Though I’ve got lots and lots of songs that I consider my “favorites” when it comes to Pony Canyon’s Wondergirls CoCo’s songs, when it comes down to my sentimental faves, there are but a few, and at the top of this list is “You’re My Treasure~ Tooi Yakusoku”, The very last single put out by the girls before they broke up and went their separate ways.
The song would be thoughtful and melancholy enough just in context of CoCo’s situation regarding the breakup and this being their last song together, but It has an added meaning for me personally, as this song (and its accompanying Videoclip Laserdisc) was one of the things we watched and listened to all the time back when my friend Dano was still living here in Hawaii. Dano’s long moved back home, but whenever I hear this song, it takes me back to those glory days of j-pop, when everything was bright and new for us, and every night was time for Japanese music and dramas!
“Itsuka Mata Aeryu, Tooi Yakusoku”
As this song came out during their last tour, the only performance I had of this wonderful song was on the FOREVER Laserdisc, and it was hard to enjoy it because the girls were absolutely falling to pieces singing it! In fact, it wasn’t until YEARS later on IDOLS ON PARADE that I finally got to see them sing the song with if not happy then at least somber looks on their faces!
