From: sana@McLaren.pontneuf.tis.co.jp (Kaz "ACID" Sanada)
Newsgroups: rec.music.misc,alt.rock-n-roll,alt.music.alternative,soc.culture.japan
Subject: music chart from TOKIO(29/Mar)
Keywords: Motoharu Sano, Chisato Moritaka, Kyosuke Himuro
Date: 16 Apr 92 00:29:23 GMT
Followup-To: rec.music.misc
Organization: Toyo Information Systems Co.Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.


    In Japan, a Golden Week is close at hand. Everybody talks about the
    long holidays in the middle of the spring. Family trips around
    suburban area(for example, Yamanashi, Gumma, Tochigi, Ibaragi,
    etc.) is very popular as well as Foreign trips by young ladies and
    gentlemen who enjoy Economic Big Country.

    Anyway, here's the hottest hitchart from the far-east metropolitan
    city. Don't miss my answers to your Q's at the bottom.

			TOKIO HOT 100(1-40)

  LW  TW TITLES					ARTISTS

   1   1.I Love Your Smile			Shanice
   3   2.Trouble Mind				Workshy
   2   3.Finally				Ce Ce Peniston
  12   4.In My Life				Bette Midler
   4   5.Remember The Time			Michael Jackson
  11   6.I'm Too Sexy				Right Said Fred
   8   7.Tears In Heaven			Eric Clapton
  16   8.Who's Crying Now			Randy Crawford
   5   9.Chic Mystique				Chic
   9  10.Feel So High				Des'ree
  17  11.Save The Best For Last			Vanessa Williams
   7  12.For Your Babies			Simply Red
   6  13.Good For Me				Amy Grant
  21  14.We Got A Love Thang			Ce Ce Peniston
  18  15.Calling You				The Holly Cole Trio
  35  16.I Can't Dance				Genesis
  20  17.Love Talk				The Stylistics
  27  18.I'm The One You Need			Jody Watley
  26  19.Human Touch				Bruce Springsteen
  19  20.Masterpiece				Atlantic Starr
  54  21.My Girl				The Temptations
  15  22.Kiss Me				Indecent Obsession
  24  23.Make It Happen				Mariah Carey
  10  24.Maria					Patsy
  33  25.Say A Little Prayer			Jevetta Steel
  23  26.Sensation				France Cartigny
  30  27.Sunshine On A Rainy Day		Zoe
  46  28.Justified And Ancient			The KLF feat. Tammy Wynette
  32  29.Pride(In The Name Of Love)		Clivilles & Cole
  31  30.High On The Happy Side			Wet Wet Wet
  14  31.Indray Andro				Rakoto
  56  32.So What				Ronnie Jodan
  13  33.Smells Like Teen Spirit		Nirvana
  52  34.Places That Belong To...		Barbra Streisand
  22  35.Dream Come True			The Brand New Heavies
  45  36.Romeo And Juliet			Stacy Earl
  38  37.Sunao Ni Naritai			Taeko Ohnuki
  75  38.Paradiso				Fabian
  47  39.You're All I've Waited 4		Jamie Principle
  66  40.The Wisdom Behind The Smile		Guiziah Jones

    Shanice is the queen also in Tokio. Bette Midler's movie theme song
    from "For The Boys" is aiming the top. Randy Crawford appears with
    Journey's classic. Taeko Ohnuki and Fabian are only two Japanese
    artists found in the top 40 of Tokio chart.

    Topics:

    Motoharu Sano, another big follower of Bruce Springsteen than
    Hamasho, was firstly picked up in the TV-CM. The on-air'ed song is
    "Someday", the most important number in his history.

    BTW, here are my answers to your Q's by e-mail.

>Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 09:03:01 -0400
>From: "He who must not be Named." <rtang@sunee.uwaterloo.ca>
>Message-Id: <9204101303.AA16267@sunee.waterloo.edu>
>
> Anymore comments about Chisato Moritaka's New album?
>I have 2 of her's.  Za (a compilation album as far as I can tell)
>and another, I can't read the Kanji but she is wearing an incrediably
>obnoxious space tu-tu. If you know which album I am talking about.
>Can you compare the new album with these two.  I assume the new
>one is the one you listed on the chart? "Rock Alive".

    "Rock Alive", her 9th, includes recent two singles "Fight!!" and
    "Concert No Yoru". "The Moritaka", her 8th, was the last album
    which you know is her best before RA was released. The other one
    you have is, I guess, "Hi-Jitsuryokuha Sengen", her 5th, isn't it
    right?

# "inredibly obnoxious space tu-tu"? I know what you mean:-) but I
# guess she is NOT a kind of artist who trades on her sex appeal like
# Madonna. Read her lyrics. "Fight!!" cheers up a benchwarmer boy of the
# High-School baseball team, and "Concert No Yoru" tells about the night
# of the concert, the last chance friends gathered before graduation. She
# always sings our youth.
% But I agree that she is very cute:-)

>The crappy thing, is I just sent my order to for some new CD's in
>2 days ago.  Now I have to wait awhile for my finance to recover
>before the next batch! :(

    If possible, would you mind inform me how to order Japanese stuffs
    from North America? I believe it will help many of the netters
    here.

>From: masanag@athena.mit.edu (Masahiko Nagamiya)
>Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 01:57:09 -0400
>Message-Id: <9204130557.AA03596@w20-575-34.MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Re: music chart from JAPAN(06/Apr)
>In-Reply-To: <SANA.92Apr9213527@McLaren.pontneuf.tis.co.jp>
>Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>
>I actually emailed you once before but you never replied.

    Sorry, I'm always having 2-6 question emails that make me work
    hard. Sometimes what you want are too difficult for me to answer. I
    beg your pardon in such cases. And a few accidents have occurred
    that e-mail system in bad condition violated your mails' arrival at
    me.

>I have been a fan of Himuro Kyosuke, especially since he started his solo
>career. I have the first two albums, and I hear he has a fourth one coming out
>soon. Can you give me info on the 3rd and 4th? And if possible any impressions?

    His latest album will be titled "Masterpiece #12" including his new
    single "Urban Dance". This is a totally-remixed best album. Perhaps
    you are also interested in Tomoyasu Hotei, Kyosuke's guitarist
    partner, has just release his solo live album called "Guitarism
    Active Tour '91-'92".

# Sorry, Phil, I have never been in Fukuoka either. Please contact
# other persons who have ever been there to catch the informations
# you want.

--- Today's recommendation: Cross My Heart by Bruce Springsteen ---
           Kazuhiro Sanada
Toyo Information Systems Co.Ltd., Japan           *INCREASE THE PEACE*
   sana@McLaren.pontneuf.tis.co.jp