Y'know...I may have to consider doing an Author's Pick on the Burt Bacharach-influenced Japanese pop songs that I have encountered over the years. The famed composer and producer passed away only a few months ago but I guarantee that the songs that he created during the 1960s and beyond have already immortalized him. However, there may be other nations' pop output which may have indeed followed the master's carefree and swinging style. I know that Japan is one of them.
Case in point: Yumi Tanimura's（谷村有美）"Rush Hour no Adam & Eve" (Rush Hour Adam & Eve) from her May 1990 4th album "Prism". A story of a couple who hadn't officially been a couple until a fateful night before, this was written by Tanimura and composed by Tatsuya Nishiwaki（西脇辰弥）. The Bacharach arrangement is very loud, clear and fresh. I can almost say that Tanimura and Nishiwaki had wanted to create a mini-1960s rom-com movie with this arrangement and the story about how the aforementioned couple has handled the sudden coupling as the guy heads back to work on the train somewhat in shock.
Speaking of rush hours, now that Golden Week is just about back to normal, folks traveling may be expecting those 50 km-long traffic jams on the expressways and 120% capacity Bullet Trains. Ironically, the regular rush hours in the metropoles will be a lot less stressful for those who are still working this week.
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