Foreign songs about flowers: world classics and popular hits

MoonflowerSantana

Moonflower by Santana

Santana is an American Latin rock band centered around guitarist Carlos Santana.

The track bearing the same name, Moonflower, appears on their 1977 album Moonflower.

“Moonflower” refers to the plant commonly known as night-blooming morning glory (yorugao in Japanese).

Marigold ConjunctionStackridge.

Stackridge – Marigold Conjunction (1971)

For a moment you might mistakenly think, “Huh? The Beatles?” but although they’re also from the UK, Stackridge are a progressive rock band.

Their gentle vocals and laid-back melodies create a pastoral, oddly enchanting appeal.

Violets For Your FursMatt Dennis

Matt Dennis – “Violets For Your Furs” (1957)

Known in Japan by the title “Violets for Your Furs,” this song is one of the jazz standards.

It was composed and also sung by Matt Dennis, who was a jazz singer-songwriter.

With its contrast of violets against fur and its slightly affected lyrics that evoke spring despite it being winter, it’s a love song with a suave touch.

Sun Flower Sun KissedYppah

Yppah – Sunflower Sun Kissed

Ipa is a solo project by American musician Joe Corrales Jr.

He is an artist who has gained popularity with a sound that fuses shoegaze and hip-hop through electronica centered on sampling and programming.

“Sunflower” means “himawari” (sunflower).

Pictures of LilyThe Who

Pictures Of Lily

This song is a track by the British rock band The Who, released in 1967, and its Japanese title is “Lily no Omokage” (“The Image of Lily”).

It’s a ballad about a boy suffering from insomnia who falls in love with a woman named Lily he sees in a photograph given to him by his father.

Lily also means “yuri” (lily) in Japanese, and it seems that quite a few women’s names in foreign countries are also names of flowers.

Like a RoseMeat Loaf ft. Jack Black

Meat Loaf – Like A Rose

It’s not unusual to compare a beautiful woman to a rose, but the woman sung about as “she’s like a rose” in this song might have quite the femme fatale vibe.

Meat Loaf appears alongside actor and comedian Jack Black, who he’s said to be a longtime friend of.

Rose Gives a LillyYuck

11 Rose Gives A Lilly – Yuck

This song is by the British indie rock band Yuck.

The group was originally formed mainly by members of Cajun Dance Party, and their sound could be described as airy power pop.

Among their tracks is this song, Rose Gives a Lily.