There are a lot of songs I could choose from such as "Summer Candles"and "Surf & Tears" but I decided to go with "Surf City", one of the tracks from her 5th album "Bi-Ki-Ni" released in June 1983. It has that appealing sunset drive sort of sound which distinguishes it from her usual very uptempo Summer tunes. The ballad was written and composed by Takeshi Kobayashi（小林武史）, who would be taking care of 90s hit band My Little Lover many years later.
I've been a fan of Japanese popular music for 40 years, and have managed to collect a lot of material during that time. So I decided I wanted to talk about Showa Era music with like-minded fans. My particular era is the 70s and 80s (thus the "kayo kyoku"). The plus part includes a number of songs and artists from the last 30 years and also the early kayo. So, let's talk about New Music, aidoru, City Pop and enka.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Anri -- Surf City
There are a lot of songs I could choose from such as "Summer Candles"and "Surf & Tears" but I decided to go with "Surf City", one of the tracks from her 5th album "Bi-Ki-Ni" released in June 1983. It has that appealing sunset drive sort of sound which distinguishes it from her usual very uptempo Summer tunes. The ballad was written and composed by Takeshi Kobayashi（小林武史）, who would be taking care of 90s hit band My Little Lover many years later.
Thank you - summer in Hawaii - Anri on lp at the time. This is the quintessential summer song. Thank you. Sounds great on the old fashioned huge living room speakers. This was a great summer - Anzen Chitai, Nakamori Akina, etc.
ReplyDeleteThanks for chiming in. I wasn't sure if anyone was listening to this song recently. I've got a few more summer tunes to squeeze in before the 21st arrives. TUBE and Omega Tribe, for example.
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