J-Canuck's Days of the Week

By Abby the Pup via Wikimedia Commons

And here I thought that all I needed for a bit of suspense during the Holidays was to watch "Die Hard". However, it looks like the next couple of days in Toronto will be seeing wind warnings which could lead to power outages. Not great during a cold time like now. A lot of folks here including myself still remember the Ice Storm of 2013 which knocked most of the city out for at least a couple of days and many for many days after that.

Still, I'm gonna still slog my way to 1000 articles as best I can. I've got another Author's Picks based on days of the week since I recall that certain Japanese songs have used days of the week in their titles and even their own artist names. All but one of the songs that will be included in the list are already represented on the blog.

(1998) Monday Michiru -- You Make Me

(2006) Ossan -- Kayoubi（火曜日）

(1991) Hideaki Tokunaga -- Wednesday Moon

(1993) Pizzicato Five -- Yasashii Mokuyoubi（優しい木曜日）

Yup, "Yasashii Mokuyoubi" (Sweet Thursday) is the odd group out this time, but it is most certainly not an odd song. It's a very pretty tune by Pizzicato Five evoking a pleasant spring walk in Paris on that day. With the feeling of Shibuya-kei, the Divine Ms. Maki Nomiya（野宮真貴）vocally gives her version of a waltz along the Seine. I had a bit of a time tracking this down regarding when the song was originally released but thankfully its inclusion in "The Band of 20th Century: Nippon Columbia Years 1991-2001" gave me the big hint. It was just a matter of looking up those albums under Columbia and finding out that "Yasashii Mokuyoubi" had been placed in the June 1993 album "Bossa Nova 2001"（ボサ・ノヴァ2001）.

(1992) Dreams Come True -- Kessen wa Kin'youbi (決戦は金曜日）

(1982) EPO -- Doyou no Yoru wa Paradise (土曜の夜はパラダイス）

(2009) Chikuzen Sato -- Sunny Sunday Morning '09