BUMP OF CHICKEN is a J-Rock band from Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan that has caught the attention of many music fanatics ever since their unofficial debut in 1994. It wasn’t until the year 1999 when they released their first official single, “LAMP”, and their first album “FLAME VEIN” which contains original songs Fujiwara Motoo had composed upon the band’s return from college in 1998…
BUMP OF CHICKEN
October 21st, 2006 by Celsius005 · 80 Comments · 
Dear WOMAN
September 23rd, 2006 by Celsius005 · 4 Comments · 
“Dear WOMAN” is a song dedicated to all women in Japan. This theme is expressed throughout the entire song, acknowledging the female audience with first line of every chorus, “WELCOME youkoso nihon e,” (“Welcome to Japan”). Like several of SMAP’s other upbeat songs, this one starts out with a female chorus leading into a solo…
