Active Band Man Chats - Seasonal Songs -

The theme this time is "seasonal songs"

Oh, there are seasonal songs.

Christmas songs will be played all over town in December, right? That's how I came up with it.

Speaking of Christmas songs, do you think of Wham!? For Japanese music, I wonder if it would be Kiyotaka Sugiyama's "Last HOLY NIGHT". Ah. It's not because it's Horry.

That's a classic! And Tatsuro Yamashita's "Christmas Eve"!

Junta Mori's JUN SKY WALKER (S), with whom you’ve collaborated, also has a famous song called "Shiroi Christmas".

Yeah, there are many songs for Christmas, but what about other seasons and events? Can you think of any?

Another big event is Valentine's Day. That's a big sales battle ... isn't it a little nasty? (Lol)

For Valentine's Day, there are Sayuri Kokusho's "Valentine's Day Kiss" and UP-BEAT's "Rainy Valentine".

So that's it. How about Halloween?

Oh, Michael Weikath? How nice!

Kai Hansen! That's different! No, it's not different, but ... it's still different! (Laughs) Well, the name of the band HELLOWEEN probably came from Halloween, the event ... What about a song?

AKB48 and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu released songs with that theme.

Yes, I'm sure ... But it didn’t leave a strong impression on me.

If you think of them in that way, the Christmas songs may be particularly fulfilling.

I agree. Oh, how about graduation songs? There’s also fierce competition here.

Competition (laughs) Yutaka Ozaki's "Graduation", Yuki Saito's "Graduation", Yumin's "Graduation Photo" ... Takako Okamura’s "Don't give up your dream" ...

Oh, each generation has its own (laughs)

Then, Kaientai’s "Words to send you off"!

What do you mean by “then”? (laughs)?

What's new ... Naotaro Moriyama’s "Sakura" ... Remioromen's "March 9th"?

Oh, yes! There are many songs about cherry blossoms, aren't they?

"March 9th" is a good song as a reference for band men.

Especially three-piece bands.

Also, Yumin's "Graduation Photo" is played by wonderful musicians, so please give it a listen!

Sure. Especially the works of the Yumi Arai era.

We’ve quickly gone through seasonal songs, but there are also many summer songs.

There are many summer songs. There are bands that make summer their theme. Ah. But I don’t think there are many songs about Obon. Personally, I only know of Masashi Sada's (Grape) "Spirit Boat Progression" ... What’s he aiming for? (Lol)

I see ... I noticed that the book of autumn songs would be thin!

Thin? (laughs) ... No, it would certainly be thin. Halloween, which we just finished, is now a big event, but there aren't any impressive songs yet ... It would be huge if we made a hit (laughs) There are few other autumn songs, right?

Let's make the definitive edition of autumn songs with Masashi Sada's "Autumn Sakura" and Spitz "Kaede"!

You were born in autumn, and you feel strongly about it. So, let's include The Showers (Kizuhiko and Holy are members of the band).

Yeah, stay tuned! See you again! Yes, and everything?

Is for love!