Happy ending (japanese band)

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happy end
General information
Genre (s) Folk , J-rock
founding 1970
resolution 1973
Founding members
Haruomi Hosono (細 野 晴 臣)
Takashi Matsumoto (松本 隆)
Guitar , vocals
 Eiichi Ohtaki (大 瀧 詠 一)
Guitar, vocals
 Shigeru Suzuki (鈴木 茂)

Happy End (は っ ぴ い え ん ど) is a Japanese folk rock band that was active from 1970 to 1973.

Happy End's albums combine western folk music and Japanese melodies, with singers Haruomi Hosono and Takashi Matsumoto singing in Japanese rather than English. For their album 'Happy End' (1973) the group Lowell engaged George (of Little Feat ) and Van Dyke Parks , to be heard on the piece Sayonara America, Sayonara Nippon . The song Kaze Wo Atsumete from her second studio album Kazemachi Roman can be heard on the soundtrack to the film Lost in Translation (2003) . This album ranks # 1 on Rolling Stone Japan's "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time" .

After his time at Happy End, Haruomi Hosono founded the Yellow Magic Orchestra . Eiichi Ohtaki (born July 28, 1948) died on December 30, 2013, he suffocated while eating an apple.

Discography

Studio albums

  • 1970: happy ending (は っ ぴ い え ん ど)
  • 1971: Kazemachi Roman (風 街 ろ ま ん)
  • 1973: happy ending

Live albums and compilations

  • 1973: City - Happy End Best Album (CITY / は っ ぴ い え ん ど ベ ス ト ・ ア ル バ ム)
  • 1974: Live Happy End (ラ イ ブ ・ は っ ぴ い え ん ど 」)
  • 1974: Singles (シ ン グ ル ス)
  • 197 ?: Best Collection (ベ ス ト ・ コ レ ク シ ョ ン)
  • 1982: Happy End Story (は っ ぴ い え ん ど ス ト ー リ ー)
  • 1984: Happy End & Kazemachi Roman (は っ ぴ い え ん ど & 風 街 ろ ま ん)
  • 1985: The Happy End
  • 1985: Best (ベ ス ト)
  • 1986: Greeeatest Live! On stage
  • 1989: Live On Stage
  • 1993: Happy End Best (は っ ぴ い え ん ど ベ ス ト)
  • 1993: Happy End (は っ ぴ い え ん ど)

Singles

  • 1971: 12 Gatsu No Ame No Hi (12 月 の 雨 の 日)
  • 1971: Hanaichimonme (花 い ち も ん め)
  • 1973: Sayonara America, Sayonara Nippon (さ よ な ら ア メ リ カ さ よ な ら ら ニ ッ ポ ン)
  • 1999: Ashita Tenki Ni Naare / Kaze Wo Atsumete / Ayakashi No Dohbutsuen (Live Version) (あ し た て ん き に な あ あ れ ／ 風 を あ つ め め て ／ あ や か 市 の 動物園 (ラ イ ヴ ・ ヴ ァ ー ジ)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://rateyourmusic.com/list/iyiiki/rolling_stone_japans_100_greatest_japanese_rock_albums_of_all_time
  2. ↑ Happy End's Eiichi Ohtaki Dies at 65 , exclaim.ca, December 31, 2013 (English)