It's an occupational hazard but it's been the case with a lot of the singers and/or songwriters over the years on "Kayo Kyoku Plus", but their files have been so long that I've forgotten at times whether I actually included a certain song of theirs or not. Well, that's the aging process for you.
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Case in point: Tatsuro Yamashita（山下達郎）. I know that I did put up his 1983 album "Melodies" all the way back up in 2017, but as usual, I didn't throw in the entire track list. So, what I hadn't realized was that I didn't include "Ashioto" (Footsteps) into that article or its own individual article as far as I know. Scrolling up and down the Tats file didn't show me anything of an "Ashioto" which is downright shocking since I've found it to be one of his most amiable tunes.
I found out from the translation that I did for one of his recent interviews that the singer-songwriter could have become an astronomer if the singing thing hadn't panned out (and aren't we glad that it did?). However, looking at his most congenial "Ashioto", I think Yamashita could have had a promising career as a scriptwriter for rom-coms. According to the description for "Melodies" up on J-Wiki, he admitted to having a soft spot for all of those shy guys in love with the supposedly unattainable lass with a heart of gold. Well, this was the love song he wrote in tribute to those fellows as he describes a florist quietly swooning over a female office worker who happens to pass by his shop every day after work. And all that is happening over a Chicago soul arrangement. Listeners can only hope that "Ashioto" is merely Episode 1 of a love story that will more or less end happily by the end of Episode 12.
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