I’m crazy in love with old (70′s-90′s) Japanese music, actually not just Japanese music, I find myself listening to some good old Earth, Wind & Fire and Minnie Riperton songs now and then as well. I think it all started because of Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! and other Downtown shows where they tend to use older songs for background music.
Anyways, here’s a selection of 80′s J-Pop songs that I like!
Koizumi Kyoko – Adesugata Namida Musume
Off Course – Yes-No
Yoshizawa Akie – Naze? no Arashi
Toshihiko Tahara – Aishuu DATE ~NEW YORK CITY NIGHTS~
Junko Yagami – PURPLE TOWN
Akira Terao – Ruby no Yubiwa
Naoko Kawai – SMILE FOR ME
Imokin Trio – HIGH SCHOOL LULLABY
Yoshi Ikuzo – Ora Tokyo sa Iguda
Kuwana Masahiro – SEXUAL VIOLET No.1
Now it’s your turn to share some good J-pop 80′s! ;)
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This is all amazing shizz, thanks for posting! I just found your blog but I’m in love with Japan and hope to go back someday (went on holiday 3 years ago). 70s and 80s J-pop are totally my thing too, I like older music in general, but the J-pop thing all started with Pink Lady for me :) I only know about three of the songs already though, (Imokin, Sexual VIolet I have, Aishuu Date seems weirdly familiar too but the rest are nice surprises (well, apart from Yoshi, that’s terrible!) Anyways, thanks!
Thanks for reading^^ I love Pink Lady! Especially Pepper Keibu and UFO. I will probably make a part 2 soon so look forward to that^^
I will, thanks, arigato, tack sa mycket ;)
Lately I’ve been seriously getting into 80′s J-pop myself too! Including a couple of the artists mentioned in this post. :) (Koizumi Kyoko aaah! Kawai Naoko kyaaaah!!)
If you don’t know this blog yet, it’s absolutely a gold mine for this stuff: http://tsuzilla.blogspot.com/
BIG THANKS for that blog man!
I didn’t know that blog – thanks Henkka!
This is a great list for me to start my own adventure into 80′s J-POP!! I only know a handful of older stuff my friends recommend and stand-by’s like Oda Kazumasa. THANKS! =)
Hi! I love old music too, so I’m really happy to try out these recommendations! :D
Actually, the reason why I got into idol music in the first place is because their music sounds a bit dated, and that reminds me of my childhood XD
Anyhow, the only one I actually knew form the top of my head was Naze no Arashi. Was that girl a NyanNyan? Because I’m sure I have that song in one of my Onyanko Club compilations O_O I even translated the lyrics! That song is intense!
Cool! Yes, I’m pretty sure Yoshizawa was a NyanNyan. My favorite song by Onyanko Club has to be Sailor Fuku wo Nugasanaide^^
That’s because you’re a pervert yonasu! :P
(It’s my fave too though so, I shouldn’t talk I suppose!)
Lol, it’s just catchy!^^;
When I first saw Wink as a clip… I was like who are those smile-less girls who are singing? lol… I love them especially Ai ga Tomaranai ~Turn it into love~ that song is awesome,
Here are a bunch of other songs I like:
-Sekai de Ichiban Atsui Natsu by Princess Princess
-Second Love and Shoujo A by Nakamori Akina
-Mugo n Iroppoi and Koi Hitoyo by Kudo Shizuka
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