tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post8923336159110880270..comments2024-03-28T19:44:01.166-04:00Comments on Kayo Kyoku Plus: Hiromi Iwasaki/Jackey Yoshikawa and His Blue Comets -- Sumire Iro no Namida (すみれ色の涙)J-Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09551828383307840403noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-20777755073240253792021-08-19T20:44:20.315-04:002021-08-19T20:44:20.315-04:00Thanks, Jim. I'll take a look at the article a...Thanks, Jim. I'll take a look at the article as well. I only hope that the sisters and their father managed to patch things up long before his passing.J-Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551828383307840403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-58186846765795363872021-08-19T20:39:32.746-04:002021-08-19T20:39:32.746-04:00Here's the bulk of the story.
https://nordot....Here's the bulk of the story.<br /><br />https://nordot.app/773640327177617408<br /><br />The stuff about their father controlling his daughters' relationships came from an article about his funeral, from Yoshimi. It explains why Hatsumi left home so suddenly, coincidentally on the very day that Hiromi won that singing award and then performed at the Kohaku.<br /><br />I got the info from google translate, so I may have got the details wrong.Jim Lakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07680850275899879233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-66103595827347719982021-08-19T19:54:28.358-04:002021-08-19T19:54:28.358-04:00Hi, Jim. Thanks for the information...very interes...Hi, Jim. Thanks for the information...very interesting about how the song came from the Blue Comets into Hiromi's hands. BTW, where did you find the information in the first place?J-Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551828383307840403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-86823326251978911842021-08-19T16:41:29.027-04:002021-08-19T16:41:29.027-04:00The genesis of Hiromi's single: her producers ...The genesis of Hiromi's single: her producers had noted that she'd been singing technically difficult songs recently (ie. not great sales), so perhaps she can do a song that's easily karaoked. When she mentioned it at home, her sister Hatsumi, who was a Blue Comets fan, suggested Sumire Iro no Namida.<br /><br />Forward to New Year's Eve 1981. Hatsumi had been at odds with their father, who was controlling over her relationships (Hiromi would run into the same later, and Yoshimi hated him for it). Hatsumi left home that day, leaving a note for her father to read. Hiromi noted how lonely he looked as he read it. That was why she cried as she sang it.Jim Lakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07680850275899879233noreply@blogger.com