Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 181 181. The Real Reason
Tokiko Kato is a veteran singer-songwriter in Japan and a talented student from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Tokyo. From all aspects, her resume is quite brilliant.

This song "A Hard to Break the Ship" is a song she released on the album in the 70s.

For a certain period of time, Tokiko Kato and her husband had disagreements in their relationship. Fortunately, the ending was happy, and the two of them crossed this difficult period together.

Perhaps it was because of such an experience that she gained inspiration from examining and thinking about relationships, which made Tokiko Kato write such a song full of sad atmosphere.

Of course, the creator's mental journey, unless she makes a self-confession, many things can only be guesses.The same is true of the mood in which Kato Tokiko wrote this song.

The opportunity to cover this song was Kato Tokiko who took the lead and gave the demo of this song to Akina Nakamori.

For non-creative singers, when they decide to release a single, they must start preparations at least half a year, or even a year in advance.If a singer pays attention to the integrity of the album, he must first determine the theme and style of the next album, and then choose on this basis.

On the one hand, the record company checks its own music library, on the other hand, it invites songwriters, and then screens through numerous song demos to decide the final song to be sung.

This "Difficult to Break the Ship", as a song that has been released before, can still defeat many opponents under such strict censorship conditions - there are many songwriters in Akina Nakamori's regular team, and to impress Akina Nakamori, it must be It has its charm.

"Kato-san sent me the demo of the song and said, 'I want me to sing this song'. After listening to the demo, I was very moved and decided to choose it as the main title of the next single." Akina Nakamori said.

"Very touched?" Yanqiao Shenyi paid attention to her description.

Akina Nakamori nodded slightly, "Yes. I don't know how to describe it, but tears flowed down..." She blinked her eyes, as if trying to cover up something, and raised her voice, "Iwahashi-san, you want to hear Listen to that demo?"

"Hey?"

"Me?" Shinichi Yanqiao was surprised, "Is this appropriate?"

Although he was making a newcomer for Warner Pioneer, he was an outsider after all. He went in and out of Akina Nakamori's recording studio, and her manager was there. Makoto Iwahashi acted cautiously and always avoided giving others blame.

"It's okay." Akina Nakamori said, "Are you coming?"

Speaking of this, Yanqiao Shinichi no longer hesitated, "Then please let me listen."

Akina Nakamori led him to her exclusive recording studio.

The little assistant has arrived, and the recording equipment has been adjusted by the recording assistant, so she prepares tea and waits there.Seeing Yanqiao Shinichi coming with her, she hurriedly went to prepare some tea for the guests.

"This is the sound engineer Nakata-san." Nakamori Akina introduced the short middle-aged man in front of the console to Iwahashi Shinichi, and in turn introduced Iwahashi Shinichi to the other party, "This is Iwahashi-san."

After the brief introduction, Nakamori Akina said to Nakata, "Should I keep the song demo sent by Kato-san here?"

Nakata said, "It's still here."

"Can you show it?" she said, "I want this Yanqiao-san to listen to it."

"Of course it's fine." Nakata glanced at Iwahashi Shinichi, not knowing where this person came from.They are also in the recording studio of Warner Pioneer, but the relationship between the sound engineer and the sound engineer is not the kind of relationship where they just get together and chat. Who.

However, the people brought by Akina Nakamori cannot be taken lightly.

Nakata left the console, went to get the demo and playback equipment, and put them on the table.Iwahashi Shinichi asked Nakamori Akina to agree with his eyes, nodded to Nakata, then put the sample in and put on the earphones.

"It's just a love affair, just forget it."

"If you want to cry, just cry as much as you want, maybe you will soon find a love that is different from what you are seeing now."

"..."

"Alone with no one here, I'm like a shipwrecked in love."

The song "Wrecked Ship" recorded as a demo is a version played and sung by Kato Tokiko on the guitar.

The small sample itself was recorded to confirm the effect. It is naturally rough, but even so, the combination of melody and lyrics still gives people a deep sense of sadness.

To write such a tune, Tokiko Kato's skill is ten percent.

Yanqiao Shenyi pursed his lips into a へ shape, and his expression looked a little serious - it wasn't that he wanted to be like this on purpose, it was actually this song, which didn't make people happy at all.Not only that, but it is also the best hopeless love song.

Why would Tokiko Kato send such a song, a song she once sang and included in the album, to Nakamori Akina, and told her that she wanted her to sing this song?
After listening to the song, Yanqiao Shen took off his earphones.Looking up, Akina Nakamori, who was sitting opposite, was staring at him intently.I don't know how long she stared at him, Yanqiao Shinichi felt a little uncomfortable, and grinned, "It's a good song."

Nakamori Akina was really amused by his standard smirk, and said, "Iwahashi-san's expression just now was really serious."

"Really?" Yanqiao Shinichi heaved a sigh of relief, as if he got the answer to the question just now from her words.

She withdrew her gaze from staring at Shinichi Yanqiao just now, landed on the table, and then moved from the table to the wall behind Shinichi Yanqiao, appearing erratic.

"Why does Kato-san want me to sing this song?" She seemed to be talking to herself, and she seemed to be asking Shinichi Iwahashi.

Shinichi Iwahashi replied: "The key of this song is very low, which is very difficult for ordinary female singers, but Nakamori-san's voice is very suitable for singing this song."

"is it?"

As far as the melody is concerned, this song really seems to be tailor-made for her voice.

Although it was born more than ten years ago, its quality is unquestionable regardless of the lyrics and music.This song didn't have any response before, and it has been lying quietly in Tokiko Kato's album, as if waiting for this singer more than ten years later.

But maybe it's more than that.

Yanqiao Shen thought for a while, and suddenly sang the first line of this song: "It's just a love, just forget it."

The first line of the song may be the true meaning of the song.

Nakamori Akina was a little surprised because he suddenly sang this song.

Shinichi Iwahashi, who has a first-class musicality, can never miss the tune of a song he has heard once.It was the first time Nakamori Akina heard him sing, and was taken aback by his impeccable but not pleasant singing voice.

Immediately, bursts of sadness welled up in my heart, and I understood the meaning of his singing the lyrics.

(End of this chapter)