{"id":1838,"date":"2013-09-11T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2013-09-12T09:49:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T14:49:44","slug":"the-music-of-hayakawa-yoshio-1-love-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=1838","title":{"rendered":"The Music of Hayakawa Yoshio (1): “Love Generation”"},"content":{"rendered":"

(In anticipation of the October 18, 2013 concert by Hayakawa Yoshio and Sakuma Masahide at the University of Chicago, over the next few weeks I will be posting a series of entries here introducing Hayakawa’s music. More information about the concert, which is free and open to the public, is available here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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?Love Generation??? (????????????????) with lyrics and music by Hayakawa, was a stand-out track on Vacant World<\/em> [Jakkusu no sekai, 1968], the celebrated debut album by The Jacks, Hayakawa?s 1960s folk-rock group. With Hayakawa?s searing vocals, Mizuhashi Haruo?s psychedelic guitar, Tanino Hitoshi?s fluid bass, and Kida Takasuke?s jazz-influenced drumming, the original recording is an excellent example of the dark, moody style of The Jacks that captivated audiences on the underground music scene of late 1960s Japan. <\/p>\n

Okabayashi Nobuyasu, the ?God of Japanese Folk Music,??? recorded a cover version of ?Love Generation??? on his classic 1970 album, Leap Before You Look<\/em> (Miru mae ni tobe). Hayakawa himself has also revisited this composition repeatedly during his solo career. In addition, the song provided the title for Hayakawa?s first book, a lively collection of essays first published in 1972 and still in print today.<\/p>\n

The original Jacks? recording of ?Love Generation???: <\/p>\n