[Joyful & bouncing]
No.58 "Parade" by Tatsuro Yamashita
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Index
1. Song data
| Title | Parade |
|---|---|
| Artist | Tatsuro Yamashita |
| Album Title | NIAGARA TRIANGLE Vol.1 |
| Track No. | 2 |
| Duration | 5:17 |
| Released | 1976 |
| Publisher | NIAGARA COLUMBIA |
| Lyricist | Tatsuro Yamashita |
| Composer | Tatsuro Yamashita |
| Arranger | Tatsuro Yamashita |
About the creators
The lyrics, music and a song arrangement of this song are all done by Tatsuro Yamashita.
This song was originally written for his first band "Sugar babe", but diverted for the album "Niagara triangle vol.1" because of the creative reasons.
The song was once used for a theme music of a popular TV variety for kids, titled "Ponkickies" in 1994. And released as a single CD.
The song was again covered in 2003 by a unique singer-songwriter "Ayano Tsuji".
Cover art
- Sound impressions
Sunny & bouncing
This is a sunny bouncing pop music in 4 beats marching rhythm.
Just after a play of grand introduction theme by acoustic piano and the bar chimes, the ensemble of the bass, drums, horns, and the acoustic piano starts buoyant marching rhythm.
Quick strumming of the electric guitar creates a stable rhythm and a twinkling tone of the Glockenspiel adds a sparkle to the melody.
A beautiful harmony of the chorus and the horns enrich the sound, and Tatsuro Yamashita's clear vocal is a music to the ears.The musicians are,
| Tatsuro Yamashita | Electric Guitar, Glocken & Background Vocal |
|---|---|
| Yutaka Uehara | Drums |
| Jiro Terao | Bass |
| Ryūichi Sakamoto | Acoustic Piano & Vibe |
| Minako Yoshida | Background Vocal |
| Jirō Inagaki Section | Brass & Woodwinds |
| Dōji Fuefuki | Recording & Mixing Engineer |
Credited mixing engineer "Dōji Fuefuki" is actually Mr."Ei-ichi Ōtaki", a former member of the "Happy end".
His music is famous with its characteristic tone, called "Ōtaki sound".
The recording of this album was lead by him, so the all songs are somewhat in a unique "Ōtaki" acoustic space, and this tune as well.
So, this song can be said as an interesting mix of "Tatsuro" music and "Ohtaki" sound.
Here is an example of typical "Ōtaki" sound.
Kimi wa Ten-nen shoku(You are chromatic)
Ei-ichi Ōtaki
- Reference
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- About the artist
A master of the J-pop
Tatsuro Yamashita debuted in 1975 as a member of the "Sugar babe" with their first album "Songs". Since then, 50 singles, and 23 original, 2 live and 6 best albums has been released until now.
(Wikipedia, Tatsuro Yamashita)
Now, Tatsuro Yamashita is one of the biggest name in J-pop, but his professional career has been started from the band named "Sugar babe" formed in 1973.
Their music was revolutionary melodious, danceable and stylish compared with the popular music in Japan at that time. So, now they are admired as one of the roots of the modern J-pop.
"Sugar babe" first belonged to the record label named "Niagara", which was a private label for "Ei-ichi Ōtaki". They released first single and an album through the label in 1975.
In 1976, the "Sugar babe" was broke up, but Yamashita and Ōtaki was keeping a tight communication in a creative work of music.
Some time before the break up, Ōtaki had proposed to produce a collective album with Yamashita and other member Ginji Itoh. That was this album "Niagara triangle Vol.1" released in 1976.
All songs in the album are enjoyable pop music even for the modern ears. Please give it a try if you have a chance.
- Samples from online music stores
About the samples
Please go to the page below, and just play or click track No.2.
By the way, the most of the "Tatsuro Yamashita's songs are not available from the digital music shops at the moment. We will let you know if there are any changes.
Trial button is on the left side of the song title.
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7. Japanese Letters
| Song Title | パレード (Parade) |
|---|---|
| Artist | 山下達郎 (Tatsuro Yamashita) |
| Album Title | NIAGARA TRIANGLE Vol.1 |
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