Yuri Kunizane -- Hishochi no Sagan（避暑地のサガン）

 

I remember back in the early 1980s when astronomer Carl Sagan brought out his TV series "Cosmos" on PBS. If I had been a little older, I would have been more attuned to what he was saying but to be honest, I don't remember much aside from his pronunciation of the word "billions", something that late-night show host Johnny Carson loved to parody.

"Cosmos" was a program that left me rather mystified. What has also mystified me is an early song by aidoru Yuri Kunizane（国実百合）titled "Hishochi no Sagan" (Summer Resort Sagan). I don't believe that it has anything to do with the astronomer and the melody by Tetsuji Hayashi（林哲司）doesn't have one iota of spacy wondrousness. Instead, it's a very down-to-earth Motown-style boogie pop tune with lyrics by Reiji Aso（麻生麗二）that was a track on her July 1988 debut album "Summer in Blue". The cover of her dressed up like Sandra Dee sitting by an old-fashioned radio tells a lot.