Ask DNA [Single, Import]

Seatbelts | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 17, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Import
• Label: Jvc Victor
• ASIN: B00005LVSI
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,558 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. What Planet Is This

2. Ask DNA

3. Cosmic Dare (Pretty With A Pistol)

4. Handuche

5. Is It Real

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great little collection, January 3, 2006

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anon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ask DNA (Audio CD)

I can't say enough about Yoko Kanno - she and the seatbelts are so versatile and amazingly talented, their lyrics don't disappoint, and the singers chosen are spot-on perfect. This is the bonus second CD with Future Blues for the Cowboy Bebop movie.

1. What planet is this - an upbeat big band song, not my favorite but very reminiscent of cowboy bebop in general so it definitely serves its purpose.

2. Ask DNA - a mellow, chill song. Laid-back with a nice little beat and hook.

3. Cosmic Dare (Pretty with a Pistol) - a very memorable song from the movie. Really fun, and incredibly catchy.

4. Hamduche - interesting contrast after Cosmic Dare. Quiet with just piano and vocals. Has a middle-eastern sound and the piano adds a nice dimension to it.

5. Is it real? - my favorite, and actually my current favorite song, period. Melancholy with beautiful vocals and a sensitively played piano that emphasizes the sadness of the lyrics, and such a great melody. Everything in it works to perfection.

I love the way the songs offset each other... Like the other CB soundtracks, it feels like a mix tape of your favorite songs (which reminds me again of how amazing Kanno is!). And the songs here are some of my favorites of all the other CB songs - there's something here for every taste.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC CD, November 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Ask DNA (Audio CD)

I think this is an AMAZING CD. Each song is an image-song for the characters in the movie. Track #1 is VERY popular in Japan, and one can see why: It's very upbeat and catchy ! Track #2, the opening song to the movie is like one of those songs that get stuck in your head, and is pretty upbeat. Track #3 is the song played, when Faye is flying over Mars, looking for the bounty-head, in Redtail. Track #4 is Mid-Eastern/Moroccantype stuff. It's good in it's own way ! and track #5 is my personal favorite, making good use of the vaccuum tube amplifier. Tim Jensen's melancholic voice adds to the melancholic/depressed feeling of the song. I'd recommend this CD to anyone, BeBop fan or not ! It's got GREAT music!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Knockin' on Heavens Door music, August 1, 2002

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"kogeneko" (Davis, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ask DNA (Audio CD)

This is a maxi-single for Ask DNA, the opening song of the Cowboy Bebop movie Knockin' on Heavens Door. Despite paying roughly [money] a song (the album runs around [money] depending on where you shop), this is still a must for fans of Yoko Kanno and Seatbelts. Contains the ever rousing "What Planet is This", the title track "Ask DNA", the groovy Faye song "Cosmic Dare (Pretty as a Pistol)", a nice middle-eastern flavored vocal/piano duet "Hamduche", and the moody "Is it real?" Comes packaged in a slimline jewelcase with a glossy foldout insert that lists the lyrics for "Ask DNA", "Cosmic Dare", and "Is it real?" as well as some fun pictures of YK and ken.