Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
NOTE: This is fanmade! I composed this song last year for the 23rd anniversary of Scatman John's death day.
In the anniversary before, someone claimed in the premiere chat that Japan was like Scatland. I didn't agree because while at first glance it seems like everyone in this country is happy and everything is colourful, behind all of this there are social issues that are rather subtle unlike in most countries. This gave me the idea of creating this song.
John's idea was to drift away from pointing at problems in society and to focus on finding solutions for these problems as he understood that only complaining about these problems doesn't fix them, but just making up solutions and at the same time neglecting studying the problems isn't better either in my opinion. Some of his solutions aren't made thoroughly. For example, in his song "Song of Scatland", he advocated for equality. Equality doesn't always bring bloom. Every person has different needs and if everyone is treated equally in one aspect, only those that share the same needs in that aspect benefit from it. The others are put at a disadvantage. It's not about equality. It's about fairness.
NOTE: This is fanmade! I composed this song last year for the 23rd anniversary of Scatman John's death day.
In the anniversary before, someone claimed in the premiere chat that Japan was like Scatland. I didn't agree because while at first glance it seems like everyone in this country is happy and everything is colourful, behind all of this there are social issues that are rather subtle unlike in most countries. This gave me the idea of creating this song.
John's idea was to drift away from pointing at problems in society and to focus on finding solutions for these problems as he understood that only complaining about these problems doesn't fix them, but just making up solutions and at the same time neglecting studying the problems isn't better either in my opinion. Some of his solutions aren't made thoroughly. For example, in his song "Song of Scatland", he advocated for equality. Equality doesn't always bring bloom. Every person has different needs and if everyone is treated equally in one aspect, only those that share the same needs in that aspect benefit from it. The others are put at a disadvantage. It's not about equality. It's about fairness.
