KAN -- Go-juu-nen Ato mo（50年後も）

 

Considering that singer-songwriter KAN passed away less than a month ago far too early in life, listening to this particular song will come across as especially poignant to the point of tears.

"Go-juu-nen Ato mo" (Even After 50 Years) is a track on KAN's 12th studio album "KREMLINMAN" released in April 1999. A ballad of devotion and hope that a man and his beloved will stay together as long as possible, it's about as quintessential as a KAN pop tune can be with the piano and the down-to-earth arrangement. Cue the waterworks if this is ever played at a wedding reception during the dance of the bridge and groom, although the mention of what if death suddenly comes to one of them in the lyrics may be a deal breaker.

The video below has the original version from "KREMLINMAN" while the above has even more of a classical flavour. This comes from KAN's October 2018 "la RiSCOPERTA", his 2nd album of self-covers with a string quartet. As for "KREMLINMAN", it reached No. 31 on Oricon.