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Monday, January 27, 2025

Kazuko Matsuo -- Mélancolie(メランコリー)

 

Looks like 80s hairdo live-action Kayo Grace Kyoku is spending an ennui-laden night at a watering hole. And by the looks of those huge bottles of liquor, the ennui will be non-stop.

Well, I may have just the song for her and us Mood Kayo fans. It's "Mélancolie" by Kazuko Matsuo(松尾和子), and the arrangement follows that melancholy feeling with a bit of Latin rolled in for good measure. I couldn't find out definitively but it may have been released in 1960 from what I could track down via Yahoo Japan.

Matsuo's "Mélancolie" is a cover of the original 1948 song recorded by Swiss actor and singer Pierre Dudan. It was written by him and composed by Alain Romans, and the original has more of a nocturnal jazzier vibe. The Japanese lyrics for Matsuo's version were provided by Tokiko Iwatani(岩谷時子).

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