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I've been getting into Miyuki Nakajima and she's really awesome. Her lyrics and vocals were something totally else compared to other Jpop artists active in 70s and 80s. Recently I've been obsessed with the song Oikakete Yokohama that she wrote for another idol back in 1979, racked up 150+ plays on last.fm over just about two weeks. And I only really like Miyuki's version because the music is a lot catchier - it's just an insanely catchy song. Yet it's totally different from anything Miyuki writes in her own discography.
Anyway, I also love Seiko Matsuda's album Citron - there are only a few songs that I don't like. But songs like Blue, Marrakech, Daite..., You Can't Find Me and We Never Get To It are amazing. I tried listening to some other of her albums but they didn't catch my attention as much as Citron did.
I'm planning to listen to some Akina Nakamori, too. Also, I freaking LOVE Miho Nakayama's Ougon Kaigan from the album EXOTIQUE. For now it's maybe my favorite song I've ever heard from that era in general.
My only problem is that I tend to dislike most of the idol ballads they made in the 80s - they just sound bland and not captivating (not all, but most). But the upbeat disco songs seem to be really great.
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