Okay, I've been holding back posting any of this but event's in Hong Kong have forced my hand!!!

:angry

http://www.half-banana.com/2008/04/love-is-all.html

I have been aced out at being the first person in the world to publish a playful shot at our dear YUI...and I had this written way back in the middle of January....Damnit!!

You are warned....You will either love or hate my adaptations and/or my little satire piece.

Just don't kick me off the board!!!

:sry

***hbdcrKevinwhoisstillall :suki overYUI-hime***

(YouTube keeps knocking down the videos I find, but maybe this one will stay up for a while.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtDmhKS1kMM



:rolleye



Screwy
(-: Sorta A Fan Tribute to YUI :-)
By Kevin Hilde

Who is this girl here on my YouTube, oh golly, I gotta know
All of this time here that I spend is at my folly, but even so

Something about her mesmerizes me
And while the songs she sings are Greek to me
This might sound kinda sappy, but I listen I get ha-appy

English by YUI, It’s kinda screwy
She sorta gives the words a swirl
English by YUI, It’s kinda screwy
But I just can’t stop, No, No, I just
Listen more and more
I listen more, more and more, What a girl!

Why is it that I’m acting as if I think she’s so wonderful?
It might have something to do with the fact that she’s beautiful! Mmmm

And while I’m only poking fun, you know
She prob’ly doesn’t wanna hear it though
I just hope she doesn’t really, really go get mad at me!

English by YUI, It’s kinda screwy
Voice of an Angel, garbled tape
English by YUI, It’s kinda screwy
Hey I’m just playing here, by golly
Gotta hunch that she
Might try to punch a-at me

But if she tries then I’ll just "Spiral & Escape"
Pretty YUI-chan, no, YUI-sensei
YUI-hime ne? Hey YUI
I Love You
But I’ll say it anyway!

English by YUI, It’s kinda screwy
The words all bend and twist and twirl
English by YUI, It’s kinda screwy
But I just can’t stop, I just can’t, I
Listen more and more
I listen more, more and more, What a girl!

:sry

Tokyo
YUI
English Adaptation by Kevin Hilde


So now the day has finally come for me
I cleared the room that’s been my home
And still the way, it frightens, bewilders me
A big, wide world out there to roam

So while I rode the bus downtown to the station
I messaged everyone, Told them what I’d done

I even tried to call my fam’ly before I got too far
But then what was there to say, so changed my mind
I rolled along a little suitcase, carried one old guitar
I had left all of my photographs behind

If I’m to allow myself to grow, Some things I must let go
Is this what’s repeating in my mind?

When I feel strong, courageous, my brave face
My dreams just seem to build and grow
But when I’m shy or timid, just one trace
Of doubt makes all my courage go

The train began to move, first slowly then faster
Bringing out my fears, Moving me to tears

And as my home town rolled away from me outside my window
I wished everything familiar could stay
Because the man who gave me his guitar, not so long ago
Say’s Tokyo’s a lonely, scary place

But I think if ever I’m to grow, One thing that I know
A few mistakes is really no disgrace

Now as the sky turns red at sunset, buildings block out the light
So the tear that’s in my eye they cannot see
And when I start again tomorrow, sun will be shining bright
But I still could lose my way, don’t you agree?

If I walk in darkness or in light, Can’t always know what’s right
At least that much is easy, now, to see

The above lyrics have been modified ..... I changed four lines after I realized I had made a mistake.

As I wrote to Anas and Teo:

".... I have found two videos with english sub-titles, and they showed me where I was reading her meaning incorrectly, and I think it's important.

(Note: these links are gone, but I'm leaving them here for historical reference...hehe)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlkAh7Euz9A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNglYoYWfSw

I had thought that she was saying she needed to portray an image of confidence to get people to give her a chance....no, not really....she is saying that she needed the strength to keep herself going. Yes, she's faking the confidence, but it isn't about impressions, it is about her own mind. This is a big difference and I needed to change it.
So here are the new lines: ...."

When I feel strong, courageous, my brave face,
My dreams just seem to build and grow
But when I’m shy or timid, just one trace
Of doubt makes all my courage go
The train began to move, first slowly then faster
Bringing out my fears, Moving me to tears...

_____________________________________________________

Here are the previous lyrics as I initially provided to Anas:

I must show strength and courage, a brave face
If all these dreams are to come true
I can’t be shy or timid, and no trace
Of doubt, or all my plans are through
The train began to move, first slowly then faster
Bringing out my fears, Moving me to tears...

_____________________________________________________

I'll post my English Adaptation of Namidairo after Anas has a chance to get her video up on YouTube.

Hey Kev. Thanks for those English adaptations. They are pretty cool.

By the way, the two videos in the last post are both removed by Youtube due to a copyright claim by Sony Music Entertainment(Japan) Inc.:angry

Although normally, members should not make double-posts, triple-posts, or quadruple-posts. But I'll let this one go because you've separated the different sections. You can kinda do the same with the tag [ hr ] (without the spaces) and it'll draw a horizontal line like this:

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Thanks Snake, I hope people like them.

Bummer about those two videos getting pulled.....I didn't know how to capture them until a few days ago and I didn't think to do it....They're likely gone forever, unless maybe the people that posted them are right HERE somewhere.

I'm still learning how this board works...thanks for putting up with me.

Hey Kevin~

I think I already posted my thoughts on your English adaptation on Half-Banana. I loved it and I like the new changes a lot better. Seems more like the YUI I know. Hehe. Looking forward to Namidairo.

I'll have a look at Screwy when I get off work. Seems like a funny one though I think the HK tabloids weren't taking any 'playful' shot at YUI. So, you're still the first. ;)

~Sherwin