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TANK! Live and on stage with Yoko Kanno here: http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Seatbelts-Tank-Live#comment-740371

I bookmark all videos that strike me as really really good, and just look at my bookmark list when I have a power point lazing around that I don't feel like using. I thought it a tragedy to see so few votes on that song.

In reply to this comment by legacy0100:
Aww, you remembered

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
*promote

Aww, you remembered

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*promote

Yoko Kanno's compositions and a very good storyline. An anime I approve of.

Yoko Kanno is the queen of japanese music, arrangement, style, lyrics and raw talent, she's got it all. Love this series, it's music and I own all of it except for the new manga releases.

Agreed though this should be in From Asia With Love if you have it

oh and *music =)

Yeah, I would think so. From Asia with Love I would think. Again, Yoko Kanno is like the best.

ah... Yoko Kanno's best music...

She was great in Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell TV, etc... but Escaflowne, with her conducting the Warsaw Philharmonic still gets to me every time I hear it.

By the time you get about 2/3 of the way through the series, with war and other tragedy arriving, the music keeps hammering the pain of it all home.

/waaah - now I need to go watch it again... ;_;

I know raven already published this one but my post is a live version and is longer so I thought I'll give it a try.

From wikipedia:
Tank! is the opening song for the anime show Cowboy Bebop. The song, composed by Yoko Kanno and performed by The Seatbelts, has an extensive Alto Saxophone solo, as well as a fil part at the end. The song is a Big Band Style Jazz piece with a rhythm part that combines a bass guitar and conga drums. The beginning of the song features a voice over from the show's main character, Spike Spiegel, which alludes to a heist taking place over the duration of the song.

Info about The Seatbelts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seatbelts

Yoko Kanno music is just one of the reasons why Cowboy Bebop is *the* stand out anime of all times on my list. Tied with Full Metal Alchemist.