I've been a fan of Japanese popular music for 40 years, and have managed to collect a lot of material during that time. So I decided I wanted to talk about Showa Era music with like-minded fans. My particular era is the 70s and 80s (thus the "kayo kyoku"). The plus part includes a number of songs and artists from the last 30 years and also the early kayo. So, let's talk about New Music, aidoru, City Pop and enka.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Yumi Tanimura -- Tomodachi (友達）
It was just one of those chance meetings when I stepped into a CD store one day and I heard this pretty little song on the speakers. Yumi Tanimura（谷村有美）had released her second BEST album, titled "With II", so the store was dutifully pushing that. I guess I have a soft spot for Burt Bacharach-inspired horns in a ballad. "Tomodachi" (Friends) is one of those soft pop ballads that deserves a listen over a cup of tea. It was released in November 1990 as her 6th single.
(instrumental version)
The period going from the 80s into the 90s was notable for a number of trends in music. One of them consisted of these female singer-songwriters who were into the more softer areas of pop music. Tanimura was one of them, along with Reimy（麗美）and Mariko Nagai（永井真理子）.
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