Yuki Kajiura and Led Zeppelin

TRal55

TRal55

I like Yuki
I noticed recently that Yuki and Led Zeppelin have two songs with exactly the same titles: Communication Breakdown (from Xenosaga II) and We're Gonna Groove (Madlax).

Now the songs are as different as night and day and I could easily see Communication Breakdown as a coincidence but the title We're Gonna Groove is so specifically similar that it can't be passed off as coincidence. Maybe Yuki was paying a homage to the band by naming this track. What do you guys think?

Also, has anyone else noticed any other band similarities or possible homages? Now I'm really curious to see if Yuki did this for other bands that I just never knew about.
 
I cannot let this madness pass.

I once tried to track down Yuki's influences to some bands.
German bands to be exact.

I notice stark similarities and I believe that Yuki was heavily influenced by Krautrock which was around in 1970's Germany when Yuki was around.

Popol Vuh, Can and NEU! are examples.

NOTE: TAKE FOCUS on POPOL VUH.

I also believe that Yuki lhad influences from RadioHead and Camper Van Beethoven which are both German Bands.
 
She does listen to Radiohead, but they are British.

Edit: Just because Beethoven is in the name doesn't mean the band is German. They are in fact American.
 
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introspect said:
She does listen to Radiohead, but they are British.

Edit: Just because Beethoven is in the name doesn't mean the band is German. They are in fact American.
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Sorry, My misconception.

But You can trace Yuki's influences from them.
 
Interesting. what makes you think that she was influenced by Popul Vuh? I don't really see it. Popul Vo's songs strongly lack the momentum that Kajiura's music always has.

But I can see what you mean with Camper Van Beethoven, especially how their songs incorporate worldly influences. And Radiohead....possibly.

I would like to clarify that in my first post I wasn't claiming that Led Zeppelin influenced Kajiura's STYLE because they're mostly very different. But maybe Kajiura was paying a homage to Zeppelin in the title.

I see a slight similarity between Kajiura's music and the Beatles. It's from the way that the songs try to convey a certain atmosphere. It's also from how CONNECTED each songwriter is to the beat and rhythm. Also they're both very creative from one song to the next resulting in songs that are very different in the same album (which I LOVE)

Really, though, Kajiura is so unique that she's pretty much incomparable. Her songs are like a mix of many different influences forming a style that's dissimilar to any one else IMO.
 
In terms of titles, it's probably not a coincidence. It would be interesting to see which titles came from where, but that's a potentially very long list.
 
Oh!

I think I saw a missing link

Yuki Kajiura is Highly influenced by Bizet and Giuseppe Verdi.
THey are both Opera Composers.
Kajiura Yuki's music seems to employ the same technique as Bizet.

Try listening to "Habanera" from Carmen from Bizet.
And then listen to the middle part of Progressive by Kajiura Yuki.

SEE IT.!!!!!

It happens that Led Zeppelin is not in the CPM list.
I think Yuki Kajiura kept it a secret.
Why would Yuki pay homage to Led Zeppelin if She is just sweet.
She must be an Addict or something to do such a thing.
 
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Actually 'We're Gonna Groove' looks more like a coincidence than 'Communication Breakdown' to me.
I mean, doesn't groovy music usually gives people the impression that they're going to dance groovy dances or something...??;;;
I think connecting the song titles is like saying that a writer likes Yuki just because she used the words 'progressive' and 'seventh heaven'(both which people don't usually use in usual talk and are hard to find in a book with a cat in it) and 'jewel' and etc. in her one and only book.

hoshikuzu06 said:
habanera :XD: :XD:
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Uhh, I like that song too, but I think the link's in the wrong post;;;
Please edit your post to talk about something related to the topic here.
 
I don't see the connection between progressive and The Habanera.

Anyway, there's nothing wrong with using someone else's title, and nothing else, just because the title sounds nice. Grey's Anatomy, if you've ever seen it, uses song titles as episode titles. It doesn't mean that they were influenced by the song or the artists that produced the song. All it means is that they liked the title and thought it would fit with the TV episode.

By the same token, Evangelion has a lot of symbolism that the creators later admitted they put in just because "it seemed cool." Unless you detect elements of the original song, I wouldn't look further than "liked title, took title."
 
We can't reaaly say anything for sure anyway. It might just be fun to ponder, though.
Thinking about title "hommages", Slipstream took my attention once I heard it. Mike Oldfield also has a relatively recent song called Slipstream, which also happens to be fast-paced (although in other aspects they're quite different).
And hey, anyone eager to raw parallels between Lacrimosa and the band of the same name? :XD: It was actually the first association to come to my mind when I first saw the title.
 
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Nick Hunter said:
And hey, anyone eager to raw parallels between Lacrimosa and the band of the same name? :XD: It was actually the first association to come to my mind when I first saw the title.
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And I thought of Mozart's Requiem :ohoho:
 
Lacrimosa, Is Mozart's composition.

I am more interested in Kajiura Yuki's influences.
 
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'Lacrimosa' is a pure coincidence, since it means 'weeping' in Latin and also has the meaning of 'requiem' when used as a song title. : P

introspect said:
I don't see the connection between progressive and The Habanera.
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Me neither. I was just trying to get hoshikuzu06-san to erase that. :uh..:
 
You may not really see the similarity between Progressive and Habanera.
But if they we're played on the same instrument you may as we'll notice it.

An Expert musician could see through that.
You should have a knowledge on notes to know their similarities.

But, I swear, there is.
 
Then enlighten me. Post transcriptions of the parts that you claim are similar.
 
If Hua Xiao Min-san is right, I think I'll need to listen to 'Habanera' again. :uh..:

A bit offtopic, but I tumbled over a post somewhere on the net that claimed that Led Zeppelin plagiarised some songs.
 
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introspect said:
Then enlighten me. Post transcriptions of the parts that you claim are similar.
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I do not have a scanner to post my transcriptions.

We'll it does'nt matter because it is only small.
I think Kajiura Yuki belong to the influence of George Bizet.
You may not know or we'll familiar with the music of George Bizet but I have listen to a lot regarding George Bizet.

I think canta-per-me shows high influences from Bizet.
Bizet is French.

If I am wrong, then my mind is playing tricks on me.

Listen to the Violin interludes.
Listen to the parts that didn't have lyrics.
Except to the rockish style in the middle.

Sounds Familiar.

HIS MASK said:
If Hua Xiao Min-san is right, I think I'll need to listen to 'Habanera' again. :uh..:

A bit off topic, but I tumbled over a post somewhere on the net that claimed that Led Zeppelin plagiarized some songs.
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Let us see.....
I'll listen to Led Zeppelin.
 
Then any piece that contains a descending chromatic scale is influenced by Bizet? Bizet must have been a remarkable person in order to influence composers born before and after him.

What does Bizet being French have to do with Canta per me, whose lyrics are in Italian?
 
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