Battle of the Bands: Two Songs For This First Day of Autumn
Battle of the Bands: Two Songs For This First Day of Autumn
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September 22, 2020
“Hold Up the Light”: A Song That is Still Relevant 32 Years Later
It's #SongLyricsSunday! This week's prompt is "Clear/Dark/Light". Now Jim, the host for #SLS, has mentioned that this week's words are general words and describing general colors, but the song I…
August 16, 2020
THE ALFEE’s Plea in “Marie Anne”: Won’t You Stay For Me?
The prompt for this week's #SongLyricsSunday is "Maria/Marie/Mary". What a perfect prompt to write about the legendary Japanese rock band THE ALFEE and their 1983 song "Marie Anne" (メリーアン). If…
June 21, 2020
A Bouquet of Hydrangeas for this Battle of the Bands
It is the beginning of the rainy season here in Japan. From late May to the end of June, the days are filled with clouds and rain. Lots of gloom…
June 4, 2020
Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over”: An Anthem of Unity
Welcome to the final #SongLyricsSunday for May 2020. For this week's prompt, I was challenged to find a song with the words "End/Finish/Over/Stop". The reason why the prompt was chosen…
May 24, 2020
25 Songs to Give You Hope During These Times
How are you doing? How are you feeling? 2020 has been a rough year as everyday seems uncertain and chaotic. As many around the world have been living mostly in…
May 20, 2020
Which No. 1 Single of May 23 Will Be No. 1 in 2020?
Next week is my birthday! I'm celebrating with this Battle of the Bands that features songs that were No. 1 in Germany, the UK, the US, and Japan when I…
May 17, 2020
Enduring Romantic Blues with Chisato Moritaka’s “ALONE”
"ALONE" is about a longing from a female's perspective of a love that has faded. Even though her and her lover has parted, the character in the song still loves that person. She remembers every little quirk and every little detail about her lover. It is such a sad and painful song about experience love that has been now lost. We all shared similar experiences that Chisato Moritaka wrote in the mid-tempo ballad.
April 26, 2020
Oh, The Places I Have Been To!
Welcome to another #SongLyricsSunday here on ai love music! This week's prompt is about a "hometown or [a] city where you were born or were lived in or someplace that…
April 19, 2020
What Kind of Flowers Do You Want? (Battle of the Bands)
Continuing with the theme of spring from the last Battle of the Bands, I decided to go with the theme of flowers for this Battle. Flowers of different varieties all…
April 16, 2020