RADWIMPS PIMPOST: spreading the #radfever
if you have clicked the cut, then you are here, and if you are here then it means that you are willing to experience the magic of radwimps. and so, without further ado, let me introduce to guys to the best band in existence
Before diving into their brilliant music and beautiful lyrics, a brief introduction is in order:
members
Noda Youjirou (野田洋次郎) Kuwahara Akira (桑原彰) Takeda Yuusuke (武田祐介) Yamaguchi Satoshi (山口智史)
vocals, guitar guitar, chorus drums, chorus bass, chorus
05/07/1985 04/04/1985 24/05/1985 20/03/1985
formation
The band name RADWIMPS has meanings like "excellent weakling" and "superlative coward". They literally put 'rad' and 'wimps' together because they're cool like that. Initially formed in 2001 as a band of 5 straight out of highschool, the band underwent some changes because academics and life happens, and in the end Noda and Kuwahara were left. Takeda and Yamaguchi were friends of theirs, and they joined the band, and it's been like that since 2004.
numerical proof that they're super awesome (and thus are kind of a big deal)
all of which is shamelessly copied from wiki
actual proof that they're super awesome (and thus you should prepare to be blown away)
Firstly, I just want to say, they've done that one thing that all awesome groups must go through (like KAT-TUN and SHINee ;D). And now, onto videos! I'm going to start off with DADA, which, as you've just read, was #1 on the Oricon charts earlier this year. Check it out, yo!
DADA
That may have been a bit loud for some of you, depending on your musical tastes. Don't be discouraged. RADWIMPS are an alternative rock band and they challenge all kinds of sounds, so it'd be impossible not to find at least one song you like; trust me.
I've chosen the rest of these videos for the specific purpose of highlighting how un-fucking-believably breathtaking the lyrics are.
Order Made
(yes, it's a shizaya fanvid. no, i didn't choose it because of that. i just feel the animation matches it really well. this is my favourite song in the world.)
携帯電話 | Keitai Denwa
ignore the first 5 secs, the video does work
ふたりごと | Futarigoto
いいんですか | Iin Desu Ka
(another shizaya fanvid. same reason as the first one. this is not a shizaya pimp post, purely radwimps feelings.)
叫べ | Sakebe
君と羊と青 | Kimi to Hitsuji to Ao
おしゃかしゃま| Oshakashama
embedding is disabled, but please do watch this one; it's on also YT, here. It's not about romance, but kind of about the world; it's one of my favourites as if all RADWIMPS songs aren't my favourite XD;. top 5 then.. Make sure the CC button is clicked to see the subtitles :).
and a little more on lyrics
Interesting fact about the lyrics: Vocalist Youjirou Noda writes all of the band's music and lyrics (the only exception currently is the bonus track "Yonaki" from Radwimps 4, written by Kuwahara Akira). Almost all of Noda's lyrics are based on events he experienced, or non-fictional events. "Enren" from Radwimps 4: Okazu no Gohan, released in 2006, was the first time Noda has written a fictional song since the band formed. (← c/p'd from wiki)
half a dozen lyric snippets (all from memeshe)
yume banchi
If I entrust a dream to yesterday, regret; if I entrust a dream to tomorrow, hope.
I wonder what will happen if I entrust my dreams to the me of today?
I'm cowering, shutting myself away, and waiting for tomorrow.
But why is today starting again when it should have turned into tomorrow?
translation by: hachinoyou2sasu
nana no uta
You say that for me, you compliment me, so for that part of me, I'm thankful
To my mom and dad. I'm truly thankful. They're geniuses for creating me like this,
To match the preferences of the person I love. How can I do something like that?
Even if I'm told it's just a fluke, there might still be a knack to it.
If there is, I want someone to secretly tell me, I want them to let me use it one day.
I want my children to match with someone also.
translation by: missleliz
meruhen to gureteru
The character for "you" has 7 strokes, and the one for "me" has 14.
It's done so perfectly it's scary.
Does that mean that I can only love you
Half as much as I love myself?
translation by: missleliz
memeshe
Along with your "goodbye," I wanted you to teach me
how to break that promise, how to love someone else
but the truth is that I don't want to learn at all
We've promised, right?
That we could count on each other till we are 100
I didn't think that the 101st year would come so soon
I'm really sorry for saying things like that
My mind understood it but my selfish heart just can't take it
translation by: nananini
kanashi
If only we had always lived remembering how it felt to love someone,
then perhaps there would be no need for hurtful words in this world?
...
Your heart had always, always been for there for someone else's sake,
Yet you must have somehow found a way to love yourself as well.
I wonder if I can find love someday, too?
If I can become someone like you?
Just how much can I give myself to someone else?
...
You loved, didn't you? You loved people.
Loved people so much that you let your heart wither.
You even let your own self wither.
translation by: dash_ignition
tremolo
Recently I’ve been watching too many movies, so miracles have become all too common
And I have come to say things without thought smoothly
Look, I’m getting farther apart from myself, and I even want to forget these things
Please say “The truth is just that beautiful”
translation by: baruvesu
radwimps are loved (by which I mean, behold! there be fanart)
how you can love radwimps
head over to memeshe (open membership) to download their discography or check out all the lyrics that have been translated and fall head over heels like me :D! Alternatively, you can google for links and hopefully discover more of their music; and I'm pretty sure there's one torrent out there with RADWIMPS' entire discography apart from the latest album, Zettai Zetsumei. happy hunting 8D!
and now! go forth, full of RADWIMPS love :D!
Sources:
.Gifs: 1, 2
Fanart: member profiles, 1-4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Before diving into their brilliant music and beautiful lyrics, a brief introduction is in order:
members
Noda Youjirou (野田洋次郎) Kuwahara Akira (桑原彰) Takeda Yuusuke (武田祐介) Yamaguchi Satoshi (山口智史)
vocals, guitar guitar, chorus drums, chorus bass, chorus
05/07/1985 04/04/1985 24/05/1985 20/03/1985
formation
The band name RADWIMPS has meanings like "excellent weakling" and "superlative coward". They literally put 'rad' and 'wimps' together because they're cool like that. Initially formed in 2001 as a band of 5 straight out of highschool, the band underwent some changes because academics and life happens, and in the end Noda and Kuwahara were left. Takeda and Yamaguchi were friends of theirs, and they joined the band, and it's been like that since 2004.
numerical proof that they're super awesome (and thus are kind of a big deal)
all of which is shamelessly copied from wiki
- The band's third and first major label album, Radwimps 3: Mujintō ni Motte Ikiwasureta Ichimai in March 2006, was a landmark in establishing their popularity, debuting at number 13 on Oricon's album charts. Radwimps 3 saw a change in the band's musical style, allowing the band to be more experimental in their sound.
- Radwimps 4: Okazu no Gohan, lead with the top 20 singles "Futarigoto" and "Yūshinron" and top 5 "Setsuna Rensa," debuted at number five.
- In this time, the band's older releases, such as Radwimps, Radwimps 2 and "Kiseki" began charting for the first time and continued to for extended periods, Radwimps even eventually being certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. In the next three years, both Radwimps and Radwimps 2 charted for approximately 100 weeks, and as of early 2011, Radwimps 3 and Radwimps 4 still continue to chart.
- "Enren," despite not being promoted as a single or promotional track, has been singled out in two separate surveys as a popular long distance relationship-themed song in 2008 and 2010.
- Uta Map Mobile in 2008 (Japan's most popular cellphone lyric searching site at the time) found that "Futarigoto" was the 6th most accessed lyrics for the year, despite being released in 2006
- In 2008, the band received their first number one single, with "Order Made", on the Oricon charts.
- Their 2009 album Altocolony no Teiri sold around 213,000 copies in its first week, debuting at number 2 on the Oricon charts.
- The band received their second Oricon number one single "Dada" in 2011.
- Many celebrities have listed Radwimps as one of their favourite musicians, including Chara and Ueto Aya. In fact Kazutoshi Sakurai of the band Mr. Children selected "Yūshinron" as a song he respected enough to cover, for his side project with Takeshi Kobayashi on their 2010 album Sōshisōai 3.
actual proof that they're super awesome (and thus you should prepare to be blown away)
Firstly, I just want to say, they've done that one thing that all awesome groups must go through (like KAT-TUN and SHINee ;D). And now, onto videos! I'm going to start off with DADA, which, as you've just read, was #1 on the Oricon charts earlier this year. Check it out, yo!
DADA
Click to viewThat may have been a bit loud for some of you, depending on your musical tastes. Don't be discouraged. RADWIMPS are an alternative rock band and they challenge all kinds of sounds, so it'd be impossible not to find at least one song you like; trust me.
I've chosen the rest of these videos for the specific purpose of highlighting how un-fucking-believably breathtaking the lyrics are.
Order Made
(yes, it's a shizaya fanvid. no, i didn't choose it because of that. i just feel the animation matches it really well. this is my favourite song in the world.)
携帯電話 | Keitai Denwa
ignore the first 5 secs, the video does work
ふたりごと | Futarigoto
いいんですか | Iin Desu Ka
(another shizaya fanvid. same reason as the first one. this is not a shizaya pimp post, purely radwimps feelings.)
叫べ | Sakebe
君と羊と青 | Kimi to Hitsuji to Ao
おしゃかしゃま| Oshakashama
embedding is disabled, but please do watch this one; it's on also YT, here. It's not about romance, but kind of about the world; it's one of my favourites as if all RADWIMPS songs aren't my favourite XD;. top 5 then.. Make sure the CC button is clicked to see the subtitles :).
and a little more on lyrics
Interesting fact about the lyrics: Vocalist Youjirou Noda writes all of the band's music and lyrics (the only exception currently is the bonus track "Yonaki" from Radwimps 4, written by Kuwahara Akira). Almost all of Noda's lyrics are based on events he experienced, or non-fictional events. "Enren" from Radwimps 4: Okazu no Gohan, released in 2006, was the first time Noda has written a fictional song since the band formed. (← c/p'd from wiki)
half a dozen lyric snippets (all from memeshe)
yume banchi
If I entrust a dream to yesterday, regret; if I entrust a dream to tomorrow, hope.
I wonder what will happen if I entrust my dreams to the me of today?
I'm cowering, shutting myself away, and waiting for tomorrow.
But why is today starting again when it should have turned into tomorrow?
translation by: hachinoyou2sasu
nana no uta
You say that for me, you compliment me, so for that part of me, I'm thankful
To my mom and dad. I'm truly thankful. They're geniuses for creating me like this,
To match the preferences of the person I love. How can I do something like that?
Even if I'm told it's just a fluke, there might still be a knack to it.
If there is, I want someone to secretly tell me, I want them to let me use it one day.
I want my children to match with someone also.
translation by: missleliz
meruhen to gureteru
The character for "you" has 7 strokes, and the one for "me" has 14.
It's done so perfectly it's scary.
Does that mean that I can only love you
Half as much as I love myself?
translation by: missleliz
memeshe
Along with your "goodbye," I wanted you to teach me
how to break that promise, how to love someone else
but the truth is that I don't want to learn at all
We've promised, right?
That we could count on each other till we are 100
I didn't think that the 101st year would come so soon
I'm really sorry for saying things like that
My mind understood it but my selfish heart just can't take it
translation by: nananini
kanashi
If only we had always lived remembering how it felt to love someone,
then perhaps there would be no need for hurtful words in this world?
...
Your heart had always, always been for there for someone else's sake,
Yet you must have somehow found a way to love yourself as well.
I wonder if I can find love someday, too?
If I can become someone like you?
Just how much can I give myself to someone else?
...
You loved, didn't you? You loved people.
Loved people so much that you let your heart wither.
You even let your own self wither.
translation by: dash_ignition
tremolo
Recently I’ve been watching too many movies, so miracles have become all too common
And I have come to say things without thought smoothly
Look, I’m getting farther apart from myself, and I even want to forget these things
Please say “The truth is just that beautiful”
translation by: baruvesu
radwimps are loved (by which I mean, behold! there be fanart)
how you can love radwimps
head over to memeshe (open membership) to download their discography or check out all the lyrics that have been translated and fall head over heels like me :D! Alternatively, you can google for links and hopefully discover more of their music; and I'm pretty sure there's one torrent out there with RADWIMPS' entire discography apart from the latest album, Zettai Zetsumei. happy hunting 8D!
and now! go forth, full of RADWIMPS love :D!
Sources:
.Gifs: 1, 2
Fanart: member profiles, 1-4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15