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Anna Tsuchiya's "Lucy"




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jetz



Joined: 31 Jan 2007
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Location: Manila, Philippines
PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:24 am Reply with quote
I really love "Lucy" by Anna Tsuchiya, but I feel like I'll like it even more if I know what the lyrics meant. Does anyone know a site where I can find an English translation of that song?

Other than for purposes of liking it more, I'm also curious if the song actually makes sense. Some of the English lyrics barely make sense, like the part with "so true yourself", there's also this part where she uses the word "Phoenix" (except she pronounced it as phenex) so I wanna know how that word is used.

I also want to know how fluent Anna Tsuchiya is in English, since she makes use of English words/phrases in her songs.

I hope this is alright Laughing
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kk



Joined: 09 Jan 2005
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta
PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:17 pm Reply with quote
http://www.kiwi-musume.com/lyrics/tsuchiyaanna/lucy.html

^This is the direct link to the lyrics and the translation.

http://www.kiwi-musume.com/

^This is the home page.

As far as that translation goes, Anna's lyrics seem to make sense. I don't know how fluent she is in English, but the English lyrics she uses in the song seem to fit in and flow with the Japanese lyrics.
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Aromatic Grass



Joined: 31 Dec 2003
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:57 pm Reply with quote
kk wrote:
I don't know how fluent she is in English, but the English lyrics she uses in the song seem to fit in and flow with the Japanese lyrics.

According to the Anime Expo article, she isn't very fluent (at all) but she's learning. I find that funny because a lot of her songs that I've heard utilize many English words, and she's generally very good with the pronunciation.
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jetz



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:23 am Reply with quote
Thanks for the info!

As for her pronunciation, I think there's a lot of room for improvement. Sometimes it's like she's eating her words, like for example, in "Zero" the first line is supposed to be "My reality is something weird" but she says it like "My relty's something weird".. And in Lucy, she uses the word "Phoenix" and pronounces it as Phenex.. Although for someone who just started learning, I guess she's not bad..
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reva le fox



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:05 pm Reply with quote
AHHHH i love that song too, but i like all her song, even olivia lufkin, u have to listen to this one song. "alone in our castle" its sooo cute. LOVE NANA

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