The (Learning) Hiragana Song

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  A listener in Taipei, 30 years old, woman,

  “The following is how I feel to the song :

  The song sounds like very japanse style. but also fill with western element in it, yes, it sounds silly but cute, more like cartoon or for elementary kids or for commercial. also it sounds like a “teaching you something ” song, no doubt..

  If change a singer, maybe it will feel totally different. I like the background music”

  Isabella

  Danny Bloom on July 7th, 2006
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  Here’s the WIRELESS FLASH NEWS STORY THAT APPEARED on JULY 31, mistakes and all. See how they spelled hirigana in song title.

  ‘SESAME STREET’ MEETS JAPANESE POP IN CUTE NOVELTY
  SONG

  BANGKOK, Thailand [actually, I am in Taiwan, not Thailand](Wireless Flash) — Dan Bloom was raised on
  Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein in America, but it took moving
  to Thailand [should be TAIWAN] and listening to the sounds of Asian languages to
  inspire his songwriting muse.

  And now he wants to share that spark with the world –
  or kids who want to learn Japanese, anyway.

  He’s written a “Now I Know My ABCs”-type song, called
  “The [Learning] Haranga Song,” and it’s for learning the
  syllable sounds of the Japanese language.

  Bloom thinks the quirky and cute song would be great “on
  “Sesame Street,”" sung by Randy Newman — and maybe with a
  Hello Kitty muppet singing backup.

  (the news story was later corrected, after the editor apologized for the minor gaffes….)

  Danny Bloom on August 1st, 2006

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