Chieri Ito -- Merry Christmas

 

Of course, since we're now into December, Xmas is around the corner and Rocket Brown from "Come Along Radio" has put up his nearly 3-hour J-Xmas extravaganza on Mixcloud, so do please have a gander at that. I think I was 15 minutes into the broadcast when I heard the following number.

This is "Merry Christmas" from late 1980s aidoru Chieri Ito's（伊藤智恵理）debut album "Hello", and it's a pretty rollicking addition to the J-Xmas collection. Written by Masami Tozawa（戸沢暢美）and composed by Haruhiko Kawakami（川上明彦）, the one reason that I threw in the Eurobeat label in there was because of those banging synths in the intro and throughout the song, but otherwise, "Merry Christmas" relates itself as a pretty upbeat aidoru tune with a constantly driving beat. Maybe it could be something to listen to while putting up the decorations on the tree.

Also have a look-see at the two other Ito articles that have been put up so far: "Coconuts no Kataomoi" (ココナッツの片想い) by Marcos V. and then my story on "Paradise Walker"（パラダイス・ウォーカー）.