As I mentioned in my previous article, I had been scrolling down the Top 50 singles of 1983 when I discovered Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi's（長渕剛）"Good Bye Seishun"（GOOD-BYE青春）at No. 49. Well, it turns out that I didn't know the song at No. 50 either, so why not finish up Monday's entries with another 1983 hit?
On first listening to Yuko Hara's（原由子）"Koi wa Go-Tabou Moushiagemasu" (Too Busy for Love) which was released in August of that year, I'd assumed that much like "Good Bye Seishun", this one also fronted a television drama as the theme. However, it was actually used as another campaign song for Shiseido. According to the J-Wiki article, this was the Southern All Stars（サザンオールスターズ）keyboardist's first big solo hit (her own 4th single hitting No. 5 on the Oricon weeklies) and as written and composed by her husband, SAS vocalist Keisuke Kuwata（桑田佳祐）, there is something quite reminiscent of Phil Collins' take on "You Can't Hurry Love" from 1982. Heck "Motown" is even mentioned in Kuwata's lyrics.
「恋は、ご多忙申し上げます」 does sound reminiscent of Phil Collins' take on "you can't hurry love," and I am guessing that is because it has a bit of that end of that 1960's type of sound. Speaking of the 60’s, tonight's episode of Uta-Con is kind of a tribute to the ‘Beetles'. Growing up I didn't get to hear much of the 'Beetles' because in the neck of the woods where I grew up as the 'Beetles' had been considered controversial and blasphemous after John Lennon claimed that they were "More popular than Jesus" back in 1966. I only really discovered the Beetles after coming to Japan where they seem to still have a following.
ReplyDeleteHello, Brian. "The Beatles" has remained a popular band in Japan for the past number of decades. It also explains why Jme won't be broadcasting "Uta Con" this week since all of their music is considered foreign and therefore cannot be broadcast here due to the usual copyright restrictions.
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