This morning after breakfast, I was lounging about watching TV Japan and the NHK documentary series "Mokugeki! Nippon"(目撃!にっぽん...Witness! Japan)came on about a group of middle-aged fellows putting on the gloves and learning how to kickbox. Halfway through the show, an Elephant Kashimashi(エレファントカシマシ)tune came on called "Ore-tachi no Ashita" (Our Tomorrow) as an appropriate theme for the fighters.
Released as the band's 34th single in November 2007, and created by raspy-voiced vocalist Hiroji Miyamoto(宮本浩次), I learned that it was the singer's shoutout to all of his buddies, past and present, to see if they were doing OK. It was actually used as a campaign song for an energy drink, but under the current circumstances, I believe that "Ore-tachi no Ashita" can now be used as a tune of encouragement for everyone on the planet.
The single peaked at No. 18 on Oricon, and as for the music video higher up, that was apparently filmed on a building rooftop somewhere near Yokohama Stadium. "Ore-tachi no Ashita" was also a track on Elephant Kashimashi's 18th album "STARTING OVER" from January 2008, and that release broke into the Top 10 at No. 7.
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