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Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Yoko Nishigori -- Futari(二人)


She may be known as jazz chanteuse Kei Hoshino(星乃けい)now but around 40 years ago, she was known as pop singer Yoko Nishigori(西郡よう子), and I discovered her through a Ruiko Kurahashi(倉橋ルイ子)song which was actually a cover of Nishgori's 1978 single "Kono Ai ni Ikite"(この愛に生きて).


Well, I have yet to purchase any of her material, but I came across this track from her lone 1980 album, "My Name is YOKO" under her original name. Titled "Futari" (Two People), Nishigori goes with the City Pop flow here in a dreamy and creamy sense. With some nice quietly percolating percussion, some mellow bass and thrumming keyboards, "Futari" could make for the pleasant background for an upscale dinner date although the video featuring scenes from the 1980 South Korean movie "A Fine, Windy Day" makes things rather intense. Kazuko Kobayashi and Kingo Hamada(小林和子・浜田金吾)created the song, and I had to track that down to a close-up picture of Side 1 of the LP itself.

2 comments:

  1. Ne ono baseba anata ga iru
    teburu wo hasande suwateiru

    mada namae wo yobi sute ni dekisu
    Newspaper ah mekuru o todo dake

    ah hoga ni koibito iru no yo nante
    yakasete mita iso de dake ja aata no ni

    ah urasui daato horo ni ga imede
    toku-oboi yari mitsumeteiru hito

    Ijiwaru ne shiran kao shite
    ijiwaru ne aishiteiru~tte
    Totsuzen yuu kara
    Furimuke na kaattta


    II

    Ima tabako-otori da suteni
    kamera wasu nigi te o kasaneru wa
    hane no kettara kono mama de kaeru
    hohoemi nara ude ni tobi komu

    ah soro higurashi no koi no aata wa,
    kotoba ni sure ba utsukushi ku naru kedo
    ah anata ni aate , ushirau koto o , hajimete osoreta shiawase sugitte

    Outro
    Ijiwaru ne nemu tappuri de
    Iijiawru ne aishiteiru~~te
    daki o seraretara namida ga afureta

    Ijiwaru ne shiran kaoshite
    Ijiwaru aishiteruuttte
    Totsuzen yuu kara mmmmmm
    burimu kena ka atta

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    1. Hello there. Thanks for putting up the lyrics for "Futari". If I may add some corrections to your transcription:

      Te wo nobaseba anata ga iru
      Teburu wo hasande suwateiru
      Mada namae wo yobi sute ni dekizu
      Newspaper mekuru oto dake

      Ah hoka ni koibito iru no yo nante
      Yakasete mitai soredake datta no ni
      Ah unazuita ato horo nigai me de
      Tooku bonyari mitsumeteru hito

      Ijiwaru ne shiran kao shite
      Ijiwaru ne aishiteiru~tte
      Totsuzen yuu kara
      Furimuke nakatta

      Ima tabako wo toridasu te ni
      Tamerawazu migite wo kasaneru wa
      Hane noketara kono mama de kaeru
      Hohoemi nara ude ni tobikomu

      Ah sono higurashi no koi no atta wa,
      Kotoba ni sureba utsukushiku naru kedo
      Ah anata ni atte , ushinau koto wo , hajimete osoreta Shiawase sugitte

      Outro
      Ijiwaru ne nemuttafuri de
      Iijiawru ne aishiteiru~~te
      Daki yoseraretara namida ga afureta

      Ijiwaru ne shiran kao shite
      Ijiwaru aishiterutte
      Totsuzen yuu kara mmmmmm
      Furimuke nakatta

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