[Pleasant & breezy]
No.74 "Meguri♥ai" by Hikaru Nishida
Hi. Today's song is "Meguri ♥ ai" (Meeting by chance) by "Hikaru Nishida".
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Index
1. Song data
| Title | Meguri ♥ ai (Meeting by chance) |
|---|---|
| Artist | Hikaru Nishida |
| Album Title | 19 Dreams |
| Catalog Number | PCCA-386 |
| Track No. | 8 |
| Duration | 4:17 |
| Released | 1992 |
| Publisher | Pony Canyon |
| Lyricist | Takashi Matsumoto |
| Composer | Kyohei Tsutsumi |
| Arranger | Takao Sugiyama |
About the creators
"Takashi Matsumoto" is one of the most prominent lyricist in Japan's popular music society. His contribution to the modern Japanese popular music is enormous, and with no doubt, he would be chosen as one of the 3 most influential lyricist in the J-pop.
He debuted as a drummer of legendary rock group "Happy end" in 1969.
He quickly received attention from fans by his very unique lyrics for "Happy end", actually caused bit of dispute on how the Japanese lyrics for the rock music should be.
After the break up of "Happy end" in 1972, he started his career as a independent lyricist.
Since then, his performance is just excellent and continue to be one of the greatest lyricist in J-pop.
"Kyohei Tsutsumi" is another main pillar of the J-pop, in fact, he is one of the most well known composer in Japanese popular music particularly in the category of the main stream pop songs.
Since '60s, his showing has been really great, for example he won the annual best selling composer position 10 times in 2 decades, namely '70s and the '80s.'
"Takao Sugiyama" is an arranger and composer active mainly in a popular song field.
The number of songs he arranged is huge and an indispensable arranger in J-pop.
Cover art
- Sound impressions
Refreshing & light-hearted
This is a refreshing light-hearted pop music having an image of the beginning of spring.
After the opening beats of the drums, the bass, electric guitar, acoustic piano and the string synth. start the introduction.
A breezy sound of the flute melody and a gentle chorus creates an image of a pleasant spring day.
Tender and cheery vocal of Hikaru Nishida brings peaceful air to the listeners.
Over all, the sound is arranged for more shiny direction, and the treble is boosted for emphasizing freshness.
It seems a common technical manner for recording songs for young female idol stars.
- Reference
- About the artist
A Japanese idol star grown up in the US
Hikaru Nishida debuted in 1988 with single "Fifteen". Since then, 28 singles, and 11 original, 3 live, and 5 best albums has been released until now.
(Wikipedia, Hikaru Nishida)
Hikaru Nishida is a "returnee children" ("Kikoku Shijo" in Japanese), from the United states, and it has been a special appeal of her and a charm point as an idol star.
Because, Japan is still a culturally homogeneous country. So, the children of expats, have overseas experience, are unique and naturally attract the interest of the people.
She was born in Japan, and raised in Los Angeles by 13 years old. So, she is a total bi-lingual with cheerful charactor.
After return to Japan, she went into an American school in Tokyo and joined a cheer leading team.
In 1988, she was selected for a promotional model of an Airline company at her 16. And before long, she debuted as an idol star.
She soon entered a spot light, and released hit songs or appeared on the TV drama series. Not only the mentioned, she had actively participated in various fields of the entertainment business.
In 2001, she married with a Japanese gentleman. Since then, her appearance on TV has been naturally reduced.
But she is still very popular as an "experienced" idol star, and often appears on the assorted TV programs.
(Wikipedia, Hikaru Nishida)
- Samples from online music stores
About the samples
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7. Japanese Letters
| Song Title | めぐり ♥ あい (Meguri ♥ ai) |
|---|---|
| Artist | 西田ひかる (Hikaru Nishida) |
| Album Title | 19 Dreams |
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