Tributes

Sometimes moumoon will do tribute (or "cover") songs in honor of another artist. This page will let you know about all these tribute songs. (^^) It will also include tributes that other artists did in honor of moumoon. New tributes are always displayed on the first page.

There are two ways you can sample the songs:

1) HTML: This is the original way I had it set up, where you'll have to manually download and listen to each file. Also, if you hover over the links, you'll see the kanji title of each song.

2) Flash Player (and Hear all tributes): This flash player will let you listen to each sample in REAL TIME. (^^) Occasionally you can choose between different playlists (especially if the CD is a remake/tribute to another artist's work).

Here's a quick summary of how the flash player works (image opens in a new window)

Click on the 'Lyrics' icon to access the lyrics. ALL lyrics will open in ONE popup (i.e.: all of the lyrics share the same popup). This way, you won't have a TON of popups open. Besides, you can't read two lyrics at the same time, right? (^^) But if you want to open the lyrics in more than one window, feel free to right-click the links and choose "Open in New Window".

Lastly, to make the pages load faster, the tributes will be split into several pages (hence why I alternated/color-coded the links).


2 TRIBUTES
regular text (no link) = song not available yet

  1. RUUJU (Rouge) no Dengon
  2. Be My Baby


1) RUUJU (Rouge) no Dengon (Yumi Matsutoya [née Arai] tribute)

CD cover
DOWN TOWN
(Tribute Album - 6 tracks)

+Produced by: avex trax
+Catalogue #: AVCD-23644
+Release Date: September 24, 2008


+More Info:
This album was released by a Bitpop group called YMCK, and they collaborated with another artist called DE DE MOUSE (who I also think does Bitpop. Also, DE DE MOUSE's website is so creative and cute!!). "Bitpop" is music inspired by 8-bit video game SFX. If you've ever played an NES or Gameboy game, just think about the "instruments" and "music" you hear. That's what these songs are inspired by. (^^) However, Bitpop has a nicer sound, and it's starting to get pretty popular. (Special thanks to this site for giving me the official name for this genre of music!)

YUKA's song doesn't sound too Bitpop heavy, but it's still really cute. In fact, the whole album is adorable. (xD) The entire album is dedicated to old pop songs. YUKA's song, "RUUJU (Rouge) no Dengon", was originally done by Yumi Arai (who later got married and changed her name to "Yumi Matsutoya". Her fans often call her "Yuming"). Yumi was a pop icon from the 1970s-1990s.

The original song came out in 1975 (even though it sounds like a 1960s song). It was later used as the opening to "Kiki's Delivery Service", a 1989 movie by Hayao Miyazaki. (^_^) The song first appeared on the following album:

COBALT HOUR (Album Cover)

COBALT HOUR
(Album - track 5 [of 10])

+Produced by: Toshiba-EMI
+Catalogue #: TOCT-10713
+Release Date: June 20, 1975

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2) Be My Baby (Vanessa Paradis tribute)

CD cover
Cappuccino Due
(Tribute Album - 6 tracks)

+Produced by: BEAMS RECORDS
+Catalogue #: BBRC-6022
+Release Date: April 18, 2008


+More Info:
This is a tribute album dedicated to several popular songs from the 1990s. But what's really unique about this album is that it covers a variety of music genres...and (like YMCK's "DOWNTOWN" album) it only has 6 tracks!

moumoon (or more specifically, YUKA) did a song called "Be My Baby". It was originally done in 1992 by Vanessa Paradis, a popular French singer/actress (who's also the girlfriend of actor Johnny Depp, and the mother of his children).

The rest of the tracks on "Cappuccino Due" are:

  • Kaori Takeda (a.k.a. "TICA") - It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over [Lenny Kravitz cover]
  • Karin - Real Love [Mary J. Blige cover]
  • Emi Tsunekawa - Man In The Mirror [Michael Jackson cover]
  • Bebe Blanchett - Don't Look Back In Anger [Oasis cover]
  • Asako Toki - Come Together [Primal Scream cover]

    • As an added twist of irony, did you know that one of Vanessa's ex-boyfriends is Lenny Kravitz? (xD) He also co-wrote her song, "Be My Baby" (and a lot of songs on that same album). The song first appeared on the following album:

    Vanessa Paradis (CD Cover)

    Vanessa Paradis
    (Album; Self-Titled - track 4 [of 11])

    +Produced by: Polydor
    +Catalogue #: R-60036
    +Release Date: May, 1992

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