One of singer-songwriter Ami Ozaki's（尾崎亜美）greatest songs has been "My Pure Lady", her 1976 single which is some blissfully relaxing bossa nova-inflected New Music. It instantly brings back some major nostalgia even though I wasn't even living in Japan back in the 1970s except for that one-month vacation in 1972.
Well, Ozaki's breakthrough hit obviously has a B-side and it's also a very nice winner. "Sunlight" sounds like a lady's very happy day and it was created by Ozaki under Masataka Matsutoya's（松任谷正隆）arrangement. However, instead of bossa nova, "Sunlight" feels like some soulful upbeat goodness, especially with that brief but lovely sax solo. Just want to coast down a seaside hill on a bicycle on a sunny day while listening to this one.
Reminds a bit of the theme song to Good times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsFpAEU0ziw
ReplyDeleteWouldn't be surprised if Ozaki had been inspired by "Good Times".
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