Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Keiko Maruyama -- Douzo Kono Mama (どうぞこのまま）


After listening to this atmospheric 1976 song by Keiko Maruyama (丸山圭子）, you might think that "Douzo Kono Mama"(Please Keep It So) belongs in a 1960s Peter Sellers movie scored by Henry Mancini (The Pink Panther, The Party). It's led by a bossa nova-playing Fender Rhodes piano and strings that just kinda makes one head for that cocktail bar on the top of the Waldorf-Astoria. But actually, the song was composed and written by Maruyama herself at the age of 22. It became her biggest hit and peaked at No. 5 on the Oricon weeklies (I had to get this info from the liner notes of a compilation album).

"Douzo Kono Mama"has gotten onto a number of kayo kyoku compilation albums, but it originally got onto Maruyama's 2nd album, "Tasogare Memory"（黄昏めもりい....Twilight Memory), also released in 1976.

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2 comments:

  1. anonymousApril 1, 2021 at 4:05 AM

    Thank you for share info about this beautiful bossa nova atmosferic song, any similar in style song you might heard?

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    1. J-CanuckApril 1, 2021 at 11:43 AM

      Hello there. Bossa nova has always been an ingredient that Japanese pop singers have loved to include in their music. You can try exploring through the Latin category in the Labels section. There are also a couple of recommendations I have as well.

      Yumi Arai -- Ano Hi ni Kaeritai https://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2012/03/yumi-arai-ano-hi-ni-kaeritai.html

      Hiroaki Igarashi -- Twilight Bossa https://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2018/10/hiroaki-igarashi-twilight-bossa.html

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