Well, seeing that we here in North America and other places are on the cusp of the Good Friday/Easter Monday long weekend, maybe it's nice that I finish off my contributions for today with something appropriate. For that matter, we're not too far off from the Golden Week holidays in Japan.
Back around Halloween 2018, I posted late 80s/early 90s aidoru Ritsuko Tanaka's（田中律子）November 1990 single "Fried Frustration"（フライドフラストレーション）onto the blog. It was a happily zany little boogie that I've heard on a Halls lozenge commercial featuring the Tokyo native.
The coupling song "Have A Good Weekend" is a more synth-heavy party-hearty sort of song for those who are planning to hit Shibuya or Roppongi. Written by Natsumi Tadano（只野菜摘）and composed by Hiroaki Suzuki（鈴木弘明）, I can imagine Tanaka and her buddies getting all gussied up for a night out on the town. Not sure if this one made it to commercial.
Even though this song was released in the 90's it has a very 1980's feel to it! It reminds a lot of some Madonna early releases. Jean jackets and the peace sign button (or the mercedes logo) are timeless but her photo also also reminds me of the 1980's and I like that, Iike that a lot!
ReplyDeleteHello, Brian. Come to think of it, I don't think I've seen anyone wear a jean jacket in well over ten years on either side of the Pacific.
DeleteWow, that is surprising as I always though of jean jackets as being so entrenched in society that it would never go out of style well maybe they will come back one day.
DeleteI used to have a jean jacket myself when I was in elementary school. I think when the 90s arrived, that's when the jackets started doing the slow fade.
DeleteIs that Debbie Gibson singing in Japanese?
ReplyDeleteIt could very well be so. :)
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