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, May 8, 2020
Noriyo Ikeda -- Hitonemuri（ひとねむり）
Continuing with my story of that DIY Van Paugam City Pop Radio from my previous article on "Kizuita Toki wa Osoi Mono"（気づいたときは遅いもの）by Masataka Matsutoya（松任谷正隆）, I'm providing another track from "Light Mellow ~ Wing". I just happened to use that disc to enjoy a Tokyo drive via one of YouTube channel J Utah's videos.
Noriyo Ikeda's（池田典代）"Hitonemuri" (A Nap) was originally the B-side for her debut single"Adios"（アディオス）from 1979. Written by Yoshiko Miura（三浦徳子）and composed by Ken Sato（佐藤健）, the breathy vocals by Ikeda and the Coffee Mate-mellow arrangement make "Hitonemuri" a nice accompaniment for that afternoon respite, as she sings about the transformative effects of a good nap, especially where romance is concerned. It certainly made for a fine music buddy as I was going through that J Utah drive in Tokyo.
It was about time that I added a second song to the Ikeda file here, next to her most notable contribution, "Dream in the Street". Not sure but this may be the first time that "Hitonemuri" has been recorded onto CD via "Light Mellow" since it hasn't been included on any CD releases of the album "Dream in the Street", although it hadn't been given that asterisk beside its title on the playlist on "Wing". Maybe it's been included onto other City Pop compilations.
Hi there. It depends on the artist and the folks supporting her, but sometimes those B-sides never end up anywhere outside of their original status as songs to fill the other side of the vinyl.
Really great find, no idea why it is so hard to find this song
ReplyDeleteHi there. It depends on the artist and the folks supporting her, but sometimes those B-sides never end up anywhere outside of their original status as songs to fill the other side of the vinyl.
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