The Maker Speaks
38 Samples of Loving Despair
Mori Yukinojo Tells to Love Man is to Love Despair
Mori Yukinojo Tells to Love Man is to Love Despair
Have you ever had any Japanese pop music? Mori Yukinojo, he has been famous in the field of J-pop as a lyrics writer. CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA from Dragon Ball Z, Thrill by Hotei Tomoyasu, Claudia by Himuro Kyosuke, Eyes Love You by hide, Oryouri Koushin-kyoku from Kiteretsu Daihyakka and so on, lyrics on these songs were written by Mori Yukinojo. He has also written a company song of Panasonic.
Reading 38 Samples of Loving Despair, it is good enough for us to take a glance on his profile as a poet not as a lyricist. That is a collection of his poems, released in 2003 which had a start of Iraq War. You must wonder why the poems are enough.
In the collection, there is a poem named Prince Glitter Rock, dedicated to hide who used to be a guitarist of X Japan and suddenly passed away in May of 1998. They say he had adored Mori Yukinojo as his master. And also it has a poem dedicated to Kuwata Keisuke who is a leader of Southern All Stars and has for a long time a friend of Mori.
Reading 38 Samples of Loving Despair, it is good enough for us to take a glance on his profile as a poet not as a lyricist. That is a collection of his poems, released in 2003 which had a start of Iraq War. You must wonder why the poems are enough.
In the collection, there is a poem named Prince Glitter Rock, dedicated to hide who used to be a guitarist of X Japan and suddenly passed away in May of 1998. They say he had adored Mori Yukinojo as his master. And also it has a poem dedicated to Kuwata Keisuke who is a leader of Southern All Stars and has for a long time a friend of Mori.
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Originally, including lyrics of pop music, poems seldom get to hearts of readers rightly if those do not have any kind of anonymity. However, we can catch a glimpse of Mori Yukinojo as an individual on these poems although it is limitedly. They make some multiplier effect with other poems, and more directly the words come into our minds.
The beginning is Wake Up; It is a Dream from here on. 38 Samples of Loving Despair is constructed just like a well-balanced concept album. We could feel Japan of the twenty first century from the poems and then, some might shed tears after reading the poem collection since there is a lot to impress deeply.
Some may think poems are hard to approach. But please trust Mori Yukinojo who has for a long time been active in the forefront of pop music lyrics. He excellently selected accessible words and you can enjoy his world enough. As an entry of poems, it works so nicely, needless to mention now.
The beginning is Wake Up; It is a Dream from here on. 38 Samples of Loving Despair is constructed just like a well-balanced concept album. We could feel Japan of the twenty first century from the poems and then, some might shed tears after reading the poem collection since there is a lot to impress deeply.
Some may think poems are hard to approach. But please trust Mori Yukinojo who has for a long time been active in the forefront of pop music lyrics. He excellently selected accessible words and you can enjoy his world enough. As an entry of poems, it works so nicely, needless to mention now.
about 38 Samples of Loving Despair
・Written by Mori Yukinojo
・Published by Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (2003)
・Official Site：Mori Yukinojo Official Site (Japanese)
