tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post2632433144031951424..comments2024-03-28T12:12:30.122-04:00Comments on Kayo Kyoku Plus: Hitomi Ishikawa -- Machibuse (まちぶせ)J-Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09551828383307840403noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-51132956533542778832016-10-30T11:50:48.645-04:002016-10-30T11:50:48.645-04:00Hitomi meets Seiko.
http://www.dailymotion.com/vi...Hitomi meets Seiko.<br /><br />http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6fubc_miki-seiko-machibuse_newsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-9533172790949825462016-09-08T04:47:48.739-04:002016-09-08T04:47:48.739-04:00Amusingly, Hitomi's next single was also anoth...Amusingly, Hitomi's next single was also another Seiko Miki cover, which again outperformed the original, although it didn't do nearly as well as Machibuse.<br /><br />Having listened to the three versions (Seiko Miki, Hitomi Ishikawa, Yumi Arai), Hitomi's version is by far the best. Miki's voice is flat (a similar issue with Keiko Shimazaki and Omoidasanaide, except that Shimazaki's voice was even flatter, and Iwasaki an even better singer than Ishikawa). Arai, oddly, doesn't seem to take her own song seriously. Only Ishikawa puts a lot of feeling into her version.<br /><br />Browsing the tubes the other day, I found this clip. Forward to 3:18 for a rare clip. It seems Miki sounds a bit less flat live than recorded.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQoM9vRHnks<br /><br />And another clip of Hitomi, flanked by some pretty hefty big hitters (Naoko Kawai and Akina Nakamori), and backed by newcomers who would become pretty big hitters themselves (Minako Honda dates the clip to 1985), but definitely with Hitomi as the centrepiece. Not bad considering she thought her career was over in 1981.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU9e7MLI2uA<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-25845441925354124132016-09-07T19:15:31.274-04:002016-09-07T19:15:31.274-04:00Hello there.
I've seen a few cases of singers...Hello there.<br /><br />I've seen a few cases of singers or bands that were ready to give up when that big hit finally came through, and I guess that was the case with Ishikawa. Getting onto the Kohaku was the culmination of a good year so it was no surprise that her emotions got the best of her.J-Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551828383307840403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-25287543210699964332016-09-07T18:51:04.073-04:002016-09-07T18:51:04.073-04:00From my google translate of her wiki entry, it loo...From my google translate of her wiki entry, it looks like she was going to retire after Machibuse, but presumably its success caused to to change her mind. If so, it explains why she was so emotional in Kohaku, having thought that her career would be over, and never dreaming that she appear in the end of year extravaganza.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com