A rare heads-up but with the Yuletide just around the corner, I thought I would let you know that come December 1, I will be profiling a number of the Japanese Xmas songs (along with the usual kayo kyoku) that have come to fill my head and my CD shelves over the years as much as "White Christmas" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"have.
It's initially a bit odd that a nation that has less than 2% of its population officially practicing Christianity would be so much into Christmas, but in Japan, it's much less about the birth of Christ than it is about that part of the Holidays that terrifies Charlie Brown.
So be prepared for songs from Yuming, Junichi Inagaki, Dreams Come True, Seiko Matsuda and many others as KK Plus takes on J-Xmas!
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.
Credits
I would like to give credit where credit is due. Videos are from YouTube and other sources such as NicoNico while Oricon rankings and other information are translated from the Japanese Wikipedia unless noted.
Monday, November 5, 2012
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