Summer is Hot

July 2, 2023 5:39 PM

“Song of Summer” by Uchikubi Gokumon Doukoukai is a song about warm summer weather
(prev., their song about winter weather and futons addressed similar, if inverted, themes. Their song about living on a cat planet is unrelated.)
posted by Going To Maine (9 comments total)

(It was hot today)
posted by Going To Maine at 8:14 PM on July 2, 2023

I am pleased that my year of studying Japanese has allowed me to grok
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These are very charming, thanks!
posted by McBearclaw at 8:55 PM on July 2, 2023 [2 favorites]

hello from Kyoto where it is in fact horrendously hot and humid

this video depicts summer in Japan especially with complete accuracy
posted by DoctorFedora at 1:41 AM on July 3, 2023 [2 favorites]

I am in Tokyo and can confirm—it’s really freakin’ hot. The rainy season seems to be over and once all that cloud cover goes away it’s FOOMP! The humidity drops like a hammer. Supposedly gonna be a record breaker this summer, too.

Also, very funny song.
posted by zardoz at 3:54 AM on July 3, 2023

Thank you for posting this. I shared it with my fam in Louisiana because they've been having freakishly hot weather and are avoiding going outside at all.

And yeah, I grew up in Louisiana and then spent a year in Japan after college -- even in the north in Tohoku the summer heat and humidity was quite familiar (the winter snow up to my knees was NOT).
posted by antinomia at 9:31 AM on July 3, 2023

Is “sharpen up” in this context The equivalent of “steel yourself”?
posted by Going To Maine at 11:54 AM on July 3, 2023

yeah the subtitles are a little weird but yeah it's basically "prepare yourself" or "steel yourself" yeah
posted by DoctorFedora at 6:17 PM on July 3, 2023 [1 favorite]

I am feeling this video from the swampland of New Jersey, except that instead of when I leave the house it's when I leave the bedroom (no central AC).

Actually, because the house retains heat but lets moisture in via the basement, at night I also feel like this ENTERING the house from outside (where it is cooler or at least less humid).

Right now with the window AC going full blast it's STILL 81F / 27C and 60% humidity in the bedroom... And summer has just started... Definitely going to the "mountains or beach" a lot this summer.
posted by subdee at 7:14 PM on July 3, 2023

I appreciate how, musically, this does some fun stuff. It's a rare example of a Japanese song that actually tries to have any sort of rhyme scheme at all, and I love the way that it plays with conventional expectations of when songs change, musically (i.e. after a set of four full measures) for comedy punchline purposes
posted by DoctorFedora at 8:37 PM on July 5, 2023