[Light & buoyant]
No.18 "Takara-mono" by Tōko Furu-uchi
Hi. Today's song is "Takaramono" (Treasure) by "Tōko Furu-uchi".
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Index
1. Song data
| Title | Takara-mono (Treasure) |
|---|---|
| Artist | Tōko Furu-uchi |
| Album Title | "Koi" (a crush) |
| Catalog Number | SRCL-4032 |
| Track No. | 10 |
| Duration | 5:27 |
| Released | 1997 |
| Publisher | Sony Music |
| Lyricist | Tōko Furu-uchi |
| Composer | Tōko Furu-uchi |
| Arranger | Hideyuki Komatsu |
- About the creators
Tōko Furu-uchi
Tōko Furu-uchi is a singer-songwriter, and radio personality active since 1993.
She is a singer of this song, then we would like to cover in the later section.
Hideyuki Komatsu
Hideyuki Komatsu is a bassist, arranger, and sound producer active since 1993.
He started his professional career by becoming a member of "Original Love"(band), which is basically a pop group, but challenges fairly wide range of music including rock and Jazz.
Producer for Tōko
In 1996, he left the band and started to support "Toko Furu-uchi" as a sound producer.
Parallely, he has actively collaborating with other artists like Sakura, Silva, Chemistry etc. as a bassist even now.
Breezin'
He recently released his solo CD. It is a smooth and relaxing instrumental album, like a 70's crossover music.
Here is a sample clip of his above mentioned album, "Breezin'".
* Breezin' - Hideyuki Komatsu
(Ref: columbia.jp,artist-info,komatsuhideyuki)
Cover art
- Sound impressions
Light & buoyant
This seems to be a light & buoyant typical '90s pop song in 16-beat.
The sound is simple, straight and active.
Supportive voice
Just after the gentle chorus lifting the veil, the drums, bass, guitar, keyboard, and the acoustic piano start the ensemble in faster middle speed.
In the later part, the chimes, and the horns also jump in, and help to add brilliance to the melody.Tōko Furu-uchi's characteristic voice is friendly and supportive, then comforting.
- Reference
- About the artist
Evangelist of love
Tōko Furu-uchi debuted in 1993 with single "Hayaku isoide" (Hurry up, quickly!). Since then, 26 singles, and 17 original, 1 live, 4 best and 7 other albums have been released until now.
(Ref: Wikipedia, Tōko Furu-uchi)
The 3rd generation
She is one of the most influential singer-songwriter of the 3rd generation in modern J-pop.
She is one of the most influential singer-songwriter of the 3rd generation in modern J-pop.
- The 3rd generation is just our own expression, and means roughly the '90s.
- If the modern J-pop was born in the early '70s, the '80s was the growing period, and the '90s were blooming season. And each decade might be called as the 1st, 2nd and the 3rd.
- This is a very rough, and private way of splitting, but useful.
Evangelist of love
Since debut, she is frequently called as a "Evangelist of love", particularly from the female listeners of the same age group.
Actually, she tends to write lyrics, portraying the delicate emotion of a woman in love, and the many fans can have the same sentiments.
Additionally, her voice and way of singing is somewhat friendly and supportive, which the followers might feel eased and encouraged when listen.
That might be a part of the reason she is called as an "evangelist".
Music clip
Tōko Furu-uchi collaborated with a hip-hop star "Kreva" in 2009 for her single "Slow beat". Here is a music clip of the track.
* Slow beat
- Samples from online music stores
About the samples
Please go to the page below, and just play or click track No.10.
Trial button is on the left side of the song title.
The are 2 versions on this song. One is single version, the other is album version.
On this corner, only Amazon is the album version. Just for your information.
There is a difference. Please choose the one you prefer.
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8. Japanese Letters
| Song Title | 宝物 (Takaramono) |
|---|---|
| Artist | 古内東子 (Tōko Furuuchi) |
| Album Title | 恋 (Koi) |
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