Pedro & Capricious -- Meishin（迷信）

 

Pedro & Capricious（ペドロ&カプリシャス）has delved into a number of genres over the years whether it be folk, rock, City Pop and AOR. Most people who aren't die-hard fans of the group know the band for the gentle hit "Go-ban Gai no Mari e" (五番街のマリーへ）from 1973.

I could recognize future star solo chanteuse Mariko Takahashi（高橋真梨子）or perhaps as she was known then, Mari Takahashi, singing "Meishin" (Superstition), and yep, I'm talking about a cover of one of Stevie Wonder's many classic hits. This was a track from Pedro & Capricious' November 1973 album "Karei naru New Pops no Sekai"（華麗なるニューポップスの世界...The World of Splendid New Pops）, and in fact, it was a part of Side B which consisted of covers of other non-Japanese tunes. Side A had a lot of their own homegrown songs including "Go-ban Gai no Mari e". There seems to be more psychedelic rock in this shorter version of the Wonder song which had the balance of the funk and the rock.

But have a listen to the original from a year previously and make those comparisons.