[Light & happy]
No.51 Together for Christmas by Seiko Matsuda
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Index
1. Song data
| Title | Together for Christmas |
|---|---|
| Artist | Seiko Matsuda |
| Album Title | A Time for Love |
| Catalog Number | SRCL-2803 |
| Track No. | 1 |
| Duration | 3:42 |
| Released | 1993 |
| Publisher | Sony Music Records Inc |
| Lyricist | Seiko Matsuda |
| Composer | Seiko Matsuda, & Ryo Ogura |
| Arranger | Yuji Toriyama |
- About the creators
Seiko Matsuda
Unlike normal idol stars, Seiko Matsuda has been keen to participate with song writing.
Usually for the idol stars like her, all the necessary things namely, songs, dancing, costumes, beauty care etc, are provided by the professionals taking care of them.
Thanks to this system, the stars can concentrate only on their performance without worry. Therefore, the self song writing is not so common among them.
Passion for a creator
But Seiko Matsuda had a strong passion for writing songs by herself.
It was 1983 when she first wrote one lyric on her 7th album Utopia.
And in 1992, she achieved to release an memorable album, which not only all the lyrics were written by her, but also all the melodies although they are co-production with Ryo Ogura.
This became a standard mix for her album production later on.
(Ref: Wikipedia, Seiko Matsuda)
Ryo Ogura
Ryo Ogura is a guitarist and composer debuted in 1980.
He had closely worked with Seiko Matsuda and offered many songs to her in the '90s.
Yuji Toriyama
Yuji toriyama is a guitarist, producer and a member of super fusion group "Pyramid" since 2005.
We would like to come back on him in other occasion, since we might have a chance to write.
Cover art
* This song is also included in the following best album.
- Sound impressions
Happy & jaunty
This is a happy & jaunty pop music in an up-tempo 8-beat rhythm.
The horn section, drums, guitar, keyboard, and the bass start an introduction at the same, and create a fancy sound.
A finger dancing like bass line(Synth?) is exciting and interesting, and fit with this joyful melody.
Seiko Matsuda's vocal is cheerful and lively, which can make listeners always happy.
Expression technique
In fact, Seiko Matsuda is a very good and skillful singer.
For quiet ballad, she uses tender and moist voice. For a perky pop song like this, she can sing in cute dynamic and spirited way.
Both are so attractive, and it is a kind of irresistible charm for fans.
That might be the reason, the old fans cannot stop themselves running to a music shop, and grab her album whenever it is released.
- Reference
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- About the artist
Super idol star ever
Seiko Matsuda debuted in 1980 with single "Hadashi no kisetsu" (Barefoot season). Since then, 82 singles, and 51 original, plus 42 best albums has been released until now.
(Ref: Wikipedia, Seiko Matsuda)
Here is her debut song "Hadashi no kisetsu". It might sounds like a standard idol pop song, but we think it is a pretty good light pop tune.
Apple Music(jp)
Influential celebrity
Seiko Matsuda is one of the most prominent idol star in the modern J-pop history.
Since debut, she had been a unique top idol star particularly in the '80s.
Or, more precisely speaking, she was a part of the Japanese culture at that time, and one of the most influential celebrity for the young.
In the '90s, she had successfully morphed into a popular singer-songwriter & performer of the latest pop music. And released a lot of nice songs of her own creation.
New talent
After 2000, she is more actively challenging new jobs, such as TV drama series, variety shows, and so on.
In parallel, she is constantly releasing new albums even now. So, her passion to the music seems remain unchanged.
So many topics
Because she is such a great personality, there are so many topics we would like to talk about.
From the next time, we would like to start introducing topics which might be useful to feel her music better.
Thank you very much.
- Samples from online music stores
About the samples
Please go to the page below, and just play or click track No.1.
Trial button is on the left side of the song title.
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Amazon JP(en)
recochoku.jp
Apple Music(jp)
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8. Japanese Letters
| Song Title | Together for Christmas |
|---|---|
| Artist | 松田聖子 (Seiko Matsuda) |
| Album Title | A Time for Love |
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