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大江戸の火消し — Firemen of Edo
From the bizzare covers department The Highway Star is proud to present you this gem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYUjAgfhj9c
This is our very own Smoke on the Water retitled “Oedo No Hikeshi” (Firemen of Edo; Edo is the old name of Tokyo), performed on a Japanese show called “Tokiwazubushi Is Rock”. Tokiwazubushi is a school of Joruri, and developed alongside Kabuki theatre, which it was played to accompany. The concert was part of TV Asahi’s weekly series “Daimei No Nai Ongakukai” (Concert Without a Title).
On the “Tokiwazubushi Is Rock” show they also did “Jailhouse Rock aka Denmacho Soodori” (Everyone Dance in Denmacho):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuZvXgubBmY
where lyrics are arranged/modified to fit the Edo era imagery, while retaining the original theme/subject matter – as with SOTW, while We Will Rock You was done in English, with a section of a traditional song inserted in the middle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8pS1P3xO50
Kampai!
Thanks to Andrey Gusenkov for bringing it up and to Akiko Hada for her expertise.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
A CLASSIC!
Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary definition of classic:
Pronunciation: \kla-sik\
Function: adjective
Etymology: French or Latin; French classique, from Latin classicus of the highest class of Roman citizens, of the first rank, from classis
Date: circa 1604
1 a: serving as a standard of excellence : of recognized value b: traditional enduring c: characterized by simple tailored lines in fashion year after year
2: of or relating to the ancient Greeks and Romans or their culture : classical
3 a: historically memorable b: noted because of special literary or historical associations
4 a: authentic authoritative b: typical
Any Doubt?
January 21st, 2008 at 20:47Big in Japan.. this is great!
January 21st, 2008 at 21:21Bizzare indeed!! really could have done as an instrumental and I would have enjoyed it.
January 21st, 2008 at 22:15Original! The Japanese are very inventive indeed :).
January 22nd, 2008 at 09:04I would understand what they say!
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:42優良 歌謡. 興味津津!
January 23rd, 2008 at 02:51!@$%#^&+)*&?. AND NOT ONLY THAT,~!~@@%^&??.. !!!!!!!!SSSSSS
January 23rd, 2008 at 04:39BOOM
Oooh…not clap…yes?
January 25th, 2008 at 20:14And we thought that DP were pushing boundaries to the limit when they pulled the original out of Mr Blackmore’s Hat!!
How wrong were we!!!
Eddie
January 25th, 2008 at 20:26Why these videos are already unavailable? I had the chante to see only the first one on YouTube.
Couldn’t they be back for a few more weeks?
George
April 1st, 2008 at 00:20There are copies in YouTube. Though each one is lossy of course. I have this downloaded as a music track for myself. If it would be even possible to retrieve the original record and publish it in better quality, that would be great.
February 4th, 2024 at 20:30