🎤 Good Old Rainy Showa Era Songs ☔

I have returned to full-day shifts this month after working half-days for a while due to a strained lower back.

When I was working half-days, I would eat lunch and then head home after preparing for my nap, but

now that I am working into the afternoon, I am generally in charge of the afternoon exercises and recreation.

And so, today was another day of pouring and drizzling rain ☔

It's a day when it's a hassle to move your body, and we have visually impaired guests visiting.

I decided to do a special feature on rainy songs
(🎙Showa Era Pop & Enka version🎶)

Below is the setlist of songs we actually sang together today 🧓

First, the first song 🎵

Yanagase Blues

While the image of Kenichi Mikawa often leans toward 'Scorpio Woman' and 'Shut up!',

I think this song really shows the true brilliance of Mikawa-san that often gets hidden by his persona. I especially love the lyrics in the third verse 💜

'The sake poured in the blue lamplight is like a dropped emerald'
'The firebird burning in agony cries in the night, beaten by the rain'

I wonder if there is anyone else who can sing such dramatic and glamorous lyrics with this much mastery.

This song was released in 1966, riding the trend of 'local blues' at the time, and 'Yanagase' is apparently a place name in Gifu Prefecture.

Next, the second song 🎵

Osaka Shigure

Even from the mandolin in the intro, I can feel the sparkling atmosphere of raindrops and tears melting into the neon lights of the night.

Then, Harumi-san's emotionally rich voice is layered on top, and even though it's a sad song, it makes me feel happy 💓

Showa era songs often casually include the names of places, don't they? That's what's good about them 😌, and I feel like that's something missing in recent songs.

Something like "singing about the emotions and memories embedded in a place."

I feel like if you tried to do that in the Reiwa era, it would just end up feeling old-fashioned, so I guess it's something that only works because it's a Showa era song.

This song is easy to sing along to, and it's a popular track among the users.

Here is the third song 🎵

Yagiri no Watashi

Isn't this such a famous song that you'd wonder, "Is there any Japanese person who doesn't know it?!" It's a staple for Showa era song intro quizzes 😀

"Take me away with you," "Follow me." It all comes down to these phrases 😇

The lyricist, Miyuki Ishimoto, was a legendary songwriter who wrote not only Showa era songs but also school anthems and the Hiroshima Carp cheering song. Truly impressive... 👏

Chiaki Naomi, who sang "Kassai," also sang this song, and I like that version as well.

Here is the fourth song 🎵

Nagasaki wa Kyou mo Ame datta

Uchiyamada Hiroshi and Cool Five

When I heard that, at first I was like
Wait! Uchiyamada Hiroshi was Maekawa Kiyoshi!?

I had such a huge misunderstanding... 🤣

It was only recently that I learned Uchiyamada Hiroshi and Maekawa Kiyoshi were different people, and that Maekawa Kiyoshi joined the "Cool Five," which was led by Uchiyamada Hiroshi, and served as the vocalist for "Nagasaki wa Kyo mo Ame datta." 🥴
I'm sorry... 🥴

By the way, I often impersonate Maekawa Kiyoshi's stiff, motionless singing style and his vibrato in the chorus in front of the people I care for...
I would like to take this opportunity to apologize... 🥴
(But it gets a huge laugh, so I'll do it again 🤣)
(↑ No remorse 😑)

Here is the 5th song 🎵

Akashia no Ame ga Yamu Toki (When the Acacia Rain Stops)

Sachiko Nishida is the person who became the wife of Hiroshi Sekiguchi.

She has such a deep, beautiful voice, doesn't she? 💋
I admire her voice and Chiaki Naomi's voice. 💋✨

The "acacia rain" at the beginning refers to the rain of flower petals that falls when the white flowers of the false acacia tree scatter.

I learned that for the first time just now. 🤯
I thought it was actual rain~ 🤣

↑ I was helped by this article.

And the startling lyrics that suddenly start with "I want to die just like this."

The composition that layers intense passion over the beauty of the scene is irresistible. 🤤✨

I love dramatic Showa era songs. 💋✨

That was the setlist of 5 songs for today 🎶🎤🎶

No, no, there are still so many more rain songs, though ☔⛈🌂
is what I feel like I can hear people saying, but

If you keep singing that many songs in a row, all the users will end up passing away from oxygen deprivation...🤢😮‍💨🥵

We are having fun singing together in a relaxed way, chatting in between songs🎶🤗🎶

How about you all,try some "Rainy Day Showa Era Songs" on a rainy day?

What do you think?

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