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.
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I would like to give credit where credit is due. Videos are from YouTube and other sources such as NicoNico while Oricon rankings and other information are translated from the Japanese Wikipedia unless noted.
Friday, September 27, 2019
Kiyotaka Sugiyama & Omega Tribe -- Ai wo Makimodoshite（愛を巻き戻して）
Let's get another City Pop tune noticed since it is Friday night.
"Ai wo Makimodoshite" (Rewind the Love) is the B-side to Kiyotaka Sugiyama & Omega Tribe's（杉山清貴&オメガトライブ）3rd single "Kimi no Heart wa Marine Blue"（君のハートはマリンブルー）from January 1984. It has a bit more pep than the smoothly languid A-side but still with an Omega Tribe tune, bombing down the highway at 300 kph with the cops after you isn't going to be the overriding image here. "Ai wo Makimodoshite" is definitely more of the leisurely drive on a beachside road maybe around sunset but perhaps more preferably around midnight when the chances of other cars competing for space are negligible. Just the thing for late summer or early fall.
Sugiyama was behind the music while Yasushi Akimoto（秋元康）took care of the lyrics. The number was also part of an Omega Tribe BEST compilation, "Single's History", released in October 1985 which peaked at No. 3 on Oricon.
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