It was on New Year's Eve last year that I introduced the mysterious You Ishihara（石原祐）, a singer that I couldn't really find a lot of information about, although commenter Brian Mitchell sent me some of what he had gleaned.
Well, the article that I posted was on her 1978 single "Hakka Tabako"（薄荷煙草）. Today, it's time for the B-side, "Yaburekabure" which has quite the amusing pronunciation...something akin to "topsy-turvy" or "abracadabra". However, its meaning is "desperation" although the melody by Katsuo Ono（大野克夫）sounds anything but. I'd say that for a desperate individual, "Yaburekabure" is surprisingly quite upbeat and happy-go-lucky especially with those silky strings coming in. Legendary lyricist Yu Aku（阿久悠）was the one behind the words.
When I first really got into Japanese music, I could have never imagined how many mysteries and interesting life stories I would discover. Not only that, I made acquaintances and friends because of my love for Japanese music, too. The song posted here sounds a lot more hopeful than its name would suggest. In that sense, I think this is a little like Anri's "Kanashimi ga Tomaranai".
ReplyDeleteYeah, it kinda illustrates the kayo kyoku habit of happy-go-lucky melodies being paired with sad stories.
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