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.
I recognized the Miho Nakayama（中山美穂）song from that rumbly and slightly anarchic melody by Kyohei Tsutsumi（筒美京平）but never learned the title. It turns out to be "Tsuiteru ne, Notteru ne" which I am guessing means "You're Lucky and in the Swing of Things". Takashi Matsumoto（松本隆）wrote the lyrics which describes a young woman who knows well that she's the popular one of the neighbourhood, and she's got those feelings of exhilaration and confidence to match. She probably has more than enough string to wrap a whole ton of guys around her fingers.
Released in August 1986 as her 7th single, I'm curious to know who belongs to that male voice doing the "Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh". Not sure if it could be either Matsumoto or Tsutsumi, but I'm wondering if it could even be Masami Tsuchiya（土屋昌巳）from the New Wave band Ippu-do（一風堂）.
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"Tsuiteru ne, Notteru ne" was Miporin's first single to crack the Top 3 on the charts, peaking at No. 3, ending up as the 51st-ranked single of the year. It was also used in a Shiseido commercial starring the aidoru herself. Its first appearance on an album was "COLLECTION", a release of her singles in November 1987. It hit No. 1 and became the 38th-ranked album for that year.
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