It's finally feeling like a decent spring day out there after several days of chilly snaps and wet weather. Hopefully, Sunday has been a decent one for you as well.
Shizue Abe's（あべ静江）"Yurameki" (Fluttering) was her 11th single, released in February 1977. I first heard it when I was watching an old episode of "Yoru no Hit Studio"（夜のヒットスタジオ）the other day and the singer made her appearance. Written by Jiro Sugita（杉田二郎）and composed by Tsuzuru Nakasato（中里綴）, it doesn't quite have the impactful percussion that started off her classic hit, "Coffee Shop de"（コーヒーショップで）from 1973, but the 1970s kayo sweetness with a pinch of uncertainty are there. Abe sings about a couple holding onto dear life figuratively as they wonder about the fragility of love during one sunset. Y'know...investing in some life insurance can take the edge off a bit.
Not sure how it did on Oricon but may I say that it was a cute touch to have the fan blowing in Abe's "Yoru no Hit Studio" footage above. Anyways, I finally decided to put this one up after catching that scene of Ethan and Ilsa having one last tender moment in "Mission: Impossible ~ Dead Reckoning Part 1" (I've been going over some of the scenes recently). Talk about the fragility of love!
I'm surprised Mizuiro no Tegami hasn't been covered yet.
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