Sing Like Talking -- Ai wo Tomerarenai（愛を止められない）

 

There is a brief comment by Unknown underneath the article for Sing Like Talking's "Kaze ni Dakarete"（風に抱かれて）which I posted back in 2015 and also an exchange between former contributor nikala and myself. Happily, it was a complimentary one about how they had never heard the dulcet tones of Chikuzen Sato（佐藤竹善）and the cool grooves of SLT before and they were now glad they had. Sato and company can have that effect on people. 😍

"Kaze ni Dakarete" was Sing Like Talking's 17th single from August 1994 which I inexplicably and shamefully didn't mention in the original article, except to say that it was included as a track on the band's album "Togetherness" from the same year. Well, the single did have its coupling tracks including "Ai wo Tomerarenai" (Can't Stop Love), and once again we have another winner. Whereas "Kaze ni Dakarete" traverses that line between Doobie Bros. AOR and R&B, "Ai wo Tomerarenai" is a late 80s or early 90s funky strut (New Jack Swing?) that was designed by vocalist Sato and SLT's Chiaki Fujita（藤田千章）. Unfortunately, the video gets cut off abruptly but at least we get most of the song.