Wedding Songs

 

Well, I was traipsing through Mariya Takeuchi's（竹内まりや）J-Wiki file the other day when I realized that she and Tatsuro Yamashita（山下達郎）got married in April 1982. Whoa! That would mean that last month, the First Couple of City Pop just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. Finding out that the traditional 40th anniversary gift is ruby, I wonder whether the two got a gift from Akira Terao（寺尾聰）...very inside joke there.

Yes, I forgot to laugh, too. Anyways, realizing that piece of Japanese popular music trivia and also knowing that the upcoming June is a favourite time for those weddings to take place, I figured that I could create a short list of wedding-themed songs. Now, I also know that there are many many of those songs all over the kayo and J-Pop spectrum, but these are ones that came relatively readily to mind once that idea came into my head. Plus, they already have representation on the blog, so here we go in no specific order.

Mariya Takeuchi -- Let's Get Married (1984)

Reimy -- Marry Me (1990)

Yumi Matsutoya -- Anniversary (1989)

Yuzo Kayama -- O-Yome ni Oide （お嫁においで）(1966)

Sugar -- Wedding Bell (1981)

(Warning: Don't play this at a wedding reception...lovely bossa nova tune but really spiteful lyrics😁)

Takuro Yoshida -- Kekkon Shiyo yo (結婚しようよ）(1972)

Hiromi Go -- Oyome Samba （お嫁サンバ）(1981)

Rumiko Koyanagi -- Seto no Hanayome （瀬戸の花嫁）(1972)

To finish up, Happy 40th to the Yamashitas and congratulations on any viewers who will be tying the knot in the next little while!