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Just by pure coincidence, it's been exactly one year since I've had singer-songwriter Yuko Ishikawa（石川優子）up on the byline of an article. Last year, it was her 1981 "Saigo no Yoru ni"（終末の夜に）which was quite the bluesy City Pop piece.
This time, we have a completely different animal by Ishikawa up on the board here. "Akikaze no Maria" (Autumn Wind Maria) is a very upbeat number that, despite the title, doesn't really sound all that autumnal. It actually comes across as being very summery with all of the skipping and running along the beach that such a song would entail. Ishikawa took care of words and music with Joe Hisaishi（久石譲）taking care of the arrangement. And yes, it's THAT Joe Hisaishi. The song belongs to the singer's August 1987 14th album "Kimajime de Suki"（生真面目で好き...I Like You Overly Earnest）.
OKAY, looks like it is time to compile the best of マリア named songs list! 秋風のマリア is rather lively and I think I would put it in the top 5 or so of the top マリア songs that I have heard so far. T-BOLAN and 矢沢永吉 have nice『MARIA』songs and this might not count but Minako Honda has her own rendition of Ave Maria. Hwa Sa (k-pop artist) has a very different "Maria" song that while I would not put in my top 5 list is still for mentioning.
ReplyDeleteOh, I forgot about Hamasaki Ayumi's "M" (=Maria)
ReplyDeleteThere is quite a lot of "Maria" in Japanese song titles out there. I wonder what the deal is.
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