As it turned out, the single was a goodbye of sorts but only to the solo part of her career as "Ringo no Uta" was the final song before she became the core of rock band Tokyo Jihen (2003-2012). As for the change in style, Ringo had wanted to create a song that would be enjoyed closely by the kids and even desired the NHK kid's music program "Minna no Uta"(みんなのうた...Everybody's Songs) to broadcast it. The show did so, airing the song from October to November 2003. I never would've imagined a Ringo song to make it onto that program up to that point. And according to J-Wiki, her fame earned enough clout so that it was released on Tuesday November 25th which was her 25th birthday instead of the usual CD release day of Wednesday. "Ringo no Uta" made it as far as No. 2 on the singles charts and went Gold.
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.
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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.
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Ringo Shiina -- Ringo no Uta (りんごのうた)
As it turned out, the single was a goodbye of sorts but only to the solo part of her career as "Ringo no Uta" was the final song before she became the core of rock band Tokyo Jihen (2003-2012). As for the change in style, Ringo had wanted to create a song that would be enjoyed closely by the kids and even desired the NHK kid's music program "Minna no Uta"(みんなのうた...Everybody's Songs) to broadcast it. The show did so, airing the song from October to November 2003. I never would've imagined a Ringo song to make it onto that program up to that point. And according to J-Wiki, her fame earned enough clout so that it was released on Tuesday November 25th which was her 25th birthday instead of the usual CD release day of Wednesday. "Ringo no Uta" made it as far as No. 2 on the singles charts and went Gold.
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