in this year's tour (Popcorn), the wow thing about the performance....is that it is very impactful during the concert (means it will make the fans go wow, something to look forward to, sorry i cant think of a good word for it ^^'.) Though this song is not part of the Popcorn Album, i think its very Pop (laughs)
As for Himitsu, it reminds me of concert scenes because i think that its a song that can make the fans happy, and that's why i chose it.
For me, i will get excited before singing Fight Song, its a song that can help to liven the atmosphere during the live. I wrote Fight Song when I was around 20 years old and it is a song for G no Arashi to support the Arashi members. When the others were saying 'theres quite a few songs thats quite good', I suggested that ' Isn't this song kinda nice? ' .
Fight song is supposed to be a slower type of song, but after that i went to increase its tempo and in the end, not only was it used in the show, but was also included in Love So Sweet's single.
Speaking of this, Energy Song was also decided (for album) while we were filming for Meikyuu Love Song's PV, and i remember Energy Song was composed within 1day? It was really fun composing Energy Song!
I wanted to write a Amelody that can be sung in one breathe, so while composing, i was singing along in a small voice, because of that when i reach the Bmelody where we have to REALLY sing, the tone/pitch of the song got super high (laughs). But actually i kinda like the gap between the low/high pitch. I added Fight Song's repetitive part in Energy Song as well and at the part where... (* image blurs out, anyone can help me out here?) *not much missing, i think 2 lines.
Unn, its really a good song right (laughs) To me,its really 2 songs that i like a lot/ am happy about.
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Happy birthday my dearest Nino! you are the one who got officially lure into Arashi fandom <3 Please continue to compose wonderful songs and make us flail at your guitar/piano playings! and i hope one day your air drums will become a real drums perf. I will honestly melt then 8D *fetish + drums weakness
and how can i forget my OTP on this day!!!!
AWWWW! Dai flail!!!!!!! sdasfgsghafqafagaafs
Happy Nino day everyone! <3
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Phew! wow its really not easy! Kudos to all the translators out there!
Sorry for my pathetic attempt >< if you saw any mistake please feel free to correct me! My japanese skills are still lacking and my dictionary is kinda limited :3
and sorry that when i finally managed to post this, Its already 18th in Japan, but well, other time zones are still 17th right? hehe
Credit to weibo and also thank you to a particular someone who helped me to photograph Nino's part from her pamphlet ^^