They have released three full length CDs, one EP and one single. They are most widely known for the song "Duvet", which was used as the theme song for the anime series Serial Experiments Lain. As a result, they are fairly popular among anime fans worldwide; in particular, they performed in a live concert at the anime convention Otakon in 2000.
Their first full-length album was released in Japan in 1998 and titled "The Race Of A Thousand Camels." In 2001, the album was released in North America under the name "Twilight." It contained extra songs not found in the initial Japanese release.
After long delays by Pioneer's record label, bôa set up their own record label, "Boa Recordings", in 2003 and began recording their new album, "Get There", released in February of 2005.
The band is currently on hiatus until further notice.
(Note that bôa is not to be confused with the Korean pop artist BoA.)
bôa was formed in 1993 by original drummer, Ed Herten. Ed had played in several bands including "Delirious Groove", from whom he recruited Paul Turrell (keyboards) and "Draggin' Bones", from whom he recruited Alex Caird (bass). Ed had also been to school with Steve Rodgers, who soon joined bôa on guitar and vocals.
"Fran", an early song penned by Ed and Paul, had a chorus which lent itself to a female vocal. Steve's sister, Jasmine Rodgers, then just 16 years old, was persuaded to record a vocal on an early recording. This happened a number of times until Jasmine was eventually persuaded to become a full member of the group.
bôa actually started out as a funk band and soon recruited Ben Henderson, who had played in the band "Doctor Sky" with Alex, on saxophone.
1994
After several months of intensive songwriting and practicing, bôa played their first gig at "The Forum" in London. The gig was the first of many great live successes (and a few early disasters!)
In summer 1994, Ed left the band to concentrate on his studies, but remains a good friend of the rest of bôa to this day. After a couple of drummers were tried out but, for one reason or another, didn't work out, bôa found themselves with a gig to play and no drummer. Alex persuaded the drummer of yet another ex-band, "Chapter 6", Lee Sullivan, to help out. Lee's debut was a great success and he soon became bôa's permanent drummer.
Ed's laid back feel had worked perfectly with bôa's early funk songs. However, Lee brought a more powerful, rocky feel to the band and the songs naturally followed suit. Consequently, saxophone became somewhat surplus to requirement and Ben switched to guitar.
1995
This was a good year for bôa - they played many successful gigs including a short tour of the South of England which ended in two performances at the Glastonbury festival, where they were chosen as the focus of a TV documentary about the festival that was shown on the London art/music magazine show, "Shift".
The members of bôa were so pleased with the way the band was going that Jasmine delayed studying for a degree, Alex dropped out of his and Paul quit his full time job as a computer salesman (he didn't like it much anyway!) and moved to the spiritual home of bôa, the incredible town of New Malden.
1996
A relatively quiet year for bôa in which they received considerable interest from British record companies but no actual offers of deals. Salvation came in the unlikely form of an offer of a deal from Japanese company, Polystar Records, which bôa signed.
In December, bôa went into Red Bus Studios, London with producer Darren Allison (who has also worked with Skunk Anansie and The Divine Comedy) and recorded three songs: "Twilight", "Deeply" and "Elephant".
1997
Production of the bôa album was delayed by Polystar but the remainder was recorded in September at "Monnow Valley Studios" with producer Neil Walsh. It was mixed at PWL studios (Manchester) in November by Neil Walsh and Jason Barren.
1998
The bôa album was finally released by Polystar in the second half of the year under the dubious title "Race of a Thousand Camels" (inspired by a dream of Jasmine and a computer game written by Paul). Jasmine and Steve went to Japan to promote the release with some TV and radio appearances though the rest of the band were not invited by Polystar. Polystar also failed to fulfil contractual obligations to release the album in America and Europe. The song "Duvet" was released as a single.
1999
Despite to this day owing money to bôa, Polystar finally did something to help rather than hinder the band when they secured the use of the song "Duvet" as the theme tune to Serial Experiments' anime "Lain". This led to DJ Wasei remixing "Duvet". The show won several awards in Japan and has become hugely popular with anime fans around the world, most notably the USA. This web site suddenly became inundated with notes of appreciation for the song "Duvet". Paul and Alex wrote to Pioneer-USA, distributors of Lain, and discovered they too had received many enquiries about bôa.
Meanwhile, bôa were working with producer Stuart Epps and recorded some new material including an acoustic version of "Duvet" and the song "Drinking". The "Tall Snake E.P." was released in Japan featuring all three versions of "Duvet" and two songs ("Little Miss" and "Two Steps") than had been intended as B-sides of further promotional singles in Japan that Polystar had failed to release.
2000
Ben left bôa to concentrate on his other band, "Moth", in which he plays with his wife, Tina.
2001
bôa's debut US album "Twilight" was released on March 27th 2001. bôa played a mini-tour of Los Angeles in April and hope soon to perform a promotional tour. They are well on the way to completing a second album. The future looks bright....
Paul Turrell
Sadly, after much soul-searching, Paul has deciced to leave the band in order to pursue other interests. We wish him all the best and ask you all to wish him congratulations for his wedding to Jai-un and further congratulations for their forthcoming little one!
In August, bôa were tempted away from songwriting for a moment when they were invited to play at the Animefest in Dallas, Texas where they were treated to a fantastic audience and good Texan Beer, all in all a good one.
2002
bôa were scheduled to record their second album for Pioneer but due to a series of re-shufflings in the record company the album has been delayed for the moment. bôa, however have enjoyed writing more and more songs, only stopping for a break in June when Alex went to Australia for a couple of months travelling and Jasmine went to the Far East.
In September bôa supported Bad Company on their UK tour playing in Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester, London, Birmingham,Sheffield, Nottingham and York. The tour was brilliant and bôa are back in gigging mode and planning many for the next year!
2003
BOA record the new album in Southampton, England. The album is entirely self-funded and the band set up a record label, Boa Recordings.
2004
The album is then mixed and mastered and finally titled Get There!
2005
Boa have finally accomplished what they set out to achieve.
Originally, this was just a simple wish like all bands to record the next set of songs that all musicians feel compelled to write. However, like all bands again, Boa met with a series of delays and eventually decided that doing it on their own would be the best course of action.
As a result, a record label, Boa Recordings was set up and Get There was recorded, mastered and is out on the 1st. We wish to thank all of you for waiting so patiently and supporting us so marvellously.
One Day
bôa Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
淋しくていい
RAIN 濡れた窓 しずくなぞるよ
さっき作った MILK も冷めた
HAH TIME GOES BY
電話も今日は オフにしたまま
君を嫌いなわけじゃないけど
真っ赤なブーツ マガジン 願い事
大事なものも ときに
虚しく思えたり
雨が上がって 時が流れて
どんな 風を見る?
SOME DAY ONE DAY DREAMER
めぐり逢う 全て胸にしみてゆく
SOME DAY ONE DAY TODAY
たどり着く
枯れない花なら それでいい
ずっと忘れてた 君との写真
そっぽ向いてる君 らしいよね
続いてるのが 不思議な位
BABE FRIENDS OR MORE?
幸せって どうゆうの?
答えられないでしょう
聞いたりしない わからないのは
きっと同じだね
SOME DAY ONE DAY DREAMER
続いてく 時間の海 泳いでく
SOME DAY ONE DAY TODAY
たどり着く 笑顔残れば 幸せ
DAY BY DAY YEAH
目覚め シューズ履いて
繰り出す 街はBUSY
それも素敵だけど
今夜は雨といるの
FREAKY, FREAKY,
FREAKY, FREAKY FLOW
IT'S しょうがない
オレが JOHNNY ASTRO
これ聞きゃわかるぜ
WHO'S THA NEXT V.O.?
B-O-A! YOU CAN ACT LIKE
YOU DON'T KNOW (OH!)
WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO?...
3月にわかる... MISMATCH な感覚...
CAN'T STOP THE 魅惑
サングラスをかけるのは MUST
忘れるな ME
FORGET ME NOT この続き...IT GOES
(BABY BABY BABY)
SO YOU WANNA SLIDE WITH ME,
(YOU WANNA RIDE WITH ME?)
(BABY BABY BABY) EXCUSE ME MISS,
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? (IT'S ME)
IT GOES M-F-L-O...
LOVES WHO? (YEAH)
SOME DAY ONE DAY DREAMER
めぐり逢う 全て胸にしみてゆく
SOME DAY ONE DAY TODAY
たどり着く
枯れない花なら それでいい
SOME DAY ONE DAY DREAMER
続いてく 時間の海 泳いでく
SOME DAY ONE DAY TODAY
たどり着く 笑顔残れば 幸せ
The song "One Day" by Boa is about feeling lonely and disconnected from the world. The lyrics mention rain falling on a window and a glass of milk getting cold. The singer also talks about turning off their phone and not hating someone but feeling lost. The chorus expresses the hope that someday the dreamer will find everything that they are searching for and will be happy.
The song's message is one of hope and the belief that things will get better someday. It encourages people who are feeling lonely to keep searching for happiness and to hold onto hope. The lyrics also suggest that while things may not be perfect, they will eventually turn out okay if one keeps trying.
Line by Line Meaning
DON'T TOUCH MY LONELINESS
Don't try to interfere with my loneliness
淋しくていい
It's okay to feel lonely
RAIN 濡れた窓 しずくなぞるよ
Raindrops tracing on the wet window
さっき作った MILK も冷めた
Even the milk I made earlier has gone cold
HAH TIME GOES BY
Time passes by
電話も今日は オフにしたまま
I've turned off my phone for today
君を嫌いなわけじゃないけど
It's not like I hate you or anything
真っ赤なブーツ マガジン 願い事
Bright red boots, magazines, and wishes
GOOD BYE NOW
Goodbye for now
大事なものも ときに
Sometimes even important things
虚しく思えたり
Can feel empty
雨が上がって 時が流れて
The rain stops and time goes on
どんな 風を見る?
What kind of wind will I see?
SOME DAY ONE DAY DREAMER
Someday, I, a dreamer
めぐり逢う 全て胸にしみてゆく
Will encounter everything that will touch my heart
SOME DAY ONE DAY TODAY
Someday, one day, today
たどり着く
I'll make it
枯れない花なら それでいい
If it's an evergreen flower, that's fine
ずっと忘れてた 君との写真
I had forgotten our picture
そっぽ向いてる君 らしいよね
It's just like you to turn your back on me
続いてるのが 不思議な位
It's strange that this is still going on
BABE FRIENDS OR MORE?
Are we just friends or something more?
幸せって どうゆうの?
What does it mean to be happy?
答えられないでしょう
I don't think I can answer that
聞いたりしない わからないのは
I don't ask, I don't know
きっと同じだね
I'm sure you feel the same
続いてく 時間の海 泳いでく
Swimming in the sea of time that carries on
笑顔残れば 幸せ
As long as I'm smiling, I'm happy
DAY BY DAY YEAH
Day by day, yeah
目覚め シューズ履いて
Wake up and wear shoes
繰り出す 街はBUSY
The busy city starts up
それも素敵だけど
It's nice, but
今夜は雨といるの
I'm spending tonight with the rain
FREAKY, FREAKY,
Freaky, freaky
FREAKY, FREAKY FLOW
Freaky, freaky flow
IT'S しょうがない
It can't be helped
オレが JOHNNY ASTRO
I am Johnny Astro
これ聞きゃわかるぜ
You'll understand if you listen to this
WHO'S THA NEXT V.O.?
Who's the next V.O.?
B-O-A! YOU CAN ACT LIKE
B-O-A! You can act like you don't know me
WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO?...
What does love have to do with anything?
3月にわかる... MISMATCH な感覚...
The strange feeling of a March mismatch
CAN'T STOP THE 魅惑
Can't stop being charming
サングラスをかけるのは MUST
It's a must to wear sunglasses
忘れるな ME
Don't forget about me
FORGET ME NOT この続き...IT GOES
Forget-me-not, it goes on from here
(BABY BABY BABY)
(Baby baby baby)
SO YOU WANNA SLIDE WITH ME,
So you wanna hang out with me
(YOU WANNA RIDE WITH ME?)
(You wanna ride with me?)
(BABY BABY BABY) EXCUSE ME MISS,
(Baby baby baby) Excuse me, miss
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? (IT'S ME)
What's your name? (It's me)
IT GOES M-F-L-O...
It goes M-F-L-O...
LOVES WHO? (YEAH)
Who loves who? (Yeah)
めぐり逢う 全て胸にしみてゆく
Encountering everything that will touch my heart
たどり着く
I'll make it
枯れない花なら それでいい
If it's an evergreen flower, that's fine
SOME DAY ONE DAY DREAMER
Someday, I, a dreamer
続いてく 時間の海 泳いでく
Swimming in the sea of time that carries on
SOME DAY ONE DAY TODAY
Someday, one day, today
笑顔残れば 幸せ
As long as I'm smiling, I'm happy
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: 晶 高籐
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Aly
on Twilight
i love this song sm