Years back, some music reviewer said that it was really the John Denver renaissance, citing all his songs that were suddenly appearing in current movies. But I noted that all of the times they used his songs, it was in an ironic way, its sweet and innocent tone perfect for playing over crude and violent things. Think Juice Newton's "Angel of The Morning" during Deadpool when he is killing everyone and you get my point.
Anyway, here's Hikaru doing "Take Me Home Country Roads"...
PS: Take Me Home Country Roads was another song "Hawaiian-fied" by Bruddah IZ back in the day, maybe Hikaru will cover his version like how she did his take on "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"...
The wonderful album opener for Hikaru's excellent album "Esprit", this was Hikaru in her prime, all poppy, sunshiney sweetness and a perfect set-up for the rest of the tracks which together would collectively become my favorite record from her!
Already oozing with giddy goodness, Tokimeite was already a HUGE fave of mine, but it only got BETTER with the arrival of youtube where I was able to see her happily performing it for television!!!!!
Such a fun, genki performance!!!!!
“Tokimeite” had this elaborate fold out cover with pretty pictures of Hikaru throughout, packaging that made one wonder if Pony Canyon was making any money on the sale of these singles after spending so much on the presentation!
Oh, and Tokimeite is backed by another Esprit track "KISS", giving you double the fun for your dollar!
"Ten." Is a popular program in Kansai! ︎ Last year, it seems that the audience rating was the first place in the first part and the second part of the whole month!
It's a sign of the daily efforts of all the staff 👏 Congratulations!"