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Intriguing thing about that "Uta Con"（うたコン）episode that I'd mentioned in my previous article. Being the 100th anniversary of NHK, the show did the weekly dip into the time vault and this time around, they dug through 1986. Of course, that also meant looking at the annual Kohaku Utagassen footage from that year, and lo and behold, dancing wunderkind dancing aidoru Yoko Oginome was on stage.
Additionally, she was singing what is arguably her most famous hit, "Dancing Hero"（ダンシング・ヒーロー）, from 1985 which was the cover version of Angie Gold's "Eat You Up". And it was maybe for that reason that Oginome's voice and the entire song got the Jme treatment of copyright-enforced Muzak-inflicted blanking out of "Dancing Hero". Geez...the powers-that-be are really getting harsh.
Inspired (and triggered) by that incident, I've decided that I'll put up my own favourite five Yoko Oginome tunes in no particular order.
(1985) Dancing Hero （ダンシング・ヒーロー）
(1986) Roppongi Junjouha （六本木純情派）
(1992) Coffee Rumba（コーヒー・ルンバ）
(1987) Kitakaze no Carol （北風のキャロル）
(1988) Stardust Dream （スターダスト・ドリーム）
J-Canuck Guess what? 荻野目 is going to be a guest on next week's Uta-con(2025年5月27日)! And, she is going to be performing 1992's「コーヒー・ルンバ」"Coffee Rumba" live.
ReplyDeleteYup, I saw the lineup for next week before "Uta Con" signed off. Considering "Coffee Rumba" and its origins, I wonder whether Jme will slap on the copyright Muzak there, too.
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