After quitting school to enter a musical contest, Shiina was quickly signed to EMI, then promptly left Japan to avoid the trappings of contract work. After returning, she quickly released a series of singles and albums, all self-penned (a relative rarity for Japanese pop artists), and all meeting with great success on the Japanese charts. A hiatus to start a family followed, itself followed (after a divorce) by both a new album and a new side project, the band 東京事変. (Tokyo Jihen - or Tokyo Incidents)
After more success with the band, Shiina returned to a solo career in 2006 as the Music Director for the film 「さくらん」(Sakuran), quickly taking the number one slot on the Oricon charts with the album Heisei Fuuzoku released in tandem with a major soundtrack project. Following was a B-sides album which peaked quickly at the number one Oricon slot. In the years proceeding this, she spent most of her time dedicated to Tokyo Jihen occasionally revisiting her solo work.
Despite being involved in the main Japanese pop scene, Shiina has created a niche for herself based on a much wider musical range than most artists. Where most pop singers develop a basic sound based on contemporary pop aesthetics and throwaway lyrical matter, Shiina builds on a base of jazz, rock, Motown, and even French chanson equally well (the chanson works especially well with her trademark nasal delivery), infusing her projects with a very different aesthetic, and gaining a fan base separate from the core constituents of the Japanese pop apparatus.
Despite the release of album 三毒史 (trivisa-itihasa) in 2019, released after a myriad of singles being majorly included in aforementioned work. In 2020, Ringo and band Tokyo Jihen turned their backs to their past, doing a major reunion, with the drop of a few projects, such as sixth studio album 音楽.
Discography
Singles
幸福論 (Koufukuron)（1998）
歌舞伎町の女王 （1998）
ここでキスして。 (Koko de kisu shite)（1999）
本能 （1999）
幸福論（1999）
ギブス (Gibs)（2000）
罪と罰 （2000）
真夜中は純潔 （2001）
絶頂集 （2000）
茎（STEM）～大名遊ビ編～ （2003）
りんごのうた (Ringo no Uta)（2003）
この世の限り (Kono Yo no Kagiri) (2007） (With Saitou Neko and her brother Shiina Junpei)
ありあまる富 (Ariamaru Tomi)（2009）
カーネーション (Carnation)（2011）
自由へ道連 (Traveling Companion to Freedom) (2012)
いろはにほへと (Les Couleurs Chantent) (2013)
孤独のあかつき (The Solitude of Dawn) (2013)
NIPPON (2014)
至上の人生 (A Life Supreme) (2015)
最果てが見たい (2015)
長く短い祭 (2015)
神様、仏様 (2015)
ジユーダム (2016)
目抜き通り (2017)
獣ゆく細道 (2018)
Albums
無罪モラトリアム (Muzai Moratorium) (1999)
勝訴ストリップ (Shouso Strip)（2000)
加爾基 精液 栗ノ花（Karuki Za-men Kuri no Hana）(2003)
平成風俗 (Heisei Fuuzoku) (2007) (with Neiko Sato)
三文ゴシップ (Sanmon Gossip) (2009)
日出処 (Hi Izuru Tokoro) (2014)
三毒史 (trivisa-itihasa) (2019)
Covers Album
唄ひ手冥利～其ノ壱～ (Utaitemyori Sonoichi)（2002）
逆輸入 ～港湾局～ (Reimports Vol.1) (2014)
逆輸入 〜航空局〜 (Reimport Vol.2 -Civil Bureau Aviation) (2017)
Compilations
私と放電 (Me & Electric Discharge) (2008) - (B-Sides)
ニュートンの林檎 (Apple of Universal Gravity) (2019) - (Overview)
愛妻家の朝食
椎名林檎 Lyrics
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果物が煙草の害を少し防ぐと言うの
それですぐこの間のお店へ買いに急いだわ
御出掛けになるのなら必ず召し上がってね
貴方はきっと外では違う顔なのでしょう?
だから此の手は其の疲れを癒す為だけに在るの
明け方の孤独にはピアノで舞踏曲を
貴方はそっと指先で髪を撫でるでしょう?
だからいま黒く揺蕩うまま伸ばす理由は只ひとつ
処でこんな情景をどう思われますか?
差し詰め勝手気儘な嘘を云いました
態とらしい空の色も全部疎ましくて
だから右手に強く握る光など既に見えない
「もう 何も要りません」
The song "Aisaiya no Choshoku" by Shiina Ringo is a beautiful and poignant song about a woman who wakes up early to prepare breakfast for her husband. The lyrics reflect the emotional complexity of their relationship and the sacrifices that she makes for him. In the first verse, the woman watches TV and learns that fruits can potentially reduce the harmful effects of cigarette smoke. She rushes to a store to buy some fruit, telling her husband to eat some before he leaves the house. The woman clearly knows her husband well enough to anticipate his behavior and tries her best to care for him, even if it is in small and seemingly insignificant ways.
The second verse reveals the woman's loneliness and isolation, as her husband often comes home late from work. She copes with this by playing the piano and imagining her life with him. She imagines her husband running his fingers through her hair, and the reason why she lets it grow long and black like this is only for his sake. The third and final verse is more cryptic, suggesting that the woman has lied to her husband in some way, possibly for the sake of her own sanity or self-preservation. She feels disconnected from reality and is losing her grip on what is important in life.
Overall, the song paints a picture of a woman who is deeply in love with her husband, but is struggling to maintain her own identity and sense of purpose in a world that often overlooks and undervalues women.
Line by Line Meaning
昼過ぎに珍しくテレビをちょっとだけ観たわ
I watched TV for a little bit in the early afternoon, something that I don't often do.
果物が煙草の害を少し防ぐと言うの
It is said that eating fruit can help reduce the harmful effects of smoking.
それですぐこの間のお店へ買いに急いだわ
Upon hearing this, I rushed to the store I went to recently to buy some fruit.
御出掛けになるのなら必ず召し上がってね
If you go out, please make sure to eat before you do.
貴方はきっと外では違う顔なのでしょう?
You must have a different expression when you're out, don't you?
だから此の手は其の疲れを癒す為だけに在るの
That's why my hands are here only to relieve your fatigue.
今朝の様にお帰りが酷く遅い日も屡々
It's not uncommon for you to come home very late, like this morning.
明け方の孤独にはピアノで舞踏曲を
To fend off the loneliness that comes in the early morning, I play a waltz on the piano.
貴方はそっと指先で髪を撫でるでしょう?
You gently stroke my hair with your fingertips, don't you?
だからいま黒く揺蕩うまま伸ばす理由は只ひとつ
That's why I let my black hair sway and grow, for one reason only.
処でこんな情景をどう思われますか?
What do you think of this scene?
差し詰め勝手気儘な嘘を云いました
I just told a selfish and reckless lie.
態とらしい空の色も全部疎ましくて
The pretentious colors of the sky are also all unpleasant.
だから右手に強く握る光など既に見えない
That's why I can no longer see the light I tightly grip in my right hand.
"もう 何も要りません"
"I don't need anything anymore."
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Ringo Sheena
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@suzume.11.5.2
歌詞
昼過ぎに珍しくテレビを
ちょっとだけ観たわ
果物が煙草の害を少し防ぐと言うの
それですぐこの間のお店へ
買いに急いだわ
御出掛けになるのなら
必ず召し上がってね
貴方はきっと外では
違う顔なのでしょう?
だから此の手は其の疲れを
癒す為だけに在るの
今朝の様にお帰りが酷く遅い日も屡々
明け方の孤独にはピアノで舞踏曲(ポロネーズ)を
貴方はそっと指先で髪を
撫でるでしょう?
だからいま黒く揺蕩うまま
伸ばす理由は只ひとつ
処でこんな情景をどう思われますか?
差し詰め勝手気儘な嘘を云いました
態とらしい空の色も全部疎ましくて
だから右手に強く握る光など
既に見えない…
「もう 何も要りません。」
@ntjgnxv
歌詞
昼過ぎに珍しくテレビをちょっとだけ観たわ
果物が煙草の害を少し防ぐと言うの
それですぐこの間のお店へ買いに急いだわ
御出掛けになるのなら必ず召し上がってね
貴方はきっと外では違う顔なのでしょう?
だから此の手は其の疲れを癒す為だけに在るの
今朝の様にお帰りが酷く遅い日も屡々
明け方の孤独にはピアノで舞踏曲(ポロネーズ)を
貴方はそっと指先で髪を撫でるでしょう?
だからいま黒く揺蕩うまま伸ばす理由は只ひとつ
処でこんな情景をどう思われますか?
差し詰め勝手気儘な嘘を云いました
態とらしい空の色も全部疎ましくて
だから右手に強く握る光など既に見えない…
「もう 何も要りません。」
@idoldoll6
日本的なしっとりシトシト恐い女、最高
健気な愛らしさから不穏な狂気が隠し切れず零れ落ちるその瞬間の、咽せ返るような艶香
@user-bv9xe2hi4h
この曲を的確に表していて感嘆の溜息が出ました。久々にこのような素敵なコメントを見て、思わず返信をしてしまいました。
貴方様の語彙力が素晴らしいです。私はきっと、これからこの曲を聴くたびにこの文章を思い出します。
@TV-ku7op
「しとしと恐い」という程的確な表現はないと思う。何かが腑に落ちるような感覚を味わえました。
@bot-ph6dp
タバコの害を防ぐ果物は林檎や梨をさすらしい。
@user-hb8cc2km9x
コメントしてる動画の再生数がもっと多かったら。このコメもっと伸びてる
@user-tc5cy2wy9e
支持。
@user-ld9dj9bc9t
夢占いでは果物は恋人を表すそうです。
果物ナイフは別れを意味しています。
@user-cy4tj2qk7d
既婚男性と不倫関係にある女性が男性との結婚生活を妄想している歌だと思ってた。
時折泊まりに来る男性とのやり取りから愛妻家の妻という幻想を抱いていたけど
ある時我に返って
「だから右手に強く握る光など既に見えない」
もう何も要りません
@tropitaina
椎名林檎でイチバン好きな曲
@dechnobotch
「もう何もいりません」でピタッと止まった後の噴き出すようなアコーディオン、ブスッといったナイフを引き抜いて血が噴き出す感じなのかなって...