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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Yuki Katsuragi & Daisuke Inoue -- Gray no Asa ni(グレイの朝に)

 

This song is even more poignant when I consider that both Yuki Katsuragi(葛城ユキ)and Daisuke Inoue(井上大輔)are no longer around with us. "Gray no Asa ni" (On a Gray Morning) is a fitting power ballad as a B-side to growly Katsuragi's arguably most famous rock song "Bohemian"(ボヘミアン)from May 1983.

Written by Ryo Shoji(東海林良)and composed by the late Inoue as a duet involving Katsuragi and Inoue, "Gray no Asa ni" seems to be a elegy to a relationship and perhaps the beginnings of new hope in the future. Although there is still some rock in there, I think the melodic inspiration for the ballad also comes from some Motown soul. I like the song but at this point anyways, the sudden crescendo into an epic horn fanfare kinda goes a little too high into the stratosphere. However, if there were ever a joint tribute to Katsuragi and Inoue, this would be the ballad to send them off with.

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