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As a child I remember hearing a beautiful song, sung in Japanese (so not searchable by anglo me), and today I finally found it [1]. Thanks Google! [1] https://

As a child I remember hearing a beautiful song, sung in Japanese (so not searchable by anglo me), and today I finally found it [1]. Thanks Google! [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbTsG9jrJsU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbTsG9jrJsU

tpmx 6y ago
Pretty fascinating story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukiyaki_(song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukiyaki_(song)
- jimhi 6y ago
  Incredible 'The song is best known under the alternative title "Sukiyaki". In Japan it refers to a Japanese hot-pot dish with cooked beef, the word sukiyaki does not appear in the song's lyrics, nor does it have any connection to them'
  - tpmx 6y ago
    "Ei wrote the lyrics while walking home from a Japanese student demonstration protesting against a continued US military presence in the country, expressing his frustration at the failed efforts." "An instrumental version of the song was played by NASA over the radio for the Gemini VII astronauts as mood music, thereby becoming one of the first pieces of music sent to humans in space."
    - jimhi 6y ago
      Interesting all around but I found the beef part hilarious
      - deleted 6y ago
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jackbravo 6y ago
Ha! From the get go I remembered I heard this song in a Studio Ghibli movie, then a google search quickly told that it was on From Up On Puppy Hill :-p. I love the Internet. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Sukiyaki+studio+ghibli&t=brave&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Sukiyaki+studio+ghibli&t=brave&ia=...
- soperj 6y ago
  lol. Poppy Hill.
faitswulff 6y ago
The English language version I'd always heard was the 4PM cover [0], which I just found out was originally by A Taste of Honey in the 80s [1]. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueVjrc7YYoE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueVjrc7YYoE [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqFkUNqBwMw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqFkUNqBwMw
- delgaudm 6y ago
  Funny, I recognized the melody from the Slick Rick song La Di Da Di. https://youtu.be/zk4Y7SbTQK8?t=164 https://youtu.be/zk4Y7SbTQK8?t=164 Warning: potentially NSFW - language (for those still in offices)
  - dr-detroit 6y ago
    yup and Snoop keeps that same musical reference in his hugely popular cover of that tune.
griffinmyers 6y ago
It's a wonderful tune -- I was an instant fan hearing it in the movie Inherent Vice.
sizzle 6y ago
How exactly did you hum this so it was detected? How many tries did it take? That is incredible it worked thanks for sharing
- lawrenceyan 6y ago
  Why not try testing it for yourself? That way, you'll have a definitive set of results to look at that you can guarantee.
  - ponker 6y ago
    That wouldn't answer the question. Searching a song that you remember from the past is nothing like listening to a song on YouTube and then immediately trying to sing it back to Google.
    - lawrenceyan 6y ago
      That's a fair point. Thanks for providing an explanation!
- jeff_redradish 6y ago
  Just once, humming (not particularly well), not singing. The song in question is sung with a very clear voice, with minimal instrumental backing. That may suggest the limiting factor is Google's ability to parse songs, rather than users' ability to hum them.
marton78 6y ago
Amazing, this was a hit in Hungary when I was little, my mother used to love it. https://youtu.be/-0mlFNmj-vU https://youtu.be/-0mlFNmj-vU
muterad_murilax 6y ago
From Wikipedia: "The song appears in episode 2 of The Man in the High Castle..." Aha, so that's where I had heard it before!
BlackLotus89 6y ago
Tried it with soundhound [0] (was called midomi when I used it as a flash app many years ago) just for giggles and it found a different version of the same song first try as well. [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.melodis.midomiMusicIdentifier.freemium https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.melodis.mi...
alickz 6y ago
Thanks for introducing me to this!
kangaree 6y ago
Love this song! Whistle and look up so you can't see these tears.. It managed to be a #1 hit in the US even!
sangnoir 6y ago
Mary J. Blige's "Everything"[1] has a pretty similar chord progression - I don't recall ever hearing that song, but it immediately felt familia 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nZueSZRJrA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nZueSZRJrA

tpmx 6y ago

Pretty fascinating story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukiyaki_(song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukiyaki_(song)

jimhi 6y ago
Incredible 'The song is best known under the alternative title "Sukiyaki". In Japan it refers to a Japanese hot-pot dish with cooked beef, the word sukiyaki does not appear in the song's lyrics, nor does it have any connection to them'
- tpmx 6y ago
  "Ei wrote the lyrics while walking home from a Japanese student demonstration protesting against a continued US military presence in the country, expressing his frustration at the failed efforts." "An instrumental version of the song was played by NASA over the radio for the Gemini VII astronauts as mood music, thereby becoming one of the first pieces of music sent to humans in space."
  - jimhi 6y ago
    Interesting all around but I found the beef part hilarious
    - deleted 6y ago
      [deleted]

jackbravo 6y ago

Ha! From the get go I remembered I heard this song in a Studio Ghibli movie, then a google search quickly told that it was on From Up On Puppy Hill :-p. I love the Internet. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Sukiyaki+studio+ghibli&t=brave&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Sukiyaki+studio+ghibli&t=brave&ia=...

soperj 6y ago
lol. Poppy Hill.

faitswulff 6y ago

The English language version I'd always heard was the 4PM cover [0], which I just found out was originally by A Taste of Honey in the 80s [1]. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueVjrc7YYoE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueVjrc7YYoE [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqFkUNqBwMw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqFkUNqBwMw

delgaudm 6y ago
Funny, I recognized the melody from the Slick Rick song La Di Da Di. https://youtu.be/zk4Y7SbTQK8?t=164 https://youtu.be/zk4Y7SbTQK8?t=164 Warning: potentially NSFW - language (for those still in offices)
- dr-detroit 6y ago
  yup and Snoop keeps that same musical reference in his hugely popular cover of that tune.

griffinmyers 6y ago

It's a wonderful tune -- I was an instant fan hearing it in the movie Inherent Vice.

sizzle 6y ago

How exactly did you hum this so it was detected? How many tries did it take? That is incredible it worked thanks for sharing

lawrenceyan 6y ago
Why not try testing it for yourself? That way, you'll have a definitive set of results to look at that you can guarantee.
- ponker 6y ago
  That wouldn't answer the question. Searching a song that you remember from the past is nothing like listening to a song on YouTube and then immediately trying to sing it back to Google.
  - lawrenceyan 6y ago
    That's a fair point. Thanks for providing an explanation!
jeff_redradish 6y ago
Just once, humming (not particularly well), not singing. The song in question is sung with a very clear voice, with minimal instrumental backing. That may suggest the limiting factor is Google's ability to parse songs, rather than users' ability to hum them.

marton78 6y ago

Amazing, this was a hit in Hungary when I was little, my mother used to love it. https://youtu.be/-0mlFNmj-vU https://youtu.be/-0mlFNmj-vU

muterad_murilax 6y ago

From Wikipedia: "The song appears in episode 2 of The Man in the High Castle..." Aha, so that's where I had heard it before!

BlackLotus89 6y ago

Tried it with soundhound [0] (was called midomi when I used it as a flash app many years ago) just for giggles and it found a different version of the same song first try as well. [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.melodis.midomiMusicIdentifier.freemium https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.melodis.mi...

alickz 6y ago

Thanks for introducing me to this!

kangaree 6y ago

Love this song! Whistle and look up so you can't see these tears.. It managed to be a #1 hit in the US even!

sangnoir 6y ago

Mary J. Blige's "Everything"[1] has a pretty similar chord progression - I don't recall ever hearing that song, but it immediately felt familia 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nZueSZRJrA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nZueSZRJrA