I've been a fan of Japanese popular music for 40 years, and have managed to collect a lot of material during that time. So I decided I wanted to talk about Showa Era music with like-minded fans. My particular era is the 70s and 80s (thus the "kayo kyoku"). The plus part includes a number of songs and artists from the last 30 years and also the early kayo. So, let's talk about New Music, aidoru, City Pop and enka.
Credits
I would like to give credit where credit is due. Videos are from YouTube and other sources such as NicoNico while Oricon rankings and other information are translated from the Japanese Wikipedia unless noted.
Monday, September 22, 2025
Just for Fun...The J-C AI Gallery -- Akira, Hiroko & YMO
I wonder if the title cosmic surfing was inspired by the 'sliver surfer' comic book character? The youtube video seems to have a level up version of Hiroko Yakushimaru's セーラー服と機関銃! Looks or rather is sounds like there are a few other voices with her.
According to the commentary for the song on J-Wiki, Haruomi Hosono had wanted to put his take on a Ventures song through the technopop filter. Those first two albums of theirs seemed to do that with exotica, surf rock and disco among other genres.
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DeleteI wonder if the title cosmic surfing was inspired by the 'sliver surfer' comic book character? The youtube video seems to have a level up version of Hiroko Yakushimaru's セーラー服と機関銃! Looks or rather is sounds like there are a few other voices with her.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the commentary for the song on J-Wiki, Haruomi Hosono had wanted to put his take on a Ventures song through the technopop filter. Those first two albums of theirs seemed to do that with exotica, surf rock and disco among other genres.
DeleteThanks for the explanation!
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