I’d just dug out my Momoe Yamaguchi Yoru No Hit Studio DVDs and had spent the entire evening being blown away once again by her total AWESOMENESS, and when I went online to look for live clips of some of the songs, it came to my attention that today is Momoe’s BIRTHDAY!!! What a happy coincidence!
Ah man, since discovering her late in my j-pop life, Momoe and her music has gone on to become one of my very, very favorite performers, and watching these discs again its like I'm seeing her anew all over!
Every performance on this set rocks, but special attention must be given to the fourth and fifth discs covering her 1980 period with tracks like “Aizenbashi” and “Rock n Roll Widow”, the bittersweet ballads “This Is My Trial” and “Sayonara No Muko Gawa”, and my personal favorites, performances of “Shanikusai~Carnival” , "Phoenix Densetsu", and the awesome “Ichie”, such INTENSE perfs!
I wasn’t able to rip the discs to a format I could work with, however I DID discover clips some kind soul had uploaded on youtube, so I'm able to upload em here! Such an aweome performer, SUCH a talent! I LOVE, LOVE you, Momoe-san! Happy Birthday, and many more to come!
