Showing posts with label Junko Ohashi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Junko Ohashi. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 5, 2026

"Summer" Songs

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By Muke Tever from Wikimedia Commons A little over a year ago, I put up "The First Day of Summer!" , an Author's Picks consist...
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Friday, July 31, 2026

Cunimondo Takiguchi's Personal Selection for His Top 10 City Pop Albums of the 1980s ~ Part 1

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  Over the past few years, it's become fairly regular for me to wait in hospitals and clinics while my folks and myself go through vario...
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Junko Ohashi -- Sensual Night

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  Within the many albums that the late great Junko Ohashi（大橋純子） had released, my impression is that her October 1983 album "Point Zer...
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Friday, June 5, 2026

"Telephone" Songs

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Infrogmation of New Orleans via Wikimedia Commons I can say that the above looks just like the first telephone that I ever saw in my apartme...
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Junko Ohashi -- Shiroi Gogo（白い午後）

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  It's approaching the third anniversary since Junko Ohashi's（大橋純子） passing and listening to this particular ballad brings about som...
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Thursday, March 5, 2026

Junko Ohashi & Minoya Central Station -- Feel So Fine

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  I've technically done my three for Thursday . However, I'm being drawn away from duty tomorrow so I'm getting a start on my us...
Friday, February 13, 2026

A Few of Those Champagne-and-Caviar City Pop Songs as a Review

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  I've often referred to the Japanese asset price bubble which arguably lasted from around 1986 to 1991 . Commonly it's known as th...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Melissa Manchester -- You Should Hear How She Talks About You

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  Welcome to another regularly scheduled Reminiscings of Youth outing for this Thursday and today we are more than happy to bring Melissa M...
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Saturday, September 6, 2025

Junko Ohashi -- Fantastic Woman（ファンタジック・ウーマン）

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With that title and the uplifting arrangement, I wonder whether this song by the late great Junko Ohashi（大橋純子） , a non- City Pop "Fant...
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Sunday, February 16, 2025

Japanese Pop Songs: Female Names

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  Not sure how this idea came about but last night, it got into my mind (through inception?) about how Japanese popular music shared one tro...
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Friday, December 13, 2024

Junko Ohashi & Minoya Central Station -- Love Machine（ラブ・マシーン）

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  No, no...don't let the title fool you. This has nothing to do with the Morning Musume（モーニング娘。）disco hit from 1999 . Even the title is ...
Saturday, November 16, 2024

Junko Ohashi -- DEF (Side B)

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  Last week, I provided an article covering Side A of the late Junko Ohashi's（大橋純子）1988 album "DEF" and so today, I'm f...
Saturday, November 9, 2024

Junko Ohashi -- DEF (Side A)

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  It's now been one year since Junko Ohashi（大橋純子） died at the age of 73 on November 9th 2023 .  So, as I did with a couple of covers of ...
Friday, November 8, 2024

Shiori Sasaki -- Simple Love（シンプルラブ）

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  Continuing on from Akiko Matsumoto's（松本明子） cover version of "Tasogare My Love" , I would like to also feature yet another lo...

Akiko Matsumoto -- Tasogare My Love (たそがれマイ・ラブ）

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  This is something that I've been planning for since earlier this year, but it's been almost a year since the Japanese music world ...
Friday, September 6, 2024

Junko Ohashi & Minowa Central Station -- Rouge et Noir

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  It's still a couple of months away from the first anniversary since singer Junko Ohashi（大橋純子） passed away last November but I decided ...
Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Just for Fun...The J-C AI Gallery -- Shinichi, Junko O. and Crystal King

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  Well, earlier tonight, I was watching the NHK program "Great Nature" which focused on certain areas of France and famous artists...
Monday, July 1, 2024

Just for Fun...The J-C AI Gallery -- Masaaki & Yoko, Junko O. and Yosui (Canada Day Edition)

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  Happy Canada Day! Yep, the Great White North is 157 years old today so it's a statutory holiday here. Hopefully, my fellow Canadians ...
Sunday, June 9, 2024

J-Canuck's Favourite Ballads by Female Singers

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  Realizing my advancing years and my regressing memory, it's possible that I may have already put something similar up on the blog, but...
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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Men At Work -- Down Under

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  In the last several months, I realized that I'm once again a late bloomer. All these years, these YouTube videos of the Australian mor...
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