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Several years ago, I posted an article for aidoru Atsumi Kurasawa's（倉沢淳美）April 1987 penultimate single as a soloist, "Genki desu ka"（元気ですか）which was a slightly more 50s/60s-ish tune helmed by the tenderhearted vocals from the former member of Warabe（わらべ）.
Well, let's go back a few years to October 1984 when Kurasawa released her 3rd single "Kiken na Yume" (Dangerous Dreams). A tune with a pretty urgent beat, Ichizo Seo's（瀬尾一三）arrangement of Tsunehiro Izumi's（和泉常寛）melody sounds like something from a decade previously brought over to the 1980s that Hiromi Iwasaki（岩崎宏美）could have sung in her early days. Masao Urino's（売野雅勇）lyrics talk of a girl having these disturbing yet intriguing dreams of a man she can't identify but simply can't ignore. So, the chase is on! Try to make an "Inception" movie out of that. Not surprisingly, Kurasawa's vocals, when compared to her singing on "Genki desu ka", come off as being more innocent and rawer.
I see Atsumi Kurasawa has that Seiko inspired hair style seiko used on the cover of 「青い珊瑚礁」single ,「風立ちぬ」both covers of Kazetachinu Romance 7インチ EP盤 (one without a hoody and one with a hoody), 「North Wind」, 「Silhouette」, and 「夏の扉」.
ReplyDeleteHi, Brian. Yeah, I kinda noticed the hair style; was a bit surprised considering that Seiko herself "graduated" from that style probably around 1981, but perhaps Atsumi was feeling a tad nostalgic.
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