4. YOU
There are songs you listen to... a hundred times over...
...it then goes on replay in the car and gets completely ignored... for a thousand times more...
but the one day you again pay attention to it...
it is as beautiful, as the first time you listened.
my very first Masha song.
5. The Hill of Promise
The first time I watched a live performance video of Masha's was "Heaven".
It was an eye-opening experience for me (who back then was still meek and mild lol). to cut a long story short, I was very scarred.
but fortunately by then i was already won over by his insightful interviews....
so at least he didnt get blacklisted as a silly sleazy ojisan.
and then the warmth of this video cured my PTSD.
i initially thought his look for that concert was horrid: silly puffy hair... and those red pants... 囧 but after watching him sing this song, it instantly became one of my favourites.
and the horrid look became endearing too.
Masha sang the same song at Mt Inasa twice... once for his 30th and the next for his 40th.
The brilliance of the 40th performance, and the complete lack of deliberate efforts to impress--
simply made me feel...
growing old and ugly, is really not such a bad thing.
6. Hotaru
this song kind of grew on me over time.
I always found it nice... along the same line of "Hatsukoi" and "Let's be a family", simple... love songs... nice, but nothing really stood out for a while...
then i can't even remember why or when... it made its way to the favourite list...
maybe its the music...
maybe its Yoriko Yoshitaka's smiles in the MV... she's a bit of a bad girl among that grp of mediocre upright young actresses... but i was always fond of her... even before seeing her in that MV.
maybe its the lyrics...
Where were you before you found me?
What kind of world were you living in?
Who did you love before?
Were you hurt by someone?
Have you been crying for a long time?
...strangely steadfast and settling.
