BGM: Ryuichi Sakamoto & Roddy Frame - Same Dream, Same Destination
This morning I read a Japanese culture critic, Atsushi Sasaki's book "A Man Called As A Professor [佐々木敦『「教授」と呼ばれた男』]", about Ryuichi Sakamoto a little. Although it had seemed impossible for me to try something creative because of my depressive mood, this book soon attracted me with its crisp and sensitive style, therefore I could get into the book. I won't hesitate to describe this book as a kind of milestone for us to review Sakamoto's works... I need to read this more.
I usually write these journals with a song's title, which tells you how I love to enjoy music in my life. Of course, Sakamoto's music is also one of my favorites. But it was a long time ago when I started following the music scene. When I was an elementary school student, I was shocked by an anime song, which stimulated my interest in music. After that, I started recording weekly hit charts by a local radio program in a notebook. That's the beginning (but as you have already seen, my taste in music might be so unique).
After that... I have enjoyed plenty of (almost like the number of stars of) songs in this life. From so "bubbly" hypes to so-called classical songs such as Debussy and Satie (I need to find how interesting these classical songs can be). But I don't think that listening to music must have been a high-class hobby for us. TBH, usually I don't enjoy any avant-garde genre music. At least, I am never smart therefore I just let my mind loose within the vast ocean of music, and ease it fully and completely.
From that kind of viewpoint, I had thought that Sakamoto's music must have been that kind of avant-garde. Or I should say that it is for a so-called elite group or a snob tribe. Maybe that came from the fact that he had already been a superhero who could express his artistic works across the seas, all over the world. I can see that Sasaki's book tries to review Sakamoto as a "human being" who could have various troubles, and even make silly mistakes. I have to enjoy Sakamoto's various songs while reading this book as sincerely as I can.
