Kinda weird our weather but we Torontonians have known that for decades. Meteorologists would love to reside here...or not. Yesterday we had Humidex readings of 30 Celsius but this morning, the wind chill factor was -3 C! And in between, we had a five-minute thunderstorm around the dinner hour which seemed to be filled with a dozen thunderstorms worth of rain. Power went out for a few seconds in my neighbourhood but I consider us to be lucky; there are some other areas in the city which were still out as of this morning.
So I gather that for this week's Hump Day, we can start with a song titled "Weather Report". The last time I wrote on Naomi Kawashima（川島なお美）, it was back in early 2023 for her finger-snapping City Pop opening track "Brunch ga Dekiru made"（ブランチができるまで）from her July 1983 3rd album "Shower no Ato de"（シャワーのあとで...After Takin' Shower）. "Weather Report" just happens to follow after that.
Written by Yasushi Akimoto（秋元康）and composed by Tetsuji Hayashi（林哲司）, the second track takes on a calmer West Coast AOR line. Kawashima sings about how the change in weather can compare to her romantic fortunes. Perhaps this would be the ideal song after that brunch while still savoring the mimosas.🍹
There is even a song called “Weather Report"??? Wow! Well, I think this song is prophetic in that it has correctly predicted the weather for Golden Week in the blue forest. It is probably going to be either cloudy or rainy here!
ReplyDeleteI really should be referring to the fact that it is Golden Week right now in Japan. It's just that it seems to have gotten to a slow start.
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