It's been a little over a couple of years since a Midori Karashima（辛島美登里）article has been put up on "Kayo Kyoku Plus" so I'm going to start off today with one of her creations from her "Beautiful" album which came out in January 1993.
Listened to the album for the first time in several years last night and getting re-acquainted with Midori-sensei's work, it was interesting to realize once more that it wasn't all balladry in "Beautiful". There is also some fairly upbeat material in there bordering on urban contemporary. However, this particular song here is one of her classic ballads which seems to be The Teacher's speciality.
"Anata wa Shiranai" (You Don't Know) is also the singer-songwriter's 14th single from May 1992 with Mitsuo Hagita（萩田光雄）in charge of arrangement. Even listening to it for the first time...again, I could peg the arrangement as all Karashima since it has that certain majestic swing into drama while it is led by the singer's soft and reassuring vocals. I can relax on my sofa but also be transported into air with this one. The video below has her singing "Anata wa Shiranai" close to the original recorded version. The song made it to No. 12 on Oricon.
(at around 14 seconds)
J-Canuck, thanks for covering another Karashima song. Anata wa Shiranai is one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteAmong the different version of this song, I like this concert version the most. It uses guitar as accompaniment. It is simple and makes Karashima's elegant voice stands out much more. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85sPuqBJbo0
I don't know if it's a Karashima thing, but she likes to use the word "air" and "wind" as an analogy of lost love forbidden love, something that exists but nobody notices.
Hi, Larry.
DeleteI was hoping that you would chime in once I put the article up. I will have to check out your concert version.
To be honest, I never noticed her use of "air" and "wind" either but she's often struck me as being very selective of her language in her music, so it wouldn't surprise me.