~My Dusky Darling Drama~ Personnel: Sung by: Ohashi Junko（大橋純子） Lyrics by: Aku Yuu（阿久悠）(songs he wrote below) Music by:Tsutsumi Kyouhei（筒美京平）(songs he composed below) You know that feeling when you are consuming media that is relatively new to you, but it feels so nostalgic you shed a tear remembering the good old times? No? Is it just…
Country Girls – Kaite wa keshite no “I love You”
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Morning Musume – Daite Hold On Me
Ooohhhh~ Hold on Me~ Ah Tsunku and 90’s dance grooves. A match made in heaven. I think this song is a bit weird if you never heard music coming out of Japan in the second half of the 90’s. Artists like Namie, Speed, and Hikki were making sounds like this. Namie Speed Hikki These songs…
Nakamori Akina – Eki
So this song was written by Takeuchi Mariya. She is best known in the west for her song Plastic Love from her Variety album. In reference to making this song, Takeuchi had this to say “in 1986, at the time I got the request for Nakamori Akina’s album, I spread out pictures of her evenly…
Quest 64 – Highland
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Juice=Juice – Sexy Sexy
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アンジュルム – マリオネット37℃作詞:児玉雨子 作曲:星部ショウ 編曲:CMJK Lyrics were by Kodama Ameko, song was composed by Hoshibe Sho, and song was arranged by CMJK. This is one of my favorite Angerme songs (not including S/milage). I personally associate S/milage with Tsunku and Angerme with the new wave of composers musically. So this is certainly one of my…
モーニング娘。’16『セクシーキャットの演説』
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こぶしファクトリー『サンバ！こぶしジャネイロ』
こぶしファクトリー『サンバ！こぶしジャネイロ』作詞・作曲：星部ショウ 編曲：hasiejaneiro/ブラスアレンジ：竹上良成 This song was written and composed by Hoshibe Sho and it was arranged by hasiejaneiro, with the brass arranged by Takegami Yoshinari. Here is the instrumental. I can not find any info on hasiejaneiro or Takegami, I guess they just helped on this song, or is an alias. Song HistoryThis song was released on…