Kengo Kurozumi -- Pillow Talk

 

The first time that I heard of "Pillow Talk", it was as the title of an old movie starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson. It wasn't until later that I finally got the meaning of the phrase (chat which accompanies that cigarette for the afterglow), and I thought it was rather ironic that a 1959 flick with that title starred someone like Doris Day, although after watching the trailer, there were a few expressions that probably had audiences and PTAs go like this:

Anyways, I have a less torrid "Pillow Talk" which was recorded by singer-songwriter Kengo Kurozumi（黒住憲五）as the B-side for his June 1989 single "Hachi-gatsu no Angel"（八月のAngel...August Angel）. It was also the title track for his 5th album that came out in the same month as the single. Written by Yoshiko（与詞子）and composed by Kurozumi, it's a laidback mid-tempo tune for summer relaxation and cocktail imbibing. It also contains a pleasant gospel-like backup chorus and aside from a fusion rock instrumental bridge, "Pillow Talk" retains that nice AOR edge. Plus the keyboards have that sound that I've always enjoyed from the late 1980s going into the early 1990s for some light pop.