Hiroshi Madoka 円広志 - Yuki no Furu Hito 雪の降る人

In my last post, I mentioned that recently I've been hooked onto listening to some old 90s Cantonese pops.  This is another Japanese song covered by Hong Kong singer Leon Lai 黎明 in 1992.  I forgot how I came to know that it's a covered song, but I probably discovered it shortly after I began studying Japanese back in 2010.  Hiroshi Madoka is such an odd name that I did not remember until I decided to write this post a few days ago.

It's so interesting when I read Hiroshi Madoka's Wikipedia page.  It is said that as a singer, Hiroshi is considered by many Japanese to be a one hit wonder!  That one hit, Musoubana 夢想花, was covered by J-Canuck in this post.  It's nostalgic because that post was written in 2012, the year this blog started.

Speaking about one hit wonders, as much as I love Midori Karashima 辛島美登里, she's also kind of a one hit wonder.  Coincidentally, both Midori and Hiroshi began their career by winning the Yamaha Pop Song Contest.  Hiroshi did it in 1978 whereas Midori won in 1983.

Released in 1990, Yuki no Furu Hito was Hiroshi's 14th single.  Music was written by Kisaburo Suzuki 鈴木キサブロー while lyrics was written by Masao Urino 売野雅勇.  The English translation of the title would be "Man of Falling Snow."  It's about a couple who separated.  The man was watching an airplane taking off, whose light is disappearing amid falling snow.  The plane was carrying his ex-lover to the next chapter in her life.  He remembered how they first met at age 20, when he was carrying her across a bridge on his back that summer.  Now, there's only "falling snow" everywhere.

Frankly, I like Leon Lai's singing better.  I agree with J-Canuck that Hiroshi Madoka's voice sounds like Takao Kisugi 来生たかお.  To me, that's like a drunken old man singing in a karaoke!

I'll let you guys decide.  This is the covered version in Cantonese by Leon Lai.  The title of the song is called "Wish We'd Be More Than Friends 但願不只是朋友."

Enjoy!