tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post3972658299306814362..comments2024-03-27T13:55:03.912-04:00Comments on Kayo Kyoku Plus: Ken Yabuki/Kiyoshi Hikawa -- Ushiro no Sugata/Anata no Blues (うしろの姿・あなたのブルース)J-Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09551828383307840403noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-41076003436538671592021-09-07T21:14:48.778-04:002021-09-07T21:14:48.778-04:00Hi, taylor2000. It's a good version and I'...Hi, taylor2000. It's a good version and I'm assuming that from his other videos, it's nagataka1949 himself singing "Anata no Blues".J-Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551828383307840403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-51906251407982281262021-09-07T19:57:35.447-04:002021-09-07T19:57:35.447-04:00hello! thank you for your wonderful blog. it's...hello! thank you for your wonderful blog. it's such an amazing resource.<br /><br />i am curious if you happen to know who sings this particular version?<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwEQdz50RKotaylor 2000https://www.blogger.com/profile/02239440591161413493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-18308814235624495772014-08-18T10:41:25.669-04:002014-08-18T10:41:25.669-04:00I'm a bit surprised that 'Musoubana' d...I'm a bit surprised that 'Musoubana' didn't make it onto any of the medleys. I would have thought the refrain by itself would've qualified it. Akira Terao's "Ruby no Yubiwa" definitely did latch on permanently to the ears of a lot of the baby boomers in Japan, including me, as this representative song from the 80s.J-Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551828383307840403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-53332262072231465082014-08-18T01:42:44.431-04:002014-08-18T01:42:44.431-04:00I listened to 'Musoubana'. I think it beat...I listened to 'Musoubana'. I think it beats 'Anata no blues' in the repetition department! So many 'Tonde' and 'Mawatte' consecutively... It sounds pretty good nonetheless, although I can't say I've seen this guy or this song on any of those YouTube videos showing medleys of the best songs from the 70s and or 80s. <br /><br />I would want to say he's something like Akira Terao since they seem to only be popular with one song in particular, but... well, I've seen Akira Terao on those medleys and no this Hiroshi fellow. Noelle Thamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869350840856391942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-90617137211110636872014-08-15T11:36:19.461-04:002014-08-15T11:36:19.461-04:00Hi Noelle. Good to hear from you.
Yeah, I think t...Hi Noelle. Good to hear from you.<br /><br />Yeah, I think the singers with the low voices (or who can pull off anguish well) such as Tendo and Fuji would be the prime singers for "Anata no Blues" (or perhaps any song with the title "....no Blues") since their "cigarette-and-whiskey" voices can express the lows they've suffered.<br /><br />As for that "weird guy", it was Katsuhiko Miki behind "Hana wa Osokatta" (花はおそかった). I was just reading his entry on J-Wiki and when he made his appearance on the 1967 Kohaku with that song, his "Bakayaro" made quite an impression. Apparently, a couple of other songs paid a bit of tribute to that exhortation, one of them being Masahiko Kondo's "Blue Jeans Memory"(http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.ca/2012/03/masahiko-kondo-blue-jeans-memory.html). I think the producers picked the right song for that episode of "Kayo Concert" since the theme was 'dramatic kayo'. Strangely enough, I've only known Miki as the smooth partner of Sachiko Kobayashi in "Moshikashite, Part II".<br /><br />Finally as for the repeated "anata" in "Anata no Blues", you should also take a look at Hiroshi Madoka's "Musoubana" (http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.ca/2012/10/hiroshi-madoka-musoubana.html) and check the repetition there! :)J-Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551828383307840403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-13477402344584060032014-08-15T06:50:56.646-04:002014-08-15T06:50:56.646-04:00I've always found this song quite funny, since...I've always found this song quite funny, since they sing the words 'anata' at least ten times in the song - and then again I also didn't really know what the song meant, only that it sounds rather sad.<br /><br />I say Yoshimi Tendo pulled off the song quite well because of her low voice. I think the episode of Kayo concert she was on singing that song was with Yuzo Kayama singing 'Kimi to itsumademo' (great song by the way) and this other weird guy singing a song ending with him screaming out 'Bakayaro!!!' which I personally found the most amusing part of all the Kayo concerts I've seen so far (almost 10 I think), I'm rather new to it...Noelle Thamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869350840856391942noreply@blogger.com