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Friday, February 28, 2020

Off-Course -- Kikasete(きかせて)


It's a Friday afternoon...things are looking pretty sunny though still brisk out there (a high of -4 Celsius), and my work is done for the day. Perhaps, something quiet and contemplative yet cool to start off another stint on "Kayo Kyoku Plus".


Y'know, I listen to Off-Course's(オフコース)"Kikasete" (Let Me Know), and I get all sorts of Doobie Brothers balladry alarms going off in my head. It's the perfect afternoon old-style number by Kazumasa Oda(小田和正), who wrote and composed it, and the rest of the band.

As I've discovered over the years, Off-Course often delved into the sadder aspects of love while having them adorned with wonderful melodies. No difference here as Oda relates the story of a man who seems to be desperately hounding his ex-girlfriend over what happened to them. Perhaps he feels that there may be hope to salvage things although the hint is there that she's now with someone else; in any case, it probably won't end well.

Of course, it's Off-Course, so the mellowness is perfectly intact along with the Fender Rhodes and a harmonica, plus the background chorus. "Kikasete" was actually the final track on the band's 8th album "We Are" from November 1980, the same release with the hit "Yes-No".



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