Rain after rain after sunshine, winter rain is somewhat lonely
Come to think of it, am I the only one who thinks that the Christmas songs playing in the streets have not changed for decades?
Tatsuro Yamashita’s “Christmas Eve,” Mariah Carey’s “Koibito-tachi no Christmas,” Wham’s “Last Christmas,” John Lennon’s “Happy Christmas,” Remioromen’s “Kohyuki,” etc., all seem to be somewhat the same.
These songs were popular when the Japanese economy was still booming. At that time, Christmas was a big event, and illuminated lights (e.g., Kobe Luminarie) were a common sight in many places.
Time passed, the new Corona became popular, people began to refrain from singing in the downtown area, and new songs were heard less and less.
Then, after a few years again, when business was returning to the downtown area, the standard music began to play again. But it sounds somehow different from the old Christmas songs we used to hear only a few years ago.
We can never go back to the world we once knew. That is why we want to listen to the music of the old world.
When a new Christmas song echoes through the city, it may be the time when we, as Wiz Corona, have taken a step forward.
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