MUSIC DIRECTOR REACTS | Stay With Me - Miki Matsubara

Every once in a while, you hear a gem. Smooooooth as can be

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[DrumRollTonyReacts]

Thank you Caleb for the Patreon request! GREAT SONG!

[miguelmartinez]

The fact that it became so widely recognized years after Miki's death adds an extra emotional value to this great song

[PrixtoTNT]

Rest In Peace.
Even if she regretted spending the time she spent on her career, she truly left a legacy

[kikurin]

This song was released 44 years ago…unbelievable!

[aaronlor]

You should definitely give Mariya Takeuchi's Plastic Love a listen sometime. It's one of City Pop's GOATS imo.

[redmustangredmustang]

The thing is if Miki was alive and saw westerners saw her love her music she would be so happy. Luckily people like Mariya are alive to see her and be surprised her music being enjoyed.

[Ezekku]

No matter who you are, where you are, of what you doing, when the 'STAY WITH drops, YOU SING.

[napodyna]

Miki's debut single (1979), when she was 19 years old. It reached #28 on the Oricon Weekly Chart. Tetsuji HAYASHI, who composed and arranged the music, also worked on Mariya TAKEUCHI's "SEPTEMBER" around this time and composed many hit songs after this. Yoshiko MIURA, who wrote the lyrics, also has many hit songs.
Studio musicians who colored numerous City-Pop and J-Pop numbers, such as Tsugutoshi GOTŌ (ex-Sadistic Mika Band) on bass, Tatsuo HAYASHI (ex-Caramel Mama/Tin Pan Alley) on drums, Masaki MATSUBARA (PARACHUTE) on guitar, participated in the recording sessions.

[RavinKaito]

Its absolutely insane how much fun this song is during night driving! City Pop is strong lol Thanks for checking this out and fantastic request, Caleb!

[Yesnog]

I'm half Japanese, this is my moms favorite song! Its been in her kareoke repitoire for years! I'm so happy to hear you enjoying all the details of the song

[danielduarte]

I remember not liking this song/genre the first time I heard it, and last year I came across this song again (after a few months of watching your channel and learning about music) and now I love this, it's just so different the way I listen to music now, thanks man

[garylai]

Japan in the '80s was a VIBE. Wouldn't mind seeing more City Pop from you! Plastic Love is the obvious choice.

[Cordova-]

Miki's voice at 8:53 pierces my heart. It's best in the live concert version.

[Caca-yqdi]

HELL YEAH, city pop on this channel!!! A perfect genre, would be also so cool to see Tony listen to more artists like Kingo Hamada or Taeko Ohnuki 👀 They are all amazing

[brianchar-bow]

Tetsuji Hayashi, who composed Miki Matsubara 's " Midnight Door - Stay With Me (1979)",
was a Japanese composer, arranger, and singer-songwriter.　
He made his debut as a singer-songwriter in April 1973,
He composed and arranged an astonishing number of hit songs in Japan in the 80's and 90's.
He was one of the most famous hit makers of J pop songs in the 80's.
Perhaps it would be easier to understand him as the Japanese version of David Foster.
His following songs are representative works, all of which were big hits that were well-known to all Japanese at that time.

（Tetsuji Hayashi's compositions.）
“Midnight Door - Stay With Me" for Miki Matsubara
For Anri "I Can't Stop the Loneliness ", "YOU ARE NOT ALONE"
For Mariya Takeuchi’s "SEPTEMBER”
Masaki Ueda "Sea looks like sad colors (Kanashii Iro yane).",
For Kiyotaka Sugiyama & Omega Tribe
“SUMMER SUSPICION”, “Your Heart is Marine Blue”, “RIVERSIDE HOTEL”
“A Summer Tale of Two of Us-Never Ending Summer”-, “Full of Silence”
"North Wing" for Akina Nakamori
"Love Story (Aijo Monogatari)”, "The Closest Island to Heaven" for Tomoyo Harada
Momoko Kikuchi "Graduation”and others
For Junichi Inagaki "A Dozen Excuses, " "MARIA, " "Can't Talk About It”
For Junko Ohashi."Rainy Saturday & Coffee Break", "White Requiem”, "Last Number""Embraced by Fog"
For Hatsumi Shibata ”My Luxury Night (arr.)”

[hunchoquon]

Definitely the perfect song. God please let her soul be with you

[dweblinveltz]

The guitar part at the end really adds so much to this song. It's not overly flashy or complicated, just groovy melody.

[MrShagification]

It's a little funny how much of the music on this channel is Japanese. But, it's fair, Japan overall has one of the strongest music scenes on the planet in my opinion.

[simohayha]

i was literally blasting this in the morning when i was driving to work 😂

[nevermore]

Good introductory song for the genre of Japanese 80's city pop. The 3 holy grail of new listeners to city pop, Plastic Love, Stay with Me, 4:00 am.

I would recommend listening to Telephone Number by Junko Ohashi or Love Space by Tatsuro Yamashita. Hell, even TheWeekend sampled Midnight Pretenders for a song in their recent album.