I actually discovered this one from one of my Twitter feeds for 80s Japanese pop music a couple of days ago. Ikue Sakakibara's（榊原郁恵）14th single, "Kaze wo Mitsumete" (Look at the Wind) from December 1979 sounds more like a summer song than something released closer to Christmas time, but thanks to lyricist/composer Ami Ozaki（尾崎亜美）and arranger Tetsuji Hayashi（林哲司）, and the brilliantly sunny delivery by Ikue-chan herself, beaches and bikinis are more the images that come to mind.
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.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Ikue Sakakibara -- Kaze wo Mitsumete （風を見つめて）
I actually discovered this one from one of my Twitter feeds for 80s Japanese pop music a couple of days ago. Ikue Sakakibara's（榊原郁恵）14th single, "Kaze wo Mitsumete" (Look at the Wind) from December 1979 sounds more like a summer song than something released closer to Christmas time, but thanks to lyricist/composer Ami Ozaki（尾崎亜美）and arranger Tetsuji Hayashi（林哲司）, and the brilliantly sunny delivery by Ikue-chan herself, beaches and bikinis are more the images that come to mind.
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