Credits

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.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Yumi Tanimura -- Tomodachi (友達)


It was just one of those chance meetings when I stepped into a CD store one day and I heard this pretty little song on the speakers. Yumi Tanimura(谷村有美)had released her second BEST album, titled "With II", so the store was dutifully pushing that. I guess I have a soft spot for Burt Bacharach-inspired horns in a ballad. "Tomodachi" (Friends) is one of those soft pop ballads that deserves a listen over a cup of tea. It was released in November 1990 as her 6th single.


(instrumental version)


The period going from the 80s into the 90s was notable for a number of trends in music. One of them consisted of these female singer-songwriters who were into the more softer areas of pop music. Tanimura was one of them, along with Reimy(麗美)and Mariko Nagai(永井真理子).

No comments:

Post a Comment

Feel free to provide any comments (pro or con). Just be civil about it.