Toshiki Kadomatsu (角松敏生) - 52nd Street (52ndストリート) (1987)

[@yoshibunny]

真夏の夜、初めての給料で買った車で（あ～もちろんローン組んでねｗｗ）、朝までドライブしました。カーステレオのカセットデッキにこの曲のテープをぶち込んで、エアコンがキンキンに聞いた車内で、缶コーヒー飲みながら「自分が大人になった」「自由になった」ってことを実感しながらドライブしてたあの青春のころを思い出します。ありがとう。

[@ISAIAH96MARTIN]

Beautiful, thank you for those words

[@とっちニッケル]

凄く共感！！

[@marcuscalixte4392]

I can't believe a song about two uncles killed by a drone strike led me to this masterpiece What a time to be alive

[@MrVuckFiacom]

I'm interested on what song you listened to. What was it? More info?

[@marcuscalixte4392]

Mr Vuck Fiacom kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpLGd6ybeNpgptE

[@MrVuckFiacom]

Marcus Calixte Thanks a ton, makes sense now lol.

[@WuchtaArt]

Marcus Calixte Their death wasn't wasted.

[@flower-ld5id]

wait wtf how did supermega get you to this song? this is really weird because i added this to a playlist in like summer 2016 when i was listening to loads of this stuff at the end of the school year. and i've been a fan of supermega or cyndago since that summer too. and im back listening to this playlist and i had no idea a supermega viewer would be the top comment

[@mcgillicuddy]

Such a shame it isn’t on Spotify

[@StupidBeee]

i just discovered this song and my heart broke when i saw this comment. im so sad because this song is so freakin good and i only use Spotify

[@gogudelagaze1585]

@@StupidBeee Make your own spotify with blackjack and hookers!

[@uberrandomperson]

@@StupidBeee you can play it through spotify if you download from youtube and sync spotify with your computer.

[@YTIsTakingOverMyLife]

@@uberrandomperson not on your phone tho, no?

[@breakerdad6115]

角松っあんのインストで1番好き。　 もう35年以上聴いてるけど全然飽きない。

[@exloverayu3249]

かつて、福井テレビニュースのオープニング曲として使われていました。

[@bigballer709]

Swag

[@マッドアサノ]

眼から鱗。 有名どこではビートたけしのスポーツ大将で選手紹介のシーンで使われていました。

[@hattori-ky8dh]

だから？

[@eclectic505]

I love how everyone's mind is blown away by this track. That's just how good it is.

[@aspacenerdfromflorida1134]

The entire album is incredible and I've been addicted to listening to it for around how old this comment is

[@houyeet]

This is the most 80s song ever

[@johnderekarcebal6411]

Yass! 👌🏼

[@GavinHawkinsMusic]

Clearly youve never listened to take on me

[@houyeet]

@@GavinHawkinsMusic I have

[@AlFredo-sx2yy]

@@GavinHawkinsMusic virgin generic take on me fan vs chad 52nd street enjoyer

[@GavinHawkinsMusic]

@@AlFredo-sx2yy dont even remember leaving this comment

[@mdavis5826]

I listen to this song every day. I've analyzed & cross analyzed so many times & can't find a single fault. if this was hold music (as some have mentioned), I would ask the phone rep to put me back on hold, that I would.

[@blossomingbeelzebub]

m davis i would just turn off the phone and come here to youtube for that pristine sound quality

[@skunthundler]

It's actually perfect.

[@_Forever555]

Hahahahahaha

[@yagottapaythetrolltoll3127]

@James Sunderland lol straight

[@Da_NooB_21]

have you found a fault yet?

[@sonjoseph]

The sound of realizing inner power, the sound of rising to the challenge and transcending

[@rodvillalobos99]

2:08 - 2:26 changed my life, seriously.

[@EdwardLepire]

its my favorite bit of anything in the entire world

[@Jaies_]

@@EdwardLepire Yo Edward what are you doing here lmao

[@EdwardLepire]

PieNinjaProductions hahahah i just appreciate good music ;)

[@EdwardLepire]

PieNinjaProductions listen to this kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZurdKOIZqt6a6M

[@maiksonstrife]

This remembers me some racing music on a game from psx

[@sir_lanian]

Its like Mega Drive music but uncompressed with more tracks utilised and crystal clear in its quality. From the low base, to mid and high notes. Utter perfection. Put this in any classic game and it will be awesome.

[@mgm6229]

Indeed, my friend. Like some Mega Drive games' tunes, 52nd Street has that unique 80's Japan style to it. Many tunes emitting Bubble-era badassery were composed back then. This being one of them.

[@atherrien95]

A lot of the synthesizers used in music of the time had that punchy FM-Synthesis sound to it, which bled over into the Mega Drive. It's great stuff

[@silverAceband]

Some sythwave and city pop songs do this time travelling thing. Take me to the time when we need to change the tv to the channel 3 Haha

[@mitchellbenbrook2041]

Makes me think of a Sega CD/Mega CD game that put its entire budget into the soundtrack, absolutely killer.

[@toalesovikk7168]

I was thinking the same thing

[@pianta411]

Why Vaporwave artists never give a list of the samples they used?! This music is sampled so much! Took me 4 years to find!!! edit : THIS. IS. A. MASTERPIECE. This song goes above the concept of musical taste, liking it is natural and mandatory.

[@rallokkcaz]

Because they don't wanna get sued in 20 seconds

[@BunzJackson]

and most of them are hacks

[@beaniebloob2009]

I just sampled it for my upcoming album lol

[@sitedrm]

I found it from listening to Finding Nash by Phil Gerus and googling the sample, which was listed on WhoSampled. I think that is a good new take on the track.

[@stevenkunkle3857]

I haven't found much jazz from that era of Japan that isn't amazing. I wish their musicians had more of an audience here. I think it's called scene jazz? I can't remember what the genre is called anymore

[@kmtonato]

親の影響で聞いてたけど、これは名盤でした。夜の高速道路では最強です。特に地方での真っ暗な山岳路線では、前の車のテールライトだけが頼りでした。

[@aaaazdsa]

昔の福井テレビのニュースで使われていた。子供ながらに良いと思った

[@tomlagomme]

Lost on KZbin again. What a great feeeliiiiiiinnnnnnnggggggggg

[@kwgcka]

30年以上経っても尚色褪せない。 素晴らしい音楽だと思います‼️

[@ラッタッターヒデ]

ほんて、素晴らしい曲❣️

[@miked2662]

It's like I'm playing Sega Genesis or Sega Saturn ... legit

[@zwxn123]

It does sound a lot like a typical Sega Genesis game, I think it's the FM synth they used for the bass.

[@damaken2]

かっこよし！ 大学時代に彼女と聴いていました。 30年経ったから覚えてないだろうな。 イイ時代だったな。

[@kingghidorah1212]

Fucking beautiful. This gives you a reason to get up and chase your passion.

[@gawain_goat1409]

couldn't have said it better myself!

[@SpitzNamen597]

I live in Phoenix and frequently go fishing at a big lake to the NE of me. Without fail, I always make sure to have this song queued up as I'm driving along the shoreline while the sun is rising. It's always an absolute treat.

[@eazypeazy]

this song is so awesome.

[@BLACKSHADE96]

+eazy peazy Im thinking about sampling this song just for the asthetic

[@eazypeazy]

+Aaron Jenkins one of the best japanese funk tracks from the 80s! :D

[@DimiKaye]

+Aaron Jenkins It' s all about the Future Funk a e s t h e t i c s ;)

[@00mike-mike10]

Going into my summer playlist :D

[@retromuel]

I think it's more that videogame music sounds like this than the other way round. City pop/jazz fusion stuff was massive in Japan by all accounts. Absolutely awesome tune.

[@ChikikyoKONAMI]

sounds very 𝙎𝙀𝙂𝘼 𝙂𝙀𝙉𝙀𝙎𝙄𝙎♬

[@itsrtvbaby]

I never knew this fact until the first day I fired up my PS2 and tried Gran Turismo 4. The sound itself literally turned the game into an actual world that I could explore like a dream...

[@sierra4057]

everyone keeps saying how supermega brought them here; i heard of this song from a clip on tumblr of an anime bunny dancing in skates to it

[@lukio3935]

Same

[@SpectrumWarriorR]

Same here. Also, that guitar riff near the end of the clip sounded mighty familiar.

[@gamesystemaddict3949]

I actually found this because of another song by toshiki. A few years back it was kinda hard to find much 80s Japanese music before the huge boom today. I found his song step into the light so I looked for more and then this song became my soundtrack to life haha

[@Ghost8919]

It was impossible for me to find this until now. Glad to see I'm not the only one here for the same reason.

[@jalenlillard1959]

Greatest clip on Tumblr tbh

[@正宣榎本]

何十年も聴いてます。

[@やすくん-b1g]

オレは断言できる。 この曲が発表されて36年の年月が流れたが、これから36年後、オレが87歳になっても聴いていると思うし、そんな先もカッコいい！と感じられる名曲だと。

[@正宣榎本]

このアルバムは最高です❗

[@mm1568jp]

正宣榎本 わかります！ 最高にカッケーですよね。 これに匹敵するのが少ない

[@ryohamaru2272]

2022 and this song still amazing

[@EL_PROTO_187]

PERFECT TUNE

[@EL_PROTO_187]

+Alvaro LXRY LISTENING TO THIS FROM SPAIN

[@starfcy]

I am listening from Neptune, takes more time to load but it's worth it

[@AutotuneAngel]

+Alvaro LXRY TIO AQUI TAMBIEN? XD

[@yukilove-cf9qf]

1日20回は聴いている サイコーのインストゥルメンタル🎶

[@AlexA-lv1zb]

Remember kids, always listen to the original before hearing a remix or edit

[@schurke_ng]

Lovely song for lovely uncles

[@nobleman98]

Thank you TWRP and Supermega for showing me this amazing song

[@thoat2601]

Danymals oh my god you noticed the TWRP guitar connection too!

[@nobleman98]

T Bollenbach yeah its from body image! I love that song so much!

[@YaMamasAss]

Old comments, but Body Image is a fucking killer song from TWRP

[@jcookonbass]

1:00 My ears and brain had an epiphany. I KNOW THIS SONG. Why do I know it? TWRP. Ladyworld. Body Image. No wonder I love this song and no wonder I love TWRP. Soooooooo soooo good.

[@koolbeanz4]

I thought that was where i knew it from i was listening and then said hold up why do i know thissss i knew it was them

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I know this from Innerspeaker's Paradise.

[@Mowmauf]

That was the song

[@EmerlAce]

I just heard this from a Twitter video and immediately thought the same thing

[@Nightlore]

I heard that guitar riff and knew I had heard it before! Cool to see some of their inspiration/sampling, this tbh sounds exactly like their jam too!

[@MyBebopBlues]

RIP Uncle 1 and Uncle Fungus; my two lovely uncles

[@aaron9818]

He never even got his iced cream

[@Mistophant]

@@aaron9818 I mean they spent all their big greens on their trip, so ice cream was out of the question, which seems kind of selfish on the part of the uncles but at the same time, spending the fruit of your labour any way you see fit is a great freedom granted to Uncles 1 and fungus, and is a part of the american dream. Fuck that ice cream.

[@クラシックj-pop]

この曲は永遠に残る名曲だと思います。

[@mm1568jp]

これ！カッケー。 ずーっと好きだ。

[@allex6216]

Неизвестные известные мелодии, продолжающие всплывать из далекого светлого прошлого. Эти чувства не передать словами.

[@svietlo-tiomnyi4156]

Они опередили свое время и до сих пор захватывают

[@Blackbarron23]

Ощущение будто чувствуешь эмоции о существовании которых не знал до этой песни. Волшебно

[@バヤシ-i2n]

0:44〜FNN福井テレビニュースOP

[@roxlyn1665]

I swear I've heard this song when companies put me on hold. Or I've heard it while watching the weather forecast.. hmm..

[@CorSmith94]

Or when you're brain has lost too much oxygen and your slowly drifting unto the other side, yet the sweet melodies an rhythms of reality are too good to refuse.

[@roxlyn1665]

Touching.. :') Yet a tad dark.

[@CorSmith94]

All in good humor, great song nonetheless

[@roxlyn1665]

Agreed!

[@sweepy90]

what company? good taste in music they must have then.

[@trakstarz82]

Wow... This is a golden gem

[@popo-yq5je]

agree

[@しょうごくん-r7v]

頭から離れない！

[@BRadRadson]

Some of my favorite songs got that one minute build up and it worth it every time

[@吉田顕-q3z]

この曲はあの噂のFNN福井テレビニュースですね。

[@JaseyStudios]

Okay this track goes HARD!!!!!! AMAZING!!!!!!!

[@アスパラトマト-p6u]

全国の民間ラジオテレビ様の大人気レギュラー番組に染みていきますよ。

[@JaseyStudios]

@@アスパラトマト-p6u 良い

[@hankthetank4238]

Shocked by how beautiful, transcending this piece of music is. Well done Toshiki

[@proliferonuncensoreduncens1009]

I'll be forever grateful to witness such beautiful music compositions. The music brings tears to my eyes and pushes me to do better, be better, live better and most importantly, contribute towards the better. At one point I was sure that I won't continue living... Now I'm sure, that whatever life I have left in me... It'll be spent towards experiencing and living this beautiful thing called life.

[@クラシックj-pop]

80年代J-popのメロディーは、まさにポップの職人技だね。 🎹

[@石川正己-r9w]

ベース ドラムがビシビシ決まってかっこいい❗

[@mclovin2024]

i accidentally clicked on this guy's album and this is probably my favorite song on "sea is a lady"

[@sonjoseph]

I haven't met anyone in my life who appreciates this track the way I do and maybe that's how it needs to be.

[@hard.to.define]

And the people that I know probably have never heard this song or other Kadomatsu's songs in their life.

[@dummlp]

KZbin recommended this song to me on front page because I listened to one song by this artist, I can't stop the night, which is an amazing song in it's own rights. So naturally, for a night-time smoke and tea I decided to play this song. Listening to it, I found a dozen seconds in you realise that this has great potential, and quickly thereafter the genius unfolds. Will it stand the test of time to become a classic?

[@mysterynga445]

the fact that it found my american ears means it truly is a classic 💜

[@skirbs9394]

My lovely uncles

[@DarkDingo7]

Skirbs Yo rest in peace uncles

[@Tsukuru]

rest in peice

[@Check_5_]

Why president obamus

[@richiegutierrez9875]

Rip Uncle 1 and Uncle fungus

[@Gucksav]

slain from above

[@mm1568jp]

このベースがたまらない！

[@homerobarreno2098]

i agree sus

[@freememes5307]

OH MY GOD, ITS BEEN 2 YEARS, I CAN'T BELIEVE I FOUND THIS SONG AGAIN 😭👏

[@rttowers]

I remember finding about sea line coming across my explore page on KZbin around 2016, and just becoming in love with this whole genre. What a masterpiece, and I’m happy to see that others enjoy this so much, what a beautiful composition.

[@user-hs7ry4nx7l]

absolute 10/10 banger. i don't say this lightly. it's perfect.

[@aopsicle]

Just beautiful 💙

[@homerobarreno2098]

true, i cant disagree but.... what i find more beautiful than this masterpiec of a song is AMONG USSS SUSSSY BAKA OMG OMG I SAW U VENT JBD

[@simskesh]

Such melodies got me swooning 😍😍

[@Phillipdumont]

big sega fan here... this music takes me to another world where everything is ok....... it's great

[@laith_iris]

TWRP - Body Image SuperMega - My Two Lovely Uncles Phil Gerus - Finding Nash Innerspeaker - Paradise Any more for the list?

[@HystericalDark]

vｉｎｃｅｎｔＲｅｍｅｍｂｅｒ - Ａｐｒｉｌ Ｏ＇Ｎｅａｌ

[@jeo-n]

Thank you!! Was hoping I would find a comment with these songs ppl are talking about listed 🙏🏽

[@jeremiahmediina7409]

Laith Iri

[@krzysztofzwolinski4958]

SURFING - HOME

[@teafanatic8452]

Found this from Mythymoo's channel outro

[@Voliko1]

Classic, just classic.

[@anthonygray9888]

I am breathtaken by the musicianship in this recording !!

[@Dogetor]

Thanks SuperMega. RIP in peece Uncles.

[@neonxx7267]

rip 1 and fungus

[@biggusramsa1646]

Doge

[@dragoon4300]

So this is what Mythymoo uses for his outro... absolute delight

[@messynthwave80s27]

I'm in love with this song. Listening everyday. Nostalgic and lovely! 💜🌌

[@TheMilassalim]

I found Toshiki from being into this music for about a month. 2 years later this is mostly all I listen to.

[@xFuzzyxPicklesx]

no point in sampling this song, it owns by itself

[@berl2343]

fuzzy pickles adding lyrics could be done but idk

[@marlonloeffler21]

Already done 😉

[@joshybratwurst1398]

Yes, but you should definitely look up Body Image by TWRP. It does a real good job at paying tribute to this song.

[@joao_1986]

Love that transition from the calm beginning to the chorus( no one's singing so not sure if that's the correct term but you get it😂)

[@SlurryNoises]

I was looking for the instrumental of 52nd Street - I Can't Let You Go and stumbled on this song. I'm so fuckin' glad I didn't skip past this!!

[@zaib-un-nisaakhtar3475]

Wahhhhh an amazing music 🥰🥰🥰🥰I love it👍👍👍Thank you so much from Germany 🤗🤗🙏🙏

[@SlavicDoom]

My love for city pop and the 80s brought me here

[@NostalgicBronyGamer]

I remember this song from a video floating around on Twitter of a dancing anthro bunny in a dance class, and this song was playing in the background. Style looked like it was from the 80s too.

[@BraveryWing26]

Its from Palm Town, the sequel series to the Maple Town Anime.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

@@BraveryWing26 That aired on Nick Jr. in the 80s!

[@BraveryWing26]

@@YuukiTakemoto1996 Maple Town did but not Palm Town.

[@인체해부학-n4v]

80년대 곡이라니 놀랍다 토시키 카도마츠님 곡은 정말 시대를 앞서신듯

[@hard.to.define]

Mr. Kadomatsu is a genius! Ever since I discovered 'Girl In The Box' I have become a huge fan of him.

[@bergvicio-jornadablackmetal]

Altíssimo nível de elegância na composição, só podia ser o Mestre Toshiki.

[@JasperStaal86]

Sounds like a mashup of my favorite super nes tunes, i love it!

[@onseki1774]

gorgeous as fuck

[@JoseRodriguez-jn2ur]

we'll always remember you, Uncle 1 and Uncle Fungus

[@justinokay6077]

if Megaman had a beach level this most definitely be the soundtrack

[@CNSabata]

Okay, but Megaman X, this definitely has a more 16-bit era touch to it in my opinion

[@cubismo85]

True@@CNSabata

[@FFEFrank]

I knew I heard this song in something else before! TWRP sampled it in their song body image. Glad I found the source.

[@riagreen9294]

I’ve been humming 1:52 to 2:10 for days and finally found the song

[@destinyascension695]

Mar. 87' Tachikawa Japan. This song is as close as I'm gonna get to a time machine.

[@homerobarreno2098]

TIME MAVCHINE???? WHERE CAN I BUY THIS FANCINATING PRODUCT SO I CAN GO BACK IN TIME TO KILL MY MOTHER FOR BETHSTUOSING ME WITH MY CRUICAL DIABESTES

[@kushkungvivo744]

my two lovely uncles, they went away

[@無名兄弟-i7m]

it reminds me of Megaman X4 but it gives me an even more advanced feeling. Japanese 80s is the best. 日本の作品はすごい。有難う御座います！

[@stevenkunkle3857]

Apparently the Megaman series was renowned for straight up stealing Contemporary Japanese music. I've heard a few songs that make me think I'm listening to an original from that era

[@TrngN0786]

tôi là người đến từ Việt Nam, và tôi yêu bản nhạc này!

[@jesterface0521]

This is perfect for Sega Rally replay.

[@GoldenArmsPR]

it does sound segaish doesn't it?

[@juliuswilliams5022]

I listened to this while smoking a fat ass joint on a cruise from Miami - Bahamas. Amazing experience.

[@mochipengin]

TWRP's "Body Image" brought me here. i can't believe i've missed out on this gold.

[@baconhwang]

Absolute banger alert 🔥 way ahead of its time, a true classic

[@tickmothy]

if I were listening to this song in public I wouldn't mind to just to start dancing to it like nobody was looking. it's really good.

[@CorinneA3]

This is such a jam.

[@notipoune]

Just awesome !

[@jund39]

Amazing to think that Kodamatsu is at first a pop / city pop / RnB singer... still I prefer his 2 instrumental records

[@adammolski]

Hi everyone, I came here after listening to Windows 96's Vibes, I think you guys might like that album :)

[@正宣榎本]

久しぶり いいね👍

[@maliwey2653]

Funky aerobics rabbit on tumblr got me here. This makes me want to live in 90s LA

[@jeffdiaz1162]

Oh my fuck.

[@monsieurmuffin5775]

I didn't think I'd recognize this song until i heard the riff at 1:00. Didn't think I'd hear that one part in TWRP's Body Image

[@tokuscastle4320]

so fresh

[@diegocrusius]

excellent