Flipping through some old BOMB! magazines I'd recently acquired, I was tickled by this ad in the pages of a 1992 issue announcing the DEBUT of a brand new dance and song act called SUPER-MONKEYS and their first single Mister U.S.A./Koi no CUTE BEAT!
Who could have ever guessed that that unassuming young girl in the center there would go on to become one of the most famous and influential artists of all time in a short span!! But just by watching their promotions for Mister U.S.A., you can already see that singer Amuro Namie had that "Special Something" and was gonna be HUGE one day!,
Indeed, Namie Amuro lived up to that promise, releasing hit after HIT til she became the legendary icon that she is, giving us an incredible body of work that endures to this day and jsut FULL of classics!
Sadly, Namie Amuro called it quits in 2017, and, after an incredible final tour, performed her last show in September of 2018 and withdrew from the business....
Even more distressing for fans is the sudden disappearance of all Namie's music from all the musical streaming platforms...thank goodness I always bought CDs and can still listen to them at my leisure! As some of you know, Namie was one of the first J-artists I fell in love with, and hold strong sentimental attachment to all her songs...
Even more distressing for fans is the sudden disappearance of all Namie's music from all the musical streaming platforms...thank goodness I always bought CDs and can still listen to them at my leisure! As some of you know, Namie was one of the first J-artists I fell in love with, and hold strong sentimental attachment to all her songs...
There'll never be another one like her!