[Song Review #172] "Glass mitai-datta kanojo" by Yuki Nagasawa
Hi. Today's song is "Glass mitai-datta kanojo" (An actress once looked as if she were made of glass) by "Yuki Nagasawa".
This is a gentle and breezy pop song, performed by "Yuki Nagasawa", who had been a twinkling singer from the "Girls pop" movement in the '90s,
If you like, please listen.
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Song data
| Title | Glass mitai-datta kanojo |
|---|---|
| Artist | Yuki Nagasawa |
| Album Title | Kiss and make up |
| Catalog Number | FLCF-30219 |
| Track No. | 5 |
| Duration | 5:00 |
| Released | 1993 |
| Publisher | For Life Records |
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| Composer | |
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About the creators
Mami Takubo Lyricist
"Mami Takubo" is a lyricist active since sometime before 1989. (no clear information)
She is known as a hit song maker who write for the singers in various music genres from rock to "Enka".
A 1996 hit song, "Namida no kusari" (Chain of tears) by "Kim Yeon-ja", is one of the signature hit of "Takubo".
Early times
According to some references, "Mami Takubo" first aimed to be a lyricist when she was 10 years old.
Luckily, she managed to get a job at a famous lyricist, "Kan Chinfa"'s office, and started to write a lyrics after she finished school.
Big hit
Since "Takubo" joined Chinfa's office, she smoothly grew as a lyricist, through the everyday works.
In 1989, one of her song "Yakusoku" (promise), offered to a popular male idol group, "Cha-Cha", became a smash hit, and ranked the 3rd on the hit-charts.
And this became "Takubo"'s first memorable experience of success.
In 1995, "Takubo" wrote a nice "Enka" song, "Namida no kusari" (Chain of tears) to a super singer, "Kim Yeon-ja", who are popular both in Korea and Japan.
This song topped the chart in 1996. And thanks to this song, "Mami Takubo" completely established her name as a popular lyricist.
She received an honorable lyricist award by this song for the first time in life, and since then, she has been becoming a recipient of awards occasionally until now.
Social issues
"Takubo" is also known as a lyricist, write the lyrics dealing with the various social issues, that the society have to think about.
In 2016, "Takubo" wrote a song titles "Utsusemi-no ie" (A home like a cicada shell) for a popular "Enka" singer, "Takao Horiuchi".
This song raised a question on a deepening "Empty home" issue in a rural area, but in tender, and poetic expressions.
By this song, "Takubo" again received a "Japan Lyricist Awards" grand prix in 2016
References
For more details, please have a look at the references.
Video clip
Lastly, we would like to introduce one of her "Enka" song, "Utsusemi-no ie" (A home like a cicada shell) performed by a popular "Enka" singer, "Takao Horiuchi",
Actually, we have once presented this song in an arranger section of our post No.128.
But this is still valuable to introduce a general feel of "Enka" songs, and a taste of "Takubo"'s lyrics.
If you like, please listen.
Yūdai Suzuki Composer
"Yūdai Suzuki" is a singer-songwriter, and composer active since 1980.
He has been a notable singer in an urban pop-rock scene for a long time.
Early times
"Yūdai Suzuki" began to play the piano on his childhood.
In 1980, "Suzuki" started his professional career by joining a popular rock-musical group, "Mr.Slim Company".
Then in 1982, "Suzuki" released his first single, "19,600,000-no kanashii-yoru to mabushii-yume" (19... of sad nights & bright dreams.). And by this, he debuted as a solo singer.
Urban pop
In 1983, "Suzuki" released his 3rd single "Rainy summer". This tender, and melodious urban pop song was soon used for a TV commercial for one of the premium tire brand.
This song became a smash hit, and "Suzuki" began to draw attention as an "Urban-pop singer".
As a songwriter
Since then, "Suzuki" has been releasing singles & albums in his pace.
From around 1990, he began to put more power into the collaborations with various artists, and have been continuously offering many songs to them.
Video clip
We could not find suitable video clip on him.
If we find some, we will update.
Akihiko Matsumoto Arranger
"Akihiko Matsumoto" is a composer, arranger, music producer, and used to be a keyboardist active since 1984.
He is particularly famous with his excellent works on a film music category.
Early times
"Akihiko Matsumoto" was born in 1963 to a music family in Tokyo.
Not just his father was a person in the music industry, but one of his uncles was "Hidehiko Matsumoto", who was one of the most revered saxophonist in Japan, and the member of a legendary Jazz Quartet, "The big four".
Thanks to his father, there were various, from common to rare, instrumentals in his home. And they gave him an opportunity to feel diverse sounds.
"Matsumoto" started his professional career by becoming a member of a backing band to a popular singer "EPO", while he was a student of a university. (Early '80s.)
And soon, he also began to work as an arranger and producer. "Matsumoto" is actually a prolific arranger, and offered more than 1500 songs to the varying artist to date.
Film score
He has written hundreds of commercial jingles, or theme music for TV series from early times.
Among them, the most well known work of him is a theme music for a popular TV detective series, "Odoru Dai-sousa-sen" (Bayside Shakedown).
This brand-new theme music became an extraordinarily big hit, and its cumulative album sales has exceeded 1 million disk, which is unprecedented in screen music category.
Since then, he has been be quite active as one of the most promising music creator.
Video clip
Lastly, here is one of "Akihiko Matsumoto"'s popular screen music titled, "Overture of the Summer Wars" for the popular anime film "Summer Wars" released in 2009.
It sounds like a symphony performed by a classical orchestra.
But the name of the performed regular orchestra is not known, but possibly it was done by a kind of special team assembled to play this overture.
Anyway, the performance is jolly good.
If you like, please listen.
Song image & Lyrics
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Sound impression
Soft & Gentle
This is a soft, gentle, and warm pop song in a moderated tempo.
Gentle & breezy
The drums, bass, marimba, acoustic piano, electric guitar, strings, chimes, and Flugelhorn(?) create an ensemble, and play a gentle & breezy introduction.
In the main melody, "Yuki Nagasawa"'s natural and charming alto voice takes a lead, and a beautiful harmony of female chorus makes the sound more attractive.
In the bridge, the acoustic piano, and the strings perform lovely solo play, which is also appealing.
Reference
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About the artist
Yuki NagasawaGirl's pop generation
"Yuki Nagasawa" is a singer-songwriter active since 1993.
A pops, and soft-rock artist who might belong to a "Girls pop" generation.
"Nagasawa" debuted in 1993 with a single, "Hajimari-no kiss-wo shite" (Please give me a kiss to start our love). Since then, 4 singles, and 3 original albums have been released until now.
Little information
As mentioned, "Yuki Nagasawa" was debuted in 1993 with an impressive first single, "Hajimari-no kiss-wo shite".
Soon after that, stylish & Lively her 1st album, "Kiss and make up", was launched in September, and attracted fans.
Since then, she released 3 singles, and 2 albums, but in 1995, she stopped recording new albums, after released her 3rd album, "Beautiful complex".
We don't know what happened, but it was a bit too early to stop singing, since she was a fairly popular singer as long as we know.
That short active period might be one of the reasons, but information about her is really limited. And even they are available, they are not verifiable.
So, we would like to keep this section open for the time being, until we find some useful new references on her.
Please wait for a while.
Video clip
We could not find any suitable video clip on her.
If we find some, will update.
Music Samples
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Japanese Letters
| Song Title | ガラスみたいだった彼女(Glass mitai-datta kanojo) |
|---|---|
| Artist | 長沢有起(Yuki Nagasawa) |
| Album Title | Kiss and make up |
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