「Plastic Love」cover by SquaDus

Credits:
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Lyrics & Music & Original singer: Mariya Takeuchi (From her album "Variety", 1984)
Arrangements: (THE ONE AND ONLY) Tatsuro Yamashita
Art: Meru ( / @merururuu )
Video: Koharu ( / igzeaethelwine )
Original Translation: Heidr (lyricstranslate.com/tr/plasti...)
Vocals & Mix: SquaDus
MP3: drive.google.com/open?id=15d5...
WAV: drive.google.com/open?id=16dP...
I own nothing but my voice, and I performed it only because I think this song is perfect. All rights reserved to the respective rights holders!
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Hi everyone! So... yeah, I did a thing. You can't turn back now... you're going to see Mariya Takeuchi's "Plastic Love" on your wall forever now :) Don't thank me :P
Also, I won't bother with the 7 minutes version XDDD
I actually didn't plan on covering this one - it started with me singing it for fun as a demo and got pretty good feedback and people pressed me to sing the whole thing and release... so here I am XD
I just really love 80's stuff and city pop is my new love for the last year - Tatsuro Yamashita and Mariya Takeuchi are 2 of my favorite city pop singers (and what a power couple they are!) and I really love their work (I want to someday do Ride on Time, Bomber and Funky Flushin' by Tatsuro Yamashita if I ever get someone to make an inst for them XD)
Also, I would like to note that I did a double recording on the main vocals to get that effect on the voice - but I didn't time or tune any of my lines (yes, that means I fixed everything manually by singing... except for few fade outs here and there).
So what you hear is what you get :)
Thanks to Meru for pushing me to upload this and drawing this wonderful art, and thanks to my friends in Cypher, Saigen Complex and Merui for the feedback I got on the song.
And also thanks to Koharu doing the video - without you, it would have been a 1 picture video without even subs XD [I literally have no time to breath lately, because I'm switching jobs]
Last, but not least - I would like to thank all of you for listening to my songs and for always cheering me on! I hope to be able to sing more often than the once per 1.5 years.
P.S.: Listen to this wonderful 6751 chord progression on "tanoshimeba sore de ii no"
P.S.2: Listen to me doing the hidden Tatsuro Yamashita part in that same line "woooo~ooo~oooo~oooo~~~~" XDDD

[@xIsabellaNightmarex]

My depression: gone My skin: clear My crops: watered I've been blessed by this cover

[@caseyli8542]

Hotel : trivago

[@hasi1276]

my hair: waves

[@andresarana7501]

My wig: In Mars

[@tavynmay]

Depression that you say that you even though all you needed to fix it was a song: didn't exist in the first place

[@cameronberkowitz3752]

@@tavynmay sentence formatting.

[@SlepyIsauwu]

A MALE COVER? Yeah im here for this.

[@marcocampos8301]

There are also others: Tofubeats and Geno Samuel.

[@SlepyIsauwu]

@@marcocampos8301 yes I've seen both geno's is amazing like this one is

[@aegis5678]

Tatsuro Yamashita covered this song too!(he’s the husband of the original singer, Mariya Takeuchi, and helped produce it)

[@AerographicWings]

Fujii Kaze & Friday Night Plans also did covers.

[@ggEmolicious]

Mmmmmmmmm geno samuel too, he helped me get over my ex

[@michaelbullen3104]

Tatsuro Yamashita, I found you and Mariya's long lost son. He even has your voice.

[@gdvelasquez2570]

I have the same idea.

[@MimiMuffinCake]

thank you, KZbin recommendations

[@Merururuu]

It was a pleasure to work with you ♥ Let's work again in the future! I'll revive the vibrato king

[@nutellakinesis]

めるさんのアートは本当に最高だね。Squadusの声も綺麗でしょ? 不公平で!

[@Merururuu]

@@nutellakinesis ありがとうございます！頑張って古い感じで描きました Squaくんの声がめっちゃ好き！ ♥

[@yuugenr7549]

Well done both of you

[@SquaDus]

Wow, it's been a week since I uploaded it and... I'm amazed by all the love I get here. I seriously didn't expect much when I uploaded it but somehow this song seems to be cursed/blessed (depending the person) that it pops up now in recommended. I just really love this song, and I think everything in it is just perfect. I'm glad most of you liked what I did with it and it's encouraging after a long time I barely uploaded anything. So, I just want to say - Thank you for listening! I love you all! And I hope I can sing more in the future - because music is love and it connects people! (Also, 80's music in general is love - like 70-80% of the songs are love related XDDD)

[@thalassaphobia2029]

Hi just wondering if you can tell me where to get the arrangements music because I can't seem to find one since I want to cover songs too just like you. No big deal if you can't tell me tho XD

[@SquaDus]

@@thalassaphobia2029 You can find it in the 30th anniversary edition of Mariya Takeuchi's album "Variety" as a bonus track.

[@joanne1996]

@@SquaDus Hi , what an amazing song! Please sing this,too? Please~~~~ kzbin.info/www/bejne/moeng6Clatihabs

[@MalchiMyeollin]

@@SquaDus It's not a song from the '80s, but I want to recommend a song that feels like a '80s Japanese CITYPOP. It's okay if you don't sing, so I hope you listen to it. 🙏 I keep listening to your cover song "Plastic Love" and this song these days.😊💕 *Yerin - La La La Love Song* soundcloud.com/eyriej/yerin-la-la-la-love-song kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2OzdqtmlrqBhrM (⬆️This is a video with lyrics.)

[@boorah12]

Okay. I stumbled across this video without realizing it and I gotta say, you could do an amazing cover of Tatsuro Yamashita songs. He was the first person to pop into my head when I head this. :3

[@ThePablojesus01]

It's as if an angel was singing to me

[@brokeassweeb]

Can... can you get pregnant with a voice?

[@saadmanalam7283]

Well I did....And I don't even have a uterus

[@clowdyglasses]

This is so cursed

[@exclusiveturtles]

That’s a lot of babies then, like at least 12

[@mrs.Hedgehog01]

*I mean-*

[@alexia2714]

*wait what-*

[@GojirajJr]

r/suddenlygay Jokes aside, this is a really good cover. I'd group this with the 9m88 and Friday night plans cover. It's that good.

[@creativepop8196]

No replies, nice

[@javier6465]

Sexuality: Why am I hearing boss music.

[@creativepop8196]

No replies, nice

[@rpgnerd7610]

Indeed

[@VulkainMusic]

YES YESS YESSSSS !!!

[@icyhugs]

A male cover in the original key without falling into all falsetto?! You are amazing!

[@Foodbasedgamer]

I have come to the conclusion that no bad cover of this song exists. BTW THIS COVER IS FRICKIN AWESOME

[@kmarasin]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZekpH-an5aHoNk I'm sorry.

[@hkrelax]

Well you are right at this moment, but not until I do a cover of this song.

[@Foodbasedgamer]

@@kmarasin honestly that wasnt that awful. i think if it was shorter it would be pretty good

[@Foodbasedgamer]

@@hkrelax lol idk

[@spacetrainbaby3737]

its impossible to make this song sound bad

[@duangnalin9470]

This's sound like some boy band's song for ost-ing some teenagers movie

[@reginafranco8355]

Nah.. .

[@hellen3675]

and its perfect

[@TashiVoices_35]

We need Vulkain to make it real boyband material!

[@mibukdesjarlais534]

@@reginafranco8355 Yah.....

[@xumht8]

Gives me the "Sunny" vibe. It's a Korean movie worth the watch 👌

[@littlebits2499]

THAT FALSETTO. BABY YOU'VE GOT IT.

[@basura8355]

why am i finding this so late??? this is perfection

[@carliko]

I came here for the thumbnail, but I stay for your voice dude. Love you, no homo.

[@Kim-Yo-jong]

" Fancy dresses and heels are like friends that decorate my closed heart in my loneliness" I'm not knocking you bro. Do what makes you happy.

[@KingKyoryu1234]

You and Geno Samuel are tied for best Plastic Love cover. This version is genuinely impressive.

[@kingabalos]

You must not have heard Tatsuro Yamashita's cover, Mariya Takeuchi's husband himself :)

[@oozarusama]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKbRnmCNYtSpgsU

[@FrikiGrrrl]

omg this sound exactly like mariya takeuchi's husband :O Very nice cover! My depression has gone thanks to this!

[@michaelbullen3104]

It does! and that's the scary thing!

[@333DOT.]

he has a name

[@Trollingtonsrus]

Not really. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5W6eYenoqaCm5Y

[@naynasantos4615]

@@333DOT. Tatsuro Yamashita

[@Toufuyan]

Hello I’m Japanese , Love you Can’t believe you are not Japanese your pronunciation are very good!! 💕

[@itgetsworse601]

I am in love "Siri can you marry a voice?" Okey but I keep coming back here, what sorcery is this??

[@DJVirgoNeun1]

*Merrily waltzes with SquaDus while singing in a duet to music*

[@SAWTOWNE]

My first time ever hearing your voice!! I really love this song and your singing style compliments it so nicely!!! ToT Do you plan on covering Stay with me by MIki Matsubara? I think that song would fit your voice nicely as well :)!!

[@nutellakinesis]

Any song he sings fits his voice. It’s so unfair lol

[@SquaDus]

No, actually I don't plan to do Stay with me for now. I do kinda want to do Funky Flushin' by Tatsuro Yamashita but that means I have to do arrangements myself and I barely have the time or skill to do it on my own. But I definitely want to do more songs from this era, as it's the one era I really love musically :)

[@michellenguyen7747]

""Stay with me" is my favourite song ever, it would've been cool indeed

[@SAWTOWNE]

@@SquaDus Man I love this era of music too T o T! I hope to see more from you :) Plastic love is what inspired me to buy a record player haha ^^

[@aloevera420]

SquaDus Have you done love space by yamashita

[@niksabe]

BRUH OUT OF ALL THE COVERS OF THIS SONG THAT IVE WATCHED, I LOVE URS THE MOST BECAUSE U WERE ABLE TO MATCH THE WAY SHE SINGS THE SONG (IDK HOW TO EXPLAIN IT OMG)

[@linkilotto6755]

Totsuzen no kisu ya atsui manazashi de Koi no puroguramu o kuruwasenai de ne Deai to wakare jōzu ni uchikonde Jikan ga kureba owaru Don't hurry! (oh) Ai ni kizutsuita anohi kara zutto Hiru to yoru ga gyaku no, kurashi o tsuzukete Hayari no disco de, odori akasu uchini Oboeta majutsu nanoyo I'm sorry! (ah) Watashi no koto o keshite honki de aisanai de Koi nante tadano gēmu Tanoshimeba sorede iino Tozashita kokoro o kazaru hadena doresu mo kutsu mo Kodoku na tomodachi (Huh) Watashi o sasou hito wa hinikuna mono ne itsumo kare ni niteruwa nazeka Omoide to kasanariau Gurasu o otoshite kyū ni namidagundemo Wake wa tazunenai de ne Yohuke no kōsoku de nemuri ni tsuku koro Harogen raito dake ayashiku kagayaku Kōri no yōni tsumetai onna dato Sasayaku koe ga shitemo Don't worry! [(I won’t let the)][?]

[@silenthashassin8912]

I was so ready to tear you a new one before listening.... my anger is gone. Great cover!!! VERY VERY GOOD!!!

[@kindo_ch]

なにこれ！？素敵すぎる！！！ しびれました！！！！！！ ありがとう！！！！！！！！！ チャンネル登録させていただきます♪

[@hr-qr5km]

最高！ もっと評価されるべき

[@ChristopherR96]

This is by far the best male cover of the track that I’ve heard. Excellent work, my friend.

[@Indomat64]

Damn. Did not expect this, I'm impressed! Also appreciate JP + EN subtitles

[@giakirsten2465]

my recommendations have done good

[@a.k.a1233]

歌声とサムネイルのイラストがめちゃくちゃイメージに合っていてキュンとなった

[@plastic_love_]

Why is this in my recommendation..... and why am I loved it??? **TOP 10 THINGS THAT CANNOT BE ANSWER**

[@FreeJazzEnthusiast]

Someone better hurry and put a ring on this mans.

[@waterpixieva]

I'm not surprised but THIS WAS SO DANG GOOD!!! Your voice is a masterpiece.

[@kikyo]

YESSS SQUADUSSS

[@rjwatson4205]

I fully expected to turn this off after the first thirty seconds but holy shit this is a well sung and produced cover! Congrats!

[@KuroshiDawn]

Best cover so far tbh and finally a male one

[@trabajador_]

Haha, no way! I’ve been listening to this all week! Great to have you back!!

[@katinkiplinkyplonk4933]

I love it - thanks for the cover/uload

[@lunar_ecl1ps]

This is amazing! I absolutely love this cover!💕

[@SushiFairy]

This is an amazing cover. I’ll be playing this on loop for a while now 💖

[@aluoquaaluoqua5873]

YOU'RE BACK!!! This is the best notification of my life! 💖💖💖💖💖

[@lunacrescent15]

I love your version! I love listening to this when I’m drawing... i love the vibes!!!

[@abigailruiz8612]

I wasn’t expecting this to be so good. Great job ❤️❤️❤️

[@MadaoNoKerri]

OMG I've been looping this lately, and honestly I'm going to loop this instead of the original ♥♥♥ Your singing is such a blessing, and you always pick the right songs aaaaah

[@CapnJTP]

The chorus at the end of this makes it my favorite version, hands down. As if a whole swathe of lonely voices came together for just that moment and shared in their collective melancholy. I dig it.

[@Enochkers]

Wow! You did such a beautiful job, thank you for this.

[@spencerduyker4340]

You just turned up in my feed, and I'm thankful. You have talent!

[@MochaxMatcha]

YOU HAVE BEEN MISSED 💖💖💖 Great cover as always!

[@Banrionbowser]

This is stunning omg

[@MalchiMyeollin]

I've been waiting for a new video. This is my favorite song. Thank you for singing! Your voice is still great!😍

[@lamyssali]

the BEST cover I've ever heard of plastic love!!!

[@zahrazainy8575]

This is amazing! I stumbled to this video when I searched up japanese 80s to update my playlist, and after that I fell into a hole watching all your videos, and your other band's channel videos. Keep up the great work, your voice is seriously addicting!!

[@ripamoramee14]

Sweet Christmas you’re voice is absolutely beautiful

[@Kat-Bat]

Oh wow! I’ve never heard such a beautiful cover! YOUR VOICE IS EVERYTHING!! 💖💖💖😭😭😭 I got chills listening, you’re so amazing. I’m so blessed you exist at the same time as me, otherwise I’d never get to hear you sing your heart out on this track!! Thank you for uploading your cover, you’re a fantastic singer 🥰✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

[@goofsgaffs9476]

My prayers have been granted. A great male cover of plastic cover has blessed us!

[@tuong194]

The arrangement, the artwork, the mix, the vocal..........OMG this is too smooth

[@sappysappy6763]

Wait, I'm not ready for this. This is so good.

[@rio-uv5ho]

i'm really living for this cover!! 😭💕

[@indidere]

I love this cover. You did such a wonderful job. I was blessed for this to pop up in my recommended.

[@Ellie-nf5yu]

My ears have been blessedddd this cover is really good!

[@akirasuzuki9244]

AWESOMEEEE

[@clovertail738]

This is really good omg!!

[@linchuue3090]

When you started singing I got so excited and emotional that I started tearing up. It's the first time I've ever heard your voice yet you were able to make me feel this way. I'm so glad KZbin recommended this to me!

[@Chiiu]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS MY WHOLE LIFE.

[@CavemanGains]

Your voice is really good and this mix is fire too. Great production.

[@RentandWicked]

Amazing as always

[@whatabeautifulduwang9603]

I agree! They're both my favorites! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Absolute power couple and you gave your own vibe to the song. Great work on this! ✨

[@viczn]

omg i'm in love with this cover, it's been a whole week since i can't stop playing this beautiful masterpiece 💕

[@lanatherana157]

I love this!! I'm in love with your voice it's perfect!

[@irodesux]

I love thisss

[@nibnub1834]

KZbin recommendations have blessed me once again

[@raytunes64]

This is the first video I see on your channel and... Wow, that's what I call a good voice. Awesome cover!

[@amll2049]

Wow, I even didn't expect it to be so good. Great work👍

[@ryushizu17]

Omg I love this song so much! You sound great in this

[@SamaYukina]

OMG I am so happy you chose this song ,it's one of my favorites c:

[@rdufasfwvacgqjevr8164]

Hooooly, I’m living for this❤️

[@opalinerainbow8989]

THIS IS EVERYTHING OMG FINALLY MY RECOMMENDATIONS MADE ME PROUD❤️😭

[@cabbagesoup3735]

What a coincidence. I just got into plastic love and your cover popped up. Hail your bishounen voice. Please keep doing more covers, it heals my ears.

[@raaz1408]

This song never lose it's quality whoever singing it. Big THANKS for this fresh wonderful version.

[@dulcet8737]

wOAH we've been blessed 😭😭💕👌

[@seiyademento3992]

What a warm voice... Great cover. Love so much this song... 💕💕💕

[@sagisapon]

Amazing cover, SquaDus! Also amazing range aixjakdi🙏💞

[@rollinsjp1]

THIS IS IT!!! THIS IS THE BEST COVER OF ALL PLASTIC LOVE COVERS. His voice is fantastic!!

[@josephtan2295]

awesome squadus!

[@mrmaniac3]

Beautiful 😳

[@mitran9603]

i love youtube recommendation now, it blessed me with this cover

[@V_______.]

This is absolutely beautiful

[@irisiveth3311]

So good !!

[@lineghest1220]

ahhhhhhhh this is so fabulous

[@iAmThatHeroic]

I can just uhhhh...subscribe?! You’re super talented!! Keep up the wonderful work! 💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@elly9704]

I read the comments before listening; everybody said they were getting pregnant/turning gay from your voice. First line hits. Couldn't help but laugh after understanding what they meant LOL

[@Laddermans]

Oh geez Best cover yet! Good job mate

[@doxalguiler7315]

OMGGGGGG High male vocallllllll howw lovely

[@Cheuslove]

This cover is perfect!

[@accountarchive8536]

i love your work !

[@ShintaroAkimori]

omg you got this perfect ♥ great cover :D luv u

[@SupahPowers]

Wow my dude, i feel the passion. great job!