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Thursday, February 22, 2018

Tatsuro Yamashita -- Magic Ways


Another wonderfully sunny song by the master himself, Tatsuro Yamashita（山下達郎）. "Magic Ways" is a song that I had yet to hear so it's great that I can still discover new things from Tats.


A song from the soundtrack album "Big Wave" for which the original LP was released in June 1984, it was composed by Yamashita and written by Alan O'Day. The pair had also been responsible for the title track and the heart-on-your-sleeve classic ballad "Your Eyes".

"Magic Ways" settles nicely between those two songs in terms of tone. It's a mid-tempo strut or shuffle down the boardwalk on a sunny day, and Yamashita still amazes with that English delivery of his. I can only hope that spring gets here sooner.
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 7, 2021 at 8:16 PM

    a fantastic song i really enjoy the entire album my self happy or sad it fits what ever mood im in !

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