Tomoyasu Hotei -- Beat Emotion

 

I forgot to mention today that this week marks the beginning of Diwali celebrations for many people including Hindus, so I would like to wish them well during their Festival of Lights.

At the same time, our province of Ontario is having a whole rash of mayoral elections today with results coming out as I speak, so there will be celebrations of a more political nature. I can imagine that some of the music will involve quite a bit of rock, and as such, I figure that I can end the KKP broadcasting day with something from that genre. So, here is "Beat Emotion" from the one and only rocker Tomoyasu Hotei（布袋寅泰）.

His 3rd single, Hotei concocted all of "Beat Emotion" and released it in June 1991 to get his first No. 1 ranking as a solo artist. According to the J-Wiki writeup for "Beat Emotion", Hotei felt so good making this one that he felt that just had to make this a single release. As for the title, it was something that Hotei himself made up to describe that impulse sparking a heartbeat, and he felt that it was a phrase which suited him to a T. The same title was actually used to name an album for his old band BOØWY back in 1986, and Hotei felt that there was still plenty of meaningful juice in the phrase to also use it for his own single.

I'd probably say that "Beat Emotion", after listening to it a few times, is a song whose impulse can actually spark a typhoon. The single finished 1991 as the 53rd-ranked song. It also appeared on his 2nd album "GUITARHYTHM II" from August that same year, and that release also hit the top spot on Oricon with it becoming the 45th-ranked album.