Having watched Japanese comedy over the years, I've known and enjoyed acts such as The Drifters(ザ・ドリフターズ), Tunnels(とんねるず)and Kuniko Yamada(山田邦子). Ironically, though, I never got to know Kin'ichi Hagimoto(萩本欽一)quite as well although he seems to occupy the status of a grand marshal of variety shows and comedy. I recollect that I did catch a few episodes of his long-running show "Kin Don!"(欽ドン!)which also featured 3 comics who would become Imo Kin Trio(イモ欽トリオ)and spawn a novelty technopop hit "High School Lullaby".
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.
Friday, August 3, 2018
Akiko Wada -- Kimi ga No ni Saku Bara nara(君が野に咲くバラなら)
Having watched Japanese comedy over the years, I've known and enjoyed acts such as The Drifters(ザ・ドリフターズ), Tunnels(とんねるず)and Kuniko Yamada(山田邦子). Ironically, though, I never got to know Kin'ichi Hagimoto(萩本欽一)quite as well although he seems to occupy the status of a grand marshal of variety shows and comedy. I recollect that I did catch a few episodes of his long-running show "Kin Don!"(欽ドン!)which also featured 3 comics who would become Imo Kin Trio(イモ欽トリオ)and spawn a novelty technopop hit "High School Lullaby".
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