I couldn't help but get some of that atmosphere from the Righteous Brothers' classic "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" when I listened to the first few measures of this Kaoru Sudo（須藤薫）song. Released in November 1983 as her final single for CBS/Sony with whom she recorded since the beginning of her career in 1979, "Hadashi no Mama de" (Just Barefoot) sounds like a Hiroshi Nagai（永井博）painting given aural capabilities as Sudo croons softly of a woman at the side of a pool during one summer, thinking about a former flame.
Written by Shun Taguchi（田口俊）, composed by Masamichi Sugi（杉真理）and arranged by Masataka Matsutoya（松任谷正隆）, I wonder whether those last two songwriters were thinking of the Righteous Brothers and Phil Spector when they designed this rather lush ballad that has the vibes of a breezy 60s love song. Considering that we're not too far from the hot season right now, this could be quite the tonic.
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Seeing as 「裸足のままで」 was released in 1983, I wonder if it might have been influenced by Daryl Hall & John Oates’ 1980 cover of 「You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling」?
ReplyDeleteHello, Brian. I love my Hall & Oates (I hope they've buried the hatchet) but I would think that the original would have been more influential.
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