Tetsuji Hayashi -- Loving in the Rain

 

Good to hear that the temperatures in Japan seem to have come down to more bearable levels. I was pleasantly surprised to see on the NHK weather board that the highs are around 26 degrees Celsius while the lows are around 22 degrees in the Kanto region at least. In comparison, Toronto will have a high of 22 today. I've got a couple of friends who have travel plans in Japan next month and they will be quite relieved at the downward shift in the heat.

Just to start off the usual Urban Contemporary Friday today, we've got a pretty laidback 90s City Pop tune by singer-songwriter Tetsuji Hayashi（林哲司）. From his "Pop x Art" album from September 1992, I give you his "Loving in the Rain" which was written and composed by Hayashi with further lyrical work by Kanata Asamizu（朝水彼方）. However, I can't say that it's totally down-home Japanese City Pop since especially when it comes to the main chorus and the instrumental bridge, there's something very sweepingly 60s Bacharach thanks to the strings. It even takes things into Swingout Sister sophisticated pop territory.