The Shrine to Green Bird

Every now and then, a scene is so well crafted and its music is so beautiful that it will leave a person in awe, even after repeated viewings.  To hear the music alone will revive the memory of scene with incredible clairity in one's mind.  In The Ballad of Fallen Angels, episode five of the anime television series Cowboy Bebop, there is such a scene.  This scene is set to the song Green Bird.       There are no other sound effects, there is no need.  Though the beautiful piano and vocal melody of Green Bird contrasts with many of the images we are shown during this segment, the slow and slightly dazed state of Spike Spiegal's mind is represented oh so well.  In a truly excellent form of character development, the parallels that run through Spike's mind as he falls out of the cathedral window really hit the mark.  The falling glass and the falling rose petals, the current fight with Vicious and a similar fight from the past, the black roses from gun play and the red roses from a more peaceful time, all these parallels fit together yet remain intriguingly subtle.  Lastly, the quiet and peaceful images in sepia add to the study in contrasts.      Green Bird is the eleventh track of the second original soundtrack for Cowboy Bebop entitled No Disc (VICL-60202).  It is sung by Gabriela Robin (no speculation from us) who is also the vocalist for Cats on Mars which is also on No Disc (Cats on Mars is featured in episode 9, Jamming with Edward).  The rest of the CD is a lot more hot & cool & anarchy & peace & potato-like.   We asked Kanno Yoko during Anime Expo '99 what language the song was in and she said it was a mixture of English and Latin.  The CD includes only a translation into Japanese, there are no lyrics in it's Latin-English mix. Translated Lyrics and Images -- lyrics and thumbnails on one page Text Only Translated Lyrics -- just lyrics Images Only -- paged thumbnails Bonus Tracks -- Green Bird extras! Music and Cowboy Bebop -- reflections on other sessions (maybe images to come someday...) This page was created by Atiya and Keys Site created 6/20/99 Site last updated 2/12/01 (bonus tracks) FastCounter by LinkExchange Cowboy Bebop, Green Bird, and all images, sounds, and other related atributes are copyright to Bandai Entertainment and Yoko Kanno.  They were used without permission in hopes to further the appreciation of them.  We apologize for any infringement and will take this site down at their request.