Izumi Kobayashi & Flying Mimi Band -- Hello, Hello, Hello（ハロー・ハロー・ハロー）

 

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Well, as I write this, Gmail is having a bit of an issue right now which means that I can't upload any images in the normal sense on the blog, so I had to pull a bit of a rabbit out of the hat to get this one up here. Not surprisingly, there are folks venting out in frustration on Twitter about the Great Gmail Meltdown of 2022.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NWs3_1z0JE

As such at this time, I can't directly bring the video from YouTube to the blog as I always do, but the link is doable so no problems. At my age and attitude toward life, I'm not going to freak out anymore over something like this, and therefore, I think that I am starting this Friday's bunch of urban contemporary music articles with the ideal cooldown song. The mellow "Hello, Hello, Hello" by Izumi Kobayashi（小林泉美）& Flying Mimi Band is a track from her March 1978 album "ORANGE SKY -- Endless Summer --", something that I already wrote an article about a few years ago. Written and composed by the singer-musician, it just demands laying down in the hammock by the sea with a pina colada in one's hand while the laidback melody and Kobayashi's high-falutin' vocals waft past and over you. "Hello, Hello, Hello" is as much a relaxation mantra as it is a title.

For those affected, let's hope that Gmail is back up and running sometime in the next few hours.

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