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Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Rika Nakai and LOS INDIOS -- Daiteyaccha Sakuragicho (抱いてやっちゃ桜木町)


I would never expect to see LOS INDIOS paired with an NGT48 member any time, but now we’re here with this song called “Daiteyaccha Sakuragicho”. To be honest, this is very wrong in so many levels that I can’t even start, but the possibility of this outrageous combination is the main reason why I love Japanese pop music in the first place.

“Daiteyaccha Sakuragicho” is a coupling track to the Type-B edition of NGT48’s “Sekai wa Doko Made Aozora na no ka?” (世界はどこまで青空なのか?) single, which was released in December 2017. As a song, it’s a return to Showa Era Kayo Kyoku in great style, and I even enjoy Rika Nakai's awkward squeaky vocals backed by the Latin beat, a wailing guitar, dramatic strings and LOS INDIOS’ harmonies. Like I said earlier, it doesn’t work properly, but its audacity makes up for all the bad things. It vaguely reminds me “Kudokinagara Azabu Juuban” (口説きながら麻布十番), a song released by the extinct SDN48 with Mino Monta (みの もんた) back in 2011.

The “Sekai wa Doko Made Aozora na no ka?” single reached #2 on the Oricon chart, selling 148,442 copies in the first week. Lyrics for the song were written by Yasushi Akimoto (秋元康), while music was composed by Kensuke Toyoda (豊田健甫). As for the arrangement, Makoto Wakatabe (若田部誠) was the responsible.

Source: generasia.com

2 comments:

  1. Hello Marcos and Happy Holidays!

    Ah...yeah. Not exactly a perfect fit but still on a goofily nostalgic level, it has its charms. It did remind me of the Monta/SDN48 collaboration that you had talked about. Perhaps if anything, "Daiteyaccha Sakuragicho" can get some fans intrigued about the Mood Kayo from the 50s and 60s.

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    1. Hi, J-Canuck. Happy Holidays for you and your family as well.

      I don't really know how the fans truly react to these type of things. Unfortunately, I think they will only see it as some kind of gimmicky thing that their favorite aidoru was chosen to do.

      Anyway, I like when AKB48 and its sister groups try different things, since it makes their catalogue sound a little less dusty.

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