SUSAN BOYLE came out to the world with her amazing voice. And again, she made it.
Her Japanese debut CD, I dreamt a dream, has a bonus track called WINGS TO FLY. Please listen to it by clicking above YouTube Video.
This is an old hit song in Japan, which was sung by also an old pop group called AKAI TORI or Red Birds in English translation. They first composed this song about 40 years ago !
At the first time, this song was not a huge hit song although it was popular among young pop music fans in Japan. For 10 or more years after this song’s release, this song, WINGS TO FLY, was not sung by people. It was rather a forgotten song for a long time.
When Japanese professional football league started in early 1990′s, someone picked up this song as a supporter’s song for Japan football league. So many started to sing in the football stadiums.
With the re-wake up of this song by football league of Japan, J-League, this song’s meaning of lyric began to be known widely in Japan, and finally, many schools of Japan, especially elementaly schools and junior high schools, selected this song for a song of students of the times. That made this song one of national songs of Japan.
We, Japanese, know this song as a song of hope. This song is not a simple hit song of old time.
About Susan Boyle’s recording, I think this is the best version that has ever been recoreded. I’ve never heard of such a beautiful voice over this song. Her voice completely made this song greater than before. It’s an angel voice that this song has long searched for.
I’m so glad to have found Susan’s version. My senior brother bought the original single record of Red Birds about 40 years ago, and it’s still in the storage of my house.
This time, I think I need to buy this song again because Susan Boyle finally made it perfect. I do think the original composer of this song is also pleased with it.
My wife said she became to like this song for the first time in her life although she heard of this song too many times. She added ” why don’t you buy her CD ?”
*** You can buy SUSAN BOYLE / JAPANESE EDITION CD
through Amazon Japan.
