Kokia - Scarborough Fair (Simon & Garfunkel)

[@封印解除おめでとう]

ケルト神話か　北欧神話を元にした音楽のようにも聞こえる❤ ほんと　この上ない素晴らしい歌声

[@germsspices]

I nearly jumped out of my chair when I saw this on my feed. My favorite Japanese singer covering one of the oldest songs on my song list? I can listen to this until the day of my passing.

[@kingretro24]

Facts bro

[@keiichimorisato98]

Listen to the SukaSuka version from the anime SukaSuka. It's so good!

[@gardenofseeden]

my favorite female vocalist on the planet. I agree. If elves were real she would be pretty close.

[@iorinohana]

Okay, Kokia (who I adore), singing Simon's and Garfunkel's version of Scarborough Fair (totally unrelated song that I also adore) is a gem I didn't think I would find today. I love Kokia more and more with every song.

[@jakekhuon7360]

The song is somewhat related because it was included in an episode of the second season of Gunslinger Girl because it was a favourite song of one of the characters. Kokia's song, "Tatta Hitotsu no Omio" served as the season 2 opener.

[@shilraviuxuz6431]

*whom - who I adore. *Simon (or Simons' and Garfunkel's, maybe).

[@KMWilds]

Simon and Garfunkel were not the first to do this version of "Scarborough Fair" by a long, Long shot. However on the same albumn, "Musique a la Carte", she also covers Simon and Garfunkels "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" which is phenomonel. If you can find the CD, get it.

[@masa4022]

歌姫とはまさにこの方のような方をいうのだろうなぁ。本当に美しい声だ。

[@umimiu956]

KOKIAさんのスカボローフェアの生歌は半端ないです。もうその美声にうっとりして、お願いだからずっと歌っていてと思わせます。またライブで聴きたいです。

[@myheartwillstopinjoy8142]

That's so freaking beautiful. I feel bad for those who don't know kokia.

[@draconite7515]

And shimotsuki haruka

[@AyakaruJuuhachi]

A lot of her songs are hit or miss for me, but the ones i like i really do like. Regardless, the music is always very good, and she's not half as popular as she deserves to be

[@myheartwillstopinjoy8142]

@@AyakaruJuuhachi Exactly! Her voice has so much colors and dynamics in it, I've rarely heard anything as unique. Like, some singers have crazy techniques, but they don't have that much emotions and flavor to them. Kokia underrated.

[@faerys_wheel6529]

Yeah! KOKIA & Shimotsuki Haruka are the BEST!

[@johncarlovarias3806]

Just to make sure, is kokia related to suka suka? I already listened to suka suka's scarborough fair version and it is freaking awesome.. and same with kokia's version..just asking

[@gumigumi_2]

Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, Remember me to one who lives there, She once was a true love of mine. Tell her to make me a cambric shirt, Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, Without no seam nor fine needlework, then she'll be a true love of mine. Have you been to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, Remember me from one who lives there, He once was a true love of mine. Ask him to find me an acre of land, Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, Between the salt water and the sea-sand, then he'll be a true love of mine. Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

[@KYNGA100]

She sounds like an angel...

[@Gaby000999]

Kokia has the voice of an angel. She can make me feel epic or cry a river; this woman is just amazing.

[@aleinad580]

a mi hace que se me erice la piel

[@多々良かすみ]

なんだろ……上手く表現できないけれど、流れが穏やかな川で浮かんでるところに囁きが聞こえて、気づけば精霊が周りにいて祝福してくれてるよう……このまま流されてたい気持ちになる……

[@herbertnatanael]

Alguém andou bebendo whatsapp

[@Trigger_444_2]

KOKIAさんのスカボローフェアのカバーめっちゃ好き、聴いているとヨーロッパ当たりで吹雪が吹き続いている極寒の地を歩いている気分になれる。

[@boketsunow130]

お金払わずに聞いてしまってごめんなさい………曲が綺麗すぎて無料で聞いてしまった罪悪感すごい。 いつか絶対買います。

[@shachihoko4877]

絵のチョイスも素晴らしい。本当に波に呑まれるかのような。

[@蒼氷のグリフォン]

風がどこまでも抜けていく。草もまばらな荒野でぼんやりと地平線を眺めている気分

[@holers2697]

Музыка что заставляет слушать ее, музыка что привносит спокойствие в душу.

[@michaeldodd3078]

Previously I lived in Japan for 7 years & taught English. I came to really like many Japanese artists (Off Course, Oda Kazumasa, Rebecca & Nokko, Globe, Tatsuro Yamashita, Toshinobu Kubota). However, today was the first time I had ever heard Kokia. I listened to many of her songs ~ and then this one totally blew me away! Simon & Garfunkel should be so good! Why I never heard of her before? She sounds like an angel...

[@steemlenn8797]

She lives in France that's why, I guess :D btw. she is Christian and her real name is Akiko - she used those syllables.

[@DmulsionProduction]

You should try Kokia - Arigatou. A beautiful.

[@kyuma-channel]

⁠@@steemlenn8797She never lives in France and she isn’t Christian😅 She married with an English guy, has a son but now she is a single mother.

[@danibrent3068]

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme... Never heard a more beutiful rendition of my spices cabinet

[@FigureUnboxing]

I love your spices cabinet...

[@liry6467]

Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine Tell her to make me a cambric shirt (in the deep forest green) Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme (Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested ground) Without no seams nor needle work (Bedclothes the child of the mountain) Then she'll be a true love of mine (Sleeps unaware of the clarion call) Tell her to find me an acre of land (A sprinkling of leaves) Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme (Washes the grave with silvery tears) Between the salt water and the sea strands (And polishes a gun) Then she'll be a true love of mine Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather (Blazing in scarlet battalions) Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme (Generals order their soldiers to kill) And gather it all in a bunch of heather (A cause they've long ago forgotten) Then she'll be a true love of mine Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine

[@KaraSub2.0]

What does "Remember me from one who lives there" means?

[@thunderconcerto9807]

@@KaraSub2.0 same meaning "to remind one who lives there of me" I believe

[@thelaurelproject-GMA]

@@KaraSub2.0 if you've ever read anything from the aurthorian tales(king aurthor and the round table) they use a wierd version of english. they rearrange the order of words and the meaning of certain ones. so "from" can also be "to" making it, "remember me to one who lives there" and remember sort of means "cause someone to remember something" so it basically just means "remind the people back home about me"

[@SerbaBisa69]

It means remind

[@エスティアハル]

this song my father used to lullaby me... my mother left us and he is the only one taking of us.... as a soldier my father...we are always been send to relatives we been much of dramatic and traumatic experiences that you can imagine from our aunt and others heartless relatives before my father realized.... until now its haunted me but I am happy with my dad again he do a early retirement for us.... yes he has a successful in his military career but not on his family .... my father are not alcoholic nor have any vices.... his the best father I know even his strict by his militaristic rules I love him so much!

[@MY-ml1et]

神話感があってとても素敵です。思わず聞き入ってしまいました...

[@ramirochavez7185]

La vida tiene cosas HERMOSAS, ésta angelical voz y ésta inigualable versión llena el corazón y la alma de profunda PAZ; un abrazo de LUZ para TOD@S desde QUITO-ECUADOR!!!

[@fahriljanuar1866]

Entah mengapa lagu ini membuat saya ingin meneteskan air mata, begitu menenangkan sehingga akan terlarut kedalam melodinya

[@heidislife]

認識Kokia跟聽她的歌已經是20年前的事了，如同大家聽到她的歌聲時的感動一樣，是那一生中難以忘卻的聲音，彷彿來自於天堂的彼端，腦海中再次想起她另人心靈沉澱的歌聲，來到了這裡仍是感動～

[@shennanobrennan5515]

Oh my.... I'm nearly melting. No wonder this is one of my most favoured songs of all times, such a touching timeless classic, rightfully much beloved all around the world, with so many really great versions around. Gotta admit though, this must surely be the most beautiful version I've ever heard of it yet - by SO far! Simply stunning, how dazzlingly perfect she sings it so fairy-like, to highlight that incredibly impressive elvish arrangement. She's gotta be a truely talented and awe inspiring artist, to maintain such an amazingly clear and bright timbre, in her shiver-inducing angelic voice. Wish the world had many more of such rare talents, that can make you at least feel like, even if only for those precious few moments, they could really make it a much better place. Thank you so much for this wonderful moment of peacefulk bliss, as fleeting as it may be...

[@dramafantiny]

her voice is heavenly and this is probably one of the most beautiful covers ever of this song 😍😭

[@ノック-q9i]

彼女の声は光と共に嵐の中に降り注ぐ天使のような歌声ですね

[@kaitoffelkopf]

I'm crying...this is so very beautiful...my favorite version of this song by far!

[@joelrian7363]

Me too!! TOtally kickass version.

[@nocturnenugget]

This is beautiful Scarborough fair is already one of my favorite songs And this is just beautiful

[@レイ-y2u]

It's very very beautiful and charming Kokia's voice Like a siren singing in the ocean... ah I'm so sorry For people who don't know Kokia she is so beautiful When I hear this I really want to go to a fantasy world that is very beautiful where amazing things happen you never see. there are not many people who know such a world that i really want to live in forever...♡

[@マリーチァントワネット]

サイモン&ガーファンクルですね。今は無くなりましたが高島屋の横に有った野球場⚾️でライブ聴きました。アリスの解散式もそこで聞きました。チャンプィオンと言う曲が好きです。

[@nifa.9929]

I DIDN'T KNOW THIS EXISTED

[@blackmonichi7865]

ty youtube recomendation

[@reimoo4444]

Same as me untill youtube recommend this

[@draconite7515]

Me too

[@itsrushi8612]

Yaa

[@SebasRyz]

ikr? the Simon & Garfunkel version of Scarborough Fair its my favorite of all, and now Kokia is sing it, i dont know why this happened but i love it.

[@aserta]

Kokia's voice is a vocal masterpiece.

[@LadyPrincessDiana]

I love this song, love Kokia, and didn't even know she sang in English! This is beautiful!

[@haichaupham8161]

I can’t believe I lived without knowing this existed

[@rthan1996]

KOKIA? now you know, go listen to Nageki no Oto, Fate, or Otona no Ookami

[@Adrian_Real]

Holy shit!!! One of my favorite songs. I've heard many women sing it in an ethereal way - once I saw 'Kokia' I nearly threw my phone in excitement. YES!!! Through countless defeats comes victory - and this song signifies the win. I made it to the light side of darkness - finally.

[@Princess_6657]

私はそれを感じませんでした。私は今までにそのように感じたことがない。😭😭あなたは本当に才能があります。愛しています💖kokia.

[@mymemoriesofgoldenricefiel6472]

好きな歌手の1人　×　好きな歌　×　間奏のアレンジもすごく良い　=　最高。 それしか言葉が出てこない。 嬉しすぎて泣きそう。

[@anle3209]

Oh Kokia😍😍 I love her voice so much , Her Voice make me feel so peacefull😣😣😍

[@marketajilkova8615]

why no one talks about that beautiful background ... it’s stunning

[@Ethernal_Echoes17]

Hahaha

[@white_sheep11]

It so freaking beautiful 🤩

[@alamtarokainkavan4524]

Maybe because it doesn't fit the song

[@bazzel1059]

You are

[@shilohmagic7173]

Overused.

[@diegoxavier9107]

This has to be my favorite song of all time, hooooly crap. Every beautiful arrangement I hear only heightens my love for it

[@kingretro24]

When I first heard this tears started coming from my eyes this is so beautiful

[@eszterdobronyi5467]

I think this is the most mysterious and beautiful song in my lifetime. ❤

[@juanpablotorressainz241]

wow... so many versions of Scarborough Fair I have heard.. and this one is the best..

[@大迫千春]

beautiful voice

[@peterisrael7374]

Hauntingly beautiful magic

[@KSouthworth]

I can never get enough of Kokia.

[@surukukulach9386]

綺麗ですね…間違いない響き🌟🌟💖

[@ノリちゃん-o3r]

ぐずってた赤ちゃんがうっとりした顔して泣きやみました…！😭

[@김전환-f2s]

that's good news :)

[@FigureUnboxing]

Angelic voice... I like Kokia...

[@cindyforbess8449]

One of my favorite all time songs. Of course I love Simon and Garfunkel and love how nox arcana played with the lyrics but still stayed true to the songs story but OMG this incredible artist with the subtle runs and unbelievable voice combined with this ingenious arrangement is mystical magical spiritual an experience in itself that carries me away to a time and place that only exist in my dreams congratulations on a masterpiece

[@ceasu-p4u]

This gave me goosebumps. Holy hell it sounds absolutely amazing. Ty youtube recomandation.

[@johnellis955]

Just try and get the cd it came from - just impossible - a total disgrace.

[@natsuryxao587]

Her voice make me crying 😭😭😭😭💙💙💙

[@DariaAdmakina]

Невероятно прекрасно Больше слов нет, что бы выразить, чувств, возникшие при прослушивании Это просто: невероятно прекрасно

[@bratik4]

Ого, еще один русскоговорящий человек который любит песни Kokia!

[@lutaniccharm]

comments like this make me want to learn a new language...

[@DariaAdmakina]

@@lutaniccharm :)

[@redjerboa3483]

@@bratik4 Их сложно не любить! :)

[@ergcironus.vernan]

@@DariaAdmakina под такую музыку всегда представляю светлую и немного печальную деву. Ради которой можно надеть латы и взять меч. Она смотрит немного в сторону, глаза её блестят, как будто она немного прослезилась. Она не просто жена, но как мать олицетворяет заботящееся и лелеющее начало. Такая нежность и сила духа. Она как будто сияет, разгоняя мрак в душах. Indeed, The Radiant Maiden.

[@ijggt]

Omg, this art and the song are soooo beautiful, I can't...

[@shrishri5029]

I just found this version. Good heavens, this is beautiful...

[@TheSleepyKuma]

I was wondering why autocorrect was giving me a Scarborough fair song right after Kokia songs so often. I didn’t realize it was kokia singing it because I thought it was a native English speaker. Beautiful.

[@yuxtasein]

Well, this just popped up on my recommended and I already love it, an angelical voice indeed.

[@jwest88]

I knew I'd love this when I saw the title of the recommended video. The Simon and Garfunkel version, the SukaSuka insert song version and of course this one are awesome. I need to find all the Kokia.

[@din.ananta]

Suara mbak Kokia 😻🌷🌷

[@warnerbroken8973]

Been a fan of Kokia for nearly a year now and, honestly, their musicality is so well expressed..You don't see this no more. Most of the bands of this genre would somehow get me bored, because they'd just stay inside a rare/exotic (you give it your name) scale and just hover there for 5 to 6 minutes and call them selves "traditional", "folk" ,"epic" and so on. ΚΟΚΙA goes far beyond that. Bottom live : LISTEN TO KOKIA

[@warnerbroken8973]

@@sarcasticstranger3817 ty gonna check her out!

[@ArtificialDreams-i1z]

“I’ve given up on finding my happiness, because right now, I’m the happiest girl in the world!”

[@ritoroo2422]

Rip chtholly

[@object_A]

I'm crying.....I remembered My Grandfather. He has died for 5years, but I like him even now.

[@FeryAndrianus]

Since she sung the opening PlayStation game "Tail Concerto" I fell in love with her music

[@Феникс-вп]

как же это великолепно! Я влюблен в этот голос!

[@erictheroman5813]

How hauntingly beautiful, especially after watching WorldEnd....

[@chtholly8562]

This cover is too angelic and beautiful! I love it! Ill save this to my memories forever and ever... Thank you so much!

[@shiva6478]

A beautiful rendition of Scarborough Fair.

[@lemo9971]

such a lovely song with a beautiful voice 💖

[@OhHeckNono]

her english is amazing.

[@CrusadingJello]

We needed this. We really needed this for 2020. Heck, even for 2021 we'll need this.

[@emperorofmankind2475]

I didn't know I can drop a tear.

[@esten-for6265]

Mano, essa voz é muito linda

[@hannahrazo4530]

Oh gosh I remember something I wanted to forget! Huhuhu I cried because of that anime!!!

[@shin-i-chikozima]

The comfort of this song is off the charts.

[@levimark548]

Best Version for me so far. The pure voice and the chords like 1:17 are making the difference for me

[@aminadnan8265]

Thank you for upload this song.

[@imrxzal7954]

If anyone here ever watched (Mahoutsukai no yome) and the OST where the fairy queen made the entrance. Listen carefully at the harmonising part from 1:51 and you will hear the similarities 💕 Btw she sang that OST too 😌💕 (OST: Dance of the spirit)

[@smugsheep3307]

Happiest song in the world 😢😢

[@huyoan8087]

love this song

[@gatarivirendra6976]

Im crying bc this is so beautiful

[@sleepy_snake98]

This is so ethereal! I love it!

[@mikoa8638]

ahh KOKIA SAIKO ✨OH 💕✨

[@Sir_Regulus_Aeternus]

Oh god the song so beautiful

[@grin7545]

코키아버전 찾고있었는데 올려주셔서 감사합니다 🤍

[@panda_express2021]

透き通るような声、こんなん無料で聞けるようになって有り難い

[@gopidevi-meditacionytransm3142]

Wonderful

[@dord9]

I was actually looking up the original song because it had come up recently when I asked a friend to play me a folk song, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that Kokia had actually covered it. Quite poggers, as the kids say these days. lol

[@georgestfd7148]

Thanks Gunslinger Girl, I love KOKIA now.

[@angelvaca9047]

happiest girl in the world... suka suka

[@chtholly8562]

😊

[@adriftcheetah]

This is beautiful!!!

[@Незабудка-о8ж]

так атмосферно 🥰

[@airrain298]

I don't want to compare you with Enya but you have the same vibe. It's like an angel ascended and cure our hearts with songs.

[@StarGazer-0807]

It sure has a kokia type taste in it ...the starting was too nice.....it pierced through my heart

[@kanekisama5491]

Omg! It reminds AURORA singing this song .... it's beautiful

[@しおつりな]

どこかで聞き覚えあると思ったら｢ベルとお菓子の家｣に使われとった曲かな？

[@candiirabbit]

I can't believe Spotify doesn't have this one song. It makes me mad because it's one of the few songs greyed out on this album.

[@noir1801]

I heared this song from anime series, and it definitely fits the story, while the singer sings that cut through the heart, serenading a message of sad hope, but yet pour a sound of light that beams through the sadness find from the story! I like this song a lot, though don't know the artist.

[@BladeOfSteel-Sword_Saint]

If you heard it from anime, most likely was WorldEnd.

[@thelaurelproject-GMA]

this version is a cover by Kokia, the original song was written by Simon and garfunkel. they wrote other great songs like, Bridge Over Water.

[@flyingstars2998]

@@BladeOfSteel-Sword_Saint Agreed, I originally heard this song from WorldEnd and just discovered this version tonight. I cant decide which version is better, this one or the one in the anime. Man it brings back memories of watching that anime and its finale episode.

[@thealliedpowers]

how did i go over a full year not knowing about this, i love kokia now all i need is for her to cover I see fire and i think nothing in life could ever bother me again

[@ahmedmahrous6966]

Feeling great 🤠

[@ドラミ-o6d]

大好きです⸜❤︎⸝‍