There are only a few songs in the worlds that carry the profoundness in the melody and lyrics that Melodies of Life does. I feel humbled and lucky to have experienced this as a kid when I played FF9 and was swept away by Uematsu's genious mind and Shiratori's angelic voice.
Try not to cry, every time i hear this song i remember those people that once im with them, but now they are in the sky above watching me and guide me😔 Final fantasy 9 makes my childhood best
This is one of those songs that transport me back into the past everytime I hear it. I can see myself back in late 2001, crouching in front of the TV and playing FF9 for the first time. To be brought back through time into your childhood, it's one of the strongest feelings a song can incite in someone. Ma petite madeleine de Proust.
When she hit "that day will never return" me just cried. Sound like goodbye childhood song to me. I play this game 20 years ago when I am 10 yo, and right now I almost 30.
I just thought the same, just put it on casually, and said to my friend I cried as a kid when I heard the ending song. I'm 34 and crying like... like a 34 yo guy can. Damn. It purifies me every time.
I never know how it's gonna hit me. Sometimes it'll come on while I'm driving and I'll sing along just fine, others I will get half way through "we met, we laughed, we held on fast, and then we said goodbye" and I'll choke and tear up so bad it's embarrassing.
Hoy martes 10 octubre a la media noche, a mis 53 años e terminado una vez más, este grandioso juego. Nunca lo disfrute con detenimiento, la historia es fantástica, pero el final me a traido un mundo de recuerdos, muchos amargos y con esta delicia de interpretación musical ... no pude contener el llanto, gracias mil
One of my favorite tracks from the Final Fantasy series. Emiko Shiratori has such a beautiful voice, and makes this sound like a lullaby. Thanks for posting this.
i play this game when i was 16 years old with my younger brother but he pass away few months ago. now i'm 40 and it breaks my heart to hear this song again. remind me of our memories together
That song reminds me of a love I lost, and it's lyrics have much to do with my feelings. Even today, when I miss him, I hear this music, so I can remember that life goes on even without him.
i've grown up. it's been ages. but this song.... man... i wanna criiiii. edit: (LYRICS) Ate mo naku samayotteita Tegakari mo naku sagashi tsuzuketa Anata ga kureta omoide wo Kokoro wo iyasu uta ni shite Yakusoku mo suru koto mo naku Kawasu kotoba mo kimetari mo sezu Dakishime soshite tashikameta Hibi wa nido to kaeranu Kioku no naka no Te wo furu anata wa Watashi no na wo Yobu koto ga dekiru no Afureru sono namida wo Kagayaku yuuki ni kaete Inochi wa tsuzuku Yoru wo koe utagau koto no nai Ashita e to tsuzuku Tobu tori no mukou no sora e Ikutsu no kioku azuketa darou Hakanai kibou mo yume mo Todokanu basho ni wasurete Meguriau no wa Guuzen to Ieru no Wakareru toki ga Kanarazu kuru noni A voice from the past, joining yours and mine. Adding up the layers of harmony. And so it goes, on and on. Melodies of life, To the sky beyond the flying bird forever and on. Watashi ga shinou tomo Kimi ga ikiteiru kagiri Inochi wa tsuzuku Eien ni sono chikara no kagiri Doko made mo tsuzuku
Thanks so much for bringing this back, I noticed a few months ago this version was deleted off of youtube and I couldn't find another upload. Gotta make sure to download this one myself.
How many years ago has it been? & THIS SONG is still a BOP! Sang this recently at my cousin's japanese themed wedding. Wished I got a full orchestra backing me up 🤣 but truly a wonderful song, even better performed live
For me, the most impressive and overlooked part was the way she pronounced the "L" sounds in the English versions. There is no "L" in the Japanese language (or just about every Asian language, for that matter), so to have her nail that with no discernible accent is remarkable.
Her English is definitely great for a Japanese person. Though I'm Asian and I'd think most Asian languages have the L sound (not the case with Japanese obviously), it's the R that many don't have. Not that I know many Asian languages, but that's just my impression...
@@theLabradorite Fair enough. Admittedly, I also don't know a whole lot about Asian languages (oops!), so I was wrong to generalize "just about every Asian language" with Japanese pronunciation; my bad. If you don't mind me asking, what part of Asia are you from?
@@LinkinVerbz44 not at all, I'm from Thailand. We have both L and R sounds. I didn't mean to contradict you though. As far as Asian languages go, I only know Thai and Japanese. So you could well be right
Koreans don't have the strong "r" sounds, they have a cross between L and R.. but imo it sounds closer to L's. Korean doesn't use the v, x or z sounds either
THE HOLY BIBLE Book of GENESIS VOICES from THE PAST We are HIS CREATIONS enjoy life it's too short ALWAYS BE KIND TO OTHERS at least a SILENT PRAYER RAUL many thanks for warm embrace bayaw ni COLONEL PARAS i fixed his WATER SYSTEM in ARKONG BATO VALENZUELA BULACAN kapatid ni MANNY SALVADOR nagka COVID-19 na hospital BANGA na i meant CREMATION HELLO GRADE and DENNIS
EXISTENCE of OURS in a song CONFIRMATION ANYONE? we are all ORPHANS CLUE CLASSMATES MAHABA NA NILARARAN NATIN whats the lesson we learned GREAT TEACHER CIRCLE OF LIFE ELTON JOHN and AMERICAN INDIAN QUOTES
I finished this game for 10 times and my father was still alive that time. I lost him last November 2022.
I pray for your soul to rest in peace.
ご冥福をお祈り申し上げます。
でもきっとあなたが生きてる限り、お父様の命は続いていきますよね
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There are only a few songs in the worlds that carry the profoundness in the melody and lyrics that Melodies of Life does. I feel humbled and lucky to have experienced this as a kid when I played FF9 and was swept away by Uematsu's genious mind and Shiratori's angelic voice.
Yeah we are really privileged
What a privilege it must have been to see this concert live
Try not to cry, every time i hear this song i remember those people that once im with them, but now they are in the sky above watching me and guide me😔
Final fantasy 9 makes my childhood best
I totally understand it, my father pass away, and this song make me cry badly
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This is one of those songs that transport me back into the past everytime I hear it.
I can see myself back in late 2001, crouching in front of the TV and playing FF9 for the first time.
To be brought back through time into your childhood, it's one of the strongest feelings a song can incite in someone. Ma petite madeleine de Proust.
Still shocked that she sang both the KP and ENG versions. What talent from Shiratori-san.
i feel you. i was singing along, but then i got surprised when she did some of the english version part. just beautiful.
Didn't know this and how amazing she kept the very emotion that was delivered.
Amazing video . Amazing song.. amazing talent and amazing game. Thank you very much for posting. She sounds as great live as the studio version!
nah, the original Eng version is not by her, but by Faye Wong
@Michael-hk3gw you're thinking of eyes on me its by Faye Wong from FFVIII
When she hit "that day will never return" me just cried. Sound like goodbye childhood song to me. I play this game 20 years ago when I am 10 yo, and right now I almost 30.
In my dearest memories ~
my childhood is so beautiful with ff9 and this song
I just cant help crying when this song comes up... Damn... Grown-ass man still crying about this song... just can't help it. Miss my childhood.
I just thought the same, just put it on casually, and said to my friend I cried as a kid when I heard the ending song. I'm 34 and crying like... like a 34 yo guy can. Damn. It purifies me every time.
I never know how it's gonna hit me. Sometimes it'll come on while I'm driving and I'll sing along just fine, others I will get half way through "we met, we laughed, we held on fast, and then we said goodbye" and I'll choke and tear up so bad it's embarrassing.
This song makes me cry every time, I miss my love ones so much
this song doesn't grow old. it will be forever in my heart and memories until the Final of Final Fantasy
Hoy martes 10 octubre a la media noche, a mis 53 años e terminado una vez más, este grandioso juego. Nunca lo disfrute con detenimiento, la historia es fantástica, pero el final me a traido un mundo de recuerdos, muchos amargos y con esta delicia de interpretación musical ... no pude contener el llanto, gracias mil
I learned a lot about love from this game. Esp from vivi. Crying in 2023.
epic art, lets go.
Seas Japonés, Inglés, Español, o del país e idioma que seas, esta canción siempre llega al alma cuál cálido y tibio recuerdo.
my god! this song is so perfect I thought it was sung by an angel or a computer program.
I'm so glad I'm watching this now.
One of my favorite tracks from the Final Fantasy series. Emiko Shiratori has such a beautiful voice, and makes this sound like a lullaby. Thanks for posting this.
i play this game when i was 16 years old with my younger brother but he pass away few months ago. now i'm 40 and it breaks my heart to hear this song again. remind me of our memories together
That song reminds me of a love I lost, and it's lyrics have much to do with my feelings. Even today, when I miss him, I hear this music, so I can remember that life goes on even without him.
De los mejores temas principales de los Final Fantasy compartiendo podio con el VIII y X.
This sure brings back memories. Life's good, enjoy yourselves everyone.
This is the song that inspired a love of RPGs for me as a child. FF9 forever!
I remember being 11 and hoping that I would someday meet someone who this song would remind me of.
The ambiance of the voice is splendor.
i've grown up. it's been ages. but this song.... man... i wanna criiiii.
edit:
(LYRICS)
Ate mo naku samayotteita
Tegakari mo naku sagashi tsuzuketa
Anata ga kureta omoide wo
Kokoro wo iyasu uta ni shite
Yakusoku mo suru koto mo naku
Kawasu kotoba mo kimetari mo sezu
Dakishime soshite tashikameta
Hibi wa nido to kaeranu
Kioku no naka no
Te wo furu anata wa
Watashi no na wo
Yobu koto ga dekiru no
Afureru sono namida wo
Kagayaku yuuki ni kaete
Inochi wa tsuzuku
Yoru wo koe utagau koto no nai
Ashita e to tsuzuku
Tobu tori no mukou no sora e
Ikutsu no kioku azuketa darou
Hakanai kibou mo yume mo
Todokanu basho ni wasurete
Meguriau no wa
Guuzen to
Ieru no
Wakareru toki ga
Kanarazu kuru noni
A voice from the past, joining yours and mine.
Adding up the layers of harmony.
And so it goes, on and on.
Melodies of life,
To the sky beyond the flying bird forever and on.
Watashi ga shinou tomo
Kimi ga ikiteiru kagiri
Inochi wa tsuzuku
Eien ni sono chikara no kagiri
Doko made mo tsuzuku
Timeless
Truly a master piece, i miss my childhood.
The most Beautiful thing I've ever heard she has the voice of an angel
Thanks so much for bringing this back, I noticed a few months ago this version was deleted off of youtube and I couldn't find another upload.
Gotta make sure to download this one myself.
Both the game and the song were so perfect 😭
Goosebumps and tears in my eyes 😢
What a timeless song ❤️ So reminiscing ❤️
In my memory forever.
always remember me to my childhood
take me a lot of time to appreciate this masterpiece. Thank you.
tenia creo 14 años cuando jugue ff9. cuantos recuerdos con esta cancion...ahora a mis 33, cuantos recuerdos. inicio a llover :,v
oh man she still sing it like she was younger.... japaneese really are music geniuses...
This was from 2006, only 7 years after IX.
love it so much😘😘 finally listen this song again in june 2022🤗👍
Emiko is happy Emiko feel joy Emiko feel popular Emiko cry black tear let we all cry
やっぱこの人のが1番
Lagu paling the best dari semua seri final fantasy
Hallo bang
Final fantasía N 9 se merece una película con un fondo musical así sería increíble 💙 saludo ✌️🍀
Emiko Shiratori is perfetc!
This is my song.
her voice is like a mother's hug
thanks for the reupload. i kept looking for this version
I played this with my older brother and I lost him last year and this song brings back so many memories
Same here, playing this with my brother growing up is one of my fondest memories. Lost him last summer, and I keep a Vivi decal in his memory now
Thank you Reviving this video
이런 무대에 진심인것 자체가 배울것이 있다
I just came here to cry
Wonderful song and singer
This is tearing me apart inside
Beautiful! 💚
23 años han pasado es como si fuera ayer. Cuando lo jugué tenía 23. Nostalgia
Still one of the best 🥺💜✨
How many years ago has it been? & THIS SONG is still a BOP! Sang this recently at my cousin's japanese themed wedding. Wished I got a full orchestra backing me up 🤣 but truly a wonderful song, even better performed live
For me, the most impressive and overlooked part was the way she pronounced the "L" sounds in the English versions. There is no "L" in the Japanese language (or just about every Asian language, for that matter), so to have her nail that with no discernible accent is remarkable.
Her English is definitely great for a Japanese person. Though I'm Asian and I'd think most Asian languages have the L sound (not the case with Japanese obviously), it's the R that many don't have. Not that I know many Asian languages, but that's just my impression...
@@theLabradorite Fair enough. Admittedly, I also don't know a whole lot about Asian languages (oops!), so I was wrong to generalize "just about every Asian language" with Japanese pronunciation; my bad. If you don't mind me asking, what part of Asia are you from?
@@LinkinVerbz44 not at all, I'm from Thailand. We have both L and R sounds. I didn't mean to contradict you though. As far as Asian languages go, I only know Thai and Japanese. So you could well be right
Koreans don't have the strong "r" sounds, they have a cross between L and R.. but imo it sounds closer to L's. Korean doesn't use the v, x or z sounds either
Just to be clear Japanese has something close to the L sound but it’s written as R in romaji. So they’ll pronounce road as load, and load as load lol.
This really great. Masterpiece
miss my childhood 😭😭
still my fav so far my love ff IX
I read somewhere that she was an English major in university. That's why her English pronunciation is so good.
She is indeed. She has an album full of English songs like Norwegian Wood and Scarborough Fair.
Esta debe ser una de las canciones mas hermosas jamas escritas
I just finish this game three time, and i search on youtube, oct 2022
nostalgic!
4:53 wasn't expecting 😮
3:43 best part
Thx
FFIX Remake Confirmed
아득한 시절의 나의 고등학생 시절 . 이노래를 듣고 울었던적이
아름다움에 그녀의 목소리는 감동입니다
Masterpiece 🫰🫰
❤❤❤❤
2022
Wow 😲😲🥰😍😍
♥️♥️♥️♥️
im criying 😍
この曲は英語バージョンの方が好きだから、途中で英語に切り替わるのが良い
essa musica acaba comigo 😢
I absolutely love this song, as much I like the english version because I can sing along to it lol I do prefer the original Japanese lyrics
Neeeeeeh. Hey guys...I feel like I wanna give you all a big hug 🥹🥲
Euh, merci :)
여러번 불린 곡 같지만, 이 섬세함은 역시 원곡자가 제일 좋다
Anyone would never guest that his masterpiece is purposely made for a game for child and teen at that time.
Where was this performed? Really hits my childhood memories...
Thisnis the first time I see how different the English lyrics is from the Japanese Lyrics in meaning
Someone cutting onions in here?
she sounds like my mom
FFIX was so much better than FFVII!!!
私は死のうとも...... .-.
When and where was this recorded? Does anyone know?
I think this is from Voices concert in 2006.
高市早苗さんに似てるｗ
きっと高市さんが白鳥さんに似てるんだね。
白鳥さんの方がもっと前からメディアに出てたんだから。
THE HOLY BIBLE Book of GENESIS VOICES from THE PAST We are HIS CREATIONS enjoy life it's too short ALWAYS BE KIND TO OTHERS at least a SILENT PRAYER RAUL many thanks for warm embrace bayaw ni COLONEL PARAS i fixed his WATER SYSTEM in ARKONG BATO VALENZUELA BULACAN kapatid ni MANNY SALVADOR nagka COVID-19 na hospital BANGA na i meant CREMATION HELLO GRADE and DENNIS
EXISTENCE of OURS in a song CONFIRMATION ANYONE? we are all ORPHANS CLUE CLASSMATES MAHABA NA NILARARAN NATIN whats the lesson we learned GREAT TEACHER CIRCLE OF LIFE ELTON JOHN and AMERICAN INDIAN QUOTES
the english lyrics doesnt even compare to the original lyrics.
I think so but also English lyrics good.I like both.T hank you heared from japan.
Eh, I think the English lyrics is also good.
후렴 넘어가기전 일렉트로기타가 정점인데 그걸 안해서 아쉬운 무대 가기서 오는 전율이 엄청난데
Is this the only live performance of Melodies of Life sung by Emiko?
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