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.
Ne ono baseba anata ga iru
ReplyDeleteteburu 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
Hello there. Thanks for putting up the lyrics for "Futari". If I may add some corrections to your transcription:
DeleteTe 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