Showing posts with label Mayumi Shinozuka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mayumi Shinozuka. Show all posts
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Yukari Kato -- Sugar Nuki no Saturday Night（シュガーぬきのSaturday Night）

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  I remember those old Trident sugarless gum commercials back in the day which boasted that four out of five dentists recommended the snack....
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Sunday, July 13, 2025

Akina Nakamori -- Me wo Tojite Excursion（目をとじて小旅行）

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  I think this may be one of the relatively few times that both Larry Chan and I have posted articles on Akina Nakamori（中森明菜） right on her b...
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Friday, April 11, 2025

Spectrum -- F・L・Y

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  A few weeks ago, a commenter steered me toward this song, and it had been a couple of years since I posted a Spectrum song, so here we are...
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Saturday, October 12, 2024

Yuka Onishi -- Mother Complex（マザー・コンプレックス）

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  I've heard about the "mother complex" showing up in manga and anime but when it comes to Japanese pop culture, the biggest ...
Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Monta and Brothers -- Don-Zo-Ko

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  It's been almost ten months since we heard the shockingly sudden passing of singer-songwriter Yoshinori Monta（門田頼命） on October 18th 20...
Saturday, July 29, 2023

Pedro & Capricious/Junko Miyama -- Yokohama Rainy Blue（ヨコハマ・レイニー・ブルー）

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  I realize that I could have written about this one last night during Urban Contemporary Fridays but heck, it's better late than never....
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Thursday, February 25, 2021

Mayumi Shinozuka -- Papa wa Mouretsu（パパはもうれつ）

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  When I first heard this song, I thought about one fellow especially, and that was Kogoro Mouri（毛利小五郎） from the "Detective Conan"...
Saturday, November 14, 2020

The Platters -- Ai no Paradise（愛のパラダイス）

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  Earlier today, Rocket Brown of "Come Along Radio" and I had a nice little interview about my experiences with City Pop which ...
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Friday, February 14, 2020

Sawa Katsuragi with Pedro & Capricious -- Sunset Close

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A nice and leisurely City Pop/J-AOR song for a Friday night, "Sunset Close" is performed by Sawa Katsuragi（桂木佐和） with the...
Saturday, November 9, 2019

Mayumi Shinozuka -- Taiyo no Kakera（太陽のかけら）

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Mayumi Shinozuka（篠塚満由美） ...a name that I've read through the past few years doing this blog but only as a lyricist, apparently for a l...
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Friday, July 12, 2019

Akina Nakamori -- Variation（バリエーション〈変奏曲〉）

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It's July 12th here in Eastern Canada but it's already July 13th in Japan ....which means that it's Akina Nakamori's（中...
Thursday, October 4, 2018

Iyo Matsumoto -- Neverland Hatsu 7 O'Clock（ネバーランド発 7:00 p.m.）

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No offense meant at the fans of Iyo Matsumoto（松本伊代） , but when I think of the huge hierarchy of 80s aidoru , Seiko Matsuda（松田聖子）and Akina...
Monday, January 2, 2017

Iyo Matsumoto -- Taiyo ga Ippai （太陽がいっぱい）

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I've been in a small quandary for the last several days when it has come to the oeuvre of former aidoru -turned- tarento Iyo Matsumot...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

Akina Nakamori -- Prologue ( プロローグ〈序幕〉)

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Japan has already entered 2017 so my Happy New Year greetings to everyone out there. We're still about 12 hours away from blowing th...