Another reason that made Momoe phenomenal was: she was a girl from Yokosuka (橫須賀).
Take a look on all the US naval facilities there. If Japan is the passive young Asian woman and America the strong (and armed !) man, Yokosuka is the - pornographic, if you prefer - point that they interact. A girl from this very city sounds being plundered and needs extra love and care.
(Listening to her early albums, Momoe did appear to be poorly treated - not by the American soldiers, but her managers. I consider it bad taste to ask a 14-year-old girl to sing Aoi Kajitsu [青い果実] or An Experience of One Summer [夏の経験] - with all those explicit lyrics: "You can do whatever you want with me, it's OK if rumors spread that I'm a bad girl." "I'll give you the most precious thing a girl has." Oh, my god.)
PS. I suddenly feel less uneasy that our government didn't allow Kitty Hawk - the US symbol in Yokosuka - to stay in the Victoria Harbour.
Take a look on all the US naval facilities there. If Japan is the passive young Asian woman and America the strong (and armed !) man, Yokosuka is the - pornographic, if you prefer - point that they interact. A girl from this very city sounds being plundered and needs extra love and care.
(Listening to her early albums, Momoe did appear to be poorly treated - not by the American soldiers, but her managers. I consider it bad taste to ask a 14-year-old girl to sing Aoi Kajitsu [青い果実] or An Experience of One Summer [夏の経験] - with all those explicit lyrics: "You can do whatever you want with me, it's OK if rumors spread that I'm a bad girl." "I'll give you the most precious thing a girl has." Oh, my god.)
PS. I suddenly feel less uneasy that our government didn't allow Kitty Hawk - the US symbol in Yokosuka - to stay in the Victoria Harbour.
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