Friday, July 12, 2024

Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Shigeru Suzuki -- Hachibu Onpu no Uta (8分音符の詩)

 


Number: 066

Lyricist: Takashi Matsumoto

Composer: Shigeru Suzuki

Arranger: Shigeru Suzuki

From Suzuki's 1976 album: "Lagoon"

"Hachibu Onpu no Uta" is the famous ballad that was covered by a pre-debut Mariya Takeuchi(竹内まりや). Takashi Matsumoto's(松本隆)lyrics which bring together the sentimental feelings of a musician go particularly well with that silence of a stage after everything has been wrapped up following a performance. Incidentally, speaking of Mariya, the Yasuhiro Abe(安部恭弘)-penned "Gosenshi"(五線紙) (which was also written by Matsumoto) has a lineage with "Hachibu Onpu no Uta" with the lyrics of the former perhaps having a connection with those of the latter.

The above comes from "Disc Collection Japanese City Pop Revised" (2020).

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