椎名林檎 - 『ＮＩＰＰＯＮ』 Sheen Ringo new song

 You think with all the soccer I played in my life that it would seem like I would care with what is going on in Brazil but I do not. I am still more of a college basketball fan and I still have to find the time to watch that when I want to. Apparently Sheen Ringo's new song is to root for Japanese Soccer team. She does in this Punk Rock feel video called [NIPPON] I give you the review for Sheen Ringo's [Nippon].

Music

Japan having the second largest music Industry in the world is really doing its best and overcoming the Rock scene predominately held by Americans. Starting out in this song you have this loud train whistle noise starting out then you get a slide hand on an electric guitar which is the common start that this song is starting to rock. You have a beat in the background with drums that is hit to give us a fight feeling to get team Japan going. Something about rock that gets you pumped up to perform your best from the Rocky Eye of the Tiger theme to even Queens We will rock you. You get the feeling that rock was made to pump you up.These neat effects of Rock is nothing new but it brings you back to simpler rock And roll times when guys and girls could take a few chords and electric guitars and some drums and get the crowd moving, no computers, no samples of 80's new wave music and then rapping how hard your thug life  is and that you are clubbers. No one time it was guts,Mics,Guitars,drums, and Rock and Roll. Sheen Ringo's vocals sound good. It does have a feel like you are about to watch an Anime show in this song but that is okay. The music is good and gives you a fight inside to win kind of feel so it serves its purpose. I will talk about these drums I like how they give this metal sound a good Mic and I am talking about the element metal not the genre the actual pounding of metal drums feeling in this song and it helps to rally the troops in so many words as to say root root for Japan!

Video

The video is basic it is black and white and what looks like a wind machine and maybe some slow down effects to give you more a feeling. It is basic Rock N Roll and what sounds like a little classic Japanese chords. The band looks like it is dressed in Samurai dress attire. There is little homage to Japan so it is an Anthem no it is not as sexy as Korea's soccer song but who cares. It,s good to have an old fashioned Old School Rock n Roll for a change.

Lyrics

Hurray (Hurray)! Hurray (Hurray)! Nipponbare archipelago Kusaikire Tenhare 

Cheers (Cheers)! Cheers (Cheers)! Soldier of fortune of the times we kick-off emergency 

(Only) one that came with the aim Farthest One only 

Most on this planet 

The noble no unmixed blue 

Quiet hotter than what the flame 

Battle cry is heard 

I'm blessed Kizewashiku 

The traffic of the hair and Halle until today 

When using Come on property that was stored 

Invigorating nobody Steal 

I will lead vast universe 

Winner waiting in there maybe 

Where life becomes so naked 

Tips can with only (a little while ago) my stay thinking is old again 

You do not woven by suppressing any 

To overtake the body at the time of leave 

Kicking now faster and certainly more than what 

Smell of death light that are close unexpectedly also 噫 

This moment is still flies are clearly more 

To bring to the other world you are engraved 

Superb view of life supremacy supreme 

(Only) now and only fueled more tail wind that is blowing 

Most on this planet 

Flame of our no unmixed 

More than anything it's just burning blue

 I have been impressed with the nationalism and patriotism for each country in the world cup and there is nothing wrong with that to be diverse you have to diversify. Japan has their way of doing things and then we here in America have our way. There is nothing wrong with borders and tribes and loyalty the first line of diversifying is family and the most important loyalty is family. We all have differents ways of doing thing. I think it is better we stay away from each other and behind borders then cross borders trying to make us forcibly unite. I am proud to be American and I sure Sheen Ringo is proud to be Japanese and I am glad for a second in our lives we can root for our countries without blowing each other heads off. Anyways great song I love rock n roll and maybe we will get to see her do some Anime stuff in the future. I know Sheen Ringo is more of an Artist and obviously a Patriot. We will see, she has said before she will retire lets hope not too soon.