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| By Alix Lee at Good Free Photos |
I didn't think that I would write such an article but after having watched NHK's travelogue "Otona no Wagamama Tabi" (An Adult's Selfish Trip) last night, I was rather inspired by the "soundtrack" pushing things along. The city for last night's episode was Taipei, Taiwan, and unfortunately, I couldn't find any sign of anything of the NHK show but I figure that the network had done its usual search-and-destroy mission of any signs of unpermitted NHK coverage on YouTube. However, I've found a fine video by Maibaru Travel as you can see above. I've been to Taipei myself once and all I can say after watching the episodes is that I still have much to discover about the city, especially when it comes to its gastronomy.
Anyways, about that eclectic "soundtrack", and yes, I have put it in quotation marks because I'm fairly sure that NHK is not going to put out an actual soundtrack but I thought it was nice to hear some of the old songs, a few of which were instrumental covers while others were the real McCoy. Here is what I heard as the actor/model on "Otona no Wagamama Tabi" was touring and eating his way through Taipei.
(1997) Yumi Yoshimura -- V.A.C.A.T.I.O.N.
(1986) Akiko Yano -- David
(1981) Eiichi Ohtaki -- FUN X 4
(1990) Kome Kome Club -- Roman Hiko (浪漫飛行）
(1978) Yellow Magic Orchestra -- Tong Poo（東風）
(1998) Misia -- Tsutsumikomuyouni （つつむ込むように）
Kome Kome Club's Roman Hiko is a bit an interesting song in that it existed in 1987 see 'side A' of the Komeguny album(1987), but was released or re-released as single in 1990 and made famous by JAL CM. So, it is both a Showa and Heisei song at the same time!
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