東北新幹線 - THRU TRAFFIC

[@damienewheinzwood6837]

This is hillious fantastic music....

[@irispostsmusic7361]

It's been FIVE entire years and I still have no idea what "hillious" means.

[@oscarmahoney6178]

@@irispostsmusic7361 lmao

[@griffinwade-salay4098]

@@irispostsmusic7361 Haha me neither, but I might need to start using it now

[@oogabooga420]

@@irispostsmusic7361 I think in his native language he means that the music you posted is hillious.

[@Kosac07]

@@irispostsmusic7361 google's first results are NOT what I was hoping to see...

[@verdiernoyama9681]

For those who liked this album, you should know that Narumin ( one of the singer of the duet ) made an album called "Around the THRU TRAFFIC" released on June 25, 2022 for the 40th anniversary of the album "THRU TRAFFIC". The album is available on Narumi Hiroshi's auto-generated youtube channel. Cindy is also present in the album

[@irispostsmusic7361]

I wish the mastering was better, keys popping all over the place... :(

[@DuwangKaizer]

@@irispostsmusic7361 it's a Demo Album

[@RoboLobster3000]

Omg I love CINDY

[@ricksommer9990]

POV: you read the description, and decided to save your game. This album is a true diamond in the rough

[@AndBusinessIsGood]

This album captures the highest vibrations 🙏🏼

[@mikuro9532]

大学生の頃リリースされ、毎日のように聞いたアルバムです。自分の人生に少なからず影響を与えた一枚です。 今は亡き鳴海寛氏、山川恵津子氏に感謝。

[@Iriscal]

今でもその時代の日本の音楽が世界中で愛されてるって、素敵でしょ？ 1993年に生まれた私も、そう思って、感謝してます

[@qwdase7573]

일본의 노래들은 대단해

[@alexandra.v]

September Valentine is so peaceful and so romantic at the same time... I love it!

[@dongshenghan1473]

00:00 you have my attention

[@tkt0314]

The artist's name "touhoku shinkansen" is a reference to the Shinkansen bullet train in Japan's Tohoku region, which at the time of 1982 was not readily opened to traffic. The male vocalist "hiroshi narumi" died in 2015.

[@たら-f8u]

実際に東北新幹線で流れてるのかと思ったらバンドなんだ🤣summer touches youめちゃくちゃ良い！

[@yamazaki3981]

御年28歳ですが、数年前からシティーポップに興味をもち　このアルバムを見つけました。素敵な曲ばかりでお気に入りです。 KZbinで　様々な曲を聴けるのはとても良いことですね。

[@yamazaki3981]

CDやレコードを買って、聴いて、人に貸し借りをするような時代があったことも、とても大切にしたいです。

[@irispostsmusic7361]

@@yamazaki3981 いいね！　私も来月、28歳になります！　もっと若いころにシティポップを発見したらいいのにね…　耳きながら、仕事や家事とか、FF14でゆっくりプレイしたり、するのが好きです。　日本でもまだ人気なのかしら？

[@bielaquila]

One of best albuns I ever heard. "Summer Touches you" is fantastic!

[@ilyasmoulayramdanemoulat1624]

Gabriel Perdigao i hope this summer gonna touch all individual in this planet with love happiness and healing

[@verdiernoyama9681]

Hiroshi Narumin made another version of "Summer Touches you", the song is in the 40th anniversary album of "Thru Traffic" on his automatically generated channel

[@xUNKNOWNxAC94]

This album makes summer last year round...

[@StuartPotGorillaz2D]

oi didnt think i'd see you here

[@xUNKNOWNxAC94]

LMFAO HAI

[@pakorabanne83]

I listen often to so many great Japanese artists, Tatsuro Yamashita, Toshiki Kadomatsu, Junko Yagami etc, the list goes on, but there's just something about this album which makes me listen to it at least once a week, it's just about magical, last message is just perfect before settling down to sleep!

[@irispostsmusic7361]

Think of it as a save point for your life.

[@pakorabanne83]

@@irispostsmusic7361 love that!

[@yagottapaythetrolltoll3127]

same, I always re-listen to this and Ryunsekei's TOKYO SNIPER. Especially when I run

[@verdiernoyama9681]

Narumin made an album called "Around the THRU TRAFFIC" released on June 25, 2022 for the 40th anniversary of the album "THRU TRAFFIC". The album is available on Narumi Hiroshi's auto-generated youtube channel.

[@jennifermagdaleno682]

,Last Message' is a literal bop. Listened to it during high school thinking about my high school crush and now we're together, listening to this song whenever we go on trips together :,)

[@Foonem]

this has got to be one of the best citypop albums of all time

[@maximianocoelho4496]

Takako Mamiya is reading your comment...

[@SenoritoGhost]

Makoto appears

[@irispostsmusic7361]

@@maximianocoelho4496 The only reason I didn't also upload Love Trip is that someone else had already uploaded it. ;)

[@maximianocoelho4496]

@irispostsmusic7361 at this point, we are just waiting her like the second coming of Jesus to resucitate the genre.

[@tenkadodo]

当時は山下達郎や EPO 、角松敏生を リアルタイムで 聞きまくっていましたが このユニットは ノーチェックでした。 前者に 勝るとも劣らない すごいクオリティです。 とても40年前 の アルバムとは思えません。 山川恵津子さんは岡本舞子や渡辺満里奈への楽曲提供 やアレンジャーとして 注目していましたが このような傑作があったのは知りませんでした。

[@irispostsmusic7361]

本当にセレンディピティですね。　なんということでしょうーーこんな素敵なジャンルの時代の15年後生まれの私も、「リアルタイムで聞きまくってた」君も、　時の流れに隠されてたこのアルバムを見つけるなんて。🎵💖 It truly is serendipity, isn't it. It's incredible -- that I, who was born 15 years after the heyday of this genre, and you, who "listened to it in real time", could find this album hidden by the flow of time. 🎵💖

[@MadMaddy1200]

September Valentine is giving me Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66 vibes ❤️

[@19Kenshiro86]

Perfect album to listen on train 😋

[@Yukiguni1985]

Me right now! On my way to work in the hospital 😄

[@deleteable.]

do yourself a favor and listen to this album on a nice summer morning

[@irispostsmusic7361]

I'm actually doing that right now.

[@Lucas-z5s]

This album is one of my favorite finds on KZbin, feels so nostalgic of 80s/90s films I watched growing up as a kid. I always play this album on repeat during summer, thank you for sharing such a gem!

[@biocamino_ezequiel]

it's the first time i ever listen to this album, just with the first 10 seconds of it i already know i love it, thanks a lot for real

[@若月楓-j4o]

最近になって東北新幹線のお二人を知りました。 特に鳴海さんのストレンジ・ワインがとても心に響いて好きです。 もっと早く出会えていれば、と。 時代が変わり続けても、変わらない歌声をこれからも聞いていきます。

[@irispostsmusic7361]

このメッセージ届くか知らないけど、今でも興味深いです。　 私、まだ30歳だし生まれた前の頃に懐かしく感じさせるだけです。 初めて聞いたのは5年前なのに、今でも子供の時に戻せた感じがする。 もっと単純な時代…もっと優しい時代。

[@若月楓-j4o]

音楽は時代を超えて愛されています、 こうしてお返事をいただけることはとても嬉しく思います。 素敵な歌声とメロディーをこれからも忘れず、平和に過ごしていきたいですね。

[@AlphoxHD]

This is genuinley one fo the best city pop albums of all time

[@Hibiscuswaves]

most underrated album

[@クロスシー-x1v]

Every song on this album is lovely!

[@daniele2026]

First time I'm listening to this and I'm already in love, thank you Iris! Music truly is the universal language, and the proof is this comment section!

[@mistamartial1076]

listening to this album with your special person hits home...

[@willywonka6468]

海外からのコメントが多くてビックリしてます。 「Summer Touches You」「心のままに」「セプテンバー・バレンタイン」「ラスト・メッセージ」等、ハズレ曲が一切ない"シティポップの金字塔"を知ることが出来て嬉しいです。

[@irispostsmusic7361]

素敵ですね、シティーポップの音♥♥♥

[@theboredprogrammer1114]

この時は，悲しすぎて，このアルバムは元気になる。

[@MikeValencia]

Omg that last track “Last Message” holy shit

[@ramisu8824]

yup that is it 💔

[@williampootsolis3790]

Mi favourite from this

[@ChronicBurnout3]

Stunning ending 😍

[@6Pagan6hate6]

Listening to it again tonight, for the xxxxx time. I love a lot of good city pop albums but this one is an absolute banger from the beginning to the very end. The voices, the instruments, the mix, the composition... everything is right spot on at each second, damn I love this album so much.

[@RabbitEarsCh]

This gets heavy rotation on New J Radio. Happy to finally hear the whole thing!

[@DuwangKaizer]

where can i find the station?

[@verdiernoyama9681]

My favorite songs are "September Valentine" and "Tsuki ni yorisotte"

[@jordanleng204]

Thank you, KZbin. Another hidden gem. ❤️

[@Yukiguni1985]

Hi everyone! Today I find out that this LP will be reissued on August 6th 2022. Just wanted to tell It to those who have been willing to buy this gem without paying a fortune (2nd hand is so so pricey!). Good news for city pop lovers! 🤗

[@ULT_Ferrotarou]

OMG THANK YOU for this comment! Been hoping for a vinyl reprint of this for years, I'm so glad I randomly decided to listen to this on KZbin!

[@verdiernoyama9681]

Moreover, In June 2022, the 40th anniversary album of "Thru Traffic" was released, and it's on Hiroshi Narumin channel, in this album there is even a collaboration with Cindy ( In the song "You & I" )

[@akshaythakore6688]

Where can I find it ?

[@Yukiguni1985]

​Hello! ​@@akshaythakore6688It can be found on lots of online shops. I bought mine on discogs online shop. 😊 Hope you can get your copy🙏

[@janken3767]

Wow. Amazingly nostalgic feeling, everything I depict in my head while listening to this album is seen through a deep blue like a feeling of longing for a status quo. It's romantic in it's delievery. 9/10.

[@通りすがりのコメンテーター-c5z]

又知らない名曲集を 見つけられました 暫く聴きたくなりました アップありがとうございます

[@irispostsmusic7361]

しばらく聞いてありがとうよ。 世界は最近やばくなっても ここは安全で安らかです。 まさにセーブポイントです。

[@satorogo2]

アップありがとうございます！鳴海さんのファルセットが好きです。それにしても日本のシティポップが外国の人にウケているとはいえ、東北新幹線まで？？笑 なんと書き込みの多いこと。でも良いことですね(^^)

[@Iriscal]

ヴァン・パウガムの動画で初めて「Cloudy」が聞いたんです。最初はアルバムを全部手に入れるつもりはなかったけど、その曲を聞く為にTHRU TRAFFICをダウンロードしようとしたら、 酷い音割れがあったからCDを買っちゃった。

[@kaynejshortfilm]

For some reason I keep coming back to this album month after month,,, it really resonates with me. Thanks for posting.

[@AliceCochrane]

Track 1). Superb intro. Soporific song. Good idea to put the intro on a loop, and chop the rest. Dang... Biggies dead. Spell 👍

[@panzera101]

Respect!

[@sabeenf5352]

This album gives me so much joy

[@gnunahartup4062]

Thanks a lot for uploading this.. city pop songs always magical, so much joy and nostalgic to the memories and moments that even doesn't exist.. what a journey to hear the whole album, i shed my tears, i'm so gratefull that their music could be so beatifull.. ❤

[@kaynejshortfilm]

Year after year... still loving it

[@DuwangKaizer]

One of the best Japanese albums of all time...

[@markov.]

00:00 lyric Mou sukoshi aru kouka kono kaiga doori ichikiro mou yukeba miruku-sutando de nodo wo uru oseru yo Ho wa tsutau Ase tsugu ni Sotto kuchidzukete ii Hajimete koishita toki no you ni koe ga furueteshimau SUMMER TOUCHES YOU~ I feel it's time to shine for me EVERY TIME I LOOK AT YOU~ I feel as if I lose my mind Hito to hi no yume wo nitemo ii Itsu no hibi wo wasuresasete tsuka NORMAL Arigatou ima boku wa kokoro kara kimi ni tsugeru konna yasashii kimochi ni nante mou narenai to omotteta SUMMER TOUCHES YOU~ I feel it's time to shine for me EVERY TIME I LOOK AT YOU~ I feel as if I lose my mind Hito to hi no yume wo nitemo ii Itsu no hibi wo wasuresasete tsuka NORMAL SUMMER TOUCHES YOU~...

[@samsosuper3078]

Do you have the lyrics for any of the other songs ?

[@markov.]

@@samsosuper3078 what kinda song?

[@mistamartial1076]

This duo Narumin & Etsu are just as good as Omega tribe w Carlos and sugiyama. Came to this album from Van paugham tooo, shame that he got shutdown :(

[@SmartSleeper]

you know what's up

[@tacticalsweater5119]

I think omega tribe may be a little better.

[@Sqwivig]

I'm so happy I stumbled upon this wonderful album ❤

[@wa7saka]

perfect for transit. And it’s summer right now

[@AtilaZepol]

I literally just took a break from playing ffxiv and wanted to listen to some new city pop, then I check the description lmao

[@assassinelias2212]

I can't tell how much i appreciate your video, thanks.

[@TonymanCS]

Simply wonderful.

[@DaddyDuckTown]

There's something so simple but beautiful about this album cover, and the first song fits it perfectly. What I wouldn't give to be in Japan in the 1980s drinking a soda and browsing record shops for these albums...

[@irispostsmusic7361]

Or for me, sitting at some seaside ice shack in a sundress, sipping a martini and listening to this...

[@DaddyDuckTown]

@@irispostsmusic7361 That's a pretty great dream, ngl.

[@irispostsmusic7361]

@@DaddyDuckTown The kino lives on, but I can still live that dream. Maybe. If the open up Japan after having it closed due to [redacted] pandemic...

[@DaddyDuckTown]

@@irispostsmusic7361 Yeah it's kinda crazy how long they've been shut for thanks to the coof but a weeb can dream. There was a time back in the fall that they barely had any cases and they were still shut, so I don't expect much.

[@Oriolus1]

Listening to this while driving

[@BioBiro]

Wonderful album. Love the photo of the two of them on the back, also...

[@bonauditeur]

Thank you so much for sharing this. Been looking for the tracks on youtube forever and here you save my life.

[@flanno4549]

27:30 this is one of the if not the best city pop album I've heard

[@最上よしあき-p1m]

すごいっすｗ

[@alfonsonarvaez4219]

Thank you so much

[@DrHedgie]

Thanks for your recommendations. This is indeed very nice

[@AlienRope]

My favorite song on this Album is Spell.

[@2jazzen]

I got to have this album!!♥ Amazing

[@Iriscal]

Please consider purchasing it! www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/RATCD-4399?s_ssid=e35025b6dfb862025

[@TheJgjfg]

La définition même de la perle cachée, spell c'est un 10/10 selec

[@TheJgjfg]

En plus c'est un album qui parle du shinkansen que demander de plus

[@verdiernoyama9681]

J'aime beaucoup "September Valentine" et "Tsuki ni yorisotte"

[@vash47]

this album is genius

[@shippuuuden2009]

I've been listening to this album for 10 years now and it's still good! I can never get tired of it.

[@arkadmahn7702]

“Spell” That’s the best for me

[@daniele2026]

Album fantastico, lo amo di già!

[@DiogenesGOM]

23:59..... This is love.

[@Oriolus1]

I love it

[@IllusiveAdventures]

YES, such a good song

[@verdiernoyama9681]

My favourite

[@williechen9328]

Same here. Mr Van brought me here the reason is unsatisfied😆

[@嗣永ももち]

八神純子さんから聴くようになり、今はレコードプレーヤーが無いので　久しぶりに聴きました。あの頃の 音楽はやはり良いですね

[@irispostsmusic7361]

うんうん！　私30歳なのでまさに生まれた前の頃に懐かしく感じさせる！　けどね、私最近90年代の前半も聞いていたの。　例えにすると… kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4WXp4OsiMd0Y80 こういう曲。

[@Saut-i1v]

Les musiciens japonais sont excellents 😍

[@expansivegymnast1020]

I love this cover

[@irispostsmusic7361]

It's such a "slow-life" vibe.

[@gonzalochervet8127]

Thank you for sharing!

[@servauxremy229]

Fantastic...

[@BLACKDISC]

To the OP: I'm going to visit your house in FFXIV (assuming it's still up!) Thanks for sharing!

[@irispostsmusic7361]

It WAS still up... until I let it lapse while I was playing WoW Classic Hardcore. :( It was demolished on December 10.

[@ChronicBurnout3]

Incredible. Thanks for posting

[@Cless]

4:53 is so soothing

[@rawukkast]

dope sample

[@ardhiton2528]

wait what song sampled which?

[@theseerllama]

This really reminds me of Part 4 of Jojo's. I feel like, if not for the murder mystery plot, it could have made for a really cool slice of life anime with the usual stand shenanigans to spice things up.

[@worksq]

おお！安部さんの「セプテンバーヴァレンタイン」が！ 決めました。 購入します。

[@Iriscal]

いいね！

[@verdiernoyama9681]

I just discovered this album by chance, the album is amazing. They reminds me of the band Hi-fi Set

[@donaldponder6462]

This is an insanely wonderful album ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🎈🪭🪭🪭🎈👺🤳🫧

[@MadtheJazz]

Perfect❤

[@FEELINSIDE-p9q]

cloudy 全专辑最佳

[@irispostsmusic7361]

这也是我最喜欢的曲目。我喜欢歌声！

[@DuwangKaizer]

A classic album by Hiroshi Narumi (March 20th 1958 - July 2015) and Etsuko Yamakawa...

[@verdiernoyama9681]

He died 😢 ?

[@DuwangKaizer]

@@verdiernoyama9681 yeah, in 2015

[@verdiernoyama9681]

@@DuwangKaizer oh. what were the causes oh his death ?

[@DuwangKaizer]

@@verdiernoyama9681 I tried searching the Japanese internet, but I cannot find his cause of death

[@verdiernoyama9681]

@@DuwangKaizer oh ok

[@kaynejshortfilm]

this is great stuff!

[@eabaw4wrw3rqf72]

that trumpet accompaniment in the first song is very reminiscent of the west coast aor sound such as jay graydon david foster maybe chicagoish. i cant explain its like that low pitch type of trumpet style, more relaxed, unlike earth wind and fire's which is more upbeat.

[@irispostsmusic7361]

I think that's a horn, like maybe a french horn, not a trumpet. A trumpet is much more sharp and crisp.

[@AliceinNirvanagarden]

So smooth

[@peixenada6124]

Incrível, que delícia ouvir isto

[@ilyasmoulayramdanemoulat1624]

I like it give me pleasure joy thanks

[@leonardohuntt]

Cara me lembro a muito tempo quando ouvi os meus primeiros albums de City Pop e que sorte a minha este ter sido um deles. Incrível, sempre volto aqui pra escutar essa jóia.

[@damienewheinzwood6837]

시트리 갓 멋있어!!!!

[@synapticflow]

Thanks Iris!

[@xoulmannn]

25:00 I hear a little Bobby Womack - If You Think You're Lonely Now ... wonder if this was purely a coincidence.

[@texcentric]

3. Stay In My Heart 6. According to Tsuki

[@irispostsmusic7361]

Actually, 月に寄り添って literally translates to "snuggling up to (or, getting close to / intimate with) the moon"

[@matthfu]

❤

[@galaxyhero2454]

This was played in east Germany and the Soviet union

[@uryen921]

Really? I thought they hate everything that came from the west...

[@landischorsch]

@@uryen921 GDR was a dictatorship. The people indeed loved music from the west. The only thing was, it wasn't loved by the government to love music from the west. By the way, this album didn't come from the west. It's Japanese.

[@Iriscal]

@@landischorsch Well, you could certainly say that citypop was heavily influenced by Western music.

[@landischorsch]

@@Iriscal Indeed, I hear the influence of west coast pop artists like Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers, Pages and many of Jay Graydon, David Foster and Quincy Jones produced artists. But it does not change the fact that it is not real Western music. One reason why it might have been played in some countries of the former Eastern Bloc could have been the fact that it did not come from the so-called "class enemy". Anyway, my main criticism referred to the statement that people from the former Eastern Bloc hadn’t loved Western pop music which is definitely untrue.

[@dominodoge]

nice

[@2jazzen]

Amazing 33:50

[@massimoruggieri5316]

Hi Iris ! ℘.s.✉Beautiful !!!

[@theseerllama]

progress save: currently on the (hopeful) tail end of a bad stomach migraine. Had to suffer theough a headache and nausea that confines me to a bed the other day, but it's been wearing off since. I almost want to soft reset, but I think going on from here would be better.

[@irispostsmusic7361]

GAME SAVE IN PROGRESS - DO NOT POWER OFF YOUR CONSOLE.