tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post5870003990447745026..comments2024-03-28T12:12:30.122-04:00Comments on Kayo Kyoku Plus: Seri Ishikawa/Reiko Kato -- Moonlight Surfer (ムーンライト・サーファー)J-Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09551828383307840403noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-3024615950512723982015-02-25T20:23:29.541-05:002015-02-25T20:23:29.541-05:00Hi, Marcos.
Yeah, Seri Ishikawa was a recent disc...Hi, Marcos.<br /><br />Yeah, Seri Ishikawa was a recent discovery and she's got an interesting delivery and choices of song. Definitely far away from the enka and aidoru of that time.<br /><br />I was indeed pleasantly surprised by Kato. Usually when I think of pin-up idols and/or tarento releasing a record, the Yellow Alert starts sounding off in my head, but Kato was pretty darn mellow.J-Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551828383307840403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-25749046150434502872015-02-25T17:19:58.058-05:002015-02-25T17:19:58.058-05:00Hi, J-Canuck.
I really liked this song with the H...Hi, J-Canuck.<br /><br />I really liked this song with the Hawaiian “luau” sound, but the Oriental sounding synths that were slightly added in the second half caught me really off-guard, to be honest. They were a nice addition, though.<br /><br />As for Kato, she played with the Eurobeat sound very early in her career, but soon dumped the sound around the time “Moonlight Surfer” came out” and started recording more acoustic types of pop songs in future releases. In fact, Eurobeat as a genre was not going anywhere after 1990, and it would have to wait until 1995 to make huge waves in J-Pop charts again with Namie Amuro’s “TRY ME ~Watashi wo Shinjite~”.<br /><br />Now, about her cover, I was also surprised by how well she managed to sing it. As she was a gravure aidoru, we would never expect her to be a nice singer like she was. I like her very much and still plan to buy one of her old CDs someday (so many things to buy that even hurts).<br /><br />In the end, even if I’m a Reiko Kato symphatizer, I still prefer the original version.Marcos V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09531398685057099974noreply@blogger.com