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Click to viewI LOVE Moriyama Naotaro. I heard one of his songs, Sakura, for the first time on my home country’s radio. I was a middle school student back then. I was with my parents inside our car, and we were stuck in a traffic jam. I was looking outside the car window, being absentminded. Then, I noticed that the radio is playing a song in a Japanese language, and the melody really caught my attention. It’s kind of weird because as far as I know, back then the radio stations don’t really play any foreign songs other than the ones that were sung by western musicians. When the radio DJ announced the singer’s name and song title, I chanted it on my head like crazy until we arrived at our destination. Last year, I was suddenly reminded of that song. With Youtube’s assistance, I somehow managed to find the song even though the only clue that I have is the song title and the singer is a guy.
My musical preference tends to lean toward rock, although I would listen to all sorts of genre. Because of it, most of the songs on my iTunes are upbeat songs. I sometimes got bored with it and ended up wanting to find calmer songs, the ones that could sooth both mind and heart. I usually depend on Chopin for it, but I had been wanting to find out more musicians that could do so for variety’s sake.
Moriyama Naotaro’s songs are exactly what I’ve been looking for. I adore both his voice and songs. I love his lyrics, even though I cannot fully understand it since I could only translate them in fragments after tediously deciphering it with rikaikun. Even though I could not fully comprehend his lyrics, I could see that it was pretty poetic. I really like how he placed his words, as well as his choice of words to describe particular things.
If only Japanese albums were not for sale for $35-ish each, I’d buy his whole discography with no hesitation.