Sukiyaki - What do the words mean?

[Murphy]

Such a delightful melody, but sad words.

Here's the original by Kyu Sakamoto.

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And one of many remakes. This one by A Taste of Honey.

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[Danbones]

the real Sukiyaki (CSI)

 

[Curious Cdn]

Do you remember TelStar? I remember both the song and the satellite and the magic of watching live TV from Europe. Ionly just found out what happened to TelStar a few years back. In the 60s, they just stopped talking about it and the memory faded away.