Haruka Kanata (Asian Kung Fu Generation/Naruto theme Ukulele cover)
by I Kill Cameron
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about
My dear friend Jacob (producer of If I Had Words, The Better Half, and the Lo Siento EP) and I recorded this when I was 19, somewhere between April and July of 2014. I was living on the floor of his spare room after being a horrible little dipshit recently out of the throws of a messy breakup.
This cover was done for a comp that never came out, and it has been hidden away in The Doom Closet's vault until today!
That's the great thing about DIY music: sometimes you get asked to be on a comp
and then you record a song
and the comp never comes out
but you're still left with a cool song you recorded with your friends/alone in your bedroom holed up surrounded by your instruments like the little dragon-goblin hybrid creature you are.
So, Naruto. This was my ultimate comfort show from middle school and a long time after. I was the type of youngling who insisted everything in my life be all black, all the time. Amongst all the darkness, Naruto was the one little splash of color I refused to compromise.
This was the first show I ever binge watched. I've spent days, maybe even weeks worth of my formative years cuddled up around computer screens, sharing snacks and sodas with friends who I didn't realize at the time were becoming some of the most important people in my life.
We all had our favorite ninjas and our favorite opening themes. My first boy(?)friend loved Neji, and their favorite Naruto song was No Boy No Cry. My friend from church, the only other mormon kid I knew that liked anime, was a Gaara stan, and was fond of one of the shows ending themes, Yura Yura.
and me?
I LOVED Rock Lee an embarrassing*** amount
And would sing the words my favorite Naruto song, Haruka Kanata, at a rate that was equally embarrassing (considering I don't know a lick of Japanese.)
Now here you are, dear listener, presented the opportunity to hear a sad child self soothe with no regard for embarrassment. To clarify, I don't think anyone should be embarrassed to love anything that makes them happy, but when I look back on THE WAY I expressed that enjoyment.
I—
it makes me feel,
I was just so—
look: you don't get to pick what tethers you to this earth. Sometimes it's family and responsibilities, and sometimes it's the opening theme to your favorite anime from high school and all the memories that come with it.
(**one of the first songs I ever wrote was actually called "The Rock Lee Song." I was 12, and I didn't know how to play any instruments yet, so I just recorded a video of myself singing it. I posted it on youtube. It had the word "smexy" in it. It's wiped from the internet now, thank god.)
This cover was done for a comp that never came out, and it has been hidden away in The Doom Closet's vault until today!
That's the great thing about DIY music: sometimes you get asked to be on a comp
and then you record a song
and the comp never comes out
but you're still left with a cool song you recorded with your friends/alone in your bedroom holed up surrounded by your instruments like the little dragon-goblin hybrid creature you are.
So, Naruto. This was my ultimate comfort show from middle school and a long time after. I was the type of youngling who insisted everything in my life be all black, all the time. Amongst all the darkness, Naruto was the one little splash of color I refused to compromise.
This was the first show I ever binge watched. I've spent days, maybe even weeks worth of my formative years cuddled up around computer screens, sharing snacks and sodas with friends who I didn't realize at the time were becoming some of the most important people in my life.
We all had our favorite ninjas and our favorite opening themes. My first boy(?)friend loved Neji, and their favorite Naruto song was No Boy No Cry. My friend from church, the only other mormon kid I knew that liked anime, was a Gaara stan, and was fond of one of the shows ending themes, Yura Yura.
and me?
I LOVED Rock Lee an embarrassing*** amount
And would sing the words my favorite Naruto song, Haruka Kanata, at a rate that was equally embarrassing (considering I don't know a lick of Japanese.)
Now here you are, dear listener, presented the opportunity to hear a sad child self soothe with no regard for embarrassment. To clarify, I don't think anyone should be embarrassed to love anything that makes them happy, but when I look back on THE WAY I expressed that enjoyment.
I—
it makes me feel,
I was just so—
look: you don't get to pick what tethers you to this earth. Sometimes it's family and responsibilities, and sometimes it's the opening theme to your favorite anime from high school and all the memories that come with it.
(**one of the first songs I ever wrote was actually called "The Rock Lee Song." I was 12, and I didn't know how to play any instruments yet, so I just recorded a video of myself singing it. I posted it on youtube. It had the word "smexy" in it. It's wiped from the internet now, thank god.)
credits
released February 4, 2022
Recorded by Jacob Lee in 2014
Performed by I Kill Cameron
Recorded by Jacob Lee in 2014
Performed by I Kill Cameron
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