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Friday, January 31, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Kazuhito Murata -- Lady September

 


Number: 095

Lyricist: Yoshihiko Ando

Composer: Kazuhito Murata

Arranger: Tatsuro Yamashita

From Murata's 1985 album "Mata Ashita"

This was also the case with his debut song "Denwa shite mo"(電話しても), but there are many instances in Kazuhito Murata's(村田和人)melodies which evoke that particular bittersweetness of youth. Furthermore, when Yoshihiko Ando's(安藤芳彦)excellent lyrics expressing that feeling are laid down, the songs truly shine. "Lady September" is one of those songs representing the duo's early works, and it splendidly illustrates the passing summer and the loneliness present at the end of one love that happened that summer.

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

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