Kayo Kyoku Plus

I've been a fan of Japanese popular music for 40 years, and have managed to collect a lot of material during that time. So I decided I wanted to talk about Showa Era music with like-minded fans. My particular era is the 70s and 80s (thus the "kayo kyoku"). The plus part includes a number of songs and artists from the last 30 years and also the early kayo. So, let's talk about New Music, aidoru, City Pop and enka.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Toshinobu Kubota -- Oh! What A Night!

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I don't think Toshinobu Kubota's (久保田利伸) "Oh! What A Night!" ever came out as a single despite what his discography st...
Monday, May 19, 2014

Mayo Okamoto -- Takaramono (宝物)

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(cover version) Singer-songwriter Mayo Okamoto (岡本真夜) from Kochi Prefecture was a regular musical presence during the last half of th...

globe -- Sweet Pain

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"Klaatu barada nikto..." The famous declaration by Michael Rennie's Klaatu from the original version of "The Day Th...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

Miho Nakayama -- Aishiterutte Iwanai! (愛してるっていわない!)

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This was quite the popular song at karaoke in Japan during my Gunma and Ichikawa days. I can distinctly remember the various karaokett...
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Akira Fuse/Isao Sasaki -- Ai yo Sono Hi Made (愛よその日まで)

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https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15850800 I'm finishing up the trilogy of articles here I've done for the songs from the 1980 ent...
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Saturday, May 17, 2014

TM NETWORK -- Love Train

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My first memories of the 80s/90s band TM NETWORK originated from a "Music Station" episode that a former student had been kin...

Yoko Nagayama/Yoko Oginome -- Venus (ヴィーナス)

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Last night as I was watching the news on CTV , I could feel the aging process speeding up. The reason wasn't because of some news story...
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