# Short narrative of a music lover Vol.10 That’s how strong my love is – Otis Redding

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- Published: 2022-02-09T18:01:00-05:00
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## My Favorite CD

Maybe since I first became interested in Brazilian music, I started at a loss in
the face of a vast sea of music, , now I don’t have time to look for new, contemporary
music. Maybe just because I’m just getting old. Well, even music from a hundred 
years ago is new to me when I hear it for the first time, so there’s no need to 
go after new music. Of course, it is very exciting to meet new music, and I listen
to Peter Barakan’s radio program every week. But what I want to introduce you this
time is music that seem s to be my home. I don’t know how many times I’ve listened
to them, but I regularly find myself wanting to listen to them. A lot of them is
music that I was obsessed with as a teenager. A three minutes long song can’t get
any longer or shorter than that. In this sense, music is like sharing time. Here’s
a list of songs that I’ve shared a lot of time with in my life.

First of all, Otis Redding. I don’t really remember how I came across his music,
but I vaguely remember reading that Jimi Hendrix said that Otis made him cry irresistibly.
When I was 19 years old I went on a trip to Europe and I was listening to music 
on a Walkman with cassette tapes, so I couldn’t take many tapes with me on the trip.
Otis’s song is most important cassette I brought on that trip. I listened to his
music over and over again. I don’t know why Otis’ voice never failed to capture 
the heart of a boy born in Japan. But there are days when I still play Otis at least
once a month.

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One of the albums I had in Europe was the first album by The Blue Hearts, but I’ve
already introduced them many times, so this time I won’t.

The first English-speaking artist I came across was Billy Joel. From the moment 
I dropped the needle on 52nd Street in my brother’s room (of course there were no
CDs in those days) I was still under the spell of music. After a while I bought “
Piano Man” with my own little pocket money and I remember listening to it over and
over again, from the moment I got home from school until I ate my dinner, and after
the moment I ate my dinner until I fell asleep.

### Piano Man – Billy Joel

Surprisingly, I can still sing most of Billy’s songs, even though I’m not a native
English speaker. Junior high school boy’s fever is awesome!

I started listening to Charlie Parker because of Eric Clapton, and I read in a magazine
or something that Clapton’s band, the Yardbirds, was named after an old jazz musician.
I bought “Charlie Parker Story On Dial” with my little pocket money. Something faster
and hotter than I’d ever heard before, coming through the noise, grabbed me completely.

### Moose the Mooche – Charlie Parker

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I had no idea at the time that it was improvised, and I remember being baffled by
the many different takes of the same song. I worried too much like so junior high
school boy, I listened to it over and over again, trying to remember the sound in
my head if I ever went deaf.

Then there was another one, “Ella and Louis”. I usually throw myself into this album
on nights when I’ve had a bad day. I remember buying it for less than 1,000 yen 
at a wagon sale when I was a university student. Because I had been listening to
jazz from Charlie Parker onwards, and I was going in the opposite direction to Louis,
so I thought, Louis Armstrong, I know the name, I was just going to pay 1,000 yen
for it. When I got home, I put on the CD and as soon as I heard the first notes 
of Oscar Peterson’s piano, my heart melted. For me, jazz is hard music, Charlie 
Parker and Sonny Rollins both seemed to fight for something higher. The jazz on 
this album is just so warm. It’s like napping in front of a fireplace with a good
book. For me, there is no better medicine for peace of mind.

### Can‘t we be friends?  – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Finally, as always, my song. This song is dedicated to Otis. I think I did a good
job with the lyrics. I had an online meeting with the producer of my current label
and he said “let’s record some songs” and I was really excited and happy, and that
night this song came to me. This song is full of my love to music.

#### Kaneko’s Song of the Day

**Otis**
Lyrics: KANEKO Chalin

He started to sing when he was born
Sweetest melody just like hornMom always fell
in sleepHis voices reached into deep

All he needs is an old man guitar
He just needs simple chordsStarry sky is dancing
farEvery solider fold sword

He can make every song to love
He wakes up inside you white dove

He was born to sing for a broken heart
Born to sing for present sinnersBorn to sing
for every butterflyBorn to sing for future cry

All he needs is an old man guitar
He just needs simple chordsStarry sky is dancing
farEvery solider fold sword

He can make every song to love
He wakes up inside you white dove

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