Although I know that cool-as-all-heck singer-songwriter Takao Tajima（田島貴男）, aka Original Love, has continued to kick around up to the present day, I've usually covered his stuff from the good ol' days...namely the 1990s, for his discography including "Asahi no Ataru Michi"（朝日のあたる道）. I did feature his "Zeroset"（ゼロセット）which was a much more recent single although that was still back in 2019.
Well, Tajima is still kicking butt thankfully, and he's got something to say about the whole AI thing. Last month, he released his latest digital single "Wild Humanity" which gets him to exhort to the fans to step aside from the artificial intelligence and the hyper-fast pace of life, and once again embrace that titular wild humanity.
In fact, the video has him looking all fashionably iconoclastic and ecstatic about handling all those musical instruments and old-style tech (in areas including tree-filled areas called parks) and those old-style genres such as boogie and jazz. It's ironic that one of the more noticeable instruments happens to be a synthesizer (an analog one?), so maybe his message is not to totally abandon the AI/hi-tech but share the benefits of them and wild humanity together.
Here is an unoffical translation: In the boogie wonderland of generative AI,
ReplyDeleterandom-access info is like a dangerous, addictive, drug.
hijacking your days feeding you to the buzz,
It's an extreme game or rush of tasks, friend.
So, throw away your device and run away,
ignore the read receipts.
Search for a sense of wonder.
A revival is needed—
your wild humanity.
Somewhere out there something good still exists.
Take one step toward your good soul.
Quietly do something kind, wish and pray.
If you seek to live well,
beautiful scenery will appear.
Ancient voices, philosophy—
take hints from the past.
Celebrate. Slow down.
Under the blue sky, you can hear a hymn to the sun.
Play, human nature.
Let’s take it back—
our dancing wild humanity.
Somewhere, something good still exists.
Take one step toward the good soul.
Quietly do something kind, wish and pray.
If you try to live well,
beautiful scenery will appear.
There are still many good things somewhere.
Sing to the good soul, step to the rhythm,
and those good things will surely connect.
If you try to live well,
good friends will be waiting.
Sense of wonder.
Humanity.
Human nature.
Philosophy.
Celebration....Chill out....Wild Humanity
Thanks, Brian!
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