The first day of spring supposedly arrived at 5:01 am this morning. It's not exactly warmer out there and in fact, it's looking downright gray but I'll take everyone's word for it. As my friend tells me annually, here in Toronto, we will never be sure of spring's arrival until May.
Anyways, I didn't realize it until yesterday but I had yet to put up an Author's Pick on spring-titled songs so here are some of them although I'm sure that there are plenty of those out there in the kayo kyoku/J-Pop zeitgeist.
(1976) Candies -- Haru Ichiban (春一番）
(1977) Masao Sen -- Kitaguni no Haru (北国の春）
(1983) Yoshie Kashiwabara -- Haru Nanoni (春なのに）
(1994) Yumi Matsutoya -- Haru yo, Koi （春よ、来い）
(1997) Takako Matsu -- Ashita, Haru ga Kitara（明日、春が来たら）
Hey, I didn't know that Candies Haru Ichiban (春一番）was released in 1976! Yuming's 'Haru yo Koi' was used at my daughter's high school graduation ceremony so it seems to have remain popular after all these years, and I wasn't aware of Takako Matsu 1997 song it seems to lean more toward a techo feel.
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