A few days ago, Buya Jun gave everyone Amway the national band "Nantian Stars" selected by 140,000 Japanese netizens as the "artist who most hopes to see at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games", and the backstage received more Japanese singers who let Budaya Jun introduce more Japanese singers, and today I will talk about another one - Japan's national treasure song queen Matsunaya Yumi.
Some time ago, when surfing the Internet, Buya Jun just saw a post of high praise message mentioning Matsutoya Yumi, which is written like this
"In Japan, even ugly people can be red, such as Matsutoya Yumi, who looks like this...."
It sounds strange, if you usually listen to songs, you listen to the songs quietly, basically do not pay attention to the appearance of the singer who sings a certain song, why does a singer want his face to look good? The face is unable to sing and write song drops.
However, it seems that many fans in the entertainment circle have a different view: "The entertainment industry is all about looking at faces."
Therefore, many people are surprised that "why can it be popular in Japan?" Let's not talk about the aesthetic benevolence, under the tone of today's "appearance is justice", many people forget that an artist wants to be popular, not by face, but by works.
Domestic very common traffic artists, let people remember the main face, but there is no work out of the circle, although the major music charts are ranked at the top, often posted to refresh a record, but in fact, most of the fans do the data, passers-by disk is a handful.
Compared with relying on fans to do data, news hype and living in variety shows, Japanese artists, especially musicians, still rely on solid works to become popular.
This is the existence of Yumi Matsunaya, which Ishito Matsunaya wants to talk about today.
Influenced the founder of Japanese pop music
48 years after his debut, the 66-year-old Matsunaya Yumi is a pioneer of Japanese pop music, one of the leading figures in japanese pop culture for nearly half a century, and has won the Purple Ribbon Medal.
Compared with Miyuki Nakajima, who is known as "saving the Chinese music scene", Matsunaya Yumi is less well-known in China, but she is known as "Mizogi" along with Miyuki Nakajima and Maria Takeuchi, and is one of the three most important female singer-songwriters in the history of Japanese pop music.
A Japanese music program commented that she "changed the taste of Japanese people listening to songs" (before her appearance, Japanese people mainly listened to traditional songs and folk songs), and the media named her "queen of pop" and "new music queen".
Matsunaya Yumi rarely appeared on television until 2011, when NHK 'Red and White Song Club' invited her for the first time, but since her debut, she has held nearly 2,500 concerts, an average of one a week.
At present, the sales of records are close to 40 million copies, of which album sales rank first among Japanese female singers, the first Japanese individual singers, and many firsts:
The first female singer to sell more than one million copies
The first singer to sell more than two million copies
The first female singer to sell more than one million copies in the first week
A singer who has won the number one sales for 10 consecutive albums (18 consecutive years with a number one album).....
Matsunaya Yumi was born on January 19, 1954 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, and his original name was Yumi Arai, and he changed his surname after marrying musician Masataka Matsunaya.
Matsunaya Yumi showed great musical talent at a very young age, began writing songs at the age of 14, and officially debuted at the age of 18.
Matsunaya was composed and arranged by Shimi, and later won the Kikuchi Hiroshi Award, a very important award in Japanese literature, and the literary nature of the song was also recognized, and the Kikuchi Hiroshi Award officially evaluated her as "creating a new spiritual landscape for the Japanese people." ”
Famous songs are recommended
Matsunaya led a new era of Japanese pop in the 1970s with Shirao Yamamoto, Haruto Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Myoko Okuma, and Yoshiyuki Kuwata (Minami Ten Qunxing), and her first album, which she released, stunned the Japanese music scene.
The first album was the famous ひこうき雲.
The album's eponymous title song "ひこうき雲" (航 trail cloud) is a song written by Yumi Matsutoya in high school, and it was very surprising that she could write such a refreshing song at that time, when she was not yet 20 years old.
The mood of this song is simple and typical, and the emotions and meanings are ordinary and profound.
It is no wonder that 40 years after its release, it was also selected by Miyazaki as the theme song of the movie "The Wind Rises".
I admire the sky and put the sky
Longing for the sky Appears above the sky
That child's life is
The child's life was like the tail cloud of an airplane
INTERVIEWER "Hikoki Cloud"
Here are two famous songs that appeared in the 2016 Japanese drama "It's Not That I Can't Get Married, It's That I Don't Want to".
Each episode of this Japanese drama uses a classic song that connects the beautiful high school memories of the "First Love Group", each song represents a different mood of the protagonist, and the first and last episodes are all songs by Yumi Matsunaya.
The first episode of "春よ,來い" (春,來, 來), is still the most representative spring song in the hearts of many people, and is considered to be a famous song. (The song only sold for 500 yen that year, to which she responded that "I am not short of money"))
It's spring.
Spring
It's spring.
Distant spring
If you get a eyelid, there it is
If you close your eyes, you can see that she is over there
I gave you a love of you.
Bring me the voice of love to you
There is a voice of nostalgia
It was ringing in my ears
INTERVIEWER "Spring, Come"
Japanese figure skater Yusuke Habu used this piece in last year's Figure Skating World Championships performance (when Habu kisses the ice, it is the sound of flowers blooming)
The last episode of "It's Not That I Can't Get Married, It's That I Don't Want" is a "Graduation Photo" by Yumi Matsutoya, and unlike "Spring Is Coming", this song has a deep sadness, and the famous song of the Japanese graduation season has been covered by many singers such as Ayumi Ayumi, Bio Chief, Masaya Sakamoto, and Miki Imai.
I'm swept away by the crowd
With the crowd I gradually changed myself
You sometimes get rid of me
You accuse me of this from afar all the time
Under the willow that shakes like a swaying
Under the willow trees that swayed as if they wanted to talk
Even the road I've taken is now out of the way
The road that was originally walked can only be seen from the tram
Don't forget that way of life
Please don't forget your attitude towards life at that time
You're my youth itself
You are my youth
—— "Death Photography"
Christmas was originally a religious holiday in the West, but now it is one of the most important festivals in Japan, and it is regarded by many people as Valentine's Day, which has a lot to do with Matsutoya Yumi.
Her song "Lovers がサンタクロース" has changed the public's perception of the meaning of Christmas.
In addition to singing herself, she has also written many famous songs for other singers, especially among the popular female idols in the 80s, many of whom became popular because they sang the songs she wrote.
"Red Sweet Pea" Japanese "Nagisa no Balcony" 奠奠圣 tamashi idol status, Two the head of the poem Capital Jishotoya Yunote.
Tomoyo Harada (the heroine of "Your Turn") starred in "The Girl Who Traveled Through Time" that year, and the theme song "Shi をかける少女" was also composed by Yumi Matsunaya, and this song was also one of the golden songs of the 80s.
Yuri 80's Human Woman Idol Hiroko Maru Representative Sexual Song "The Tragedy of Woman""
In addition to participating in music activities, Matsunaya Yumi also worked as a translator at the beginning of Luc Besson's documentary "Atlantis", and in addition to the picture, she also translated some picture books of some foreign cartoonists.
The queen of poisonous tongues in Japanese showbiz
Matsunaya Yumi also has a well-known "poisonous tongue" in the Japanese showbiz industry to feel her sharp evaluation of other artists
Comments on Miyuki Nakajima: "A very powerful and talented person, considered one of the best female singers, but what about her sex life" (Miyuki Nakajima is still unmarried)
The first time I saw Miyuki Nakajima, the other person wore Yoshinoya's clothes, and then Matsunaya Yumasa said, "Don't wear it again, I seem to be able to smell beef rice." ”
Comments on Maria Takeuchi: "Boring people, it's stupid to work so hard, and I occasionally come out and release an album to sell big." ”
Commenting on Yamadaburō: "Like a puppet".
Commenting on Yasushi Akimoto: "Akimoto is a girl. ”
Commenting on Takashi Matsumoto (a famous Japanese lyricist): "He is just my imitator, after all, he is only imitating, and he can't be original." ”
Commenting on Shiina Lin: "This face looks, sometimes beautiful, sometimes ugly. ”
Comments on Jenny Jackson: "The dance moves are like robots, and they have plastic surgery. ”
Comment on JUJU: "The whole person is like a donut. ”
Comment on AKB48: "It's so packed. ”
Commenting on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi: "Looks like a dried fig. ”
Commenting on Yukita: "She needs to be given ant insecticide. ”
Commenting on Hidetoshi Nakata (a famous Japanese footballer): "It gives me the feeling that he likes men. ”
Comments on Oda Yuji: "Feelings are still evolving, Ape 2.0"
Comment on hyde: "His sensual elements are enviable"
Comments on Mori Akira: "The brave look for love is very handsome."
Commenting on Makoto Kondo: "Brain plasma jumped out of the ear and could not become the mainstay of the entertainment industry."
Commenting on Shizuka Kudo: "A sick face, I once saw her counting money while smoking in a high-end restaurant, looking very vulgar."
Commenting on Momoe Yamaguchi: "The standard of Japanese idols is so low? ”。
Commenting on Kuwata Yoshiyuki: "Kuwata Jun's shortcoming is that he is too jealous, although he seems to be a very intelligent person, but in fact, his personality cares too much about some things."
Comments on Masaharu Fukuyama: "The song mixed with English has finally finished."
Comments on Miku Skylark (Japanese legend Katsuhime): "I can do it to this extent."
Commenting on Tetsuya Komuro: "Frail and sickly, very fragile look"
Commenting on Saburo Kitajima: "His feet must stink, right?"
Comments on Koji Tamaki: "His songs have a bar atmosphere, which is the level of composition of elementary school students"
Comments on Ryuichi Kawamura: "The Singing Of The Fur Seal"
Commenting on Akiko Wada: "It is really gratifying that she did not come to my house."
Comments by Miwa Yoshida: "Rustic style"
Comment on Ayumi Hamasaki: "Eyelashes are like cockroach feet, and the sparkling makeup should be worn for a few hours."
Commenting on Matsuda Seiko: "I don't want her royalties anymore, and I give the song back to me, either bullying her or not liking her." ”。
Commenting on AIKO: "Pretend to be childish, I know it myself." ”。
Comments on Hiroyuki Sanada and Hidekazu Akai: "If only they were gay"
An artist of this level can really say whatever he wants, it is really an interesting old lady, and maybe he can be evaluated by Matsutoya Yushi and may also prove that he is a big thing.