Saki Kubota -- Orange Air Mail Special（オレンジ・エアメール・スペシャル）

It's been a good long while since I've written about singer-songwriter Saki Kubota（久保田早紀）who is now known under her real name of Sayuri Kume（久米小百合）.

Actually, I saw a recent segment from some morning wide show presented on YouTube which featured Kubota, and so that reminder along with the fact that it's another Hump Day today (got a snowstorm coming in later this afternoon which is "perfect" for a Hump Day) had me make the choice to put this one up.

"Orange Air Mail Special" is Kubota's 4th single from April 1981, and though it isn't quite on the same level as her iconic "Ihojin"（異邦人）, it's a thriving injection of musical Vitamin C. Plus, there's plenty to get nostalgic about here with those shimmering strings and wailing guitar which characterized many a dynamic Japanese pop song back then. Just the overall feel of "Orange Air Mail Special", which describes someone's encouragement of a friend to get out of the blues, had me thinking of some of the tunes by Queen and Electric Light Orchestra.

With Kubota composing the music, Keisuke Yamakawa（山川啓介）wrote the lyrics. You can take a look below at the segment that I just mentioned.

(Sorry but the video has been taken down.)