The Old-School J-Pop Thread! ~80s/90s/00s~

[Kacku]

^ Wow, I'd never heard this song before but it's AMAZING! Does Mariya Takeuchi have more great 80s material like this?

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I wanna talk a little about one of my favourite old j-pop songs:



Yes, it's originally a Kylie Minogue song, but Wink's version is completely different and so much better! The Japanese lyrics transform the song from a sweet, friendly thing into a story of passion, conflict, cheating?, and unstoppable attraction. I can't get over the line "My fingers tremble as I turn off the lights in the room"; it sounds so charged and suggestive. Wink's subdued delivery fits the lyrics so well, it gives off the feeling that the speaker of the lyrics has stopped trying to resist and has given herself over to her feelings despite knowing it will probably get people hurt. And the production is just perfect late-80s cheese, I love it.