2:31 This lady's name is Ms. Yu Hayami, a very famous singer. In this video it's right after new year vacation, and she told that she went to Hawaii during vacation. Ms. Hayami used to live in Hawaii and Guam for real, during her childhood. Thus, she speaks fluent English.
@squeakychairchannel6 күн бұрын
Thank you for telling me. It’s very cool that she speaks different languages fluently 😊👍
@fes2fes2536 күн бұрын
28:52 A very famous commercial message from a shop named "Yodobashi Camera". They sell not only Camera but also various kinds of Electronic devices. Their head office is based in Shinjuku.
@fes2fes2536 күн бұрын
Actual song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6Kkaadof7SahtE
@DONPAN-YO6 күн бұрын
"The commercial song for Yodobashi Camera, a major electronics retailer, is a song that is a parody of an American song. Mr. Alex, you may have heard this song somewhere. It was also used in a scene in the TV drama "Outlander." Before it was used as a commercial song, this Western song had been remade many times, and it is unclear which version of the song was used as the commercial song. The oldest original song is... "John Brown's Body," a popular song from the 19th century during the American Civil War. It was introduced to Japan and became a parody of the children's song "ごんべえさんの赤ちゃん / Gonbe-san's Baby". (How peaceful that a song about a corpse could come to Japan and be turned into a baby song, right? 🤭) And because "John Brown's Body" became popular in America, it was remade into the original song of the American patriotic song "Battle Hymn of the Republic", and it spread further throughout America. The trigger for this was the use of this song as a marching song for the Union Army, which ultimately became the victor during the American Civil War. In that sense, one of the reasons this song became popular in Japan may be due to the period of American occupation of Japan. However, I don't think there are many people who listen to Yodobashi Camera's theme song thinking about such things, so most of us modern Japanese people probably don't bear any hard feelings, so Mr. Alex, you can rest assured. 🤗
@squeakychairchannel6 күн бұрын
Thank you, now I know 🙂👍
@squeakychairchannel6 күн бұрын
🤗❤️
@squeakychairchannel6 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for telling me the story of this song and its transformation into a children's song. This was really interesting to find out. 😄❤️👍
Each era in Japan had its own distinctive idol boom every few years, but the 1980s saw an explosive idol boom. There are several factors that led to the explosive idol boom in the 1980s, but in the 1980s, many female and male idols were born. However, the popularity of female idols was more astounding than that of male idols. (←This is my personal opinion, but I'm sure many other people feel the same way.) I personally think that the biggest factor that caused this boom was Momoe Yamaguchi-san, a singer, idol, and famous actress who became ultra-super-miraculously popular in the 1970s. She got married and retired at the height of her popularity in the entertainment industry. No one could complain about her clean retirement, and everyone wished her happiness. New idols began to appear one after another to fill the void left by this popular figure in the idol world, and audiences and viewers became fascinated with these new idols, as if to fill the void they had lost. At that time, there was a proliferation of music TV programs, audition programs, and music competition festivals, making it an attractive social situation for people aiming to become music idols. These girls made their debut as idols in an era when new idols were appearing on TV almost every day. These idols also appeared on comedy TV programs to improve their skills and promote themselves. For the comedy programs, having an idol who was gaining popularity appear on the show increased its popularity, so it was a win-win situation for both sides. Also, the comedy show's MCs (in this case, the Drifters) were shown their skills in how they could make the most of the idols' characters on the stage of the comedy world. In that sense, all of the Drifters were able to bring out the idol characters, so there were many appearances by idols of the time, as well as singers and talents other than idols. Matsumoto Iyo-san's main job is here! --- kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZ6keX-vlr2nZ7s Hayami Yu-san's main job is here! --- kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4DbmpeEhq2UZqs Onishi Hiromi-san and Fujimoto Aki-san, who sat behind me, were both singer idols, but they didn't get as much popularity as the two in front of them and didn't have any big hits. So I couldn't find any videos of them (singing at a live show). I think that the vast majority of people born in the Showa era know Hayami Yu and Matsumoto Iyo's songs, even if they did not listen to them in the 80s. I think that not only do people of the Showa generation know them, but many of them can sing their hit songs. PS : Yamaguchi Momoe-san, who retired in 1980, has been living as a good wife and mother ever since, and even now, more than 40 years after her retirement, there are still people who sing her songs at karaoke, and there are still people who hope that she will come back to the entertainment industry. Even if singers or actors retire, there is a good percentage of them who come back to the entertainment industry in their long lives, and there are many fans and viewers who hope for that. But I also think it's cool when people stick to their decision to retire until the very end. That coolness makes us want to continue being their fan, but then again, our desire to see them and our desire for them to stick to their own beliefs clash within us fans, and it becomes a struggle. "🌼...I want to see you, but I can't, I want to see you, I can't, but I want to see you..." 😱😅🤭
@squeakychairchannel6 күн бұрын
You need to be a very strong personality to retire at the peak of your popularity, since the vast majority of musical performers and actors cannot do this. Thanks for the interesting story and links to these videos 🤗❤️👍