The company I run has a December settlement, but for the first time I completed the final tax return by electronic filing. It's been 3 weeks ahead of last year.
Until now, I avoided electronic filing because it costs the price of the electronic certificate, but I decided to make the electronic filing because I learned that the price of the electronic certificate will be free with my number of the representative.
I am dissatisfied with the fact that there are two systems, national tax e-Tax and local tax eL-Tax, and the procedure software is not user-friendly, but the cost of mailing has been reduced by 562 yen.
There are a number of songs that have been in the limelight more than they were at the time of their release at the cutting edge of such a movement, where "city pop" has come to be heard worldwide on You Tube.
Mariya Takeuchi's "PLASTIC LOVE" is such a song, isn't it?
Great things are great. It's simple. I've seen youtube views and English comments make it known worldwide.
Tatsuro Yamashita and Mariya Takeuchi are representative artists in Japan. There are many songs, and among them, "PLASTIC LOVE" attracted attention not only because of listening but also because of the large number of covers that sing and play. You can feel that the singer and the performer are enjoying themselves comfortably.
The second song of the album "VARIETY" released in 1984.
Released as a 12-inch single in 1985.
In 1989, it was taken up as a coupling song of "Dream Continuation".
I had the opportunity to listen to different versions, so the image was even more widespread. The sound is also visual.
One of the attractions is that first-class musicians gather and play. There is a feeling that a great face is pulling off smoothly.
You Tubeを舞台に世界的に「シティポップ」が聴かれるようになっていった、そんなムーブメントの最先端で発売当時以上に脚光を浴びている曲がいくつもあります。
It was a song that was broadcast repeatedly when I went to a record shop. That was the spring of 1982.
At that time, I feel that "summer campaign songs" were often released in the spring. In the summer, it also made me think about the southern country.
The bass line of the intro sounds cool and the song is like a ballad, but there is no uplifting feeling.
A refreshing singing voice that seems to penetrate. Wonderful. Summer without complaint. It's a city pop that feels like summer in the middle of summer.
I like the expression "in the color of cafe au lait".
A city pop monument where everything is addicted to.
It is a city pop with crystallized sparkle.
Kanashimi ga Tomaranai
I CAN'T STOP THE LONELINESS
ANRI
Released on November 1983
Recording album "TIMELY !!"
Lyrics by Chinfa Kan
Composer Tetsuji Hayashi
Arrangement Toshiki Kadomatsu Tetsuji Hayashi
It was released as a lead single from the album "TIMELY !!" produced by Toshiki Kadomatsu. In 1983, the big hit of "CAT'S EYE" was brilliant. Since it will be a song that follows it, it may be said that it was a song that was produced under considerable pressure, probably because it was aimed at a hit. However, Toshiki Kadomatsu has a sound that makes me feel like I was producing it with all my heart while having fun.
If the lyrics are written by Chinfa Kan and the composition is by Tetsuji Hayashi, it is a combination of Kiyotaka Sugiyama & Omega Tribe's "Summer Suspicion". It is one of the beginnings of an era in which city pop continues to make single hits.
With the title "Sorrows never stop", a wonderful story is unfolded in the song. It's like listening to a short story of a romance novel.
Both this song, which was a big hit in winter, and the album "TIMELY !!", the music is full of summer atmosphere. An open atmosphere, music that you want to listen to on a drive. At that time, I dreamed that "when I graduate from high school, I will get a license and drive while playing on a car stereo."
It's a world of imagination, but I felt that it was connected to my daily life. It's an urban space or resort as fiction, but it's a city pop that you can carry around with you without any discomfort. When I listened to it on my Walkman, the volume was so comfortable that I could hear the crowds of the city and the sound of the wind.
Even though it's a resort music in the distant summer, the sound that I carried around in the cold weather. It is a city pop where abundant talents gather and crystallize.
The melody line is a big hit tune unique to Tetsuji Hayashi, but the back performance is the best with the feeling that the bass unique to Toshiki Kadomatsu is bouncing.
It sounds like you're singing a romantic feeling, but the singing voice is deeply pierced in your chest.
Etsuko Sai's debut song with such a singing voice is "Reach Out".
In the summer of 1984, when I heard it on the radio, I thought, "Who is it?" You shouldn't know this is the debut song. However, it was known to some people. It was a long-awaited debut as he was active in live and recording choruses.
"Reach Out" was composed by Tetsuro Oda. When I think about it now, it feels like the eve of Mr. Oda becoming a hit maker.
It starts with a quiet ballad, but is full of beats that make you feel frustrated. When I first heard it, I thought, "It's nice to be summery." After that, I listen to it regardless of the season.
This year's Omikuji was Daikichi for the first time in two years. With this, I became Daikichi 6 times in 13 years. 2021 was a year when we didn't get together, so I felt better if it would be a better year than last year. I look forward to having a good relationship with you this year too.
The song you want to listen to when spring comes, "U, Fu, Fu, Fu,"
It first appeared in the spring of 1983, when it was still cold.
This song caught my ears at the timing when my body and mind were looking for the warmth of spring.
It is a cosmetics commercial song.
You can hear it from the radio and walk around the city.
I love it from the intro, so when it really flows, it's goosebumps.
In an instant, I'm excited to see "Spring!"
A feeling of excitement that makes you want to feel refreshed.
A feeling of dynamism that makes you want to pop.
It is best to listen to it in the balance of the exquisite feelings of stillness and movement, wrapping up such things and quietly taking the first step toward spring.
The spring of 1983 was a tough time for me, but I had the energy to be a teenager, and I was looking for music that would make me feel better.
It's probably because I wanted to feel refreshed while I was here, not somewhere else.
I thought the name EPO was a band name.
The performance felt like a band sound, and not only was I addicted to singing and playing, but I also felt the momentum.
My classmates who went to the concert said, "It's better than listening to records! I was praised.
I think I often heard it not only in the spring of 1983 but also in various scenes for a while. That's why I remember the view of the train window from Tsuchiura to Mt. Tsukuba in the spring of 1983 and the scenery of the Science Expo in 1985.
It has penetrated the world in the last few years.
I think it was called "City Pops" when I was a teenager.
City pop, which can be said to have been born only in Japan.
Here is one song that is being listened to all over the world.
A singing voice that shines in the middle of the night. Intro guitar and chorus. The ultimate feeling of air overflows.
Mayonaka no Door Miki Matsubara
It was a smash hit when it was released in 1979.
An artist known to those in the 80's during the heyday of city pop.
Although it was expected every time a new song came out, it was a time when both newcomers and veterans were releasing wonderful songs, so I'm rather happy with the current "rediscovery".
You can enjoy it with lyrics on You Tube, which is unique to modern times.
In the 80's it was popular to listen to music on FM. FM is also attractive because it has great audio equipment such as record players, amplifiers, and equalizers that maximize the appeal of sound sources.
Listen to the lyrics.
You can enjoy both sound and lyrics on You Tube.
It is also symbolic that the composer is Tetsuji Hayashi.
This is the most attractive song for those who meet Japanese city pop for the first time and those who rediscover it.
