I've been a fan of Japanese popular music for 40 years, and have managed to collect a lot of material during that time. So I decided I wanted to talk about Showa Era music with like-minded fans. My particular era is the 70s and 80s (thus the "kayo kyoku"). The plus part includes a number of songs and artists from the last 30 years and also the early kayo. So, let's talk about New Music, aidoru, City Pop and enka.
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I would like to give credit where credit is due. Videos are from YouTube and other sources such as NicoNico while Oricon rankings and other information are translated from the Japanese Wikipedia unless noted.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Miki Imai -- Hitori de Xmas (ひとりでXmas)
"Hitori de Xmas" (Christmas Alone) was a song that was written and composed by Miki Imai（今井美樹）, one of two new tracks on her otherwise album of covers, "Fiesta" released in December1988. The album itself peaked at No. 6 on Oricon as Imai tackled The Carpenters, Minnie Ripperton and Rickie Lee Jones. I came across her first Xmas song actually on her first Best album, "Ivory" in 1989, and it has that early Imai sound of soft synths. The lyrics, as the title suggests, has Imai seeing that white blanket of snow on the ground while wondering what an old flame is doing with his new girlfriend on Xmas Eve. Knowing about Imai back then, I can only guess she would probably have looked out the window while drinking a cup of cocoa in an overly large sweater for hours before curling up in a big armchair and watching "White Christmas". Such is life.
(cover version)
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