Zard Songs - Makenaide, Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku, Don't You See!, My Friend, Eien (Paperback)

Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Chapters: Makenaide, Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku, Don't You See , My Friend, Eien. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 17. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Makenaide lit. "Don't Give Up") is the 6th single by J-pop band Zard. It was the first single to reach #1 on the Oricon weekly charts. According to the song's composer Tetsuro Oda, she was singing "strangely" but it proved to be good. It sold over 1.64 million copies and became the highest-selling song for Zard. When she died, it was elected as the best song by Zard on the Oricon polls. It was a song that greatly appealed to the Japanese public. Released at a time that is now seen as the beginning of Japan's post economic bubble era when the Nikkei 225 Index had shrunk in value by a third in only three years, "Makenaide" (Don't Give Up) became known as the theme song of the country's Lost Decade." While Sakai commented on the television show Music Station that it would be a song to encourage men taking examinations, many people said this song helped them cope with difficult issues such as school bullying. What is notable about "Makenaide" is that Zard fans favorite phrase, "Run through Until the End" was originally "Do Not Give Up until the End." "Makenaide" has been used as a theme song for the Nippon Television program 24-hour TV, an annual charity program hosted live by celebrities for a whole day. Sakai said that she was honored and looked forward to watching 24-hour TV. The song was also adopted by high school baseball in Japan. The song was covered by Emiri Kat as the ending song to episode 12 of the anime adaptation of Lucky Star, in a tribute to the late Izumi Sakai. ...http: //booksllc.net/?id=18189605