Kayo Kyoku Plus

I've been a fan of Japanese popular music for 40 years, and have managed to collect a lot of material during that time. So I decided I wanted to talk about Showa Era music with like-minded fans. My particular era is the 70s and 80s (thus the "kayo kyoku"). The plus part includes a number of songs and artists from the last 30 years and also the early kayo. So, let's talk about New Music, aidoru, City Pop and enka.

Friday, June 6, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Kazuhito Murata(村田和人)

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  The first time that Tatsuro Yamashita(山下達郎)met Kazuhito Murata was back in 1978 . It was during when Murata had been active with his band...

Masatou Higashi -- Tokyo Shining Love

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  Not sure what the inspiration was behind the big eye art at Shinjuku Station . Was it "The Great Gatsby" or "1984" ? ...
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Deep Sea Diving Club -- Shooting Star

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  I was flabbergasted when I caught this video put up by MeTV about a decade or so ago. This scene from the popular NBC cop show "CHiP...
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Junko Yagami -- Tatoe Kanawanai Yume demo Kore de Ii(たとえ叶わない夢でもこれでいい)

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  If someone were to ask me "Who has been one Japanese singer who has worked in the largest variety of genres?" , I would answer q...
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Minako Yoshida & Tatsuro Yamashita/Niteflyte -- If You Want It

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  If you want it...you can get it! Yum! I was going to have some leftover spaghetti with some butter, soy sauce and pepper. But then I disco...
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Thursday, June 5, 2025

Gino Vannelli -- Living Inside Myself

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  Time for a bit of Canadiana once more on the regular weekly Reminiscings of Youth . I first posted his 1978 "I Just Wanna Stop" ...
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Riho Makise -- Osoi Santa Claus(遅いサンタクロース)

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  Yes, it is indeed a bit unusual for me to put up a Christmas song only a few days into June but I've been known to leave a J-Xmas tune...
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