{"id":777,"date":"2023-03-26T23:21:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T14:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=777"},"modified":"2023-05-10T14:58:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T05:58:19","slug":"my-daughter-playing-the-drums-for-mixed-nuts-the-theme-song-to-the-anime-spy-family-cover-by-higashi-junior-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2023\/03\/26\/my-daughter-playing-the-drums-for-mixed-nuts-the-theme-song-to-the-anime-spy-family-cover-by-higashi-junior-high\/","title":{"rendered":"My daughter playing the drums for &#8220;Mixed Nuts,&#8221; the theme song to the anime Spy Family, cover by Higashi Junior High"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Mixed Nuts&quot; theme song to the anime Spy Family, cover by Higashi Junior High\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oi5kgY-6K_Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With a smile on her face, our beautiful daughter Ulan tears it up on drums. This jazz song has a particularly complicated rhythm, and she does a wonderful job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last time we saw her perform was last summer, and she was just barely doing simple rhythms on the drums. Seeing her now and how well she played with a smile on her face the whole time, she&#8217;s so incredible. I&#8217;ve told her since she was little that she has a special gift to bless others. I can see her playing drums in a church someday, or playing in a band. Blessing others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am reminded of the song &#8220;She Bangs the Drums&#8221; by The Stone Roses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">I can feel the earth begin to move<br>I hear my needle hit the groove<br>And spiral through another day<br>I hear my song begin to say<br>Kiss me where the sun don&#8217;t shine<br>The past was yours<br>But the future&#8217;s mine<br>You&#8217;re all out of time<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">I don&#8217;t feel too steady on my feet<br>I feel hollow I feel weak<br>Passion fruit and holy bread<br>Fill my guts and ease my head<br>Through the early morning sun<br>I can see her, here she comes<br>She bangs the drums<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">[Chorus]<br><em>Have you seen her, have you heard<br>The way she plays? There are no words<br>To describe the way I feel<br>How could it ever come to pass?<br>She&#8217;ll be the first, she&#8217;ll be the last<br>To describe the way I feel<br>The way I feel<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a smile on her face, our beautiful daughter Ulan tears it up on drums. This jazz song has a particularly complicated rhythm, and she does a wonderful job! The last time we saw her perform was last summer, and she was just barely doing simple rhythms on the drums. Seeing her now and how &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2023\/03\/26\/my-daughter-playing-the-drums-for-mixed-nuts-the-theme-song-to-the-anime-spy-family-cover-by-higashi-junior-high\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My daughter playing the drums for &#8220;Mixed Nuts,&#8221; the theme song to the anime Spy Family, cover by Higashi Junior High&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[103,102],"class_list":["post-777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime-manga","category-life","tag-drums","tag-ulan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":866,"url":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2023\/05\/10\/she-bangs-the-drums\/","url_meta":{"origin":777,"position":0},"title":"She bangs the drums","date":"2023-05-10","format":false,"excerpt":"Ulan-chan's brass band performed for a street festival in town on April 29th. 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