The whole thing about anime is that it's filled with oft-repeated tropes and expressions. And one of them is the well-worn offer by a young wife to her husband: Would you like to have a bath, dinner or me? Of course, most of the time, it's played for laughs.
Strangely enough, that's what I'm reminded of when I listen to Keiko Saijo's（西城慶子）"Okaerinasai" (Welcome Home). A track from her 1981 album "Twilight Silence"（トゥワイライト・サイレンス）, it's written by Rei Nakanishi（なかにし礼）and composed by Kyohei Tsutsumi（筒美京平）. It's also quite the sultry and extended version of the multiple-choice question that I mentioned in the previous paragraph. Along with the let's-make-out arrangement, there is some added jazziness which isn't surprising since Saijo is a jazz chanteuse by profession.
A bit in the vein of Takako Mamiya's "Love Trip" instrumentally. Almost want to AI filter Takako's voice onto it.
ReplyDeleteThat could make for an interesting experiment. :)
DeleteThis is an AI voice cover of Izumi Sakai "singing" Chisato Moritaka's hit song
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Perfect match
It is somehow satisfying seeing a turntable (record player) after all these years. When I was growing up, turntables were still common but were quickly being replaced by cassette decks. CDs were also around, but they did not become common until I was in junior high school. Cassettes were more convenient, but I recall most people claiming vinyl records had far higher fidelity than cassettes or CDs and now we have lossy formates like Mp3. Back in the day I used ATRAC cause I was into Mindisc.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I came from the stereo record player generation. I've mentioned it sometimes in the articles but my family used to have the RCA Victor stereo which looked like it was carved out of a trunk of oak and weighed like it. My first foray into CDs was in the late 1980s with my first compact disc purchase being Pet Shop Boys' "Introspective".
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