GACKT IDOL Cover Song Winner

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Shima Uta is originally a song by The Boom, written in response to stories of lovers separated by war, in particular the United States of America's invasion of the island of Okinawa in World War 2. Especially poignant as Gackt is from Okinawa, and there is still a US airbase there. Here, Gackt sings in a traditional arrangement and in the Okinawan dialect.

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[tanfouk.livejournal.com]

His family moved to Kyoto when he was about what, seven? I wonder if he ever listened to American pop and rock on any of the US Armed Forces stations that broadcast in Japan and Okinawa; if they're like the military stations in Europe, their range is not very far.