Other hit songs include Summer Candles and Dolphin Ring, both of which became standard songs played at Japanese wedding and receptions. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Anri's albums were bestsellers. She is often cited as being one the first Japanese singers to fuse Britain and American music into j-pop. She has highly successful tours—one with attendance of almost 100,000—and toured Hawaii for the first time in 1987. She was given a boost by singing the closing theme for the 1998 Winter Olympics at Nagano. In 2002, she began collaborating with jazz fusion guitarist Lee Ritenour who produced her 2002 LP "Smooth Jam - Quiet Storm".
Remember Summer Days
杏里 Lyrics
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あの夏の影を探して
心までも そっとうばって消えた人
今はもう 追いかけはしない
さよならと砂に書いた あなたの目の中に
他の人 見つけたのよ 知っていたの
二度ともどらないの
思い出も 今 波が洗い流すわ
Oh I love you
忘れられないけど 冬になったら
別の恋するわ
声をかけてきたのも そうよ気まぐれなの
多分私どうかしてたのね
サーフボード 直す後ろ姿みつめ
さよならを感じていたのよ
その気にはなってたけど あなたの言葉には
どことなく うその香り きっとそうよ
Remember Summer Days
夏が消えていくわ
通り雨が あなたを 連れ出していった
Oh I love you
忘れられないけど 次の夏にも
またここへ来る
Remember Summer Days
夏が消えていくわ
通り雨が あなたを 連れ出していった
Oh I love you
忘れられないけど 次の夏にも
またここへ来る
The lyrics of 杏里's song "Remember Summer Days" talk of looking back on the memories of a past summer love. The singer is standing alone on a beach in autumn, reminiscing about the person who disappeared from her life and the shadow they left behind. She admits that she won't be chasing after them anymore, and even saw the signs of the end coming with the goodbye message they left in the sand.
The singer then remembers the good times they shared, acknowledging that they will never return and are being washed away by the waves of time. Despite still having feelings for the past lover, she knows that winter has come and brings with it the promise of a new love. The singer also admits that her own fickle nature might have played a role in their relationship ending.
Overall, the lyrics have a bittersweet feel, with the singer looking back upon a relationship that has passed its time. She is nostalgic for the memories they shared but also accepts the inevitability of change and moving on to new experiences.
Line by Line Meaning
一人 秋の海をみつめて思い出す
As I look out into the autumn sea alone, memories of that summer come to mind.
あの夏の影を探して
I'm searching for remnants of that summer.
心までも そっとうばって消えた人
The person who disappeared and took a part of my heart with them, I won't chase after them anymore.
今はもう 追いかけはしない
Now I won't pursue them anymore.
さよならと砂に書いた あなたの目の中に
In your eyes, I saw 'goodbye' written in the sand.
他の人 見つけたのよ 知っていたの
I knew you had already found someone new.
Remember Summer Days
I still remember those summer days.
二度ともどらないの
But I can never go back.
思い出も 今 波が洗い流すわ
The memories are now washed away by the waves.
Oh I love you
Oh I love you...
忘れられないけど 冬になったら
I can't forget you, but when winter comes...
別の恋するわ
I'll love again.
声をかけてきたのも そうよ気まぐれなの
The fact that you talked to me was just because you felt like it.
多分私どうかしてたのね
Maybe I was out of my mind.
サーフボード 直す後ろ姿みつめ
I watched your back as you fixed your surfboard.
さよならを感じていたのよ
I felt like it was goodbye.
その気にはなってたけど あなたの言葉には
I was already prepared for it, but your words...
どことなく うその香り きっとそうよ
Somehow it smelled like a lie – it must have been.
夏が消えていくわ
The summer is fading away.
通り雨が あなたを 連れ出していった
The passing rain took you away.
忘れられないけど 次の夏にも
I can't forget you, but in the next summer...
またここへ来る
I'll come back here again.
Contributed by Chloe Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@oplorax9393
Si, te sientes como si estubieras a la par de un elefante rosado
Mientras un conejo celeste del tamañaño de uno estubiera haciendo
Tortillas con miel de winny pooh.
Poema:乔的房子
*ALV
Sientete en las nubes rosa con bomito
De unicornio
@sunboy1111
hitori aki no umi o mitsumete omoidasu
ano natsu no kage o sagashite
kokoro made mo sotto ubatte kieta hito
ima wa mou oikake wa shinai
sayonara to suna ni kai ta anata no me no naka ni
ta no hito mitsuke ta no yo shitteita no
Remember summer days
nidoto modora nai no
omoide mo ima nami ga arainagasu wa
oh I love you
wasurerarenai kedo fuyu ni nattara
betsu no koisuru wa
koe o kakete kita no mo sou yo kimagure na no
tabun watashi doukashite ta no ne
saafu boudo naosu ushirosugata mitsume
sayonara o kanjiteita no yo
sono ki ni wa natte ta kedo anata no kotoba ni wa
dokotonaku uso no kaori kitto sou yo
Remember summer days
natsu ga kiete iku wa
touriame ga anata o tsuredashite itta
oh I love you
wasurerarenai kedo tsugi no natsu ni mo
mata koko e kuru
@mugenHONDA16
自分は20年しか生きてないけど、80年代の懐かしさを感じる。聴いててめっちゃ心地いい何回も何回も聴いちゃう
@user-hy7gw9kr6y
すごく久しぶりにこの曲を聴きました。この頃の杏里さんの声、可愛いですね。伸びやかで、角松サウンドによくマッチしています😊💕
@heavenlyfusionguitars9245
Title track of one of the best city pop albums of all time. Just an album, where you never getting tired of listening. Thanks Anri, one of the few city pop artists who is active on youtube.
@zyonthelickman
this is not a title track
@zyonthelickman
the album doesn’t even have a title track 🤔🤨
@heavenlyfusionguitars9245
@Zyon Hickman It is: https://www.discogs.com/de/Anri-Timely/release/5126669
@jessepinkmansimp6090
the only other artists i can think of that are active on youtube are seiko matsuda, yu hayami, yasuha, and occasionally toshiki kadomatsu
@jessepinkmansimp6090
and mimoko kikuchi has an instagram
@user-ls7sf2el4u
角松さんらしい曲と杏里さんの声が良くマッチングしてて好きな曲です。
@xbulelo
Wow … this was released in 1983 & I’m listening to this for the first time in 2024 … crazy.
This is an absolute banger & I am literally trying to learn the words as I dance & cook 😂