Yesterday was one of those rare days that there were no articles posted onto the blog with the reason being that I was out for most of the day with KKP's Larry and one other friend for lunch at our favourite izakaya-turned-store (with a tiny eatery) Kingyo in Cabbagetown. Then, we caught "Oppenheimer" at the theatre. It wasn't exactly light viewing but those three hours passed by at the speed of an electron because the performances and the editing were just that good. "Barbie" will be next as the second half of the famous "Barbenheimer" marketing gag.
Will be starting off today's round of articles with a cover version. When I first saw "Downtown Boy" next to Harumi Tsuyuzaki's（露崎春女）name, I did figure that she would be doing her version of Yumi Matsutoya's（松任谷由実）perky 80s pop song from one of her best albums "No Side" released in 1984. Sure enough, it was.
"Downtown Boy" is a coupling song on Tsuyuzaki's 9th single from November 1999, "Break On Out". With arrangement of the original Yuming（ユーミン）melody by Jeffrey Kuriyama and Mayks. The song is now a contemporary slow jam with inter-verse rap under Tsuyuzaki's cooing vocals. It's a very laidback version although I think that they may have gone a little overboard with the strings.
It’s fun hanging out with you guys. I’m glad Kingyo is back and not just a fish market. Will see you online 😁
ReplyDeleteYeah, maybe the full menu is no longer available at Kingyo but at least we can still get some of our favourites.
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