This time, a day dreaming… and Kodou were the top favourites of our voters, and as usual, we have also put up two extra downloads for just one week only, including the much-requested Hikari Sasuhou (Survive ver.) as well as the runner up from the previous polls, forward.

Thanks to everyone who voted in the latest polls, and if possible, it would be great if you could vote again in the next one, where:

• Butterfly (Butterfly single)
• DRIVE (New World album)
• Believer (Chain single)
• Grab (Survive compliation album)
• Gaku-Ten (Baby Rock album)
• RAIN (New World album)

are all up for selection. It might be a bit more difficult to choose this time! :)

More updates will be forthcoming throughout the site, as well as more content from various contributors! And before I forget, we have updated the affiliate link with Sound EX from their Myspace to their official new website! The people behind the website are Nao and Sesshy, and I would encourage everyone to pay a visit, particularly as the graphics used for the site design really are fantastic! I’ve included a screenshot of the new site design below as a taster, but look out for the flash movie on the splash page – it’s worth the wait – and this is coming from someone who doesn’t usually take a second glance at splash pages.

However, this time, to celebrate the forthcoming release of Back-on‘s latest single: BLAZE LINE/a day dreaming…, instead of just featuring 2 songs for download, for the next 5 days – until June 6th 2007 (the official release date for BL/ADD) – all 4 songs that were featured in the previous vote (where 169 people participated for their most-wanted download) will be available!

These are:

1. Believer (Chain)
   
2. Rain (New World)
3. Gaku-Ten (Baby Rock)
4. Nuts Tribe (Baby Rock)

After that, just the top two winners will remain as usual (as bolded)
You can reach the Music page by visiting: http://www.backon-online.com/multimedia/music/

Again, the aim of the downloads section is to provide a ‘one-stop’ place for fans and potential fans to listen to Back-on’s work – ‘try before you buy‘. You can support Back-on even more by buying their albums and attend their concerts. There is more information about where you can purchase the cds avilable on the Music page.

Finally… there hasn’t been any change to the Radio section of Music for the moment… but check back in two weeks! :) Don’t forget to vote in the new Poll in the meantime!

p/s: If you do decide to post this first attempt elsewhere, please give some credit to this page, even if it is a first draft! ^^

ENGLISH

[Introduction]
Ladies and gentleman, the battle of love will now begin. Let’s get ready to BACK-ON!
*chokes*
I’m sorry!

[Verse 1]
キーンコーンカーンコーン！ 休み時間のチャイムの音！
Ding-dong-dang-don! It’s the chime of the recess/breaktime bell!

ターゲットは斜め前の席の子！
The target is the child(or person in this case?) in the seat diagonally to the front! (?)

超キュート！ んでもって最高にボンキュッボン！
Super/ultra cute! The most voluptuous! (?)

マヅでたまらん！ フェロモンバンバン！
‘mazu’ (Must?) be patient! The pheromones are banging away!

雄猿達の視線 like a 弾丸！
The male monkeys’ eyes are like bullets!
(I think in this context it means that they have eyes only for a certain target?)

ちょっと待って Every body~！ 挑む奴ぁ~Step up！ 1 歩前に！
Everybody, wait a moment! (Take up the) Challenge, fellows ~ step up! (???) (Take) one step forward!

紳士的に掴んでこうぜ！ 女神の微笑み~！
A gentlemanly grasp(?) A goddess’ smile!

You know what I mean？ おわかり！ さぁバトル開始！！
You know what I mean? (Do you) understand? The battle begins!

[Interlude 1]
Now, there are two sides of the story, and here’s both!
Oh! x3 Oh yeah!

[Verse 2]
1 時間目から、あっ！！ ヤベー！！ 俺宿題忘れ！
From the first hour, ah! I’m in trouble!! I’ve forgotten my homework!

絶対絶命ビンチたぜ！ だけど隣の席に座る！
A desperate situation, a crisis! However, the (person) sitting beside me,

君、救いの手くれてハート ドッキドッキ！
You, give (my) heart dokidoki with your helping hand!
(literally: You, (use) your helping hand to give my heart doki doki)

[Verse 3]
2 時間目体育で俺様の出番だぜっ！
The second hour is PE (physical education) and it’s my turn (to perform?) !

見てなべイべー！ マヅで惚れちゃうぜ？
Look (here) baby! Aren’t you/haven’t you fallen in love?

君にドライブシュート！ なんちゃってマチガイないぜ！
You’re in the driving seat! Just joking, I am certain/I have no doubt (???)

言葉はいらない目でおとす！ Aaight
(These are) words, (you) don’t need to lose your eyes(???) Aaight

[Chorus - 1]
BURN！ BURN！ こじ開け~ろトビラ！
BURN! BURN! Wrench open the door!

君のハートは誰の物なんだ！？
Who does your heart belong to!?

BURN！ BURN！ 燃やせ恋の炎！
BURN! BURN! The flames of passion!

チャンスは一度でキメてみせろぁ~！！
There is only one chance to decide!!

[Chorus - 2]
かっとばせ Every body！ Step up！ 1 歩前に！
Knockout/slam Everybody! Step up! (Take) one step forward!

めざせあの女神 You know what I mean？ おわかり！
Aim for that goddess, you know what I mean? (Do you) understand!

BURN！ BURN！ 燃やせハート！！ かませ恋の魔法
BURN! BURN! Burn the heart!! (Cast?) the spell of passion/love

超高鳴る鼓動！キメる放課後！
Superfast (rhythmic) beats! (It starts) after class!

[Verse 4]
3 時間目、教科書忘れたフリして！
In the third hour, (I) pretended to forget my textbook!

『チョット見せて！』と言って！ 急接近して！
『chotto顯示！說』！ 急接近！
“Wait, (let me) show (you)!” Because! (She’s) suddenly closer! (???)

彼女の香り かなりイイ感じ！
Her fragrance – such a good feeling!

まさに刺激的なひととき！
Definitely a stimulating moment!

[Verse 5]
4 時間目そろそろキメこんでこーか？
Is it gradually now the 4th hour? (???)

君のハートに愛の爆弾投下！
(I’ll) throw a bomb of love towards your heart!

どうだ？ Baby slow down 落ち着いていこらじゃん？
How’s that? Baby slow down (it’s?) quiet, isn’t it? (???)

ささやく Love you! 俺の愛爆発　Yeah~！！
Whisper Love you! My love explodes Yeah!!

Repeat [Chorus 1 & 2]

[Interlude 2]
(Kenji03/TEEDA/Sensei have a conversation about the new teacher)

Repeat [Chorus 2]

Repeat [Chorus 1 & 2]

Finally, after the long wait, I can present you with the lyrics of Gaku-Ten from Baby Rock! Thank you all for your patience. It was surprisingly easy to convert to hiragana after typing up the original (kanji) lyrics, partially because of the extensive use of katakana for words such as ‘pheromone’ and also there were few ‘tricky’ pronunciations, unlike perhaps in New World.

The song is about the (adolescent) Back-on fantasising about their new female teacher. I’ts hard to express the hilarity of the song with just words, so take a look at the Gaku-Ten PV ft. Nao Oikawa (courtesy of blueblueblue) The band uses phrases such as

‘pheromone bang bang’, ‘baby’ and ‘ボンキュッボン’

the latter is apparenty used when describing a voluptuous body.

‘ハート ドッキドッキ’ (heart dokki dokki) and 超キュート (chou kyuuto)

both make an appearance, where the former is an onomatopoeia of a rapidly beating heart (from excitement), and the latter stands for ‘super cute‘.

Other points worth noting are below (in no particular order):

キーンコーンカーンコーン = (sound of the school bell ringing)
バトル = (battle)
トビラ = (door… in hiragana, tobira is supposedly another word for door)
ヤベー = (I’m in big trouble? source)
ビンチ = (pinch – in a pinch or a crisis)
キメて = (the point where victory is determined?)
なんちゃって = (just kidding/joking – a colloquial phrase)
マチガイ = (mistake?)

However, I wasn’t sure of the actual meaning and context of a few katakana phrases, so I’ve left them out for the moment for future referencing or for some kind soul to inform me about what it actually *means*.

As always, if you spot any mistakes, please let me know either by commenting below or via the contact form.

If you would like to post these lyrics elsewhere, please link back to this page. :)

JAPANESE (Kanji)

[Introduction]
Ladies and gentleman, the battle of love will now begin. Let’s get ready to BACK-ON!
*chokes*
I’m sorry!

[Verse 1]
キーンコーンカーンコーン！ 休み時間のチャイムの音！
ターゲットは斜め前の席の子！
超キュート！ んでもって最高にボンキュッボン！
マヅでたまらん！ フェロモンバンバン！
雄猿達の視線 like a 弾丸！
ちょっと待って Every body~！ 挑む奴ぁ~Step up！ 1 歩前に！
紳士的に掴んでこうぜ！ 女神の微笑み~！
You know what I mean？ おわかり！ さぁバトル開始！！

[Interlude 1]
Now, there are two sides of the story, and here’s both!
Oh! x3 Oh yeah!

[Verse 2]
1 時間目から、あっ！！ ヤベー！！ 俺宿題忘れ！
絶対絶命ビンチたぜ！ だけど隣の席に座る！
君、救いの手くれてハート ドッキドッキ！

[Verse 3]
2 時間目体育で俺様の出番だぜっ！
見てなべイべー！ マヅで惚れちゃうぜ？
君にドライブシュート！ なんちゃってマチガイないぜ！
言葉はいらない目でおとす！ Aaight

[Chorus - 1]
BURN！ BURN！ こじ開け~ろトビラ！
君のハートは誰の物なんだ！？
BURN！ BURN！ 燃やせ恋の炎！
チャンスは一度でキメてみせろぁ~！！

[Chorus - 2]
かっとばせ Every body！ Step up！ 1 歩前に！
めざせあの女神 You know what I mean？ おわかり！
BURN！ BURN！ 燃やせハート！！ かませ恋の魔法
超高鳴る鼓動！キメる放課後！

[Verse 4]
3 時間目、教科書忘れたフリして！
『チョット見せて！』と言って！ 急接近して！
彼女の香り かなりイイ感じ！
まさに刺激的なひととき！

[Verse 5]
4 時間目そろそろキメこんでこーか？
君のハートに愛の爆弾投下！
どうだ？ Baby slow down 落ち着いていこらじゃん？
ささやく Love you! 俺の愛爆発　Yeah~！！

Repeat [Chorus 1 & 2]

[Interlude 2]
(Kenji03/TEEDA/Sensei have a conversation about the new teacher)

Repeat [Chorus 2]

Repeat [Chorus 1 & 2]

1. Gaku-Ten
2. Blow
3. Flydom
4. Forward
5. ~feel~
6. Nuts Tribe
7. Lucky?
8. So Many Tears

As with every update to the Music page, there is also a change in the featured download. A big thanks to those who voted for in the poll! 124 people participated in the vote and New World was the overwhelming favourite (81) to be featured this time. I’ve also decided to include the runner up Flydom (22) as the extra featured download so hope you all like it! There is a new poll up for the next update so please take a little time to vote. :D

If you’re interested in finding out about download statistics from last month:

• Hikari Sasuhou was downloaded 494 times.
• Chain was downloaded 210 times.

As so many people voted for New World, I am fairly confident that the download numbers will exceed this. If you would like to tell someone where they can find these songs, please link directly to the Music page at http://www.backon-online.com/multimedia/music/. I’ve found that a few direct-file-linkers have popped up and will definitely be changing the file location on a frequent basis as it is a form of leeching.

Hope you enjoy listening to Baby Rock! Remember, if you like the album, support Back-on by buying the CD! Play-asia are doing an excellent deal for Back-on albums at the moment, and I would recommend purchasing from them. :)

Unfortunately the Anime Matsuri website is down at the moment as it has exceeded its bandwidth (neeuu!) but I’m sure the organisers will have it back up soon. In the meantime, you can still visit their official forums at MashHarder.

In the meantime, you can still find out about Back-on‘s schedule on Back-on Online, but whilst I was looking up the George R. Brown Convention Center website, I came across a little bit of information regarding the venue. According to the GRBCC website, Anime Matsuri will be utilising the:

Exhibit Hall E / General Assembly / Meeting Rooms

If you do have lots of time on your hands and want to see what the centre looks like inside, you have the option of viewing images or a 360 degree panoramic view.

This information is brought to you by a Flick who is furiously attempting to type up Gaku-Ten lyrics on time and is taking a break by surfing Anime Matsuri related sites.

You can find out more about Back-on‘s schedule at Anime Matsuri from this post, and a variety of sources have confirmed that they will be definitely attending Dance till Dawn so hope lots of people will be there to support them as well. Remember this is Back-on‘s first international performance, so extra enthusiasm is a must! If that’s not quite enough incentive, I can certainly try and telepathically send my waves of enthusiasm across the pond from England!

For those who are able to attend the event – congratulations! Back-on fans (including myself) unable to attend would really appreciate it if those who are there could share their stories with us! Multimedia, such as pictures and videos would definitely be an added bonus :) Please feel free to post on the forums, or even contact me directly, as we would all love to hear more!
In other related news, [MC] mentioned on the Anime Matsuri Forums that:

a little birdie told me that they’re filming their next music video here in H*TOWN!!!!

This is exciting news and could explain the 10 day mini-gap between Back-on‘s stay in America and their next Tokyo gig (aside from the time-off; adjusting to time difference; and editing of the trip-to-America video to be presented by Icchan at the gig) If you’re living in Houston, perhaps this is a good opportunity to do a bit of Back-on spotting!

And finally, regarding site updates… we will (finally) be updating the Music page sometime within the week to feature Baby Rock, as well as typing up lyrics such as Gaku-Ten! We are also working on the translation of Back-on’s KERA interview, so watch this space. ^^

p/s: I leave you with another picture of Teeda and his new hair style, taken with his cousin at the latter’s birthday, straight from his very own blog.

Click on Read on to view the full post…

The first to showcase in today’s post is the 鼓動 (Kodou) PV which is 2:21 minutes long and features a back-drop not unlike the one found in the MV of Chain as well as speakers… you’ll see what I mean when you watch it.

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The second is as per the title above – a clip (presumably filmed by a camera phone) of Back-on performing live – supposedly from their December 14th 2006 gig at Club Asia. This video is low quality (as blueblueblue noted in the title of the clip) but is 1:41 minutes of what fans can expect during their gigs: Back-on (specifically Kenji03 and TEEDA) talking to the crowd and getting lots of laughs and positive feedback before launching into the live rendition of アルティメット足立(Aruteimetto Adachi) from the album Adachi Tribe as well as Hero.

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This is the first time I’ve watched either video so I’m really excited about this new ‘find’! :) Hope you enjoy them as much as I do! A huge thanks must go to blueblueblue for sharing the videos :)

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