Just staring at the cover for Takao Kisugi's（来生たかお）December 1979 album "Natural Menu", I felt like he should have gotten a gig for a cooking show on NHK. That is one lovely kitchen, and as it turns out according to the J-Wiki article on "Natural Menu", that was no set but his real kitchen after he had just gotten married. The photo itself inspired Kisugi to name the album "Natural Menu"!
Today is a Sunday and in keeping with that relaxed Sunday morning theme along with Takao himself enjoying that Western breakfast of toast, sunny-side egg, orange juice and coffee, I give you one of the tracks "Yuruyaka ni Ai ga..." (Love Slowly...). Composed by the singer, written by his sister Etsuko Kisugi（来生えつこ）and arranged by Masataka Matsutoya（松任谷正隆）, it comes across as the ultimate Sunday brunch song with that relaxing rhythm, the old-style pop feeling (something Gilbert O'Sullivan-ish) and Takao's crooning vocals. Heck, I've even read that Yosui Inoue（井上陽水）was helping out in the background chorus although I couldn't quite pick him out.
I love the drums and the horns in this one and I think there is even a violin in there, too.
ReplyDeleteYeah, in a definite way, this sounds very Kisugi!
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