Los Indios & Silvia -- Sorezore no Harajuku（それぞれの原宿）

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I haven't covered a Mood Kayo in many weeks on "Kayo Kyoku Plus", so I decided to pluck one out. Usually when I think of an old kayo kyoku covering the drinking beat, my mind unearths Tokyo neighbourhoods such as Akasaka and Ginza, the areas filled with expensive bars and nightclubs.

Harajuku? Not so much. For one thing, this particular area of Tokyo is known for its cutting-edge fashion and fashionistas tending toward the younger Tokyoites...not salaried types in sober suits and dresses looking to wet their whistles with whiskey and gin. And when it comes to Harajuku, the only food I think about is crepes. 

That's why I had a few question marks revolving around my head when I saw that famed Mood Kayo group Los Indios & Silvia（ロス･インディオス&シルヴィア）recorded a 1980 song titled "Sorezore no Harajuku" (To Each Their Own Harajuku) as one of their trademark tunes. I certainly couldn't see these guys buying strawberry-and-cream filled crepes and hitting the nearest McDonalds. 

However, as written by Yoko Nakahara（中原葉子）and composed by the late Taiji Nakamura（中村泰士）, "Sorezore no Harajuku" is indeed a Mood Kayo fortified with even more upscale refinement. It did get me to thinking that Harajuku, especially Takeshita Street, may have begun catering to the teens from the 1980s but there probably were lots of expensive bars in that area, too. Plus Los Indios & Silvia take it even further out from Harajuku, extending through the tony street of Omotesando to the truly ritzy neighbourhood of Aoyama with Aoyama Avenue being the border. The whole area is milling with past and present and future lovers and just like a soup of chemicals, it's interesting to see what catalyzes, socially speaking. 

Of course, Los Indios & Silvia would have an even bigger hit the following year with "Uso yo Konya mo"（うそよ今夜も）.