Eikou no THIRTEEN~ Mirai no FOURTEEN~
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ayatsujik, can't seem to find a working email addy for you. ^^; Your singles are here. Ha'e fun!
(Hullo, newly-friended people. Unbeknownst to you before this moment, friending me means you get cheesy Jpop oldies on the side. Lucky you!)
(...I should pay off Kekkai bandwidth for February, shouldn't I?)
So! There is retro Jpop making the rounds, and I am delighted. Was inspired to spend several hours last evening digging out and ripping Chinese compilation CDs of great age and doubtful vintage. This was going to be an exercise in My Oldies Are Cheesier Than Your Oldies, but instead it's a bit of a Tamaki Koji and Ozaki Yutaka lovefest. Live. XD
Tamaki Koji - Koi no yokan
Tamaki Koji - Aoi hitomi no Erisu
The difference between Anzen Chitai and Tamaki Koji's solo output: Anzen Chitai has electric guitar and Tamaki Koji singing. His solo schtuff has acoustic guitar and whisper-singing. ^^; Thus it is with these, which are actually his solo covers of Anzen Chitai hits. Koi no yokan is a wistful, minor-key waltz; Aoi hitomi no Erisu is a folksong-like ballad. Make no mistake, we're in adult contemporary chillout territory, but facetiousness aside these are some of the most beautiful melodies you're likely ever to find in jpop. If you like Sting unplugged, you'll likely love this.
Ozaki Yutaka - Rosanna
Ozaki Yutaka - I Love You (Live Version)
I babble to the point of yawn inducement about how much I love Ozaki Yutaka, but I rarely post the songs. Not sure why; possibly because I'm convinced he's a bit like French chanson, and it doesn't quite work if you can't understand the lyrics. But then, saints alone know why it works in the first place - I mean, "Rosanna" is eighties pop-country with a harmonica bridge, and yet I can't stop listening to it. One of those cases where the whole is greater than the arithmetic sum of the parts.
I put "I Love You" on, like, every compilation I send out. ^^; So some of you might want the live version.
Nakajima Miyuki - Jealousy, Jealousy
In all honesty, there are better Nakajima Miyuki songs. But this is a) a bona fide jpop classic, and b) weird enough to be worth a listen to any pop music aficionado. It's... proto-Latin, pre- Jpop's obsession with bossa nova and salsa lite, enka gone insanely flamenco. Props to anyone who can figure out the time signature well enough to karaoke the thing. (Though if you feel like trying, be warned that it practically requires Liza Minelli-esque gestures to go along with. ^^;)
Inoue Yousui - Teenager
Y'know, I always think of Inoue Yousui as being sort of like Johnny Halliday. Not that he sounds anything like, thank gawd, but... the same industry position, if that makes sense. Big Emotive Cheese appeal. Like this song, which is all of six years old but is musically of another era. The strings! The backing vocals! I should make a Prince of Tennis music video to it, it'd be a hoot. "Eikou no THIRTEEN~! Mirai no FOURTEEN~! Sekai wa FIFTEEN~! Namida no SIXTEEN~!"
ayatsujik, can't seem to find a working email addy for you. ^^; Your singles are here. Ha'e fun!(Hullo, newly-friended people. Unbeknownst to you before this moment, friending me means you get cheesy Jpop oldies on the side. Lucky you!)
(...I should pay off Kekkai bandwidth for February, shouldn't I?)
So! There is retro Jpop making the rounds, and I am delighted. Was inspired to spend several hours last evening digging out and ripping Chinese compilation CDs of great age and doubtful vintage. This was going to be an exercise in My Oldies Are Cheesier Than Your Oldies, but instead it's a bit of a Tamaki Koji and Ozaki Yutaka lovefest. Live. XD
Tamaki Koji - Koi no yokan
Tamaki Koji - Aoi hitomi no Erisu
The difference between Anzen Chitai and Tamaki Koji's solo output: Anzen Chitai has electric guitar and Tamaki Koji singing. His solo schtuff has acoustic guitar and whisper-singing. ^^; Thus it is with these, which are actually his solo covers of Anzen Chitai hits. Koi no yokan is a wistful, minor-key waltz; Aoi hitomi no Erisu is a folksong-like ballad. Make no mistake, we're in adult contemporary chillout territory, but facetiousness aside these are some of the most beautiful melodies you're likely ever to find in jpop. If you like Sting unplugged, you'll likely love this.
Ozaki Yutaka - Rosanna
Ozaki Yutaka - I Love You (Live Version)
I babble to the point of yawn inducement about how much I love Ozaki Yutaka, but I rarely post the songs. Not sure why; possibly because I'm convinced he's a bit like French chanson, and it doesn't quite work if you can't understand the lyrics. But then, saints alone know why it works in the first place - I mean, "Rosanna" is eighties pop-country with a harmonica bridge, and yet I can't stop listening to it. One of those cases where the whole is greater than the arithmetic sum of the parts.
I put "I Love You" on, like, every compilation I send out. ^^; So some of you might want the live version.
Nakajima Miyuki - Jealousy, Jealousy
In all honesty, there are better Nakajima Miyuki songs. But this is a) a bona fide jpop classic, and b) weird enough to be worth a listen to any pop music aficionado. It's... proto-Latin, pre- Jpop's obsession with bossa nova and salsa lite, enka gone insanely flamenco. Props to anyone who can figure out the time signature well enough to karaoke the thing. (Though if you feel like trying, be warned that it practically requires Liza Minelli-esque gestures to go along with. ^^;)
Inoue Yousui - Teenager
Y'know, I always think of Inoue Yousui as being sort of like Johnny Halliday. Not that he sounds anything like, thank gawd, but... the same industry position, if that makes sense. Big Emotive Cheese appeal. Like this song, which is all of six years old but is musically of another era. The strings! The backing vocals! I should make a Prince of Tennis music video to it, it'd be a hoot. "Eikou no THIRTEEN~! Mirai no FOURTEEN~! Sekai wa FIFTEEN~! Namida no SIXTEEN~!"
