Saturday, November 18, 2006
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto
The Spastic Children's Society is using this piece of music for an advertisement on cerebral palsy. The music brought back a lot of memories for me. And then I found this live performance on youtube.
I wonder how many people remember the film, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, starring David Bowie and Ryuichi Sakamoto? And if people remember the vocal verison, Forbidden Colors, sung by David Sylvian. I don't know why it was not David Bowie?
All I can say is this is one of the most haunting pieces of music I have ever heard. And it brings back lots of memories for me. Ironic that an advertisment on Cerebral Palsy does this for me.
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I loved this song to bits... it's just so haunting and melancholy but a slight tinge of hope still lies within the chords.. it's really a wonderful piece by Ryuichi-san
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