She is not just famous. She is legend.. the wonderful part about her is that her arrangement and the way she sings a song will always be different in every performance..

Sheena is legend. From Rock Chick to Soundtrack composer, multiple instruments, multiple languages, brilliant solo and group performer with her band Tokyo Jihen (Tokyo Incidents).... so many live stage performances (and costumes!) on record.

Just the most versatile female composer on the planet. This is a slowed down more rock arrangement of her brilliant original, a perfect little guitar-driven pop song.

Thanks for the reaction. She composes the stage for her performances as much as the songs. You can watch her perform the same song for different shows and it can feel completely different. Just a tremendous artist.

Omg, I was singing this song like crazy 20 years ago. I was very shocked when her 1st album came out. And I'm in love with her music since then as a same age Japanese female. Everytime she perform this song, she makes different arrangements. I like the original pop-rock and other Jazz version than this slow version but the members of this bands are my favorite, especially H Zett M who is one of the craziest pianist in Japan. Btw, Kabukicho is nothing to do with entertainment. It's a very popular town for night life but more like red-light district.

The lyrics are so emotive: Every time I hear the chirp of cicadas The beach at Kujyukuri comes to my mind I visited the pleasure district alone, Pulling away from my grandmother's wrinkled hand My mother was the Queen of this place I am the very image of her Everybody was trying to touch me and That place was so exciting for me, still but a child The Queen disappeared when I was 15 Now she is supposedly lives with one man Who used to come to see her every Friday "Even those who have glory will certainly one day fall" When I understood that meaning I stepped into that place Now summer is here and still holding a bitter resentment against that vanished woman I began proudly boasting my new title Called "the queen" Me, a grownup, I am just selling myself that is all And I'll lose everything If I wish for people's sympathy Exiting out of the East Gate of the JR Shinjuku station You see there, my court, The place for pleasure, "Kabukicho" From tonight, in this town I, her daughter, am "The Queen"

You may not know Shiina Ringo, but you do know a band that probably wouldn't exist without her. She is Miku Kobato's musical hero, and inspiration to form a band. My favourite songs of hers are "Killer Tune" (with Tokyo Jihen) and "Nippon", which was written as a World Cup football anthem.

女王　(Queen, lit. female king) is pronounced “Jō-ō” (like saying ō twice). Here Shiina sounds like the vocalist in Go!Go!7188. Check out Ukifune (Floating Boat) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZGqMpNB-oNO5gaw.htmlsi=lzQ7C-rw2Crlcogy Sounds like more ONMOUZA is next up.

like that you spend time talking about the lyrics, a lot of times the reaction videos just talk about the performance (which is legitimate, but adds a lot of depth to how you interpret the song)

This is a recommended MV of SHIINA RINGO. 「獣ゆく細道」 "The narrow path of the beast" kzread.info/dash/bejne/pn2Zj82RhNDQY6g.htmlsi=pmvolapJkuWmpS0M