Yuyama Reiko Born in Tokyo in 1960.
Publishing and advertising director. Hou 71 Representative Director, Part-time Lecturer at Nihon University College of Art, Department of Literature.
In addition to performing creative direction and production centered on editing, he presides over “Bijinzushi”, the unit that holds sushi, and Berlin is active throughout Japan, including holding sushi at the opening of the guerrilla shop at Comme des Garcons.
Paperback to the book "Woman sushi"(Gentosha)," Club culture! (Mainichi Newspaper Publishing), new book "Woman dressed as a woman] (Shinchosha). Produced works include "Starry Sky Garden Planetarium Africana" (2006 Summer Roppongi Hills Observatory), Maki Nomiya Recital until 2009.
Chapter 7
"Bat Bacharach and Barack Obama's America"
Yuyama: Sakamoto's "Music-ONGAKU"(*1) That song I love to die. It's definitely one of the songs I want you to play at the funeral. "Ongaku, you climb the piano ♪". That's a really good song. It's full of love and a little sexy. I already have a room for that song in my head, where I can have a cup of tea and take a break. What's amazing about Mr. Sakamoto is that, in such a cute piece, there is a scent that is similar to "out of noise," "What is music?" I draw a very small world, but the worldview that music has for that reason. It doesn't matter, Burt Bacharach(*2) There is also such a place.
Sakamoto: Oh, I love Bacharach. Have you ever met?
Yuyama: I can meet you in the interview. But surprisingly" Look Of Love"(*3) Who made this? It was a person who was so nervous. I mean, it's kind of like a loud voice and a hoarse voice like that of Ya-san (laughs). I wonder if there are no gaps between lines (laughs).
Sakamoto: When I was eating in LA, there was a bacharach right behind me and I thought I'd call out, but I couldn't. But keep your ears big. I wonder what it is, isn't it?
Yuyama: Feeling like an entertainment world. He's Jewish, but he's a Jewish rich man. The hotel specified for the interview is also very gorgeous, and there are men like giant mafia in the darkness of the lobby. There, the person himself appeared with a tennis wear collar. I wonder if "a name does not represent the body" (laughs).
Sakamoto: It's been four or five years ago, but I bought his latest work. bush(※Four) The anger against is expressed in the whole story. But you didn't think Mr. Bacharach was that kind of person.
Yuyama: Unexpected! Because rock Counter culture(※Five) You're a generation who doesn't know, that person.
Sakamoto: so. Orthodox rich man. Either way, American Rifle Association(*6) Even though he was such a person, he was full of anger at Bush's outrage. The anger that "This is not America" is amazing. I was surprised. Paul Newman(*7) And Robert Redford(*8) Or so-called good American people are all upset. There seems to be such a hot heart.
Yuyama: That's a good story. Certainly, the sweetness, richness, and innocence of the capitalism that he feels in his music is the American conscience.
Sakamoto: It's a symbol of the richest part of America at the best time, including the cigars and the unpleasant feeling (laughs). America's peak was around 1970, and Bacharach wrote the masterpiece for a couple of years, a little over 70 years ago.
Yuyama: Yes Yes. Late 60's to early 70's.
Sakamoto: It's condensed in a really short time. My favorite song "Make It Easy On Yourself"(*9). Even during this time, I really had to do a serious recording work, but I said "Yeah" I drank champagne from the daytime "Shoot towards tomorrow"(※Ten) You pulled it out and watched it. Burt Bacharach songs, Paul Newman and Robert Redford. It's a movie made in America at the best time, Vietnam War(*11) I haven't lost. Coppola(*12) of "Apocalypse of Hell"(※13) Then everyone gets dark, but the brightest America before that is America. It's amazing that it's a robbery movie, though (laughs). But it was really painful, sweet, romantic and full of manliness.
Yuyama: Bacharach Masterpiece "Even if it gets wet"(※14) The scene of a bicycle playing is irresistible. I watched it when I was in elementary school, and decided that I would definitely do it with my boyfriend when I became an adult, but in the end it didn't happen (laughs). For me, it was input as a scene like the symbol of the word freedom. Perhaps the reason why my American feeling is positive is because of these expressions around Bacharach.
Sakamoto:President Obama(*15) how is?
Yuyama: Bush was too bad. But, as expected, it's the power of the United States, and it cuts out a great card for playback.
Sakamoto: The power to swing back is amazing. But it's also a way back, but on the contrary, if Obama got into the system properly, it means that they joined their group.
Yuyama: You can say so.
Sakamoto: It means that I passed the ritual properly and became a friend of those people. But Americans are clearly positive, everyone.
Yuyama:Iraq war(*16) It’s such a thing, and on top of that, Subprime problem(*17) So I had to lift it up, and I think it was a tight block of feeling.
Sakamoto: It feels like you're released from there. Because, the day after I won the prize, New Yorkers who were so stiff about each other would smile at each other on the road, and I've never seen such NY. On the night of the day when Obama won the election, everyone was opening all the windows and screaming. "I love you". Someone walking outside "Yes, We Can"(*18) I mean. It was amazing, how was that frenzy?
Yuyama: I wonder if the world dreams of that kind of place.
Sakamoto: I'm a minority when I'm in the U.S., so when I talk about colored races in a speech, or when Obama is sworn at an inauguration, when I see a video of black people crying right.
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(*1) The song recorded on the 6th original album "Uki na Bokura" by Yellow Magic Orchestra.
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(*2) American composer, pianist and singer-songwriter.
From the latter half of the 1950s, many hit songs were released to the world, Lennon, McCartney It is known as a rare melody maker representing the 20th century.
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(*3) A production song by Bert Bacharach, which was announced as an insert song in the movie "007 Casino Royale" (1967). The Japanese title is "The image of love."
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(※Four) 43rd President of the United States.
At the beginning of his inauguration in 2001, the people were strongly supported by terrorism, but as the Iraq war and the invasion of Afghanistan continued, the people's anxiety increased and the approval rating dropped sharply. It was decided to transfer control to the opposition Democratic party, Barack Obama.
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(※Five) Another culture that opposes the dominant culture, the so-called hippie culture.
Born in the United States in the 1960s, it flourished greatly due to the anti-war movement against the Vietnam War, which was dull at the time.
(*6) A civil society of American gun enthusiasts. Many influential politicians, mainly conservatives of the Republican Party, have joined the group, and their impact on politics is enormous.
Despite the high number of gun cases in the United States, it is said that the government does not restrict guns because of the existence of this group.
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(*7) An American actor.
"Hustler" "Shoot towards tomorrow! 』Appeared in masterpieces such as "Sting" and played an active part in the front line for more than half a century since the 1950s.
In September 2008, he passed away at the age of 83 while being missed by fans all over the world.
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(*8) American actor and film director. "Shoot towards tomorrow! 』In a sudden rise to stardom, established as Hollywood's best handsome actor. After that, he also showed his talent as a film director, and he is still active on the front line as a "movieman who has established himself in both acting and production".
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(*9) A production by Bert Bacharach, announced as a coupling for "It's Too Late" by Jerry Butler. The Japanese title is "Goodbye with tears."
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(※Ten) American movie starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford (1969).
A road movie depicting the story of a real bank robbery combination, American new cinema It still boasts a cult popularity as a masterpiece.
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(*11) The war that broke out between Vietnam's north-south unification in the 1960s and 1970s. The United States and the Soviet Union, which were in the Cold War at the time, supported the governments of the north and south, and the war turmoil became mud. The United States, which lost the war, was confused not only in diplomacy but also in domestic affairs.
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(*12) Francis Ford Coppola, an American film director known for the "Gottfather".
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(※13) An American movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola (1979).
He won the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix, but failed as a box office probably because of the dark depiction of the Vietnam War.
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(※14) "Shoot towards tomorrow! A representative song by Bert Bacharach that was announced as an insert song.
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(*15) The current President of the United States, one of the most noticeable people in the world for his behavior.
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(*16) A war in 2003 led by the United States in the name of disarmament of Iraq.
Although the battle against the regular army was completed within the year, military intervention in the United States is still continuing due to the deterioration of security in Iraq, which has caused great criticism both at home and abroad.
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(*17) American financial problems that caused the 2007 global financial crisis.
The delinquency rate of loans for sub-prime customers (low-income people who are not good customers) increased, and the housing bubble, which was the main collateral, burst.
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(*18) The term used by Barack Obama as the slogan during the 2008 US presidential election.
The message "Yes, We Can" aroused the patriotism of the people who were exhausted under the Bush administration, and created a great swell of "Obama support."
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