「懐古主義」は是か非か?

Is “nostalgia” good or bad?

The other day, my husband and I listened to the best of "Yumi Matsutoya" for the first time in a while in the car.

We were talking about ``really good music from the era.''

People in their teens and 20s may not be familiar with it, but

This singer is so famous that when we were kids, there wasn't a day when we didn't listen to his songs.

He has created famous songs such as "Kiki's Delivery Service" and many other theme songs and commercial songs.

"Yumi Matsutoya", "Yumin", "Yumi Arai",

Is this the only musician with three names? A rare musician.

By the way, when she was using her real name, Yumi Arai, she got married to Yumi Matsutoya, and her nickname is Yumin.

There are too many famous songs under each name,

I heard that people change their names to suit the song, but is that true?

When I hear his voice, I think of ``this person'' and think of other songs as well.

All the songs are nostalgic, but they won't fade no matter how many years or decades pass.

Maybe you just don't know,

I feel like there aren't that many songs like that these days.

Today's music is basically distributed, including videos.

Nowadays, I don't go to a CD shop in a town I've never seen before to buy a new release.

Buying music you've never heard of just by looking at the CD jacket is called ``jacket buying''.

Events that can only be understood by the older generation.

It's a long time ago now that stores where you could watch movies were extremely useful.

Perhaps because of that, even though there are pieces of music that are considered masterpieces with just one song,

All the songs on an album are said to be masterpieces or masterpieces these days...what is it?

Personally, I think that ``Carol'' from the TM Network era is a masterpiece.

Talking about the past like this feels like ``nostalgia.''

It seems that people are bound to the past and cannot find value in new things, but

It can also be said that current works can be evaluated precisely because there were good ones in the past.

The same goes for vintage items.

Well, neither is better or worse, so all you have to do is choose the one you like.

I was watching the news about Professor Fujiko Fujio A , who passed away the other day.

How often do we have the opportunity to experience the works of people who defined an era in person?

If you think so, go see works by people you are familiar with when you can.

If there is someone you want to meet, definitely go see them.

I was listening to famous songs while talking about this in the car.

Yumi Matsutoya - Chuo Freeway (Yumi Arai The Concert with old Friends)