Showing posts with label Yutaka Kimura Speaks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yutaka Kimura Speaks. Show all posts
Friday, June 20, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Toshiki Kadomatsu（角松敏生）

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  When talking about Toshiki Kadomatsu , the fact that he graduated from a Department of Philosophy is quite suggestive. In 1981, Kadomatsu...
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Saturday, June 14, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Yasuhiro Abe （安部恭弘）

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  There is no rarer artist who has continued to release music of such high quality consistently since his debut as Yasuhiro Abe. As well, hi...
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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...
Friday, May 30, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Masamichi Sugi（杉真理）

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  The lead single from his 1983 album "Stargazer" and his first smash hit as a commercial jingle, "Vacance wa Itsumo Rain...
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Saturday, May 24, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Taeko Ohnuki（大貫妙子）

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  For people who had mainly listened to music centering on American and British pop and rock, Taeko Ohnuki's European music approach mu...
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Friday, May 16, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Tatsuro Yamashita（山下達郎）

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  The works of Tatsuro Yamashita in the 1970s can be considered to be "style-oriented". That style was wrapped around a 16-beat s...
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Saturday, May 10, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Yoshitaka Minami（南佳孝）

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  When talking about Yoshitaka Minami, it's probably good to face the fact of his charm as a singer. His unique vocals with their prese...
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Friday, May 2, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Minako Yoshida（吉田美奈子）

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  Since 1973 , when she released "Fuyu no Tobira" （冬の扉...Winter's Door） at the age of 20, the musical garb she has worn at di...
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Friday, April 25, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Yumi Arai/Matsutoya（荒井由実・松任谷由実）

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  Head arrangement was said to be the preferred method of recording for Yumi Arai and the band Caramel Mama（キャラメル・ママ） , and it involved deci...
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Friday, April 18, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Shigeru Suzuki（鈴木茂）

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  Shigeru Suzuki , among the Happy End/Tin Pan Alley family, is the musician closest to refined music that includes bossa nova, easy listen...
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Friday, April 11, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Haruomi Hosono（細野晴臣）

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Wikimedia Commons YMO2008.jpg   Three out of the four solo albums that Haruomi Hosono put out in the 1970s , "Tropical Dandy", ...
Friday, April 4, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Eiichi Ohtaki（大滝詠一）

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  Eiichi Ohtaki's Niagara sound , based on American pop music of the 1960s , was created from his own unique viewpoint of well-versed po...
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Friday, March 28, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Happy End（はっぴいえんど）/Tin Pan Alley（ティン・パン・アレー）

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  As has been the case in previous issues of "Japanese City Pop" , this book has defined Japanese City Pop as "urban music f...
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Thursday, March 20, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Mariya Takeuchi（竹内まりや）

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  And here we all thought that Yutaka Kimura Speaks ended its time a few weeks ago on March 7th with the 100th entry from "Japanese ...
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Friday, March 7, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Makoto Matsushita -- One Hot Love

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  J-Canuck here. Well, we've come to the 100th and final song in Yutaka Kimura's series of City Pop masterpieces that began all t...
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Friday, February 28, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Junichi Inagaki -- Long Version (ロング・バージョン）

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  Number: 099 Lyricist: Reiko Yukawa Composer: Yasuhiro Abe Arranger: Akira Inoue From Inagaki's 1983 album "Shylights" Lining...
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Friday, February 21, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Hiroshi Sato -- Rainbow Sea Line （レインボー・シー･ライン）

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  Number: 098 Lyricist: Minako Yoshida Composer: Hiroshi Sato Arranger: Hiroshi Sato From Sato's 1976 album "Super Market" Hir...
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Friday, February 14, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Kaoru Sudo -- Rainy Day Hello

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  Number: 097 Lyricist: Masamichi Sugi Composer: Masamichi Sugi Arrangers: Masamichi Sugi & Masataka Matsutoya From Sudo's 1982 albu...
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Friday, February 7, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Kunio Muramatsu -- Rainy Day

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  Number: 096 Lyricist: Kunio Muramatsu Composer: Kunio Muramatsu Arranger: Kunio Muramatsu From Muramatsu's 1985 album "Roman...
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Friday, January 31, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Kazuhito Murata -- Lady September

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  Number: 095 Lyricist: Yoshihiko Ando Composer: Kazuhito Murata Arranger: Tatsuro Yamashita From Murata's 1982 album "Mata Ashita...