@@swandivemedia9249 I have a long list of artists I listen to now because of the algorithm. RUclips is cursed most of the time, but we gotta thank this website for introducing us to hit after hit.
I remember growing up in Japan when I was 10. I had just stepped out of a book store, and a pretty girl the same age shyly held out her hand to me and asked me if I wanted to walk around with her. This song was playing on the radio where we stopped to have ramen together. She never gave me her name, but told me a day to always meet her to hold hands and walk or picnic. I finally got her name a few months later - Mitsuki. We became close friends, but my parents took a job to America when we were 13, so I had to leave her, both of us in tears and snot. I would send her letters, and she would send letters back. At 22, she suddenly stopped mailing me. I thought she was gone. 5 months later, she was at my door in America, with her hand out to me when I opened the door. We're married in our 40's now, and we've taken walks through multiple cities together across the world and we always stop someplace that has noodles and play this song on our phone. Thank you Mariya. Your love may be plastic, but mine is beautiful thanks to this song. If you see a middle-aged couple with or without their kids with them, holding hands and acting like teenagers or even young kids in Tokyo browsing the shops, its us. just keeping this copy paste alive.
As I know, the album that contains this song, Variety, was very popular in Japan. So, it's more like two generations that are enjoying this masterpiece.
@@TheFlyingSailorYT the point of the joke was that at the time it was unpopular and is only now being enjoyed but that isn't accurate people back the were enjoying the music
Would've been awesome if they had kept in the 80s asthetic too. Blurry video, light colors, maybe some neon lights here and there. Would've been amazing for 2021.
If Takeuchi-san didn’t sing this song in the first place, we wouldn’t have discovered it, so thank you Japan for this masterpiece (Correct me if I’m wrong, I meant to say ‘Thank you for this song, Miss Takeuchi’) - そのソングくれたありがとう、竹内さん！
I'm Japanese. I'm honestly surprised that old Japanese pop music is being recognized worldwide as City Pop. And I'm happy to be able to reunite with these nostalgic songs of my youth. Thank you for loving Japanese music.
the beat of that song is great and similar to high quality funky song from the Western world, Quincy Jones etc...I was actually nicely suprised that Japanese people were into that type of music. Someone mentioned to me that a club in Tokyo called the Blue Light, have the same atmosphere (more jazzy though) but not sure if they are still into that.
@@blueink1351 I don't know much about the current music situation in Japan, but there are many styles of music, from traditional to modern. It continues to be made in large numbers. City pop is, so to speak, a reverse import culture to Japan. There are many young people in Japan who do not know City Pop. It feels strange.
@@uzrider It is just not their generation. The city pop is like the funk music here in Europe and here too, not that much known by the youth, and even if they are familiar with some songs, they don't appreciate it as older people do. People stick on the music of their generation, most of the time, for instance you may barely meet someone after 50s that enjoy rap music, unless in a desperate and wrong attempt of staying young and "in".
@@blueink1351 I see. There are differences in preferences between generations. When I went to karaoke with my younger colleagues, I sang a Tatsuro Yamashita's song (Amaku Kiken na Kaori) but they didn't know it 😢
I used to work in a Japanese restaraunt in Australia and before we opened I would just play my music over the restaraunt speakers. I remember one time I was just washing glasses and this song came on and my boss came out and asked me if I put this song on and If I knew it, I said yeah I love this song. And he said he hadn't heard it since he was in Japan and his mum used to listen to it all the time when he was growing up hahaha.
Hella wholesome and awesome dude. Had a similar experience playing Mint Jams album with a previous boss. Music really does being back memories and bring people closer. Cheers
I found this song just a few weeks after starting college back in 2016, it was the only song I listened to while walking to the bus stop at 6:30 am for weeks. Now I'm finally graduating next week and the official MV is out. Closure at last.
That is so wonderful. I think I only recently found this song as well and it is totally the kind of song you can jam to while on the move. Gonna enjoy this in my possible last r of University.
Not melancholic but a true red pill, hard to swallow as a man. Women do not love, love is a masculine treat since men love unconditionally. Women feel deep admiration during a brief time, admiration that fades easily as a mental trick of their minds.
I wonder if Mariya knows how much her music is influencing the current generation... Imagine a song that doesn't even top charts back when it was released just to see it absolutely blowing upi almost 40 years later.... this is a testiment that music made with love and dedication is truly timeless
I’m so happy Mariya is finally receiving her well-deserved flowers! Her music has moved an entire generation, even if it wasn’t its initial target audience!
Actually I’m pretty sure Mariya Takeuchi is extremely popular and well known as one of the best selling music artists in Japan! But definitely this is great
@@gouwon1745 I think the point they were making is that Mariya wasn't well known outside of Japan, even though in Japan she was extremely popular in the 80s. Also this song wasn't a big hit when it first came out. So for it to find a new life and audience all these years later is pretty great.
Actually, her husband made this song for her, she just sung it. There is a YT video of him singing it as well. Tatsuro Yamashita is her husband. You should give him a listen as well
Director Kyotaro Hayashi Comments (The original text in Japanese is in the description): In this year of REIWA period, this masterpiece, which has never been lost in the wave of times, has been released to the world once again. It was a great honor for me to be involved in this as a director. We worked together to create this film with respect for the era in which this song was born, and also with the interpretation of our generation. I hope you enjoy it.
Well, during the time of Michael Jackson he was one of the first to actually make movie like MV's. And Japan's music never really reached America or Europe.
2:49 私を誘う人は皮肉なものね いつも 彼に似てるわ なぜか思い出と重なり合う グラスを落として 急に涙ぐんでも わけは尋ねないでね 夜更けの高速で眠りにつく頃 ハロゲンライトだけ妖しく輝く 氷のように冷たい女だと 囁く声がしても don't worry I'm just playing games I know that's plastic love Dance to the plastic beat Another morning comes I'm just playing games know that's plastic love Dance to the plastic beat Another morning comes I'm just playing games I know that's plastic love Dance to the plastic beat Another morning comes
We had a japanese student visit us this summer. We told her we like japanese music and listen to it all the time. But she was surprised when i played Tatsuro's Silent Screamer in the car. I guess she thought we would listen to the modern pop/rock songs lol.
The camera work was great! I do suspect that the camera operator or director of photography took influences from the 1995 Hong Kong movie "Fallen Angels" with those unconventional hand held wide angle shots. You should totally check that movie out if you haven't seen it.
Around 40 years ago when I was a teenager, many of Japanese animes , TV drama, films, or even commercial advertising were dubbed their theme songs and soundtracks with these beautiful songs. Forty years passed, I am so happy that the new generations around the world have the chances to experience this nice and nostalgia music.
I'm a Japanese grew up in the 80s and 90s. I think 80s and 90s were rough and yet so raw. 2000s, it's boring because young people are smarter than us but too perfectionists, they don't risk anything. I feel for the younger generation to be attracted to 80s and 90s music. Cuz these music have stories, so much stories in 5 minutes.
@@sparklingwater-of7sq the 80s was a very tough time for the japanese having to rebuild from the destruction of ww2 many americans overlook the mass destruction we caused in your country an endless rain of fire one could say...
@@Muleyea youre really going to feel bad for the same japanese that still didnt apologise for what they did to the koreans, chinese, filipinos and many other nations?
The 12 inch vinyl was just re-released in Japan, but this time they put the cute pic of Mariya we all love on the cover! Totally worth picking up a copy!
Yea I saw it in a record shop in Hiroshima, they selling the vinyl for about $300 or 30,000 yen but if I remember its a 7in vinyl with the original song and a remix of it on the other side.
Almost 40 years since this song was released and we *_now_* get a music video for it... And a full version after the short one from 2 years ago, mind you! That's amazing! Ever since I first listened to this song, I can't stop listening to it every night. It feels very nostalgic to me. I also really like the jazzy instrumentation and Mariya-san's voice is so great. This is pretty much the song that has introduced me to Japanese City Pop music.
At last, one of the most mysterious and underrated Pop songs been honored with this official MV after almost 30 over years. I am so proud to witnessed this historical piece of art. Lots of love from Malaysia, Maria!
@@cosmix199 Honestly I was a bit confused that there was a smartphone because knowing this song was made in the 1980s, it wouldn’t make sense that such an object would exist in such context. But then again, this music video is extremely recent which was released in 2019 (at least according to my research). Also as a little side note, I recommend listening to the English version of this song made by Caitlin Myers. Normally English covers of songs originally written in another language doesn’t work out all that well. But this one made by Caitlin Myers isn’t like that at all. I even looked up the lyrics in Japanese and compared them in translation with English. And it’s pretty close with one another. Definitely recommend giving it a listen.
This beautiful music reminded me of my first Japanese love when I was in college in early 1980s. She was taking intensive English classes when I met her on campus. We dated for a few months until she had to leave and go back to her country. We kept in touch and about 2 years later I was on a business trip to Asia and had a brief stop-over in Tokyo. I called her up to surprise her and she actually took a 3 hour long ride to get to Narita Airport! (She probably lived on the other side of Tokyo). It was a bitter sweet reunion as we sat in the Airport and reminisced all the fun times we had in college. And then it was time to part - that was really difficult for both her and me, as we cried, knowing this would probably be the last time we see each other. It has been almost 40 years later, and I still think of her. I have tried to search for her online but without luck. She would probably be in her fifties. Yuriko, if you are reading this message, I miss you!
i see people here have forgotten the tradition. leaving JK's lost comment from the original plastic love here. "I remember growing up in Japan when I was 10. I had just stepped out of a book store, and a pretty girl the same age shyly held out her hand to me and asked me if I wanted to walk around with her. This song was playing on the radio where we stopped to have ramen together. She never gave me her name, but told me a day to always meet her to hold hands and walk or picnic. I finally got her name a few months later - Mitsuki. We became close friends, but my parents took a job to America when we were 13, so I had to leave her, both of us in tears and snot. I would send her letters, and she would send letters back. At 22, she suddenly stopped mailing me. I thought she was gone. 5 months later, she was at my door in America, with her hand out to me when I opened the door. We're married in our 40's now, and we've taken walks through multiple cities together across the world and we always stop someplace that has noodles and play this song on our phone. Thank you Mariya. Your love may be plastic, but mine is beautiful thanks to this song. If you see a middle-aged couple with or without their kids with them, holding hands and acting like teenagers or even young kids in Tokyo browsing the shops, its us"
The music video that i didn't know i needed, from an artist that i didn't know i needed, from an era i dint know i needed, at a time i didn't know i needed,.. what a wonderful time to be alive.
A legendary song that got saved from drowning in the old song archive by people on the internet, even got its own official music video after 30 years of being released? What a hidden gems! I'm so thankful of the people who recovered this song!!
I love how the internet and fans of good music dragged this song out of obscurity, and gave it the love it deserves. Along with other city pop gems, that are probably over to the right on your recommended lol :)
The cinematography and editing in this MV are really outstanding, with those blurry shots of the city in the beginning and him chasing after her at the end with multicolor lights and dutch camera angles selling the whole feeling this song gives while listening to it. Perfect blend of retro 80s and modern Japan that's so popular right now. And even though the two main characters don't do a whole lot during the video and there's only a few seconds of interaction between them you totally understand their situation/feelings and get invested in cheering them on in the end to come together. Just overall masterfully done. Thank god they did this classic song justice in its and city pop's resurgence of (international) fame
My brother passed away before he could of saw this music video. We got addicted to city pop together. This was the song that started us down the rabbit hole. I have this song on repeat for him. RIP big bro.
This Music Video was released in 2019.. 35 years after "Plastic Love" debuted... In 2021, we finally get to watch the full version on RUclips. This song never gets old~ 🙌
The feeling you get from the beat of city pop makes you feel life's youve never had, memories you've never had yet are nostalgic. It travels you back in time.
[Verse 1] Totsuzen no kisu ya atsui manazashi de Koi no puroguramu wo kuruwasenaide ne Deai to wakare jouzu ni uchikonde Jikan ga kureba owaru don't hurry! [Verse 2] Ai ni kizutsuita ano hi kara zutto Hiru to yoru ga gyaku no kurashi wo tsuzukete Hayari no disco de odoriakasu uchi ni Oboeta majutsu na no yo I'm sorry! [Chorus] Watashi no koto wo kesshite Honki de aisanaide Koi nante tada no geemu Tanoshimeba sore de ii no Tozashita kokoro wo kazaru Hade na doresu mo kutsu mo Kodoku na tomodachi [Instrumental Interlude] [Chorus] Watashi wo sasou hito wa Hiniku na mono ne itsumo Kare ni niteru wa naze ka Omoide to kasanariau Gurasu wo otoshite kyuu ni Namidagun demo wake wa Tazunenaide ne [Verse 3] Yofuke no kousoku de nemuri ni tsuku koro Harogen raito dake ayashiku kagayaku Koori no you ni tsumetai onna da to Sasayaku koe ga shitemo don't worry!
I can't understand why these Japanese songs make me feel like I've experienced something I've never experienced, a magical and futuristic place, I can't explain
I love Murakami. People who don't like his work haven't read classic literature, so they don't get what he's doing. I bet if they were to watch a documentary on Pewdiepie's favorite author and compare that tragedy to Murakami's documentary, they'd cultivate some intellectual curiosity that would start them down a literary rabbit hole. Maybe check out RUclips footage of 80s Japan as well as other bygone era's.
This right here is how you resurrect a lost classic!
Smooth my man!! Right as ever! Do you know Tatsuro Yamashita? Also a good one!
Me when I’m early to a popular RUclipsrs comment
Also who knew smooth McGovern liked Japanese city pop 😳
@@bassoonboi i can definetly hear some inspirations! And agreed
Nice to see you here.
This is a great mV
36 years after it's release... the GOAT city pop song finally got an MV.
I want to inject this into my veins
I was wondering how long it had been, thanks.
fucking MAINLINE THAT SHIT
@@swandivemedia9249 I have a long list of artists I listen to now because of the algorithm. RUclips is cursed most of the time, but we gotta thank this website for introducing us to hit after hit.
This isnt new song? Really?
@@afifhamid7542 How many recent pop songs have you heard with a brass instrument section in the band?
The song was revived to a point where decades later they released a video. Crazy
Bruh Iused to watch your redstone house tutorials
The song is constantly relevant and somehow became more popular than it already was.. so cool
The craziest
@@sinisterpanda2738 What?! Why are you here? Are you beginning to follow the footsteps of *"Just Some Guy With a Mustache"* ??
Bro why are u everywhere?
I remember growing up in Japan when I was 10. I had just stepped out of a book store, and a pretty girl the same age shyly held out her hand to me and asked me if I wanted to walk around with her. This song was playing on the radio where we stopped to have ramen together. She never gave me her name, but told me a day to always meet her to hold hands and walk or picnic. I finally got her name a few months later - Mitsuki. We became close friends, but my parents took a job to America when we were 13, so I had to leave her, both of us in tears and snot. I would send her letters, and she would send letters back. At 22, she suddenly stopped mailing me. I thought she was gone. 5 months later, she was at my door in America, with her hand out to me when I opened the door. We're married in our 40's now, and we've taken walks through multiple cities together across the world and we always stop someplace that has noodles and play this song on our phone. Thank you Mariya. Your love may be plastic, but mine is beautiful thanks to this song. If you see a middle-aged couple with or without their kids with them, holding hands and acting like teenagers or even young kids in Tokyo browsing the shops, its us.
just keeping this copy paste alive.
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful story, it really touched me. Wishing you all the best life can offer to you both. 😊
Beautiful story man.❤
Classic
🥹🥹🥹🥹
これはとても美しいです🥰
Mariya Takeuchi 40 years ago: "I guess you guys aren't ready for this yet, but your kids are gonna love it!" =))
As I know, the album that contains this song, Variety, was very popular in Japan. So, it's more like two generations that are enjoying this masterpiece.
@@user-dc4sm3lg1z He mentions a reference from movie called Back to the future
@@user-dc4sm3lg1z If I remember correctly, this was actually her lowest charting single of 41 (with 3 others completely failing to chart at all).
@@user-dc4sm3lg1z See that shooting star flying above your head? That's the joke.
@@TheFlyingSailorYT the point of the joke was that at the time it was unpopular and is only now being enjoyed but that isn't accurate people back the were enjoying the music
this song makes me wanna chill out on some soft grass somewhere with a green smoothie
oh hey, youre here.
Love your work man
Men of cultures uniting..
Taking a break after those nuts
F*king normie 🙄
wait until you hear fantasy
2021 is good now
suicide rate drops to 0
did not expect to see you here LUL
Holy shit dope its Skyen hello
A man with an eye for landmark moments would not miss this
Whoa Skyen. Didn't expect you here.
well, it's new year's eve and this song is like wine... always gets better. have a great 2025!
Damn you made it over to this song on new year's too? Happy New Year, bro.
🎉🎈
Christmas/New Year + japonese city pop gives off unmatched vibes.
This hits so hard especially when it got older, she definitely didn't expect her target audience's generation.
Nice profile pic mate 👌
Her*
I didn’t even realise this was an old song at the time. I just thought it was a new one until now. Clearly this singer was ahead of her time.
@@danielwhyatt3278 it was the songwriter actually should give credits for
for real 😂😂
My non existent memories from my time living in Japan in the mid 80’s are kicking again.
Pls😂
Ahh those were the times...
That could be a past life you’re reminiscing about. I get these memories too.
I remember playing Mario on a NES on a tiny TV and walking on a gray city as a kid in the 80's in Japan and I never been there xD
were you big in Japan?
I like how they tried their very best to make this as 80s as possible. Well done.
Nah that's just Japan.
@@tastykimchiOFDOOM fr
they didnt both characters used smartphones they tried to make it the 80s vibe tho
Hair should have been much bigger haha
Where are the coke lines?! Not convincing enough.
One of the best eras for Japanese music, period.
海外で人気なのも嬉しいけど、やっぱ日本人にもこの曲はいい！って再認識してほしい！
この曲がどの国で人気になったのか、世界の半分でも信じられないでしょう。実際、私はこれを日本語に翻訳して理解しています。
😃👍
대 일본제국 만세! 조선 일본 합병 만세! 천황폐하 만세!
最近耳👂に残ってて 車でよく聴いてます。
なぜ日本では人気じゃないんだろう…いい曲なのに
I love how the video is modern but still carries the 80s vibe visually to match the music
Would've been awesome if they had kept in the 80s asthetic too. Blurry video, light colors, maybe some neon lights here and there. Would've been amazing for 2021.
they only did this so they can copyright the song everywhere on yt
I'm getting a Chungking Express / Fallen Angels vibe from the video, so more early 90's than 80's IMO
Totally agree. It's amazing to make the 80s mood transmitting naturally through the modern HD scene.
@@Manly2000Man do they also goes to copyright cover ? Cause some of this song cover deserve to be removed.
この曲を現代でまたヒットに導いてくれた海外の皆さんありがとう
コメントもちゃんと読んでます！ありがとう:)
♥️
Me salio de recomendación y no me arrepiento de haber dado click.
Esta increible ❤️
Saludos desde México
If Takeuchi-san didn’t sing this song in the first place, we wouldn’t have discovered it, so thank you Japan for this masterpiece
(Correct me if I’m wrong, I meant to say ‘Thank you for this song, Miss Takeuchi’) - そのソングくれたありがとう、竹内さん！
No worries
🙏🏾
This is literally one of the greatest tracks ever created.
Time to listen to this song a million more times
I swear you show up everywhere 😂
Same here!
BGM for your next upload lol.
getting literal Goosebumps here
creepsmcpedo
I'm Japanese. I'm honestly surprised that old Japanese pop music is being recognized worldwide as City Pop. And I'm happy to be able to reunite with these nostalgic songs of my youth. Thank you for loving Japanese music.
Anytime 😊
the beat of that song is great and similar to high quality funky song from the Western world, Quincy Jones etc...I was actually nicely suprised that Japanese people were into that type of music. Someone mentioned to me that a club in Tokyo called the Blue Light, have the same atmosphere (more jazzy though) but not sure if they are still into that.
@@blueink1351 I don't know much about the current music situation in Japan, but there are many styles of music, from traditional to modern. It continues to be made in large numbers. City pop is, so to speak, a reverse import culture to Japan. There are many young people in Japan who do not know City Pop. It feels strange.
@@uzrider It is just not their generation. The city pop is like the funk music here in Europe and here too, not that much known by the youth, and even if they are familiar with some songs, they don't appreciate it as older people do. People stick on the music of their generation, most of the time, for instance you may barely meet someone after 50s that enjoy rap music, unless in a desperate and wrong attempt of staying young and "in".
@@blueink1351 I see. There are differences in preferences between generations. When I went to karaoke with my younger colleagues, I sang a Tatsuro Yamashita's song (Amaku Kiken na Kaori) but they didn't know it 😢
This music video is so beautiful, I love it so much.
❤️
how did i found u
I love you so much babygirl
lol nice
the name of song is "faking a real love"
世界的な名曲になりましたね♡まりや万歳
I used to work in a Japanese restaraunt in Australia and before we opened I would just play my music over the restaraunt speakers. I remember one time I was just washing glasses and this song came on and my boss came out and asked me if I put this song on and If I knew it, I said yeah I love this song. And he said he hadn't heard it since he was in Japan and his mum used to listen to it all the time when he was growing up hahaha.
Hella wholesome and awesome dude. Had a similar experience playing Mint Jams album with a previous boss. Music really does being back memories and bring people closer. Cheers
@@akshayshetty9331 Mint Jams by Casiopea is great for taking a shower 🚿 it just fits so good with the mood.
Cool.
Dets pretty dope💯
What, that's so cute!
コメント欄が多国籍すぎてカオス。日本語探すのが困難。２０年前は日本の歌がこんなに世界で愛されるなんて誰も想像しなかったでしょうね。２年後あたりに日本の歌が世界で大ヒットしてそう。
@Li F ?àqqa
Ya son un hit alrededor del mundo ;)
I’m just glad we get to experience it now!
Very true.
ほんまやな上手いひとばっかりやもんな
This song was forget for almost 30 years, without internet probably this gem was still obscure
Damn.
I wouldn't say forgotten. It's popular enough that the city pop shark sometimes sings it.
@@Grimmwoldds She only knows about it for the same reason the rest of us do, which is the internet like Marinaldo was saying
Yeah, obscure...
Unless you live in Japan, that won't be like that...
Not really, Physical CDs are still popular in Japan
竹内まりや様の洗練されたシティポップをマナトがカバーしてて嬉しい！
ショートバージョン出てからいくら待ってもロングバージョン出なくて諦めきってたけど思いもよらないタイミングでこれが見られてすっごい嬉しい。四十年も前の曲にただMV載せただけなのに新曲の感じが半端ない。
Yes
是的
良い曲はいつ聞いても色褪せないですね。
@@teesnet878 wise words
あれ？新曲な訳ないよね・・・ 間違いなく昔の曲だ。
この映像付きだと、完全に新曲な聞こえる。
コメ欄のインターナショナル感が半端ない。昭和歌謡が世界に認められていることを実感。
I found this song just a few weeks after starting college back in 2016, it was the only song I listened to while walking to the bus stop at 6:30 am for weeks. Now I'm finally graduating next week and the official MV is out. Closure at last.
Very nice pfp
@@kingofchase2539 thank you! it's definitely a mood lol
That is so wonderful. I think I only recently found this song as well and it is totally the kind of song you can jam to while on the move. Gonna enjoy this in my possible last r of University.
Congratulations :D
Congrats on your graduation 🥳
The lyrics are so melancholic and bitter sweet. This song is an absolute classic.
The ending to this new music video has a happy ending though :')
Not melancholic but a true red pill, hard to swallow as a man.
Women do not love, love is a masculine treat since men love unconditionally. Women feel deep admiration during a brief time, admiration that fades easily as a mental trick of their minds.
@@depechexyou legit need to turn off all your devices and just talk to real people
Holy fuck you are a sad example of existence
私はブラジル人です、この曲はとても良いです
I wonder if Mariya knows how much her music is influencing the current generation... Imagine a song that doesn't even top charts back when it was released just to see it absolutely blowing upi almost 40 years later.... this is a testiment that music made with love and dedication is truly timeless
She and her husband are both miracles for us to have. Pity the world didn't know them earlier or they are really way ahead of us.
certified _I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it._ moment
Why do you comment as if she is no longer alive? I’m actually curious.
@@rodrigososa5281 no he doesn't
And most comments here are in English.
なんかもう、たまらなく良いな。独身の頃の心がざわざわした恋愛を思い出す。上杉くんも女優さんも雰囲気が合っていて素敵。
De hecho hay un hilo en Twitter que los explica
Neko o tabemasen. Doko ikimasuka, kuruma de... wakarimasu gooooooozaimasu 😉👍👍👍
I’m so happy Mariya is finally receiving her well-deserved flowers! Her music has moved an entire generation, even if it wasn’t its initial target audience!
Actually I’m pretty sure Mariya Takeuchi is extremely popular and well known as one of the best selling music artists in Japan! But definitely this is great
@@gouwon1745 I think the point they were making is that Mariya wasn't well known outside of Japan, even though in Japan she was extremely popular in the 80s. Also this song wasn't a big hit when it first came out. So for it to find a new life and audience all these years later is pretty great.
ayo its Misaki
@@ladydontekno Plenty of songs aren't immediate hits, but become seminal in the years that follow. She's had plenty of recognition, for decades.
Actually, her husband made this song for her, she just sung it. There is a YT video of him singing it as well. Tatsuro Yamashita is her husband. You should give him a listen as well
Director Kyotaro Hayashi Comments (The original text in Japanese is in the description):
In this year of REIWA period, this masterpiece, which has never been lost in the wave of times, has been released to the world once again. It was a great honor for me to be involved in this as a director.
We worked together to create this film with respect for the era in which this song was born, and also with the interpretation of our generation. I hope you enjoy it.
Can you post the link here for us to read and see his comment? Please.
@@siriusblack06 The director's comment is in the description.
Its sucks this video doesn't represent this beautiful song, expected 80s themed japan. Highly disappointed.
We will surely enjoy it. I still can't believe it got an MV for the whole song!
good job sir
Absolute masterpiece
Whoa, didn't expect you to be here
They just don't make 'em like this anymore, do they?
Plastic windows cd
@Ivan Otaking He'd be much more cultured if he commented under Darkthrone albums, in my opinion...
Man of culture I see
36 years ago I used to listen to this masterpiece while driving with my scooter on the seaside in Japan.
Now I'm 16 still going strong.
Lmfao what
Reincarnation or dyslexia lol
@@dexlabs1 guess this song brings up some kind of creepy nostalgia he never experienced.
huh?
Hahaha nice one
"Your love may be Plastic, but mine was beautiful thanks to this song....."
都会の洒落た雰囲気と、恋愛の気怠さというか、物憂さ、そして、次の恋の予感が程よく調和されていて、とても素敵な物語
nah fr
NO
LOVE how they filmed in places with 80s architecture and blended in modern technology.
Gorgeous video
thats just tokyo tbh
Not just the architecture, pretty sure all those cars were period-appropriate too. Really communicates how strangely timeless this song has become.
@@Trygon those taxis are actually how modern taxis still look there
None of it is actually specific to the 80's lol. Tokyo is still looks like this.
Took them almost 40 years to produce MV for this legendary resurgence of genre.
Well, during the time of Michael Jackson he was one of the first to actually make movie like MV's. And Japan's music never really reached America or Europe.
@@jelle7 Pretty much. What an amazing time to be alive.
i still keep listening to this 2024 here
Its been 2 years ........ dont get snobby.
Me too
本当この曲に出会った人達はいいセンスだ
今聴いても古く感じない。
何回聴いても飽きないので名曲だと思います。
MVありがとうございます。
今でも名曲ですよ！
何故か流行ってます。外国でね
歌詞
0:40 突然のキスや 熱い眼差しで
恋のプログラム 狂わせないでね
出逢いと別れ 上手に打ち込んで
時間がくれば終わる don't hurry
愛に傷ついた あの日からずっと
昼と夜が逆の 暮らしを続けて
流行りのディスコで 踊り明かすうちに
覚えた魔術なのよ I'msorry
私のことを決して 本気で愛さないで
恋なんてただのゲーム 楽しめばそれでいいの
閉ざした心をかざる
派手なドレスも靴も 孤独な友だち
2:49 私を誘う人は皮肉なものね
いつも 彼に似てるわ
なぜか思い出と重なり合う
グラスを落として
急に涙ぐんでも
わけは尋ねないでね
夜更けの高速で眠りにつく頃
ハロゲンライトだけ妖しく輝く
氷のように冷たい女だと
囁く声がしても don't worry
I'm just playing games
I know that's plastic love
Dance to the plastic beat
Another morning comes
I'm just playing games know that's plastic love
Dance to the plastic beat
Another morning comes
I'm just playing games
I know that's plastic love
Dance to the plastic beat
Another morning comes
日曜日の初耳学の竹内まりやさんの会🎉聴いて来ました！
Mariya Takeuchi is so great!
私も全く一緒です！完全にハマって毎日聴いてます！
I don't own a car yet but I can't wait to have one just so I can drive around downtown at midnight listening to this song
You’ll get that car and blast Plastic Love while your driving ✌🏼👍👍👍🌺🌺🌺
i totally agree, my dream has been to drive down tokyo while listening to city pop
After I got my first car, this and Stay With me was playing all day. You'll definitely get yours soon too! 🙏🏼
i ride my motorbike while listening to this song on the way back home after work at night, it feels relaxing
i want a manual and a girl to drive around at night with this song!
I'm a 16 y/o Japanese student.
I'm glad that city pop is famous overseas.
However, most Japanese of the same generation don't know these great music.
*I don't have shallow knowledge about Engilsh. So there may be something strange.
Your comment is pretty much understandable and it's clear enough! That's unfortunate about the same generation don't know the great music, though.
Hope you can promote this song to your friends!
Japanese society is too focused on working tirelessly. They need some city pop break.
We had a japanese student visit us this summer. We told her we like japanese music and listen to it all the time. But she was surprised when i played Tatsuro's Silent Screamer in the car. I guess she thought we would listen to the modern pop/rock songs lol.
They nailed not just the aesthetic but also the camerawork! Kudos.
The camera work was great! I do suspect that the camera operator or director of photography took influences from the 1995 Hong Kong movie "Fallen Angels" with those unconventional hand held wide angle shots. You should totally check that movie out if you haven't seen it.
Bring back the old video.
竹内まりやさんの声素敵。
待ってたぞー！
この曲は竹内まりやさんの曲の中で
トップレベルに好きです
「君は天然色」みたいにたくさんの人に
聴いてほしいですね
Hell yah! Fan from Hawaii and I listen to this song everyday!
same
not same
@@mikhsly2 o so not same
@@rahulmaron no i'm not from hawaii but i listen to this song everyday as well
Im from the void, the darkness unimaginable my mankind, deepest level of pain and agony
The rhythm, the beat, and the vibe! Im glad I found this gem a few years back. And I can't count how many times I kept on playing this since then.
NO
But the lyrics tho
One of the most iconic
😮
de fou
シティポップという音楽が海外の人に受け入れられたことをを象徴ような曲！！この調子でもっと様々な年代、ジャンルの日本の音楽も世界に放たれて欲しいですね！！
Around 40 years ago when I was a teenager, many of Japanese animes , TV drama, films, or even commercial advertising were dubbed their theme songs and soundtracks with these beautiful songs. Forty years passed, I am so happy that the new generations around the world have the chances to experience this nice and nostalgia music.
I'm a Japanese grew up in the 80s and 90s. I think 80s and 90s were rough and yet so raw. 2000s, it's boring because young people are smarter than us but too perfectionists, they don't risk anything. I feel for the younger generation to be attracted to 80s and 90s music. Cuz these music have stories, so much stories in 5 minutes.
@@sparklingwater-of7sq the 80s was a very tough time for the japanese having to rebuild from the destruction of ww2 many americans overlook the mass destruction we caused in your country an endless rain of fire one could say...
I think I can relate. The first time I heard it, I immediately thought of Lynn Minmai.
@@hochfeldjessie85 Couldn’t agree more, Macross is the best example- Do you remember love?
@@Muleyea youre really going to feel bad for the same japanese that still didnt apologise for what they did to the koreans, chinese, filipinos and many other nations?
The 12 inch vinyl was just re-released in Japan, but this time they put the cute pic of Mariya we all love on the cover! Totally worth picking up a copy!
Damn, they really did some fan-service, did they?
@@Adeyum64 It's Japan, fan-service is what they do!
Yea I saw it in a record shop in Hiroshima, they selling the vinyl for about $300 or 30,000 yen but if I remember its a 7in vinyl with the original song and a remix of it on the other side.
Did the photographer get compensation this time? 🤔
Almost 40 years since this song was released and we *_now_* get a music video for it... And a full version after the short one from 2 years ago, mind you! That's amazing!
Ever since I first listened to this song, I can't stop listening to it every night. It feels very nostalgic to me. I also really like the jazzy instrumentation and Mariya-san's voice is so great. This is pretty much the song that has introduced me to Japanese City Pop music.
Imagine not giving it a official music video when it generates this many views = $$$
It’s wild how the song feels so nostalgic to me but I wasn’t even close to born yet when it was released
I can’t believe it took two years for the full video. Covid delay or something lol
None of the lyrics match the English translations found elsewhere online. Going to trust these as the legit ones
I found it about two years ago and since then it's been the only song I listen to in my car.
At last, one of the most mysterious and underrated Pop songs been honored with this official MV after almost 30 over years. I am so proud to witnessed this historical piece of art. Lots of love from Malaysia, Maria!
Nice.
WHATS UP BROOOO
Agak2 Sheila Majid pun ada genre city pop dlm lagu2 dia tak? Sebab rasa mcm lagu2 dia semua mcm ni.
コメント一万！って、この曲の凄さを物語っていますね！
ソニーのウォークマンでカセットテープから聴いていたこの曲がまさかのちにこんなに世界的にヒットするなんて！あの頃誰が思っていた事でしょう。渇いた東京の冬の空、きんと冷えて澄んだ空気、あぁなんて懐かしい。
この曲ってそんなに昔のだったんですかぁ、
NO
@@zaku3939zaku
氣になって検索したら１９８４年にリリースされていたようでした。ビックリ😳
Greetings from Peru
@@OliveAgar たしか1985年リリースですよ
BE:FIRSTのMANATOのカバーから原曲を聴きたくなり来ました！
最高です。
I love how the setting and costumes are from the 80s, and the filming is so today's. It connects the past and present in a magical way
No it does not. You're a paid shill.
also a bit playful with these two, anachronistically there is a smartphone at 03:59 :)
@@cosmix199 Honestly I was a bit confused that there was a smartphone because knowing this song was made in the 1980s, it wouldn’t make sense that such an object would exist in such context. But then again, this music video is extremely recent which was released in 2019 (at least according to my research).
Also as a little side note, I recommend listening to the English version of this song made by Caitlin Myers. Normally English covers of songs originally written in another language doesn’t work out all that well. But this one made by Caitlin Myers isn’t like that at all. I even looked up the lyrics in Japanese and compared them in translation with English. And it’s pretty close with one another. Definitely recommend giving it a listen.
@Louis Tea Enjoyer indeed, i write poetry
@@cosmix199 i thought this was 📽️ in 80s 🥲🥲
This beautiful music reminded me of my first Japanese love when I was in college in early 1980s. She was taking intensive English classes when I met her on campus. We dated for a few months until she had to leave and go back to her country. We kept in touch and about 2 years later I was on a business trip to Asia and had a brief stop-over in Tokyo. I called her up to surprise her and she actually took a 3 hour long ride to get to Narita Airport! (She probably lived on the other side of Tokyo). It was a bitter sweet reunion as we sat in the Airport and reminisced all the fun times we had in college. And then it was time to part - that was really difficult for both her and me, as we cried, knowing this would probably be the last time we see each other. It has been almost 40 years later, and I still think of her. I have tried to search for her online but without luck. She would probably be in her fifties. Yuriko, if you are reading this message, I miss you!
you had such sweet memories with her, bless you
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Jesus, I love a good story.
Who else is crying 😭
Well, there is the story if that nostalgia train called Mariya Takeushi doesn't hit you hard enough..
i see people here have forgotten the tradition. leaving JK's lost comment from the original plastic love here.
"I remember growing up in Japan when I was 10. I had just stepped out of a book store, and a pretty girl the same age shyly held out her hand to me and asked me if I wanted to walk around with her. This song was playing on the radio where we stopped to have ramen together. She never gave me her name, but told me a day to always meet her to hold hands and walk or picnic. I finally got her name a few months later - Mitsuki. We became close friends, but my parents took a job to America when we were 13, so I had to leave her, both of us in tears and snot. I would send her letters, and she would send letters back. At 22, she suddenly stopped mailing me. I thought she was gone. 5 months later, she was at my door in America, with her hand out to me when I opened the door. We're married in our 40's now, and we've taken walks through multiple cities together across the world and we always stop someplace that has noodles and play this song on our phone. Thank you Mariya. Your love may be plastic, but mine is beautiful thanks to this song. If you see a middle-aged couple with or without their kids with them, holding hands and acting like teenagers or even young kids in Tokyo browsing the shops, its us"
🥰
I was looking for this story! Thank you for sharing it here!
Thank you!! I came here looking for this
This comment must never die
intriguing
This genre deserves the renaissance its getting
リズムが気持ち良い。竹内まりやさんの声と歌い方素敵。
いま女子高生なのでこういう曲調が主流だった時代に生きたことはないんだけど、こういう音楽に浸るのはとても好き
いろいろな楽曲を聞いて、感性を高めて、『イイ女』になってください・・・
わかる。今の時代もいいんだけど、少しだけこの時代に憧れる感あるよな。曲も生活も。
下手したらこの子の祖母祖父の世代の曲だよな。音楽や芸術は時代も世代も超えるのが面白い。
貴女なかなか良いセンスしています🎉
Juice＝Juiceがカバーしたことを、竹内さん本人が彼女たちを絶賛していた、というので、彼女たちのPVを聴いた後、
オリジナルも聴きたくなったので探していたタイミングでの公開。ラッキーです。
オリジナルも素晴らしい、ということは楽曲が素晴らしいんですね。
ジュースからのオリジナル。全く同じです
私もです！！
Plastic Loveは４年前から海外で有名でしたね。
正規の動画では無かったですが、youtubeにアップされた動画の再生回数は１億回を軽く越えていると思います。
それから人気は日本の１９７０～８０年代のシティポップ全体に拡散してますね。
実力者揃いでアイドルらしい曲より、専門的なジャンルの曲の方が合うJuice＝Juiceの「DOWN TOWN」から始まるシティポップ路線はこの世界的な潮流を見据えての事だと思います。
If you're here you have a good taste in music
Yeah but that goes for most old songs, If they are not in youtube then they did not survive in their current.
It's just plastic love
I know . I'm a composer/pianist I heard Japanese pianist do a jazz version of this...
日本の音楽の名作！この曲は永遠に色褪せることがない。
The music video that i didn't know i needed,
from an artist that i didn't know i needed,
from an era i dint know i needed,
at a time i didn't know i needed,..
what a wonderful time to be alive.
A legendary song that got saved from drowning in the old song archive by people on the internet, even got its own official music video after 30 years of being released? What a hidden gems! I'm so thankful of the people who recovered this song!!
I love how the internet and fans of good music dragged this song out of obscurity, and gave it the love it deserves. Along with other city pop gems, that are probably over to the right on your recommended lol :)
Not city pop but TRAD by this singer (Mariya Takeuchi) is sooo good
Exactly
Like WHY ISN’T FLYDAY CHINATOWN ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE MUSIC
i'm honestly very glad i found out about city pop
曲はもちろん良いんだけど、MVもすごく良かった！
♡
This song helped me out during a dark moment in my life.
I'm in one myself, feel better now tho...
Hope you’re both doing better. ❤️🩹
me2
hope you all feel better now
hope we all will feel better despite everything
The cinematography and editing in this MV are really outstanding, with those blurry shots of the city in the beginning and him chasing after her at the end with multicolor lights and dutch camera angles selling the whole feeling this song gives while listening to it. Perfect blend of retro 80s and modern Japan that's so popular right now.
And even though the two main characters don't do a whole lot during the video and there's only a few seconds of interaction between them you totally understand their situation/feelings and get invested in cheering them on in the end to come together. Just overall masterfully done. Thank god they did this classic song justice in its and city pop's resurgence of (international) fame
True. I wonder if Kyotaro Hayashi is a fan of Wong Kar Wai. The moment I saw this it reminded me instantly of his films.
That kind of longing the two main characters experience resonates with most people I would think.
That gives me fallen angels vibe
@@chin-keem4736 Me too!
BE:FIRSTのMANATOがCOVERしたので原曲を聴きにきました😊素敵な曲💞
Glad this classic finally got an official release, and glad I was here for it right before it hit 1 million.
This is so underrated, they had to time travel back to the 80s to film a music video. ARIGATO JAPAN
Well I wouldn’t say underrated, it’s probably the most well known City Pop song… but it sure isn’t as popular as today’s Kpop/Jpop/US rap or RnB yeah
@@cedrictheveneau9141 I meant the video. Duh
This video literally has over 3 million views, it isn't underrated which is good! :)
I'm a metalhead and I've been playing this song for a year now. It just hits different, what a gem.
Rock on, brother
LMAO, same here brother
@underaglassmoon 👀
Jazz is the culmination of Metal.
A Metalhead, vegan and atheist walk into a bar...
MVがトキメキすぎる。
My brother passed away before he could of saw this music video. We got addicted to city pop together. This was the song that started us down the rabbit hole. I have this song on repeat for him. RIP big bro.
Condolence man
Hugs
RIP
My condolences
Let's dancing brother can you recomend some nice pop city song?
The actors in this MV probably weren't even born yet when "Plastic Love" was first released. But now they're part of a legendary song.
Just beautiful. The music, actors, cinematography, editing. All of it!
飛んできたここに
The young generation must protect this at all costs, JCP is so underrated. It deserves the recognition.
As a frequent aux cord hogger I will gladly take on this responsibility
What's JCP?
@@TheJiljo Japanese city pop
@@TheJiljo JC Penney brand department stores bc ive never heard anyone use it to describe city pop lmfao
as a member of Gen Z, i promise i’ll protect this song and Japanese city pop as a whole :)
Juice=Juice版MVから来ました。改めて竹内まりやさんの歌声の素晴らしさと素敵な世界観に圧倒されましたし、Juice=Juiceがまた別の形で歌い継いでいくのも楽しみです。
This Music Video was released in 2019..
35 years after "Plastic Love" debuted...
In 2021, we finally get to watch the full version on RUclips. This song never gets old~ 🙌
2040 we will get MV for Tatsuhiro Yamashita ver.
@@KoeSeer Nah his version was just unbearably long and randomly spliced. this is the superior version
少し前にふと、竹内まりやさんの歌聴きたくなって聴いてて、そしたら大好きなBE:FIRSTマナトくんがカバーして、最高！！！ってなって、また聴きに戻ってまいりました🥰
I'm so grateful to live in an era where we can revisit old classics like this
100%! the older stuff ages like fine wine. Even if its old, but new to me, its always a pleasant discovery 😊
いろんな方がカバーしそれぞれに工夫したアレンジをやってるけれども、ギターやドラムがミニマルなのに最大限効果的に作用してる所は原曲ならではと感じます。やっぱ凄いんだよこの原曲が。
So here is the place where the real cool people are reunited nowadays... im glad to be here with you guys
Haha
thx babe 😘
BE:FIRSTのMANATOのcoverから来ました
まりやさんの素敵な歌声
に懐かしいあの頃を
思い出します
♥
Every time I hear this song I think, "I forgot it was THIS good!"
A song that struck the heart of millions like no other. We're all dancing to the plastic beat.
この曲 映像とセットで聴くと尚いいですね。８０’ｓの雰囲気も上手く表現されていて
ストーリーの展開が素晴らしいので、最後まで飛ばさず見てしまいました。
BE:FIRSTのMANATOくんがカバーしてたので聴きにきました！とっっても素敵な曲で何度もリピしちゃいます！
The feeling you get from the beat of city pop makes you feel life's youve never had, memories you've never had yet are nostalgic. It travels you back in time.
You explain it so well.❤
Facts no printer. 📌
[Verse 1]
Totsuzen no kisu ya atsui manazashi de
Koi no puroguramu wo kuruwasenaide ne
Deai to wakare jouzu ni uchikonde
Jikan ga kureba owaru don't hurry!
[Verse 2]
Ai ni kizutsuita ano hi kara zutto
Hiru to yoru ga gyaku no kurashi wo tsuzukete
Hayari no disco de odoriakasu uchi ni
Oboeta majutsu na no yo I'm sorry!
[Chorus]
Watashi no koto wo kesshite
Honki de aisanaide
Koi nante tada no geemu
Tanoshimeba sore de ii no
Tozashita kokoro wo kazaru
Hade na doresu mo kutsu mo
Kodoku na tomodachi
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Chorus]
Watashi wo sasou hito wa
Hiniku na mono ne itsumo
Kare ni niteru wa naze ka
Omoide to kasanariau
Gurasu wo otoshite kyuu ni
Namidagun demo wake wa
Tazunenaide ne
[Verse 3]
Yofuke no kousoku de nemuri ni tsuku koro
Harogen raito dake ayashiku kagayaku
Koori no you ni tsumetai onna da to
Sasayaku koe ga shitemo don't worry!
❤❤❤❤❤Thanks for song🥰🥰🥰
Thank you stranger :)
I can't understand why these Japanese songs make me feel like I've experienced something I've never experienced, a magical and futuristic place, I can't explain
It’s something I experience as well! It leaves me feeling nicer. Just magical.
Es la nostalgia del pop ochentero
Very whimsical, I agree.
Real
BE:FIRSTのMANATOがカバーしててきました。リズムが気持ち良い。竹内まりやさんの声と歌い方素敵。
I have this whole scene in my mind whenever I read a murakami novel. Just beautiful .
murakami sucks lol
@@Iemonzinger Why do you say that?
I love Murakami. People who don't like his work haven't read classic literature, so they don't get what he's doing.
I bet if they were to watch a documentary on Pewdiepie's favorite author and compare that tragedy to Murakami's documentary, they'd cultivate some intellectual curiosity that would start them down a literary rabbit hole.
Maybe check out RUclips footage of 80s Japan as well as other bygone era's.
This song really is like a Murakami short story. I was going to leave a similar comment when this video first went up.