[♪] BUMP OF CHICKEN [♪]

bumpchiki @ 2008-10-08T20:03:00

2008-10-09T01:10:47Z

It's already the 9th in Japan, so...

Community Update

2008-09-25T22:02:14Z

Hey, everyone! It's the administrator here. :) Sorry I haven't shown my face in forever. I tend to prefer member-driven communities, and that's what this has become. I was going through the member roster, and I had never realized how many people were part of this group, almost 200! Thanks so much, everyone.

Anyway, I'm here to thank kazeyumi (and originally gossymer ) for the new layout! Actually, I meant to update it a long long while ago, and I'm so sorry I didn't get to it until now. Regardless, it's lovely. Much thanks!

---irene

Mirrors.

2008-09-25T11:27:45Z

YES, I HAS IT.

I'm so excited to try it out~♫

I doubt you guys don't know this, but just in case, Mirrors was composed and performed by Motoh Fujiwara for the game "Tales of the Abyss". Incidentally, it's also the piano version of Karma. Uhm, yeah, that's it. :))

Get mirrors plus the .pdf version of the score here!

band goods

2008-09-23T14:10:23Z

Hey guys...hope ur good! XD

I need some help in translation, hope that u can assist me...thanks a lot!
I was looking at the Summer 08 goods at
x[BumpGoods]x and was wondering if this is limited to Japan only (meaning not for intl' shipping), tho' not sure how I'm gonna complete the buying details if it is...

thanx ^___^

icon credits?

2008-09-03T20:36:03Z

Hi guys,
I randomly found that icon of Motoo I'm using right now and I'd love to give credits. Does anybody know who made it?
Thanks!

Hidden Tracks

2008-08-28T13:46:28Z

Hello everyone, new member here X3

I know that we have previous posts requesting for those must-get BUMP hidden tracks. But does anyone has a complete list of these? I think I may have some missing afterall :\

To my (lack of) knowledge, these are the hidden tracks BUMP's done so far:

SINGLES
1) Lamp - (I don't know the correct name for this)
2) Diamond - Ogomane
3) Tentai Kansoku - Hirowaki
4) Harujion - LOVE
5) Snow Smile - Tinpost Uncle On
6) Lost Man - Omochi
7) Arue - Hana Ni Nare
8) Only Lonely Glory - Shadow
9) Sharin no Uta - Hoshi no Arupejio
10) Planetarium - Ika
11) Supernova - Wasshoi
12) Namida no Furusato - Orusuban
13) Hana no Na - Kaki
14) Mayday - Star Dust Dance Hall

ALBUMS
1) Flame Vein - Docking, Danny, My Best Friends (My Best Friends is my fave so far <3)
2) The Living Dead - The Living Dead
3) Jupiter - In My Heart, In My NIKKE
4) Yggdrasil - Otogame Heart

Is this list anywhere complete?

Also, does Orbital Period & Present From You have hidden tracks? :D

My iPod got erased..

2008-08-24T23:08:44Z

All of my BUMP songs are gone!!!!
Can you guys post up all of BUMP's album's for me?
I really want my BUMP songs back!!!
Can you guys please help me???? > w <

Home Ship Eisei clips

2008-08-15T00:39:49Z

For anyone who hasn't seen, some clips from the Home Ship Eisei tour (Super Live?) are up on YouTube now. I tried putting them in order based on the list in Backstage Pass, so hopefully it's right. It's not all 22 songs they did at the live, but it's better than nothing. =D

Mayday
Sainou Jin Ouenka
Laugh Maker
Guild
Hana no Na
Amedama no Uta
Daimond and Tentai Kansoku
Supernova
Present
Glass no Blues

Also, the Rock in Japan site put up reports and pictures of all the shows. Bump's is here, and has some really good pictures of the band. Well, really good pictures of Motoo and Hiro at least. Chama and Hide both got "I'm in the middle of doing something and thus look rather dumb" shots. rabid_dangirl will probably post her Rock in Japan Fes. report sometime in the near future for anyone interested, as she was the one actually paying attention to everything that was going on while I just stared lovestruck at Chama the entire time. XD

Little Braver PV.

2008-07-13T08:21:50Z

I just recently found this on Youtube.
Did anyone else know there was a Little Braver PV? o.O

Bump of Chicken Twist and Shout((Beatles Cover))

2008-06-26T23:22:19Z

BoC doing a cover of the Beatles 'Twist and Shout'. Includes a song AND humor. XD

Motoo and Masukawa's Guitars.

2008-06-23T00:05:28Z

Hey I was wondering if anyone had any up close pictures of Motoo's and/or Masukawa's Guitars?
They get such a nice sound out of their Les Pauls, I want to know how far they set up their pickups away from the strings. :P

Thanks!

P.S.
I have Megaupload links to all of the BoC albums if anybody wants them. :/

Present. :3

2008-06-19T12:35:18Z

I downloaded an album(?) recently released by aznmedia.net, called "Present From You". It just covers all of the Side B tracks of BOC. I downloaded it of course, being the addict that I am.

After downloading, I noticed a song called "Present". It wasn't familiar at all so I tried listening to it, and wow.

Download torrent here.

If you just want that song, get it here

I can upload the album for direct download on request. :3

I'm assuming all of you have BOC's second album stored in your PCs or Lappys or iPods or whatever. I recommend you listen to the last song of that album first before listening to this.♪♪

Is this song new? Or a secret track that I might have missed? Anyway, I got too excited! ♥

Eep, I'm flooding bumpchiki! D:

MEGA REQUEST.

2008-06-17T13:20:16Z

BUMP OF CHICKEN PIANO MusicBook.

Details here

I WANT IT. Does anyone know where I can download?

Or does anyone (in the Philippines) know how to buy from e-bay? I can't because I don't have a credit card. :<

If you know how and you're willing to help, e-mail me at: tangerine.rain@yahoo.com. We'll talk thar. *_*

Kthxbai~

takahashi diary translations 2

2008-06-16T12:53:48Z

these are from around winter 2006, when bump went to seoul for a live. for all the hiro fans! :)

http://www.bumpofchicken.com/diary.php?p=100#n62
ソウルライブその後… (After the Seoul Live…)

The after-party was a huge all-out affair.
The members and all the staff dropped small glasses filled with shochu
into glasses filled with beer (apparently in Korea this is called a "bomb drink")
and chugged them down in one go.
Even the lightweights Chama and Fujiwara drank!
After that, Masu poured out the bottle of makgeolli he had (a drink said to linger for days)
and everyone drank some more.

Then it was time to wrap up, so we paid the huge bill (shockingly huge!)
and went back to the hotel as a group.

When a certain someone (the one pointing his finger) gets really drunk,
he undergoes the transformation you see here. (Sorry for the shaky image – I was drunk.)
After reaching the hotel, this person did something very amusing,
but you'll have to wait until next time to hear about it!

-----

http://www.bumpofchicken.com/diary.php?p=100#n63
つづき (Continuation)

After getting back to the hotel, I followed Fujiwara to his room to discuss some things with him.
That's when a certain someone also entered the room, even though he had no reason to be there.

That individual was called Hiro-san.

To briefly introduce him: to others, Hiro-san gives off the impression of
being really fun! and a great guy! – which he is, soooometimes, when on tour.
I'm sure all the members wish Hiroaki could always be like that.

Anyway, since it appeared like we were finishing up business,

Hiro-san: "Taka-chuu, you haven't drunk enough! DRINK!"
[taka-chuu: a nickname for takahashi? maybe?]

Although it was Fujiwara's room, he opened the fridge as if the room were his
and began pouring a bottle of beer into a glass!
Fujiwara kept saying things like "You bastard!!"
but was countered with "Don't be so STINGY!", and other words to that effect.

Then, apparently he didn't like the silence in the room
because he began fiddling with the remote control.

Hiro-san: "Man, isn't there anything interesting on?"

We're in a foreign country; of course nothing's interesting to you!
In the meantime, Fujiwara and I were busy at work . . .
When suddenly we heard what sounded like a foreign voice, panting on TV . . .
Hiro-san had pushed the button for the pay-per-view channel!!

Fujiwara said something like, "You bastard!
When I check out, it's going to look like I had watched a porn video!"

True. It'd really stink, going up to the lady at the front desk in the morning
and having to pay for a porn video you hadn't even watched.

Hiro-san: "Ahaha, I can't believe you’re that embarrassed!" etc.
And then he went and took another beer from the fridge!

Fujiwara told me, "This'll definitely be a great story for your blog,"
so I went ahead and wrote this entry, making sure to
take a picture that showed the pay-per-view program running on the TV.

Apparently at check out, Masukawa, who seemed to have completely forgotten about what had happened,
properly paid the bill after being reminded by Fujiwara.

*I was able to write a long entry for the first time since starting this diary,
thanks to this story. So happy!!

-----

diary translations

2008-06-14T08:31:03Z

hello, everyone! i've been a bump of chicken fan (to put it mildly) for several years now, but i didn't think to look up other bump fans on LJ until just recently. this community was a wonderful find. :)

i've been browsing through some of the older entries, and it looks like no one's yet gotten around to translating the takahashi diary entries from bump's official website. some of the entries are really amusing, so i thought i might point a few out here, just in case anyone's missed them:

[note: i've listed the entries in the order they were written, not in the order they appear on the blog now. these particular entries were written around the release of the "namida no furusato" single last year.]

------

http://www.bumpofchicken.com/diary.php?p=80#n83
4人揃って登場です。 (All Four Make an Appearance Together.)

Snapped this picture the other day, when we went shopping
at a certain home depot center in the suburbs.

Ee~, I bet everyone is on pins and needles for the next new announcement.
It turns out we’ll be able to release some information on October 10th (Tuesday).
Look forward to it!

------

http://www.bumpofchicken.com/diary.php?p=80#n84
涙のふるさとのジャケ (The Jacket Cover of “Namida no Furusato”)

The jacket cover for “Namida no Furusato” was uploaded onto the discography page;
have you seen it?

The robo standing right in the center was actually created by the members.
The reason why they went to the home depot center in my last entry was
to buy materials for it.

We went shopping without any kind of concept in our heads,
going to each corner to gather anything that looked promising.
It ended up being an all-day affair.

The actual construction date will be coming up later.

------

http://www.bumpofchicken.com/diary.php?p=80#n85
ロボ制作編 (Robo Production)

Although I call it “Robo,” it doesn’t really have a name;
it’s just something I came up with for this diary.

It’s pretty huge, this guy.
We had to borrow a classroom in a certain school that’s been closed
in order to carry out the job.

The “正” character [note: similar to hash marks; commonly used way to count things in japan] you see in the back is the number of times Masu farted.
As you can see, at this particular stage
work was far from being complete.
By the end, the number of “正”s was terrible!

if people are interested, i can keep translating some of the more exciting / amusing entries; otherwise, i'll stop spamming the comm. :)

btw, is anyone else going to the concert in seoul on the 21st? (i'm actually studying in korea for the summer and was able to snag tickets - still reeling from the unbelievable luck!!)

Completion.

2008-06-05T13:53:07Z

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening!

I just wanna make sure that I have all of BOC's songs. Please tell me if I lack anything. Uploading it for me would be love too! Thanks!

Bump of Chicken:

Albums
Flame Vein
1. Glass no Blues
2. Kudaranai Uta
3. Arue
4. Little Braver
5. No Hit No Run
6. Special Song
7. Knife
8. Battle Cry
9. DANNY

The Living Dead
1. Opening
2. Gunguniru
3. Best Picture
4. Tsudzukudaranai Uta
5. Lamp
6. K
7. Riri
8. Everlasting Lie
9. Glorious Revolution (Edited thanks sakuraminamoto XD)
10. Ending

Jupiter
1. Stage of the Ground
2. Tentai Kansoku
3. Title of Mine
4. Catch Ball
5. Harujion
6. Bench no Coffee
7. Melody Flag
8. Bell
9. Diamond
10. Dandelion
11. (Hidden)

Yggdrasil
1. Asgard
2. Only Lonely Glory
3. Joushaken
4. Guild
5. Embrace
6. Sailing Day
7. Onanji door wo Kuguretara
8. Sharin no Uta
9. Snow Smile
10. Lem
11. Fire Sign
12. Taiyou
13. Lost Man
14. Midgard
15. O TO GA ME Heart

Orbital Period (LOL Copy-pasted)
1. Voyager
2. 星の鳥
3. メーデー
4. 才悩人応援歌
5. プラネタリウム
6. Supernova
7. ハンマーソングと痛みの塔
8. 時空かくれんぼ
9. かさぶたぶたぶ
10. 花の名
11. ひとりごと
12. 飴玉の唄
13. 星の鳥 reprise
14. カルマ
15. Arrows
16. 涙のふるさと
17. Flyby
18. BELIEVE

Singles
Lamp
1. Lamp
2. Battle Cry
3. Little Flavor

Diamond
1. Diamond
2. Laugh Maker

Tentai Kansoku
1. Tentaik Kansoku
2. Bye Bye Thank You

Harujion
1. Haurjion
2. Kanojo to Hoshi no Isu

Snow Smile
1. Snow Smile
2. Holiday

Lost Man ~ Sailing Day
1. Lost Man
2. Sailing Day

Arue
1. Aure
2. Everlasting Lie
3. Secret

Only Lonely Glory
1. Only Lonely Glory
2. Suimin Jikan
3. Shadow

Sharin no Uta
1. Sharin no Uta
2. Yume no Kainushi
3. Snow Smile (Rining version)
4. Bonus Track

Planetarium
1. Planetarium
2. Ginga Tetsudou
3. Ika

Supernova
1. Supernova
2. Karma
3. Wasshoi

Hana no Na
1. Hana no Na
2. Tokyo Sanka
3. Kaki

Mayday
1. May Day
2. Glass no Blues ~28 years round~
3. Stardust Dancehall

Others:
1. Hybrid Rainbow

If you see anything that you might not have, you can tell me if you want it. I'll upload it for you in a jiffy! *__*

bumpchiki @ 2008-06-01T22:17:00

2008-06-02T02:18:10Z

TOTAL ICONS: 84
~Bump of Chicken; 26
~Busted; 22
~Fruits Basket; 4
~Ouran High School Host Club; 12
~Sakanoue Yosuke (YOSK); 11
~Tales of the Abyss; 9

Teasers:

( how i wish you could see the potential of you and me )

b.o.c live~

2008-05-15T14:20:43Z

hey all,

i'm a newbie here and glad to find a community for bump-lovers! ^__^
i don't know how it happened but i just love these guys n their music...

i bring u a quick update: 6/21/08 - bump will be in seoul for a concert!

poster from a korean website:

anyone interested? :D
[eheh...so tempted 2 go..]

;3 eono

A question of secrets

2008-05-15T01:14:59Z

Hello all!

Though introductions may be in order, I'm actually going to dive head first into this community with a question/request. I just got the new Orbital Period DVD and while I was randomly scrolling through the list of PVs (I mean, REALLY randomly, I have no idea how I did this), I realized that my scrolling and random button pushing of the remote had somehow made it so that none of the songs were selected, nor was Play All. I hit enter and Hide's voice chimed in with a "Ah! You've found the secret!" and then BELIEVE was listed at the bottom of the list of PVs. Turns out, selecting Believe just gets you a 2 second sound clip of them going "Believe" like the hidden on the Orbital Period CD and once I selected an actual PV, hoping there might be more secrets in store, the track disappeared. So, my question is, 1) Has anyone ever found anything like this on any of the other PV discs? and 2) HOW DO YOU GET TO IT? I spent another ten minutes flipping through the track list trying to make it come up again to see if there was anything extra spiffy, but got nothing. Believe is gone and I have no idea how I got there in the first place. So, any help is greatly appreciated.

THANKS!

Request

2008-05-11T18:37:06Z

So this is a bit of a request, but I was wondering if anyone had the 'Karma' or 'Sailing Day' PV that they would be willing to upload/share? I'm a fledgling icon maker, and would really like to make some Bump of Chicken icons with screen shots from those videos. I'm willing to trade, though I don't have much to offer.

December 19 07 BOC Yahoo Interview

2008-05-07T02:32:46Z

I didn't see anyone post this so I decided to share my random find on youtube. Feel free to squeal over the pulsating aura of attractiveness emanating from Motoo...because I am :D

PS this video is the first of six (super long interview)

Request~

2008-04-28T14:51:43Z

Hi, can anyone upload for me BOC's version of Hybrid Rainbow? I've had it before until my mom smashed my laptop to bits, but now I can't find it anywhere! Help would be much appreciated ❤.

Thanks, G'day~

Request?

2008-04-14T14:06:40Z

Hello! My name is emily and I've been a BoC fan for 3 years now thanks to my friend Koharu and her influence over my music taste lol.The only sad thing about this is that the only CD I have by them is orbital period (which is amazing!), but I would like to hear some of their earlier recordings.....

so my request is if anyone is willing to upload a discography of them or please direct me to someplace that has it? I've tried looking online, but it's difficult for me to find it and my source (Koharu)'s computer crashed, so she's lost everything to. Please help us out!

Since I have it, I'm going to post the only album I have in case any new comers want it. If anyone does put up a discography, feel free to use this. ( I think this album is already on here, but I'm going to post it anyways)

Artist: Bump of Chicken
Album: Orbital Period
Release Date: December 19, 2007
Genre: J-Pop/ J-Rock

1. Voyager
2. 星の鳥 (Starbird)
3. メーデー (Mayday)
4. 才悩人応援歌 ( A rooters' song for worried of ability)
5. プラネタリウム (Planetarium)
6. Supernova
7. ハンマーソングと痛みの塔 (Hammer song and the tower of pain)
8. 時空かくれんぼ (Time and space hide-and-seek)
9. かさぶたぶたぶ (Scabcabcab)
10. 花の名 (Name of flower)
11. ひとりごと (Talk to myself)
12. 飴玉の唄 (Song of candy)
13. 星の鳥 reprise (Starbird reprise)
14. カルマ (Karma)
15. Arrows
16. 涙のふるさと (Country of Tears)
17. Flyby
18. BELIEVE

Orbital Period Part 1
Orbital Perioid Part 2

If any of the english translation or info is wrong let me know, I got it off wiki.

New stuff

2008-04-13T15:37:27Z

Well, we're certainly being spoiled after getting used to Bump of Chicken just releasing one single every year or so. The news page updated with new goodies for us: the Orbital Period PV DVD and a collection of all the B-side tracks from the singles with a new song called Present.

4th Video clip Collection
「 orbital period 」
TFBQ-18087 / ￥3.000(tax in)
2008.05.14 Release

1. Mayday
2. Hana no Na
3. Planetarium
4. supernova
5. Karma
6. Namida no Furusato
7. Guild

1st Single Coupling Collection
「 present from you 」
TFCC-86257 / ￥2.800(tax in)
2008.06.18 Release

1. Laugh Maker
2. Bye Bye Thank You
3. Kanojo to Hoshi no Isu
4. Holiday
5. Ever lasting lie (Acoustic Version)
6. Suimin Jikan
7. Yume no Kainushi
8. Snow Smile ～ringing version～
9. Ginga Tetsudou
10. Makka na Sora wo Mita Darouka
11. Tokyo Sanka
12. Glass no Blues (28 years round)
13. Present

lyrics lyics lyrics

2008-03-31T02:12:19Z

Now that I've got your attention, I'm going to proudly show off the link to lyrics and translations to the awesome song "Namida no Furusato" (just because I've personally been searching all over for this and sharing is always nice)

Credit to the awesome Megchan

Romaji

English

Sagasanakya ne kimi no namida no furusato
Hoho wo tsutatte ochita shizuku ga doko kara kita no ka wo

Dekakerun da ne
Sore ja koko de miokuru yo
Tsuite iketara ureshiin dakedo hitori de ikanakya ne

Ryukku no naka wa kara ni shita ka na
Are kore tsumetara omoi darou
Sono nureta hoho ni hibiita kotoba sore dake de ii
Kikoeta darou

"Ai ni kita yo ai ni kita yo
Kimi ni ai ni kitan da yo
Kimi no kokoro no uchigawa kara sotogawa no sekai made
Boku wo shitte hoshikute kitan da yo"

Mitsukenakya ne kieta namida no ashiato
Kare no aruita michi wo sakasama ni tadoreba tsuku hazu sa

Mitsumenakya ne donna sabishii sora demo
Kare mo mite kita sora da to shireba hitori ja nai hazu sa

Nigete kita bun dake kyori ga aru no sa
Guchiruna yo jigou jitoku darou
Mokutekichi wa yoku shitteru basho sa
Wakaranai no kai
Joudan darou

"Ai ni kita yo ai ni kita yo
Kiechau mae ni kitan da yo
Kimi no namida no furusato kara toozakaru sekai made
Kimi ni shitte hoshikute kitan da yo"

Touchaku da yo hora oboeteru ka na
Itsuka tsuita kizu ga aru darou
Kimi no namida ga umare sodatta furusato ga aru darou

Atarashii shizuku ga koboreta yo naoranai kizu wo nurashita yo
Subete wa kono tame kono toki no tame
Totemo nagai tabi wo koete

"Ai ni kita yo ai ni kita yo
Kiechau mae ni kitan da yo
Kesenai kokoro no uchigawa kara toozakaru sekai made
Chanto mite hoshikute"

"Ai ni kita yo ai ni kita yo
Kimi ni ai ni kitan da yo
Kimi no namida no furusato kara kawakikitta sekai made
Boku wo shitte hoshikute
Kimi wo shitte hoshikute kitan da yo"

Warawanaide ne ore mo zutto matteru yo
Wasurenaide ne kaeru basho ga aru koto wo

You've got to search for the source of your tears
And find out where the drops running down your cheeks come from

You're going out
Well, then, I'll see you off
I wish I could come with you, but you've got to go alone

Is your backpack empty?
If you stuffed it full, it would be heavy
All you need are those wet cheeks and those echoing words
You could hear them, couldn't you?

"I've come, I've come
I've come to see you
From the inside of your heart to the outside world
I've come because I want you to know me"

You've got to find the tear tracks that disappeared
If you trace back the way he came, you should be able to find them

You've got to face whatever lonely sky there may be
If you know it's the sky he saw, too, you won't feel alone

The distance is because you kept running away
Don't complain, it's your own fault, after all
Your destination is a place you know well
Don't you know that?
You must be joking

"I've come, I've come
I've come before you disappear
From the source of your tears to a distant world
I've come because I want you to know me"

You've arrived, look, do you remember it?
There are more wounds than before
This is the place where your tears were born and raised

New drops have fallen, wetting wounds that won't heal
Everything is for this, for this moment
It's been such a long journey

"I've come, I've come
I've come before you disappear
From the unerasable inside of your heart to a distant world
I want you to look"

"I've come, I've come
I've come to see you
From the source of your tears to a parched world
I've come because I want you to know me
And because I want you to know you"

Don't laugh, I'll always be waiting
Don't forget you have somewhere to come back to