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[Tak]

You obviously did not read my entire post. Read it again.

Originally Posted by LoveMeKags

It's not an assumption.

90% of Japanese people are religious. The facts don't lie that almost 85% of anime has ONE relation to religion, even Buddha. I cannot FIND an anime that doesn't have a stop at the temple or prayers, even the talk of exorcism and whatnot. Japanese are very religious.

Right, and if we use Hollywood as a basis for American society, then the US is supposed to be rampant with death & destruction everywhere, either by drugs, gangs or alien invasions.

Anyway, I would really appreciate it if you would stop using anime as a reference to Japanese culture/society. First and foremost, ITS NOT REAL! Second, you haven't lived there. Third, I can assure you, exorcisms are rare, and far in between. Next thing I know, you'd be claiming Japanese people are born with pink hair.

Besides, how many Japanese people have you asked?

As I said, there is a difference between spiritual and religious. Japan has no religious canon or religious dogma. People visit temples & shrines not because of a religious conviction or because divine intervention is feared. Religion serve not as a moral guideline, but as a foundation for tradition and activities. For example, its part of New Years tradition to visit a shrine/temple. Sometimes you pray, but the prayer is more or less like a birthday wish, nothing more.

Really, your assumptions are as bad as stereotyping Americans as a bunch of ignorant, fat, lazy couch potatoes "with food pipped through their apartments" (according to Irish comedian Dylan Moran). Don't prove him right.

Stop making things up, its getting very irritating. Moreover, people have already explained lyrics to you, please read them before jumping to conclusions.

- Tak

[wisteria233]

Originally Posted by LoveMeKags

It's not an assumption.

90% of Japanese people are religious. The facts don't lie that almost 85% of anime has ONE relation to religion, even Buddha. I cannot FIND an anime that doesn't have a stop at the temple or prayers, even the talk of exorcism and whatnot. Japanese are very religious.

Sure, you might not be, but the others around you might, even people you don't know might be religious.

And to say that "Liebe" is not a Christmas song is flawed. "Merry Christmas Without You" (the very word "without") also fits into a non-Christmas song. It's more of a song of prayer that his/her spirit is with them. "Tablet" didn't belong on the album either, for it was about them trying to get their love's attention to the other he failed to notice and write their feelings down, hence the name "tablet." And another one that didn't belong was "Songbird." All of these did not belong because they had no joy like you say, no happiness, they were spiritual songs filled with love. And that's why you don't think they fit. Well, as I recall, Christmas is ABOUT hope and love. I think you forget this fact because 90% of the world is more happy with PRESENTS than songs of hope and love and a nice warm meal. I don't blame you for that, just saying it's ridiculous.

The whole album is about love, hope, and prayer. It's a spiritual joining. And 90% of those who hear "Merry Christmas Without You" think it is for Klan once Michael died. "Liebe" is the same. It is an expression of Sheryl's feelings towards Alto, praying that he will return from battle alive but she will still fight to live even if he's gone. She will not lose her love or her heart. Same with Ranka in "Songbird."

3 songs with the same hope, love, and prayer:
Liebe
Merry Christmas Without You
Songbird

The songs may not belong to you, but it is obvious to EVERYONE that the songs, by the lyrics, are about prayer in a time of need. And, as I remember, movie 1 had just come out at that time, so the war was still heavy. If I remember correctly, the songs were supposed to display that Christmas had passed in Macross F before the 2nd movie, which signaled the "many months have passed" piece.

LMK just a hint of advice NEVER assume the customs, traditions, or general lifestyles that people in other countries live in using movies as your guideline. Because chances are those will be wrong VERY VERY WRONG.

Also some people here actually live in Japan or are Japanese, don't assume that you know more than them about the place they come from/live in just because you saw a few movies, that just happen to take there.

Also
Liebe isn't a prayer, simple knowledge of German will tell you that the song name means lover
Merry Christmas without you Also isn't a prayer
ditto for Songbird.

They are songs about being in love.

Christmas is not religious in every country.

[magnuskn]

Originally Posted by wisteria233

LMK just a hint of advice NEVER assume the customs, traditions, or general lifestyles that people in other countries live in using movies as your guideline. Because chances are those will be wrong VERY VERY WRONG.

Also some people here actually live in Japan or are Japanese, don't assume that you know more than them about the place they come from/live in just because you saw a few movies, that just happen to take there.

Also
Liebe isn't a prayer, simple knowledge of German will tell you that the song name means lover
Merry Christmas without you Also isn't a prayer
ditto for Songbird.

They are songs about being in love.

Christmas is not religious in every country.

Ahem, "Liebe" means "Love", not "Lover".

[wisteria233]

Originally Posted by magnuskn

Ahem, "Liebe" means "Love", not "Lover".

Oh I'm sorry, my mistake.

Though out of pure curiosity how does one say "lover" in German?

[Ceci-chan]

Originally Posted by Tak

Yeah, for some odd reason, its either KFC or karaage. I have no idea when that tradition started.

- Tak

It was some ad campaign, wasn't it? (btw, I looked up karaage and it sounds really delicious, especially meat. Though my current state of hunger might be affecting that. )

Not going to address the songs further here because we have a music thread for that.

[karice67]

Originally Posted by Tak

Just pointing out that Christmas means different things to different age groups. There are different reasons to love Christmas as a kid back in the 80s, and I HAD FUN!

80s Japan was such a heaven for kids.

Good point - I did Christmas lessons myself after all. Though they were half about having fun, and half about teaching high school kids the difference between Christmas in Japan and in some other countries


@LoveMeKags
There are so many things I want to say, but I'll keep it to the following.

• 'kami-sama' =/= 'God' as most other religions understand it
• Shintoism (the main 'religion' in Japan) =/= Buddhism
• as Tak already noted, being spiritual =/= being religous
• having the word 'god' in a song doesn't mean that the singer/writer/listener is religious.

Will you please, for goodness sake, STOP generalising about Japan?

[wisteria233]

Originally Posted by LoveMeKags

It IS a prayer. Sheryl is talking about being SEPARATED from Alto. So is Songbird and Merry Christmas Without You. I'm beginning to wonder if you guys bothered to read the LYRICS before you judge it based on the title. The lyrics, especially in "Liebe" are about prayers that love will remain.

But either way you look at it, Japanese people ARE religious. I think I can rest my case with a history lesson that there is a REASON Buddha exists and that they have all this time held a belief in their God. I'm not assuming that people are religious, because, you know, Sheryl showed her own belief in God by singing it in Diamond Crevasse.

Remember what I said about assuming things?

Never assume that only you have knowledge about something because chances are you don't, and you're wrong. In this case its both.

Songbird

Spoiler for lyrics for songbird:

Can you hear my voice?
Does it reach you?
The echo of my words from my small-timbred voice
Gently leading you by the hand
Like we're flowing together, we understand each other
and softly wake up.
The nostalgic, happy feeling of wanting to cry



Where does this voice come from?
From the inside of my heart, that deep place
The thoughts I want to convey to someone are born
From a faraway distance, they journey far
To convey those thoughts straightforwardly
Overflowing feelings


Can you hear my voice?
Does it reach you?
Like a single drop of rain
When it touches your sad, bitter heart
From then, something changes
Does a time that's like eternity start to move?



I fall into my voice as well
In this way, something like warmth is here
The thoughts I want to convey to you
are swallowed up in overflowing feelings, pushed to the outside
Right now,
I want to hold you tightly, so tightly



More than frightening, being able to become strong: is this love?
Everything around me seems to be sparkling
Everything is living


(La~lalala)
Sparkling light is incessantly raining down
This is love, isn't it?
My entire body is filling up with joy
This is love too, isn't it?


(La~lalala)
Do you understand my voice?
In this way too, there are things to believe in
The thoughts I want to convey to you
are swallowed up in overflowing tears, pushed toward the outside


Like a dream
I want to hold you right now
I want you to come here right away, right away, right away
(La~lalala)
I want to hold everything right now
Since I don't need anything strongly, strongly, strongly

I want to hold everything
That's my wish

Talks about being in love

Liebe

Spoiler for lyrics for Liebe:

If I lose you, then the world
will probably relinquish all of its light.
Nevertheless, if us both completing our roles is parting
it's all right like this, isn't it?



On that day, I was a shell, and
The you that washed up was sand
You embraced me as if you were protecting me



I will not cry I won't cry or anything
I won't chase after your back or anything
I won't gaze after you or anything I'm not sad
I won't forget your fragrance
Love doesn't cry Love doesn't sleep Love doesn't die
I want to believe
I want to live furiously I want to be strong
I won't lose anything I won't forget


Only when you're there, only when you're there
No matter when it was, I was always at peace
Your warmth and laughter
Why are they so kind?
Someday, when my life ends, and my soul becomes free
When it's separated from my body, if that's called a journey to eternity
When love ends, and love's soul becomes free
That's a journey to eternity, isn't it?

I will not cry I won't cry or anything
I won't chase after your back or anything
I won't gaze after you or anything I'm not sad
I won't forget your fragrance
Love doesn't cry Love doesn't sleep Love doesn't die
I want to believe
I want to live furiously I want to be strong, so strong
I won't lose anything I won't forget



I won't forget


As for me
Nothing like warmth will enter any more
I'll be able to warm myself, so
I won't be able to be wounded I won't dream or anything
I won't fear anything I won't forget

Love doesn't cry Love doesn't sleep Love doesn't die
I won't forget

Its not a prayer, its talking about being in love.

Merry Christmas Without You

Spoiler for lyrics for Merry Christmas Without you:

I wait for the letter without a recipient address
From his planet in the distant yonder
We’re two fragments swimming at the edge of this world
–satellites of love

The city lights are a dazzling tremolo
Sparkling and shaking, Jing a-Ring a-Ding!
I think of you in our story of love
I’ll confess to space

Wishing well, Kiss & tell, on a night of shooting stars
Happy Merry Christmas without You

The intermittent hologram
Dissolves away when it touches my fingers
On the other side of my window, there’s a downpour in the galaxy
It looks just like a diamond

The busy world is an allegro
Make it loud, Bang the Tambourine!
You threw a shooting star just now
I simply try reaching my hand into space

Prayers and light melt together in Harmony
Happy Merry Christmas without You

Look, if I project the scenery you gazed at
Deep behind my closed eyes
Then a story I have yet to see will continue endlessly, So Long!

Cassiopeia, Capella, Andromeda-
A melody transcends time and resonates

The snow fluttering down in this city
Is a fantasia where God sowed seeds

Cassiopeia, Capella, Andromeda-
A melody transcends time and resonates
The snow fluttering down in this city
Is a fantasia where God sowed seeds

The busy world is an allegro
Make it loud, Bang the Tambourine!
You threw a shooting star just now
I simply try reaching my hand into space

The city lights are a dazzling tremolo
Flickering and burning, Jing a-Ring a-Ding
Even if this world is going to be over
I’ll still fall in love with you again

The tremolo of light overflows
The throbbing in my chest goes Jing a-Ring a-Ding
What I retrace with my numb fingers
Are the words of a promise that I dreamed of

The city lights are a dazzling tremolo
Sparkling and shaking, Jing a-Ring a-Ding
I think of you in our story of love
I’ll confess to space

Wishing well, Kiss & tell, on a night of shooting stars
Happy Merry Christmas without You

Wishing well, Kiss & tell, I want to hug you
Happy Merry Christmas without You

Wishing well, Kiss & tell, I want to hug you
Happy Merry Christmas for You

Talks about separation, and once again love

Also just so you know Cosmic Cuune is not canon to the Macross F as none of the songs show up in any of the series, its just a christmas album, for fans which shouldn't be taken seriously.

Also on what do you say that the Japanese are religious? What are you basing your knowledge on? Keep in mind there are people who've actually been to Japan who are correcting you in this thread.

You should also look up what Buddhism is before you start referencing religions, as Japan did not create that religion, it was originated from India.Buddhism Fast Facts - Religion Facts and Wikipedia since you like to use it.

Also there are articles on this on religion in Japan in Wikipedia, Japan Guide, Fast Facts about Japan,etc. Hell CNN even did a report on it.

Now please research the topic before you embarrass yourself further.

Oh and for the record:
Being Spiritual=/=Being Religious

Also just because a character mentioning "God" once in a song, doesn't mean that they are religious, and you shouldn't base your knowledge of a country off an anime.

[mechabao]

Originally Posted by LoveMeKags

It IS a prayer. Sheryl is talking about being SEPARATED from Alto. So is Songbird and Merry Christmas Without You. I'm beginning to wonder if you guys bothered to read the LYRICS before you judge it based on the title. The lyrics, especially in "Liebe" are about prayers that love will remain.

But either way you look at it, Japanese people ARE religious. I think I can rest my case with a history lesson that there is a REASON Buddha exists and that they have all this time held a belief in their God. I'm not assuming that people are religious, because, you know, Sheryl showed her own belief in God by singing it in Diamond Crevasse.

Just because you belong to a religion doesn't automatically make you religious. Neither does singing or talking about God mean that you believe in one.

Japan is one of the nations where religion is least important in people's lives.
[PDF] 65% of Japanese don't believe in God
In easy to understand chart form:
A study made by Pitzer concludes that Sweden, Vietnam, Denmark, Norway and Japan are the least religious countries in the world.

[sa547]

Damn, why can't we go back to topic?

LMK, you need to do some serious studying first about real Japan and its culture and society before wading into a debate; to base your assumptions about Japan through anime alone doesn't help.

[magnuskn]

Originally Posted by wisteria233

Oh I'm sorry, my mistake.

Though out of pure curiosity how does one say "lover" in German?

"Liebhaber". Or "Liebhaberin" for the female version.

[Tak]

Originally Posted by magnuskn

"Liebhaber". Or "Liebhaberin" for the female version.

Quick, throw in the triple articles to further confuse him!!

- Tak

[BetoJR]

Please don't. I still have nightmares about the few german lessons I had when I was a teen...

[magnuskn]

Originally Posted by Tak

Quick, throw in the triple articles to further confuse him!!

- Tak

Eh, since there is no neutral term for "lover" in German, why bother?

[Tak]

Originally Posted by magnuskn

Eh, since there is no neutral term for "lover" in German, why bother?

Yeah, but he won't know the difference between the articles

- Tak

[magnuskn]

Originally Posted by Tak

Yeah, but he won't know the difference between the articles

- Tak

I thought wisteria was a "she".

And I don't think I need to confuse the poor people who have only one article.

[wisteria233]

Originally Posted by magnuskn

I thought wisteria was a "she".

And I don't think I need to confuse the poor people who have only one article.

Yeah I am a girl, and Tak your mean.

By the way thanks for answering my question Magnuskn

[BetoJR]

Yes, that he is.

[moncikoma]

http://fever-macrossf.jp/
cm ver 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSuaw...layer_embedded

cm ver 2 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc5DMoNCs_o&NR=1

FULL VER CM :
http://videogamesindonesia.com/forum...postcount=3996

[raile]

Tsku. You've overlooked that and missed some like this :

[Tak]

Originally Posted by LoveMeKags

I was being nice and you just decide to treat me like I said something wrong.

Can you stop overreacting, nobody thought you did anything wrong. He only pointed out there are other good videos too.

- Tak