Gamu -- Aki kara...（残秋(あき)から･･･）

 

It was over a decade ago when I wrote about folk duo Gamu's（雅夢）"Ai wa Kagero"（愛はかげろう）, the refined and wistful 1980 hit that bordered on Fashion Music, this side of France.

Some very tenderhearted oaken strings and Kazuto Miura's（三浦和人）resonant vocals come out of the woodwork to introduce the B-side of "Ai wa Kagero", "Aki kara..." (Since That Autumn...). Written by Hiroshi Yasusugi（保杉弘）and composed by Miura, once again I had initially wondered whether we were going into the realm of Fashion Music because of those strings, but the song goes into a more poignant if more laidback direction than "Ai wa Kagero". Yasusugi's lyrics talk of a man's bittersweet memories of a romance that went pear-shaped a couple of years previously. Once again, the season of autumn is the basis for romantic downfall and reflection.