Miki Matsubara (松原みき, Matsubara Miki) (November 28, 1959 – October 7, 2004)… Read Full Bio ↴Miki Matsubara (松原みき, Matsubara Miki) (November 28, 1959 – October 7, 2004) was a Japanese composer, lyricist, and singer from Nishi-ku, Sakai, Osaka, Japan.
Matsubara was born November 28, 1959[2] in Kishiwada, Osaka in Japan. She spent her childhood in Hiraoka Town, Nishi-ku, Sakai, Osaka.
She grew up in a family of four, including a father, a mother and a younger sister. Her father was a board member of a hospital and her mother was a jazz singer who had sung with the Japanese jazz band and comedy group Crazy Cats. Matsubara started learning the piano at the age of three and later became familiar with jazz. As a child, she went to Sakai city's Hiraoka Elementary School and then in 1972, entered Poole Gakuin Junior High School. Around this time Matsubara became interested in rock music and joined the rock band "Kurei". In 1975 she started in Poole Gakuin High School and became active as a keyboard player of the band "Yoshinoya Band". They would play songs at a live house called Takutaku located in Kyoto. Matsubara was described as an excellent student and was expected by many around her to attend college, but at that time she had already made plans to pursue her dream of becoming a singer. In 1977, when she was still in high school, Matsubara went to Tokyo alone at the age of 17 to make her debut as a singer. The Japanese pianist Yuzuru Sera found her playing music and singing in various places in Kantō such as in the live music venue Birdland located in Roppongi, Tokyo.
Matsubara started her career in 1979 and is known from hit songs such as her debut and immediate breakthrough "Mayonaka no Door (Stay with Me)" which has been covered by numerous artists,[5][6][7][8] including Akina Nakamori.[9] The song was ranked 28th on the Oricon Chart,[10] and according to that chart sold 104,000 copies and 300,000 copies announced by Canyon records. Some of her other known songs were "Neat na gogo san-ji (ニートな午後3時)" and "The Winner" among others.
After the release of the song "Neat na gogo san-ji" Matsubara became a well-known singer during that time. She was offered by many to perform in college festivals, concerts and so on. The song even gained a feature in a commercial of the famous Japanese multinational personal care company Shiseido, only less than two years after her debut.[3]
Miki Matsubara received a number of artist awards.[1] Amidst her career, she formed her own band called Dr. Woo.[3] Matsubara also had some international work with Motown jazz fusion group Dr. Strut in Los Angeles (becoming a backing band in the album recordings for "Cupid" and "Myself"), Tokyo and Osaka (Hall concerts), later releasing a jazz cover album entitled "BLUE EYES". In that album she covered some famous jazz songs like "Love for sale", she also covered the soft rock song "You've Got A Friend" originally written and sung by Carole King.[11]
Her vocal range was that of a mezzo-soprano.
During her music career she released 8 singles, and 12 albums. Despite her work being mainly domestic, outside of Japan she was also known for her work as an anime singer and songwriter, singing the opening and ending songs to anime such as Dirty Pair: Project Eden, although recently with the popularization of city pop her other work has gained overseas fans as well.[12] While singing theme songs for the anime Gu Gu Ganmo, she performed under the name Suzie Matsubara (スージー・松原). Matsubara's song "THE WINNER" was used as the opening for the Gundam OVA-series Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.
From the 1990's forwards she especially worked on anime soundtracks and music for commercials. Matsubara composed songs for a couple of anime, some of her most known musical compositions were for the anime series Gundam. Matsubara composed songs for several singers, like Hitomi Mieno, but her most notable works were likely with the singer and actress Mariko Kouda, whom Matsubara composed multiple songs to. Kouda's song "Ame no chi special (雨のちスペシャル)", which Matsubara composed, was featured in the five-minute music television and radio series Minna no Uta as a music video in 1997. It attracted a lot of attention and ranked 28th place in the Oricon chart. The song was repeatedly rebroadcast until 2004.
At the end of 2000, Matsubara sent an email to those around her, including her company and the members of Dr. Woo, stating that she could not continue her music career and that she would not be reachable after the message went out. She stopped all music activities and disappeared from the spotlight altogether. In 2001, it was revealed that Matsubara's actions were prompted by a late-stage cancer diagnosis she had received at the time, after which she subsequently began treatment. Matsubara spent her final years battling her illness.
After being told by her doctor that she only had three months left to live, Matsubara died on October 7, 2004, at age 44 due to complications from uterine cervix cancer. Her death was announced to the public two months later.
Matsubara was born November 28, 1959[2] in Kishiwada, Osaka in Japan. She spent her childhood in Hiraoka Town, Nishi-ku, Sakai, Osaka.
She grew up in a family of four, including a father, a mother and a younger sister. Her father was a board member of a hospital and her mother was a jazz singer who had sung with the Japanese jazz band and comedy group Crazy Cats. Matsubara started learning the piano at the age of three and later became familiar with jazz. As a child, she went to Sakai city's Hiraoka Elementary School and then in 1972, entered Poole Gakuin Junior High School. Around this time Matsubara became interested in rock music and joined the rock band "Kurei". In 1975 she started in Poole Gakuin High School and became active as a keyboard player of the band "Yoshinoya Band". They would play songs at a live house called Takutaku located in Kyoto. Matsubara was described as an excellent student and was expected by many around her to attend college, but at that time she had already made plans to pursue her dream of becoming a singer. In 1977, when she was still in high school, Matsubara went to Tokyo alone at the age of 17 to make her debut as a singer. The Japanese pianist Yuzuru Sera found her playing music and singing in various places in Kantō such as in the live music venue Birdland located in Roppongi, Tokyo.
Matsubara started her career in 1979 and is known from hit songs such as her debut and immediate breakthrough "Mayonaka no Door (Stay with Me)" which has been covered by numerous artists,[5][6][7][8] including Akina Nakamori.[9] The song was ranked 28th on the Oricon Chart,[10] and according to that chart sold 104,000 copies and 300,000 copies announced by Canyon records. Some of her other known songs were "Neat na gogo san-ji (ニートな午後3時)" and "The Winner" among others.
After the release of the song "Neat na gogo san-ji" Matsubara became a well-known singer during that time. She was offered by many to perform in college festivals, concerts and so on. The song even gained a feature in a commercial of the famous Japanese multinational personal care company Shiseido, only less than two years after her debut.[3]
Miki Matsubara received a number of artist awards.[1] Amidst her career, she formed her own band called Dr. Woo.[3] Matsubara also had some international work with Motown jazz fusion group Dr. Strut in Los Angeles (becoming a backing band in the album recordings for "Cupid" and "Myself"), Tokyo and Osaka (Hall concerts), later releasing a jazz cover album entitled "BLUE EYES". In that album she covered some famous jazz songs like "Love for sale", she also covered the soft rock song "You've Got A Friend" originally written and sung by Carole King.[11]
Her vocal range was that of a mezzo-soprano.
During her music career she released 8 singles, and 12 albums. Despite her work being mainly domestic, outside of Japan she was also known for her work as an anime singer and songwriter, singing the opening and ending songs to anime such as Dirty Pair: Project Eden, although recently with the popularization of city pop her other work has gained overseas fans as well.[12] While singing theme songs for the anime Gu Gu Ganmo, she performed under the name Suzie Matsubara (スージー・松原). Matsubara's song "THE WINNER" was used as the opening for the Gundam OVA-series Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.
From the 1990's forwards she especially worked on anime soundtracks and music for commercials. Matsubara composed songs for a couple of anime, some of her most known musical compositions were for the anime series Gundam. Matsubara composed songs for several singers, like Hitomi Mieno, but her most notable works were likely with the singer and actress Mariko Kouda, whom Matsubara composed multiple songs to. Kouda's song "Ame no chi special (雨のちスペシャル)", which Matsubara composed, was featured in the five-minute music television and radio series Minna no Uta as a music video in 1997. It attracted a lot of attention and ranked 28th place in the Oricon chart. The song was repeatedly rebroadcast until 2004.
At the end of 2000, Matsubara sent an email to those around her, including her company and the members of Dr. Woo, stating that she could not continue her music career and that she would not be reachable after the message went out. She stopped all music activities and disappeared from the spotlight altogether. In 2001, it was revealed that Matsubara's actions were prompted by a late-stage cancer diagnosis she had received at the time, after which she subsequently began treatment. Matsubara spent her final years battling her illness.
After being told by her doctor that she only had three months left to live, Matsubara died on October 7, 2004, at age 44 due to complications from uterine cervix cancer. Her death was announced to the public two months later.
真夜中のドア -Stay With Me-
Miki Matsubara Lyrics
To you, yes, my love to you
Yes, my love to you, you, to you
私は私 貴方は貴方と
昨夜言ってた そんな気もするわ
グレイのジャケットに
見覚えがあるコーヒーのしみ
相変らずなのね
ショーウィンドウに 二人映れば
Stay with me
真夜中のドアをたたき
帰らないでと泣いた
あの季節が 今 目の前
Stay with me
口ぐせを言いながら
二人の瞬間を抱いて
まだ忘れず 大事にしていた
恋と愛とは 違うものだよと
昨夜言われた そんな気もするわ
二度目の冬が来て
離れていった貴方の心
ふり返ればいつも
そこに 貴方を感じていたの
Stay with me
真夜中のドアをたたき
心に穴があいた
あの季節が 今 目の前
Stay with me
淋しさまぎらわして
置いたレコードの針
同じメロディ 繰り返していた
Stay with me
真夜中のドアをたたき
帰らないでと泣いた
あの季節が 今 目の前
Stay with me
口ぐせを言いながら
二人の瞬間を抱いて
まだ忘れず 暖めてた
Stay with me
真夜中のドアをたたき
帰らないでと泣いた
あの季節が 今 目の前
Stay with me
口ぐせを言いながら
二人の瞬間を抱いて
まだ忘れず 暖めてた
Stay with me
真夜中のドアをたたき
帰らないでと泣いた
あの季節が 今 目の前
Stay with me
Yes, my love to you, you, to you
私は私 貴方は貴方と
昨夜言ってた そんな気もするわ
グレイのジャケットに
見覚えがあるコーヒーのしみ
相変らずなのね
ショーウィンドウに 二人映れば
真夜中のドアをたたき
帰らないでと泣いた
あの季節が 今 目の前
Stay with me
口ぐせを言いながら
二人の瞬間を抱いて
まだ忘れず 大事にしていた
恋と愛とは 違うものだよと
昨夜言われた そんな気もするわ
二度目の冬が来て
離れていった貴方の心
ふり返ればいつも
そこに 貴方を感じていたの
Stay with me
真夜中のドアをたたき
心に穴があいた
あの季節が 今 目の前
Stay with me
淋しさまぎらわして
置いたレコードの針
同じメロディ 繰り返していた
Stay with me
真夜中のドアをたたき
帰らないでと泣いた
あの季節が 今 目の前
Stay with me
口ぐせを言いながら
二人の瞬間を抱いて
まだ忘れず 暖めてた
Stay with me
真夜中のドアをたたき
帰らないでと泣いた
あの季節が 今 目の前
Stay with me
口ぐせを言いながら
二人の瞬間を抱いて
まだ忘れず 暖めてた
Stay with me
真夜中のドアをたたき
帰らないでと泣いた
あの季節が 今 目の前
Stay with me
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Yoshiko Miura, Tetsuji Hayashi
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@morimori1174
今回は随分と映像を凝って作りましたね｡ 素晴らしいと思います｡
ご本人も言っているので､あまり言いたくありませんが､もう少し｢みきさん｣の 歌声のボリューム が､
あっても良いのでは･･･と思いましたが､これは私の ｢感覚｣ です｡ うるさい事を言って､すいません｡
この曲は元々､言わずと知れた｢Antonio Carlos Jobim｣の代表作で､インスト･ボサ･ノヴァの最高傑作と､
言われる曲ですが､その後 Jobim 本人が歌詞を付けたのですよね｡私もこの曲を含めた Jobim の､
同名タイトルのアルバムは持っていて､結構聴いていたので､｢みきさん」が カヴァー して､
歌ってくれた事は本当に嬉しかったです｡”インスト” の方は､様々なミュージシャンがカヴァーしていますが､
”歌物” の方は意外と少ないんですよね｡ 私が聴いた事があるのは､｢Frank Sinatra｣と｢Ella Fitzgerald｣位です｡
こんな｢大物｣達と､聴き比べて ”うんぬん” 言うつもりは､はっきり言ってありません｡
｢みきさん」は､これで良いんです｡こういう人達と一緒に聴ける事自体が ”幸せ” なんですから･･･｡
本当に彼女には､この様な｢カヴァー｣も含めて､色々な曲を､歌ってほしかったです｡ 非常に残念です｡
@celerychai770
morimoriさん コメントあざ～す♪
編集前では 結構音が出てたんですがね～ なんでなんでしょうか？
まぁ～アイドンマイです♪
みき姐にとって エラ・クリス・サラは大好物ですからね～
ほんと！６０代になったみき姐がこのアルバムを再度リリースしたら
もっともっと パワフルなヴォーカルになったでしょうね～ 無念です。
@ayei3713
@ Mori Mori, wow this post was already 3 years, I was recently listening to Miki's "blue eyes" album, I'm surprised that she sang "wave", this song was part of my child hood years, just to give you an information, there was this japanese harp player by the name of "Tadao Hayashi", indeed he was the best harp player here that he was well known here in Philippines the year was early 80s,in we fact we have his vinyl album,he usually plays at well known 5 star hotel here, and one of his repertoire was the instrumental of "wave" when I heard Miki sang "wave" I didn't know it was a song , for all I know it was just instrumental music,really Miki's song brings back memories, also with "misty" which Johnny Mathis sang,unfortunately Tadao Hayashi met his untimely death year late 90s if I can remember, he was stabbed by an unknown assailant.any ways nice background (wave),credit goes to CELERY Chai,I love all your video post here
@morimori1174
+ayei Hello
Thank you for your many comments on my comment. Honestly,
I forgot the content of my comment because it was "3 years ago" (laughs).
I was surprised to find out about a person named "Tadao Hayashi".
I heard that name several times on TV a long time ago, and he was one of the famous "bureaucrats" in Japan,
but I never thought that he was the "same person".
I learned a lot from your comment, thank you.
I like to listen to many different kinds of music.
One of the people who created that “opportunity” was a musician named “Miki Matsubara”.
From that point of view, she is really "thank you" to her.
@ayei3713
@@morimori1174 hello thank you for the reply,every time I see her video here in YouTube, I make it a point to see if you have comments because from your perspective you already know Miki and youve seen her face to face singing,and Im learning a lot from that,