Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 379
(two chapters in one)
Haruko Akamatsu operated the song jukebox, and finally chose Yoshie Kashiwahara's "Favorite" to sing.

After being told by a friend that she used to be the lead singer of a band, the people present were actually a little curious, not how good Akamatsu Haruko's singing skills are, but what songs she, the female lead singer of the band, would choose to sing.

In any case, the identity of a female lead singer of a band is still a bit rare. The chances of a friendship being a female lead singer of a band are even smaller. Besides, just looking at her appearance, she would never have guessed that she has something to do with the band.

When it comes to bands, aren't they all that wild and unrestrained image?How could she be such a restrained young lady type girl.However, if such a dignified Haruko Akamatsu chooses a hard rock song to sing, the contrast would be interesting.

Obviously thinking in her heart that her identity as the lead singer of the band doesn't match her image, but at the same time she hopes that she will really do something that doesn't match. This kind of thinking is surprisingly real.

Because of this, Haruko Akamatsu's selection of songs is so "normal", which makes people a little disappointed.But on the other hand, such an out-of-the-ordinary selection of songs is actually just right to a certain extent.

For a sorority that pays attention to the atmosphere, when they come out to sing, there is also a set of rules for song selection. Basically, they will choose songs that have not been released for a long time, or that have become popular and have been heard by everyone.

……

The song "Favorite" was provided by Miyuki Nakajima. In the era of "behind every successful idol there is a famous artist who provides lyrics and music for him", Miyuki Nakajima is the woman behind Yoshie Kashiwahara.Two of her famous songs, "春なのに" (It's Spring) and "Favorite", as well as many others, were written by Miyuki Nakajima.

In 1979, Kashiwahara Yoshie participated in the idol star-making program "STAR!"Birth" debuted at the age of 14, very young, but precocious, already looks like a star at a young age, and his singing skills are even more solid. Among idols, he is famous for his singing skills.

Her peak period lasted until 1984, the year when "Favorite" was released. After that, she steadily declined in the music industry where various idols competed to kill each other, and no more popular works like before were released.

Not only that, but in 1984, a miraculous event happened.

Famous for her image as a girl, she found an electric cutie in her suitcase when she went through the security check at the airport. This incident was frantically exaggerated by tabloids and magazines, and her conversation with her agent, "Isn't there anyone?" was also written. , because "so so so" is homonymous with Nahoko Kawai's name, even Nahoko Kawai was shot while lying down.

Although the whole thing is a bit sloppy, but there may not be no secrets behind it.There are also claims that it was not cute but something else, and that the whole thing was smeared by other forces. However, her firm is weak and lacks public relations capabilities, and she has no power to fight back against the attacks of tabloids and magazines. , so I can only pinch my nose to admit it, whatever the tabloids and magazines write, the so-called "truth" will be impossible to mention.

Having said that, Yoshie Kashiwahara was not knocked down, and this incident happened in the middle of the year. At the end of the year, the release of the song "Favorite" injected vitality into her.

Speaking of it, Yoshie Kashiwahara is deeply loved by men of status for some reason. Prince Naruhito of the locust room is her loyal fan. It is said that during his study in Europe, Deren also posted Yoshie Kashiwahara's poster on the wall, just like the general The groupies are second to none.

In 1986, Yoshie Kashiwahara, who had passed his peak period, held a concert. Deren, an infatuated male fan, even chased stars to the scene. Relying on his identity, he went through the back door and presented flowers for his idol.Tabloid magazines also gossip about this. Since Deren is single, he still pursues stars with such sincere feelings. I don't know if this idol may become the idol princess in the future.

That is of course impossible.Fortunately, it is impossible.

In a place like the locust room, if you have any grudge against anyone, let her go in and be tortured.

Yoshie Kashiwahara not only has such a loyal fan of Gao Wuquan, but even the son of the director of TBS TV station is also a fan of her, so she is also taken care of when she performs on the TV station.

Compared with Deren, who is high and powerless and will only cause trouble, the son of the director's family is more reliable.

Tabloid magazine gossip about Deren chasing idols, the drama of idols becoming princesses failed to be staged, but in the year after accepting Prince Hua, Kashiwahara Yoshie was photographed going on a "pre-marriage trip" with the director's son. The trip is true, is it true before marriage? I no longer know.

Compared with works, personal life has attracted more attention, which is undoubtedly a proof that he has been relegated to the second line.Yoshie Kashiwahara's entire idol career did not really reach the peak, and then there was a slow but unstoppable decline.

However, her works at her peak are still being sung continuously.

This "Favorite" is one of her masterpieces, and the so-called masterpiece is that even if the singer himself is getting old and quiet, he can still be sung continuously without making people feel that it is an outdated song.

Sachiko Kawachi's identity has changed, from a singer to an audience, and she is also looking forward to the performance of Haruko Akamatsu, who has the status of "the female lead singer of the band".

Unlike other people who want to see her contrast, Kamaike Sachiko is looking forward to her performance.

When she was a student, she also had the experience of forming a band. Such a past made Kamachi Sachiko feel a sense of intimacy with her when she heard that Haruko Akamatsu was also the lead singer of the band.

Also participated in the band, as if we can understand each other.

After starting to sing, Akamatsu Haruko did show her superb singing ability.However, unlike the hard-core female lead singer in the imagination, this idol song was not sung by her as a wild version of "Favorite", but she restored it faithfully.

After one song was sung, there was another cheer from the crowd, "As expected of the lead singer Sang!"

The feeling of wanting to see the contrast between Haruko Akamatsu's dignity and wildness just now has disappeared.

And the friend who told the information about Haruko Akamatsu as the female lead singer of the band also looked complacent at this time, "Just say that Haruko is a super good singer?"

This kind of pride is not so much proud of Haruko Akamatsu's performance, but rather a secret "competition" with Natsuo Okamoto to see whose friend sings better.

At the same time, the people who came to the fraternity were divided into different circles. If one party got the limelight, the other party couldn't sit still and wanted to regain the limelight.Although it is not the kind of thing that will be put on the table, such a subtle state of mind exists from time to time.

However, although the friends who were traveling with her were a little bit intent on competing for the limelight, Haruko Akamatsu and Sachiko Kamaike, the two girls who were accidentally compared, didn't have the slightest sense of competition.

After singing, Haruko Akamatsu handed over the microphone to the next person.When she met the eyes of Sachiko Puchi, Sachiko Puchi smiled at her, although she didn't say the words, but the expression was already written: the singing is really good.

Thinking of this, Akamatsu Haruko returned the same smile.

The two girls who met for the first time had a strange connection at this moment.

The office worker of Tokuma Records showed that regretful look again, "How could Iwahashi-san of GENZO only let Akamatsu-san work part-time? With such singing ability, Akamatsu-san and her band should be allowed to join the band Tianguo. .”

At the same time, he made a lively joke, "I really want Yanqiao-san to sit here and listen to Akamatsu-san's performance just now."

The value of Iwahashi-san lies in being able to respect her decision to go behind the scenes, Haruko Akamatsu thought, smiling.However, although the office worker from Tokuma Records is not very good at speaking, there is one sentence that makes Akamatsu Haruko feel that he is right.

I really want Iwahashi-san to sit here and listen.

I don't know how he would feel if he heard the performance of Sachiko Kawachi just now?
……

The microphones were passed down one by one.

After two girls with excellent singing skills have sung consecutively, the person who takes over the microphone will not worry about being covered up by the light and magnifying the shortcomings after an excellent performance, like the participants in the competition. In fact, when handing over the microphone At that moment, the performance of the previous person was also cleared.

A fraternity is a place that doesn't require a lot of memory.

The karaoke box is not a place to compare singing skills.

The hand bells in the hands of everyone will not stop for anyone, and the booing will never disappear before a certain person sings.

However, in such a lively atmosphere, the two girls, Kamachi Sachiko and Akamatsu Haruko, began to consciously care about each other's existence from time to time.

To be precise, it was Sachiko Kuchi who noticed the attention from Haruko Akamatsu, so she responded silently to her.Even so, the two people who were not sitting together did not speak.

After the solo, it was replaced by a duet.

The rule of duet singing is that one of them chooses a song, and the person who receives the microphone chooses a chorus object.After the chorus is over, the two members of the chorus will choose a song and pass the microphone on.

When it was Sachiko Kamaike's turn, the selected song was "Toi Tsuwa" (wait for it) by the duo あみん.

あみん is a duo formed by singer Takako Okamura and Haruko Kato, a classmate of Women's University, in college. Takako Okamura was responsible for writing lyrics and composing music. Music competition, and won the grand prize in one fell swoop.

Then, in 1982, the group made their debut single with the song "待つわ", and sold more than 100 million copies in one breath. The group's debut was the peak, and it has not gone downhill yet - because the group announced its dissolution in 1983 the following year.

There are many reasons for the disbandment. Both of them were college students when they debuted. Once they became popular, they had to work and take care of their studies. The pressure was heavy. Compared with the talented girl Okamura Takako, her little partner Kato Haruko was mediocre. I think I don't have talent, I'm not suitable for the job of a musician, and it doesn't make sense to be in a group.

So the group disbanded, Okamura Takako dropped out of university, and resumed activities as a solo singer.

Sachiko Puchi got the microphone, she came tonight with Natsuo Okamoto, and the only person she met at this fraternity was Natsuo Okamoto, and it was said that she was going to sing with Natsuo Okamoto.

However, she didn't know if it was because of the inertia brought about by those silent exchanges and mutual attention tonight, she subconsciously set her eyes on Akamatsu Haruko.

Unexpectedly, Akamatsu Haruko stood up from her seat after a moment of hesitation.Sachiko Puchi immediately made up her mind, smiled apologetically at Natsuo Okamoto, and went to join Haruko Akamatsu.

"Oh--"

The dutiful booing crowd cheered for the two of them.

The two most beautiful girls tonight are already pleasing to the eye just standing together, and they are also the two girls who sing the best. Now they are going to sing together, which is really worth booing.

Sachiko Puchi's voice is clear but not thin, while Haruko Akamatsu's voice is slightly thick and solid. The combination of these two voices is quite harmonious.

The two met for the first time today and sang a song together for the first time. Even though they didn't know each other well, they cooperated well.

After singing "Toi Tsuwa", Sachiko Kamachi and Haruko Akamatsu looked at each other and smiled.

"Your voice is so nice." It was Haruko Akamatsu who spoke first.

She was deeply impressed by Sachiko Kawachi's "voice". When the two sang together just now, her voice and her voice merged together. Haruko Akamatsu felt from the bottom of her heart that she was not as good as Sachiko Kawachi.

Although she had experience in the underground music circle, Haruko Akamatsu, who has more solid singing skills, is worse than Sachiko Kawachi in terms of control over singing, but the texture of her voice is not as good as Sachiko Kamachi.

"Huh? Thank you." Sachiko Puchi was a little surprised.

The source of her surprise was Haruko Akamatsu's way of complimenting her.In karaoke, Sachiko Puchi often hears people praise her for her beautiful singing, but no one emphasizes that her "voice" is good like Haruko Akamatsu.

Is the sound nice...

However, Sachiko Puchi felt that Haruko Akamatsu's solid and heavy singing voice was more stable, and she deserved to be the lead singer of the band.

"Next, which song should we choose?" Sachiko Puchi asked her.

Akamatsu Haruko tilted her head, pretending to be thinking, and suggested, "How about PINK LADY's song?"

"Which one should I choose..." Sachiko Puchi liked PINK LADY very much when she was studying, and knew the songs of this group very well.

"Okay." Akamatsu Haruko replied.

The two girls reached a consensus, chose the song, and handed over the microphone.Then, without further words and without an invitation, Akamatsu Haruko and Kamaike Sachiko sat together for the first time tonight.

"Akamatsu-san can sing too!"

As soon as he sat down, Natsuo Okamoto praised Haruko Akamatsu.

The situation of sitting in the taxi has changed slightly from when I came here, and now Sachiko Kamanike is sitting in the middle, Natsuo Okamoto and Haruko Akamatsu are sitting on both sides.

"Thank you." Akamatsu Haruko replied.

In this situation, Kamachi Sachiko remembered the opportunity to become friends with Okamoto Natsuki.So, she also said to Akamatsu Haruko: "Akamatsu-san's singing skills are very solid, really amazing."

(End of this chapter)