50 YEARS OF HAKOHako's first album, Tobimasu, released exactly 50 years ago, on October 1st, 1975. We're starting early, because as of now, it's already tomorrow in Japan.Whether you're a fan, listen to her once in a while, only know her by name or just heard about her for the first time right now, come and celebrate together by listening to the album.>playlist with romaji titleshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFHvkOSKgA8&list=PLNVH9TPQKejQR08eGrhjmOy4dyc7n9uyf>playlist with original titleshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDEzcdzTPh8&list=OLAK5uy_kRdbF4MlooPNYbCov4bR3DIiCZ5wPBIeULater, I will post some nice things (webms, pictures, interesting facts), and even later something any fan should see, but most probably haven't, since it's pretty rare. So, don't let the thread die and stay tuned.
As a part of celebration, I took a picture of my humble Hakollection. It's still inhakomplete, as you can see, but I'm working on it. Don't hesitate to post your own, if you have one.(I just noticed the bottom right book is upside down. I finally understand why they invented seppuku.)
Alright, some pictures from a book that contains photos of several female artist. It's called 五線譜に舞う女たち (Gosenfu ni Mau Onnatachi - Women Dancing on Staff Notation), and I'm going to focus on Hako, of course.
>>127917446Based Yamasakichad. Tobimasu is a great album.
>>127917878Frankly, if I had to pick one favourite music album, I'm not sure if I'd be able to choose between Tobimasu and Tsunawatari. They're both full of one-of-a-kind masterfully crafted pieces.
By the way, as much as Hako's songs can be enjoyed even if you don't understand a word in Japanese, it's good to remember that she's not only a brilliant singer, guitarist and composer, but also songwriter. To improve your experience further I highly recommend trying to understand her songs. Some lyrics can be googled, others you will find in comments under videos for specific songs and whole albums. Of course, you can also use translation tools like DeepL or whatever.If you can't even find lyrics, which is possible, tell me the title and I'll post them.
My favourite anime character :3
>>127917446for me its the bells say goodbye
>>127918090I'll come back to this later.>>127918150Amazing, but really pretty much every song from Tobimasu is among my favourites.
>>127917446I admit I didn't know her, I listened the first one and it's a banger; it reminds me of folk med songs. Thank you.
>>127917446>Posting a playlistIs there a video with the whole album in one?
>>127918178Enjoy! I learned about Hako from /mu/ myself too.>>127918219Sure is.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIKQ1claIHghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jncyQ8AaX-c
THING, JAPAN
>>127918318And Happy Hakoday to you on this joyous occasion, my friend.
I had to save some of them as jpgs, because pngs were too big.
And the last one from Gosenfu ni Mau Onnatachi. But I still have some even rarer pictures to post later.
A couple of nice things for you. These are so called "studio lives" or "radio lives". Hako plays and sings alone, with a small or without any audience at all, and the whole thing is broadcast over the radio. The quality of these is pretty bad, of course, since most likely they were recorded on cassettes by listeners at home. They were all aired between 1976 and 1982.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJVTI7sGucoFor some reason this one has only half of Sasurai. But fear not, someone uploaded the whole song separately, it's exactly the same recording, except complete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgbuCrDFmHg - and if you're not really interested in listening to random low quality lives, at least listen to this, because it's especially amazing. I made myself an mp3 of it and have it in my every playlist.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nT_yOxc5-shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adZyin0FQy4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhZxR0-ZuVYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxImsjCoiRo
>>127918261Based, and thank you. I am listening to the whole album now. I admit it is slightly frustrating when I hear a really good song and don't know what it's called. (Currently the "bye-bye" one that starts around 36 minutes in).
>>127918318I know this guy from another board and he's based. His Hako autism is literal and severe; he is probably one of the biggest Hako experts in the Western world.
>>127918598Ah, that's probably 気分を変えて (Kibun wo Kaete - Change Your Mood), one of her most popular songs.The full romaji list of songs:1. Boukyou2. Sasurai3. Kazaguruma4. Hashi Mukou no Ie 5. Sayonara no Kane6. Taketonbo7. Kage ga Mienai8. Kibun wo Kaete9. Tobimasu10. Komori Uta11. Otoko to Onna no Heya (Bonus Track)Actually, now I noticed both YT links I posted have lists, one in the description, the other in the comments, so that should be easier to navigate.
>>127918607I am but a humble disciple of Hako.
I finished to listen to the record and it is a good one. It is unfortunate that on lyrics translate there are like 4 songs that aren't translated. I used DeepL, but I imagine there's something lost in translation.
>>127918821There's always something lost in translation. Japanese generally doesn't translate well into other languages; and this is music, so basically poetry, making it even worse.Once, I tried to translate a song for someone, but ended up explaining every line instead. It was a long and awkward process.
This is from Hako's book released in 1978, 真夜中に太陽が見たい (Mayonaka ni Taiyou ga Mitai - I Want to See the Sun in the Middle of the Night). It's mainly a collection of poems.It has some more photos, but it's impossible to scan or even take pictures of them without ruining the book, unfortunately.
>>127918318JAKSHITTER CRUCIFIXION
Hako in a school uniform.
All fans probably already know this, but I'd like to bring to others' attention this video. It's pretty much the only video where you can SEE young Hako sing a full song live. It's also her first time on TV.I don't mean to brag, but I've been watching this at least once a day without fail for over three years.The song is Kimono from the album Nawatobi released on the same day this happened.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNKwuwceXx8
>>127917446>Hako's first album, Tobimasu,youtube recommendation-core. It's good. Do you like Yoshiko Sai also?
>>127918728Hako looking very cullable in this picture.
>>127919491>youtube recommendation-coreI wouldn't know, I keep YT history and recommendations off.>Do you like Yoshiko Sai also?No. The thing is, I only listen to rock and metal. Hako is the sole exception. I did try looking for similar artist, and yes, I did check Sai as well, but I didn't find any of them really similar, at least not in the way that makes Hako special to me personally, it seems.>>127919689What do you take her for, some kind of a mustelid?
Alright, time to finally address this post: >>127918090To the untrained eye, it may seem like random nonsense, however...There is an anime called Chibi Maruko-chan. It's been running since 1995 (and before that another season from 1990 to 1992). There is a special episode that was aired on 7 June 2002, between episodes 379 and 380, hence known as episode 379.5, titled "Maruko Goes to a Folk Concert" (まる子、フォークコンサートへ行く). There, she meets a new character, a debuting female folk artist. Later, she meets her again and the girl visits Maruko's home. Yes, the girl's name is Yamasaki Hako, voiced by none other than Yamasaki Hako herself. During the episode she sings a song as well. Webm related.If you'd like to take a look, I uploaded uhhh... a trailer for you. The episode was released on DVDs together with three other episodes, so the trailer is appropriately long, of course. The episode of interest begins at 00:47:55. I mean the trailer of the episode. It doesn't have subtitles and I have no idea if they can be downloaded somewhere. I mean, does anyone even bother translating trailers?The filename is strange, because I was afraid Mediafire would delete the file, thinking it's the full episode or something, which obviously isn't the case.https://www.mediafire.com/file/vxhyn3703f901b2/Mediafire is generally a respectable site and shouldn't have any scammy ads, but using an adblocker won't hurt either.
good thread
>>127919926Fun fact #1:The ending for the special episode is Hako's... 呪い (Noroi - Curse).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1LGa5N3cqQWhat compelled the authors to use this one of all of her songs will remain a mystery. When I heard it first time, I already thought the song was haunted, and I didn't understand the lyrics at all. When you do, it's much worse ("driving nails into a straw doll", "straw doll shedding blood" and so on).Now, here's a story. I once accidentally happened to visit a blog whose owner was at the time working at the TV station that broadcasted the episode. According to him, after it was aired, they got quite a few letters with complaints.Apparently, the difference in tone and atmosphere between the cozy family anime and the eerie song was so big, that some people didn't understand that it was a part of the show and were scared, thinking it was some supernatural power at work. The fact that the movie Ring was released just a couple years prior probably explains this phenomenon.
>>127919926Fun fact #2:I had to fight for over 2 (two, 二) years to have Hako added on MyAnimeList as a person and as a character. And even then, MAL jannies refused to add the episode itself, because according to them it's a part of the main show. Even though, like I said, it was aired between episodes 379 and 380, and despite the fact that everywhere else, in English or in Japanese, it's treated as a special episode. And now, her "Anime Staff Positions" says "Theme Song Composition (ED, ep 379)", which is literally untrue, because that's a completely different episode.I guess jannies will be jannies no matter where you go.>>127919983Hope it's good enough to stay up for a couple of hours without me spamming, because I still have things to post, but not the time to do it.
>>127919793>No. The thing is, I only listen to rock and metal. Hako is the sole exception. I appreciate your autism sir, carry on with thing japan
>>127917446I have (downloaded) Tobimasu, Tsunawatari, Nagare Yoi Uta, and 人間まがい. What else should I get?
Also post lewd halo pics>>127919157I deflowered her
>>127920016>The fact that the movie Ring was released just a couple years prior probably explains this phenomenon.Lol>>127920560I'd say he liked that artist that JUST happen to be japanese, so no "thing Japan"
>>127920616Well, you're missing the third album, 藍色の詩 (Aiiro no Uta). I mainly listen to these five, plus some songs from the 6th (歩いて - Aruite) and 7th (茜 - Akane). The reason for this is that after the 5th album (人間まがい - Ningen Magai) her music gradually stops being folk and becomes pop.There's a story connected to this, by the way. It involves the government using media to artificially kill folk music, since it was the "rebel music" at the time, also associated with student movements, strikes etc. Newspapers suddenly started saying that folk isn't "in" any more, that now the new, fresh, happy and cool music called pop that came from the glorious USA is what young people love; comedians made fun of folk artists in TV shows and so on.And I'm saying this right after taking my pills, mind. But I digress.And live albums:ライブセット (Raibu Setto - Live Set) that contains the remastered first two live albums: ファーストライブ (Faasuto Raibu - First Live) and ライブII 歌在りて (Raibu II Uta Arite). The latter, or the second CD of the Live Set, is full of much less known songs that aren't on any studio album and even actual old folk songs not written by Hako... which is why I mostly listen to the First Live, or the first CD of the Live Set.私の幸せ (Watashi no Shiawase)But if you don't mind pop, you should explore further, of course.
>>127923514Thanks, I'll check those out
>>127919926You might be able to upload this to archive.org instead of Mediafire if you want. Then, more people would be able to find it.
I downloaded your video, but I skipped around looking for Hako. She sings at 1:05 and 1:11. Are there any other songs in the video? Also, do you speak enough Japanese to explain why Hako seemingly goes missing and appears on a wanted poster at the end of her episode?
>>127917446>Hako's first album, Tobimasu, released exactly 50 years ago, on October 1st, 1975.>She made her debut in 1975 with the album Tobimasu, which was released under Pony Canyon records.[3]>Pony Canyon Inc. (株式会社ポニーキャニオン, Kabushiki gaisha Ponī Kyanion), also known by the shorthand form Ponican (ぽにきゃん, Ponikyan), is a Japanese company, established on October 1, 1966,[2] >October 1, 1966
Alright, listened to Hako for around 9 hours at work and while commuting. I'm literally full of Hako (in the figurative sense of the word "literally", of course, there is always room for more Hako).I got back and just put on some Hako. Now a little bit of rest and since the opening ceremony is already finished, we can finally start the real celebration after a small warm-up.For that, I'm going to post some newspaper clippings and wallpapers. My wallpapers aren't "good", but they're the best I managed to make. It's extremely hard to find a high quality picture of Hako. Still, maybe someone will find one they like.>>127927049That's certainly an idea to consider, but later.>>127927264No, there's only Yokohama during the episode and Noroi as the ending.The poster says デビューコンサート - debut concert.>>127927332Maybe it's just a default date they use when they're not sure.
According to this newspaper, at the time Hako weighed 34kg. This is due to health problems and her generally weak constitution. And that number is after a bit of a break from music and some kind of treatment (unclear, because the text is incomplete), before that it was 32kg, it says.I don't know when this was published, but it might've been before the concert from the First Live album (once again, I recommend the Live Set version, by the way, since it's remastered), which was released in 1977. At the beginning of the concert, she says that she'll be singing for the first time after a couple-month-long break, so that would fit.On the other hand...
...this one is from 1978, when she was 21 years old, and it says (bottom left) "154cm and 31kg".From eyewitness testimonies, I learned that when she stepped out on the stage, she looked like a "little girl with a big guitar" and that it was "hard to tell whether she was carrying the guitar or the other way around". And that the contrast between her frail figure and her powerful voice was baffling.
This is likely from one of those "studio/radio lives" mentioned here: >>127918561
nice, I have like 4 of her albums on vinyl.
>>127927755I plan on collecting her vinyls one day, but since I have nothing to play them on, I started with CDs.
>>127927764Indigo Poetry was the first vinyl that I ever bought, I got it before even having a record player. Just don't get one of those crosleys, at least get one if the basic audio technical turntables.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT2TjixSP3g
>>127927784>Indigo Poetry was the first vinyl that I ever boughtAh, that's a good choice too.>Just don't get one of those crosleys, at least get one if the basic audio technical turntables.Don't even know what that is. My knowledge on the subject is practically 0. But when I get around to it, I'll do some research, possibly ask on /mu/ as well.
Is this the japanese hope sandoval
Since Aiiro no Uta was mentioned, I'll start with this wallpaper. Yes, it's blurry as hell, but I like to pretend that it's the author's vision.I prefer toned down, dark wallpapers with room for icons on the left, so they usually look like this.>>127927864I tried to google her and it seems she's a folk singer and writer, who started her career in 1986... so basically an American Hako.
Based thread
Not very original, this one is made from the next album, Nagare Yoi Uta.
This was made from the compilation album called ハ・コ・で・す (Hako Desu - Hako To Be Honest (heh)). I bought it specifically to scan the cover, because pictures you can find on the internet are low quality.
And phone version.
Unless I missed something, this should be it.This photo was also in Hako Desu. It was very small, so small I had to use the macro camera in my phone to take a picture of it, but I like it a lot.
did you buy her new reissue albums or preorder the album of an unreleased studio session
Alright, enough of the warm up, now it's to celebrate for real.>>127928282If available, I buy new ones, because then she gets royalties. But most of her albums can only be bought used.And if you're talking about 元気かい (Genki Kai) released last year, I don't have it yet, because I'm buying them chronologically.
>>127928336my bad. i was thinking of yoshiko sai. i listen to a lot of japanese ssw artists and while i dont dislike them i never got super into yamasaki nor sai despite them both being pretty popular in their field. that's why i tend to get them mixed up.
any lewds?
Alright, the preparations are complete. First, listen to the story.Long ago, long before our times, around the year of 1975, in a land now known as Japan, there was a person. It was an ordinary Hakonnoisseur, just like you and me, our Bröther in Hako, you might say. Or perhaps was it a Sïster in Hako? We will probably never know, so let's call them the Sïbling in Hako.That Sïbling in Hako of ours was an Original Hakonnoisseur, blessed with the opportunity to listen to Hako from the very beginning and see her live during concerts. And that Sïbling in Hako, imagine this, owned a photo camera. As a true Hakonnoisseur, they knew what the true purpose of the device was. That is, to take pictures of Hako, of course.Many years later, our Sïbling had passed on to find their peace in Hako. The relics landed in the treasuries of their inheritors, who - ignorant of the true worth of what was bestowed upon them - decided to dispose of them by the way of trade.Thus, after long years, the treasures finally made their way into the hands of the Sïbling's true successors. That is, us. What I now hold with reverence in my hand are three pictures of Hako, not from a magazine, not from a book and not from an album. Three original photographies, never published anywhere.They're nearly 50 years old, so I cleaned them as best as I could without risking hurting them in any way, then scanned them and cleaned them again in the Shop of Photo. And now, in the next three posts, I will present them to you. Two of them I already showed to a small audience of another board, but left the last one for this very occasion.Yes, you are allowed to save them. In fact, it's your duty.
WORLD PREMIERE
cute
Good thread
/mu/ needs more of this type of schizo
GRANDE FINALECan't imagine a more perfect way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the album Tobimasu than with this album here.It's called 飛びます・・・17歳 (Tobimasu...Jyuunanasai - Flying...17 Years Old). Released in 2001, only on CDs and in a very limited number of copies, it contains four songs recorded in 1975 for the very first album that didn't find their way onto it:>許されざる恋 (Yurusarezaru Koi - Forbidden Love) and 男と女の部屋 (Otoko to Onna no Heya - The Room of a Man and a Woman)These are the same versions as the ones included in re-releases of the first two albums, Tobimasu and Tsunawatari. Nothing big, since we already know them.>飛びます (Tobimasu - Flying)This is not the same version as on the album of the same title. It's most likely Hako's original composition that later, arranged for more instruments, became the song we know. This one has only one guitar, played by Hako herself, and it's a bit slower. My guess is that this is the earliest available, or perhaps even the very first, studio recording of Hako's song. And it's very good. Fun fact: there is one change in the lyrics.Instead of "自分の命でしょう" (jibun no inochi deshou) in the last verse, it's "この命でしょう" (kono inochi deshou). Which changes literally nothing.You can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPcPovCyXVY>捨てた友達 (Suteta Tomodachi - Abandoned Friend)Now this is THE big thing. If you, like me, especially like Hako's old style, you just got a "new" old song. There is only one version and it's only available on this CD.The problem is, as far as I know, and I checked thoroughly in more than one language more than one time, you can neither listen to it nor download it anywhere in the internet, unless something's changed since the last time I tried. The only way to listen to it seems to be to buy a used copy, which is what I did, of course. Well, sucks, but it is what it is.(cont)
Now, this is completely unrelated, but I zipped and uploaded something for you. The archive contains uhhh... promotional materials, pictures, lyrics for Suteta Tomodachi (in Japanese, but I bet DeepL will do a better job than I would anyway), you know, random stuff like this. You may get the wrong idea, because the file is big, so let me emphasize: this absolutely does NOT contain the full album in flac format.The filename is strange, because I was afraid Mediafire would delete the file, thinking it's the full album in flac format or something, which obviously isn't the case.https://www.mediafire.com/file/kii2tjvg70ti44b/If by some strange twist of fate you manage to find and listen to this album right after reading my post, let me know what you think.
And some other photos from the albums booklet.>>127928893That's a monumental understatement, but it's hard to disagree either way.>>127929098Not a schizo, just an avid enjoyer.
>>127929138>捨てた友達 (Suteta Tomodachi - Abandoned Friend)It's on jpopsuki, uploaded 15 years ago
>>127929306Never heard of it, but it says it's invite only, so it really doesn't change much.
>>127929349this? I could upload it to gofile if you want it.
>>127929349https://gofile.io/d/w7OFKD
>>127929413This, but I already have it. I mean, you can upload it for others, maybe someone prefers mp3s over flacs.
>>127929463if you have the flac version please upload because I didn't see it on jpopsuki or soulseek
>>127929478You might've skipped this post: >>127929148
>>127929510oh. I will add it to my soulseek shared folder that way others can find it there from now on.
>>127929548Great, that should help in the future.
Well, I already posted everything I wanted to post, so now I may as well post something I didn't plan to.The Live Set album was mentioned a couple of times ITT. Again, it's a set that consists of the First Live and Live II albums remastered + 4 bonus songs.You can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJKA2C_1LpNtjyjNLLdoxKTCi5azZMpu8And you can also download uhhh promotional materials (in flac format, of course) here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/94sdvuoaiw5tkac/Aside from live versions of songs from studio albums, there are some amazing songs that, for an unknown reason, never got their studio versions. Out of the whole Live Set I especially recommend checking out these:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwt1HQjZIUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW72HlTQRY0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn63Neh46Dkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yys6HCCSrnchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq0X-foLbYo - this one is an actual traditional song of fishermen.As a bonus, another live-only song, Watashi no Shiawase, originally from the album Watashi no Shiawase; this upload seems to be from a best of compilation album, but it's the same version:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl5UlNKCP-k
In case the thread dies overnight, see you in 50 years for the 100th anniversary.Or, actually, Tsunawatari will be 50 years old in May. Hako was releasing at least one album a year for ~14 years, so that's a lot of anniversaries for years to come. But this one, for Tobimasu, is special, because it's the beginning. Plus, I won't have enough material.Stay strong in Hako.
>It's realThis is amazing, well worth the return to /mu/.
>>127928850I knew I'd seen a face depicting that emotion somewhere before.
>>127931312thank you for this thread.
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>>127931437>It's realYou make it sound as if they talked about this thread on the news but you didn't believe.
>2 threads away from oblivionStay a little longer.
>>127918451qt
I didn't expect the thread to live so long. I guess I need to take responsibility then. I'll try to do something and post it later.
IU should play her in the biopic
So, now that literally every Hakonnoisseur can listen to the "new" old song Suteta Tomodachi from the previously ultra-rare "Tobimasu... 17Sai" album (see: >>127929138 >>127929148 >>127929445 ) it's time to make sure everyone can also understand it properly.Neither Japanese nor English is my first language, but it should at least be enough to tell what the song is about.Note: Shiro works as both a male and a female name, and there's nothing that could be used to guess Shiro's gender, so at first I used "(s)he", but it looks bad, so I changed it to "he". If you prefer, it can be a "she".>捨てた友達 - Suteta Tomodachi - Abandoned FriendWhat are you doing right now, I wonder, my friend ShiroI can recall the delightful little bells, skipping aboutI was looking back at Shiro playing on a wide riverbank, as I started runningInnocently scampering around, not realising that he would be aloneDo you remember still the day when I found youSo small, you were sitting beside a stray dog that got coldI gave it some milk, hugged you tightly, "don't give up, don't give up", I criedI always looked forward to eating leftover bread from school together with youYour house isn't there any more, let's say goodbye to happy memoriesAs I packed my things, you were unusually cheerful and clingyAlone, too, I will live on after all, I'm not going to shed tearsWithout looking back I ran, listening to the fading sound of bellsAlone, too, I will live on after all, I'm not going to shed any tearsWithout looking back I ran, listening to the fading sound of bells
I found her via Junko’s telephone song (used as a meme by Metokur). I guess Hako was one of top recommendations.Then like not even 2 weeks later a guy at work was listening to her and I went ‘hey that’s Hako (not sure if I remembered the full name, maybe)’ and I looked like an inhuman encyclopedia of everything music, but (once again) really it was luck/coincidence
>>127939442Why? Shouldn't she use her own music?>>127940907I only met one person outside of /mu/ who knew her (not counting thousands of people I told about her), but it was just on another board, never irl.
someone already grabbed the album 飛びます・・・17歳 from me on soulseek
>>127941119I just thought they looked similar based on this picture >>127939407
