First Time Hearing | Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki Reaction

[@luckylady7542]

GOOSEBUMPS. One of the most beautiful song ever sung. Sadly lost him in an airplane accident in 1985. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for bringing back good memories.😊❤

[@Dov_ben-Maccabee]

His name is pronounced like the letter 'Q' Sakamoto. He died in the crash of JAL 123 Aug. 12, 1985. The pilots struggled with the plane for so long, he had time to write a letter to his wife and daughter before the plane hit the mountain. He is still mourned in Japan. R.I.P. Kyu-kun.

[@krahnjp]

The Song is actually called "Ue o Muite Aruko" (that's the "I look up when I walk" line) But when it came to the west in the early 60s, "Sukiyaki" was one of the only Japanese words people knew. So they called it that. It might as well be titled "You know, That Japanese Song."

[@patriciakeith6755]

I love that "Japanese" song. I was in Dallas, Texas fixing to fly back home when I heard he had been killed. I had flown into Dallas a week before the plane crash at the Dallas-Ft. Worth airport (still could see where the crash site was), now I'm fixing to fly home. Not a very good feeling about flying that day.

[@Filbi]

It's like if a Japanese record label retitled an American song to "Beef Stew" so people would know it was in English.

[@Grumpy_Rabbit]

"Sukiyaki" topped the charts in a number of countries, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. The song grew to become one of the world's best-selling singles of all time, selling over 13 million copies worldwide.

[@robertfisher3241]

This was the first song in the US to become #1 being sung in a foreign language

[@myopinion8493]

I was a teen when this was played on pop stations. I believe he scored a #1 hit here in America. I loved it then and still enjoy hearing it. I have the original 45 and prefer that version. Sadly, I heard that he passed away, I believe in a plane crash, in his 40's.

[@dianesparrow1592]

this was on billboard top 100 in about 1963, this was one of my favorite songs

[@image3320]

Dude is Slick with every tone ... Japanese is a flat tone language He gripped the waves of american pitch on this song

[@Judy0910]

This song was a huge song in 1963. I was 12 and I liked it even though me nor anyone else that I knew could understand it. We just really liked it. It was so beautiful.

[@Ladyorion79]

Ooooh I actually think this is named Ue O Muite Arukou (I look up while I walk)! lol it’s one of the most famous Enka songs here in Japan．So many artists have covered it. Enka an is amazing genre. One of the best of the bests is Hibari Misora, she was amazing and she does cover this song too.

[@GorillaGorilla]

Classic song . It may be an old one but still holds up.

[@r0kus]

This is one of my favorite songs. You chose an okay performance from late in his career. I'm used to the one which was played on the radio in the early 1960s. Both he and I were much younger, and the song was less produced. I think he could whistle better when he was younger.

[@ruthannkizakavich3325]

I prefer the original version of this song.

[@godhearsmysoul]

Interesting fact about this song is that it's a coded protest song meant to be able to pass as a love song. Standing all alone is both about lost love and the feeling of a protest failing.

[@Filbi]

Beautiful song about putting on a happy face even though your heart is breaking. RIP Kyu Sakamoto.

[@ingridclare7411]

He was gorgeous. Just gorgeous. Its such a sad song...about losing someone so close who has passed...

[@steveschainost7590]

Remember this from High School hearing it on the car radio when out cruising on a Saturday night. Loved it then, love it now.

[@GoTHaunted_01]

I love how people can love a singer and song without even being able to understand the lyrics!

[@mwarwick3876]

Lol, yes the only Japanese I know is the lyrics to this song :)

[@shontehouston9502]

One of the most sampled melodies in R&B and Hip Hop. The first song I think of when I hear Sukiyaki is La Di Da Di by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick. Beautiful song that lives on through music today.

[@eugeneruiz4772]

I always appreciate watching people react for the first time to songs that I've been listening to for years. It always reminds me how I reacted the first time I heard those songs. I appreciate the fact that you're videos encompass all eras of music. Have you ever heard "into the mystic", by Van Morrison? Even if you don't do a video on this song, it is something that you really got to hear if you never have. God bless you and have a great day.

[@rorygay7284]

I liked this song with the Japanese lyrics acrolling so I could try to sing along even though I don't know Japanese

[@Polyphemus47]

Yes! I learned to sing it phonetically - I love it that much. Can't do the whistling, though.

[@cadillacman2141]

Selena Quintanilla covered this son in Spanish, beautiful as well

[@mkonji8522]

He's playing with traditional enka vocals into what then was a very modern tone.

[@jameskatu6339]

Far this is the first time I’ve heard the Japanese original of this song!! This is a classic I loved the r’n’b version of it when I was growing up by 4pm from back in the ‘90s

[@katkat-fm3wj]

You need to listen to the One from the 60's, in his younger days. It will amaze you.

[@captaindunsell8568]

Even without the translation, we knew what was being said … love is a universal language

[@brokentboy]

I did a double take when I saw the thumb nail. Love this song. Glad you were exposed to it.

[@JakkiPi]

My grandpa used to whistle the solo to my dad when he was young. It's the reason my dad tried to learn how to whistle. He whistled the solo to me when I was young. Unfortunately I was never able to whistle.

[@kirbyculp3449]

Keep trying

[@PatrickMusilek]

Legit, in my opinion, the greatest vocal melody of all time.

[@Polyphemus47]

I wish I could heart this. This'll have to do:

[@brandonflorida1092]

The Japanese wrote a song in the western rock style and they did it very well.

[@TheTih4]

Besides this song, you should check out "ashita ga aru", "Ano ko no namae wa nante ka na" and "Miagete goran yoru no hoshi wo" . Those are one of his best songs.

[@lindaberg1695]

You need to listen to his original recording from the early 60s, when he was in his early 20s....now that was smooth!...This recording would have been done not too long before his tragic death in the 1985 crash of JAL 123, the worst single air crash in aviation history....that is a story worth looking up, because of the skill of the pilots who kept the plane in the air for over 30 min in their attempt to return to the airport....RIP Kyu Sakamoto.....PS: The original B&W recording of a very young Kyu is available on YT,

[@gregp9350]

Try listening to an earlier version. When he sang it in the early 60's. There was more whistling & his voice was much smoother. I always enjoy hearing this song over the decades since its release. Very rare to hear now. Great song & singer nonetheless.

[@oscardean6351]

You’re a legend i’m pretty certain you started to tear up at the end of that mate bless your heart 😬👍

[@eugeneruiz4772]

I forgot to mention try to find the original 1970s release on the moon dance album. Not the 2013 remastered version.

[@tinovanderzwanphonocave544]

I coined the flight club 2 years ago for artists who died in avian calamities a second to the more known 27 Club of Brian Jones and Janis Joplin fame the flight club at its top has artists like Jim Reeves, Buddy Holly, and Patsy Cline! I hope this thing will grow like the 27 Club! soo many artists died in avian accidents let's put all of that in one place aka the Flight Club!

[@captaindunsell8568]

I remember when this was played on AM radio during the late 60s…

[@ravenscawl]

I subscribed I think your brilliant in your assessments. You should really try the Americanized version from the group "A Taste of Honey".

[@eddydianne]

He was gorgeous with a great voice 😍 ❤️ ❤️

[@timothyharwood1941]

Thank you, again.

[@captaindunsell8568]

Lots of American artists have added it in English to their standards…

[@jeffreyjenkins1242]

I still have a much loved 45rpm version of "Sukiyaki" by Alpha Zoe. Vastly superior and strangely intelligible though I spoke no Japanese at the time (mid '60s).

[@leannmiller7153]

Still have the single 45rpm record…..I was 10 when this came out ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️

[@SuzA8110]

You should listen to the original. Such a light lyrical voice and the whistle! Wow!

[@Billkwando]

Isn't this an american song? Slick Rick sang it in La Di Da Di, the classic rap song by Dougie Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew. They had to cut it out for rights issues so it's only in some versions. Here it is....I guess they just gave it English lyrics: A Taste of Honey - Sukiyaki (1980). I think of it as "you took your love away from me", lol.

[@tokbomyao6318]

Japanese version was released way back in 1961 .

[@Billkwando]

@@tokbomyao6318 Yes, obviously I know that now. :)

[@crowbonze]

4PM recorded this back in 94 with an English R&B rendition, it wasnt bad.

[@kurlykate6377]

I actually knew of this song after listening to Selena's Spanish version. I use to have the Selena version on a cassette way back when

[@cheryledunsmuir3688]

Love it

[@kevcall]

This is great but the original recording evokes much more emotion imho but then I'm old and remember it back then..

[@onsesejoo2605]

The famous comparison is naming Henry Mancini's "Moonriver" to Spam. Jewel Akins has done a cover the lyrics following the original idea, starting with "I hold my head up high..." The title is "My First Night Without You". watch?v=HUOiia1VPuE Please enjoy !

[@mcsuckalives2302]

Im japanese- american, and 50 yrs old now some of my oldest memories are my mom singing this to me when she would give me a bath as a very young child. Shes now 82 and sings it just as beautifully as i remember, but when she does pass away, i hope i never hear a note of this song as i fear i wouldnt be able to stop crying Would have to look up as i walk for the remainder of my life, coincedentally enough my moms maiden name is also Sakamoto, but no relation she says

[@koutastone1994]

Beautiful

[@NYVoice]

Play the original with translations. This was a massive international hit in 1963..right before Beatlemania. But the strings on the original are epic.

[@ezwriter101]

It's a song of contrasts. A light and happy musical arrangements with lyrics about longing and sadness written in the aftermath of so much loss during the war. The song was renamed after a Japanese stew by a British man, which is pretty disrespectful of both the song, language, and culture. I think the song is called "Oe i muite arukou" now.

[@rondd9807]

I think I heard this song in an anime TV series..

[@whitehuayra]

Early! How you doing?

[@dmitryostrovsky5763]

Really poor sounding recording of a great classic. I detect distortion, over modulations and even the crowd is clapping out of sync. Too bad that's the best version you came up with, but that's life. I thought it was illegal to play somebody's songs over KZbin without having to pay performance and copyright realities. Any entertainment attorneys out there that know the answer? Most people think is ok, until they get sued.

[@Pepeekeo808]

Not as good as the original recording.