Chiemi Manabe – Untotooku (真鍋ちえみ うんととおく)

Fushigi Shoujo (不思議・少女) 1982

This song was produced by Haruomi Hosono of YMO and shares a big similarity to the Tony Mansfield produced New Musik song “Here Come the People”. Tony Mansfield appeared on fellow YMO member Yukihiro Takahashi’s album “neuromantic” one year earlier and also again in 1982 on “What Me Worry?”, which could explain the influence Tony Mansfield had on YMO.

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  1. Just wondering how you folks found this song. I grew up in Tokyo, having been a huge fan of Hosono-san since 70s, but totally forgot this one for years and years.

  2. Neither she nor her tunes were being mentioned by anyone back then

    Since she was just one of many fleeting Idols

    It's ironic that she's been discovered by these overseas guys over time

  3. Lyrics:
    きえてゆく きえてゆく
    うんととおく きえてゆく

    いい天気にかこまれれば
    出会う人みんないい人

    きえてゆく きえてゆく
    うんととおく きえてゆく

    わたしの中 心の中
    だれひとりふり向かない
    あなた すべて
    わたしそんなこともあったみたいね

    きえてゆく きえてゆく
    うんととおく きえてゆく

    雨の日にはあなたの窓
    閉じられたままだったわ
    あなたいない
    思い出
    のしをつけてだれかにあげる

    きえてゆく きえてゆく
    もっととおく きえてゆく

  4. 40年経ってもまだ聴いてるのは、このアルバムと、スーザンの魔法を信じるかい?、恋せよ乙女
    そして山瀬まみの親指姫。

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