Artist: Kazuko Matsumura / 松村和子Title: Kaette Koi yo / 帰ってこいよ
Released: April 21, 1980
Oricon Peak Rank: 5
B-Side: やん衆哀歌
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Kazuko Matsumura was somewhat of a flash-in-the-pan when she came into the music world plucking merrily on her shamisen in her debut song "Kaette Koi yo" (Come Back, My Love); a veritable youngster at the age of eighteen for a singer of an Enka tune. The song slowly grew on the Japanese populace through the end of 1980 and well into 1981. Although one may consider this to be a more pop-friendly kind of Enka song, the slightly melancholy aspect of the lyrics washed over in its rollicking melody, and the shamisen twanging away not in yearning, but just as accents. Regardless, the song proved popular enough to grant her a coveted spot in the New Year's Eve Red-White Song Competition in 1981, and that was the capstone for her musical career. Although she would continue recording into the decade, she is best known for this song, one of Japan's most treasured one-hit wonders.
帰ってこいよ (Kaette Koi yo)
Music: Noboru Ichidai / 一代のぼる
Lyrics: Tadao Hirayama / 平山忠夫
きっと帰って くるんだと
お岩木山で 手を振れば
あの娘は小さく うなずいた
茜の空で 誓った恋を
東京ぐらしで 忘れたか
帰ってこいよ 帰ってこいよ 帰ってこいよ
白いリンゴの 花かげで
遊んだ頃が なつかしい
気立てのやさしい 娘だったよ
お前の嫁に 欲しかったねと
おふくろ今夜も ひとりごと
帰ってこいよ 帰ってこいよ 帰ってこいよ
可愛いあの娘の 帰る日を
お岩木山で 今日もまた
津軽の風と 待っている
忘れはしまい あの約束の
こんなにきれいな 茜空
帰ってこいよ 帰ってこいよ 帰ってこいよ
4 comments:
Thanks for bringing back a nice memory. This was a great song and she was dynamite on her shamisen. I still sing this song in karaoke sometimes. :-)
I found your page through Stephanie's (Oldies-But-Goodies) blog. I've made several contributions to that blog.
Thanks for compiling a great collection of classic jpop. Lots of your stuff covers many of the 'gaps' that I think are missing in the other blog (Especially Seiko, Momoe, Akina, etc). And the youtube videos are a nice touch!
Wendy: Thanks for the reply! Yeah, this is one of the few songs I could easily karaoke to, very nice singing material.
Mandela: Cool, thanks for coming in! Yeah, the videos were something I would try to include as often as possible to show the performance of the song at the time of its release.
Is there some other means of communicating with both you and Stephanie aside from commenting in the respective blogs? I'm sorta trying to establish a network of people who share the same interests (classic J-Pop) and would like faster means of communication, if either of you don't mind.
Hi, you commented on my blog asking to add my blog to your network. I'd love that! It is always nice to see other fans of classic jpop.
Sorry for getting back to you so late!
-Stephanie
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