[Melodious pop-ballad]
No.23 "Ame no Yuu-enchi" by Kaoru Sudō
Hi. Today's song is "Ame no Yū-en-chi" (A fun park in the rain) by "Kaoru Sudo".
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Index
1. Song data
| Title | Ame no Yū-en-chi (A theme park in the rain) |
|---|---|
| Artist | Kaoru Sudo |
| Album Title | PLANETARIUM |
| Track No. | 3 |
| Duration | 4:40 |
| Released | 1983 |
| Publisher | Sony music |
| Lyricist | Shun Taguchi |
| Composer | Masamichi Sugi |
| Arranger | Masataka Matsutoya |
Creators
Shun Taguchi is a known lyricist in a popular song category. And a series of work for Kaoru Sudo is his first career in as a lyricist in the music industry.
Masamichi Sugi is a leading singer & song writer in J-pop. He has written a number of hit songs for other artists and also perform them by himself.
Particularly, he wrote a lot of songs for Kaoru Sudo, and later Sugi & Sudo formed a live performance unit in 1998.
Masataka Matsutoya is a well known producer & keyboardist, and a former member of legendary rock group "Tin pan alley"(Japanese band).
He is also well known as a partner of a famous singer & song writer "Yumi Matsutoya"(Yumi Arai).
Cover art
For single song, please check here.
- Sound impressions
This is a slow sentimental ballad in a calm mellow tone.
An ensemble of the bass, drums and the acoustic guitar creates a relaxed rhythm, and the electric guitar effected with chorus&echo plays an emotional phrase in the key parts of the song.
In the back ground, there is a controlled play of the strings. And adding some nostargic atmosphere to the music.
Kaoru Sudo has a calm charming alto voice, which we feel it gives listeners a pleasant feeling of reassurance.
- Reference
Wikipedia page for "Kaoru Sudo" is below.
- About the artist
- Front runner in the "New-music"-
Kaoru Sudo debuted in 1979 with single "Yasashii Tokai". Since then, 16 singles, and 11 original, 7 omnibus, and 5 best albums has been released until now.
(Wikipedia, Kaoru Sudo)
She had been a top runner in the so-called "New-Music" music category which became active in the mid '70s.
The word "New-music" is actually quite vague, broad, and not very clear what type of music it means.
But as long as we have understood, it basically means refined & urbanized western style pop music, and sound much fashionable compared with the traditionally popular Japanese pop music, or folk song.
Here are samples of typical orthodox folk song, and the "New music". The artist of the former song is a super star "Shigeru Izumiya", and the latter is a pioneering singer-songwriter, "Yumi Arai".
If you like, please compare.
Apple Music(jp)
Shunka-shūtō, Shigeru Izumiya
(1972, Folk song)
Apple Music(jp)
Kitto ieru, Yumi Arai
(1973, New music)
How have you heard about them?
Anyway, such "New-music" were well accepted by young music fans, and gradually became a new standard of Japanese pop music.
For more information, Please have a look at the wikipedia article "New-music".
There were hundreds of musicians in "New music" category in the mid '80s, but Kaoru Sudo was the one who were particularly shining.
At the CD shops in the '80s, her CD's were occupying nearly 50cm width of shelf often. (It might be equivalent with 60 CDs, we imagine.)
We would like to write a little more about her but have spent too much lines already.
Please allow us to continue the article on the next post of her sometime in the future. Thank you.
- Samples from online music stores
Please go to the page below, and just play or click track No.3.
Trial button is on the left side of the song title.
AD :
Amazon.co.jp(en)
recochoku.jp
Apple Music(jp)
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7. Japanese Letters
| Song Title | 雨の遊園地 (Ame no Yū-en-chi) |
|---|---|
| Artist | 須藤薫 (Kaoru Sudo) |
| Album Title | PLANETARIUM |
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