{"product_id":"ikiteru-dake-no-koto-nanda-hardly-living","title":"Ikiteru Dake No Koto Nanda (Hardly Living)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAgi Jo, an alias of Yuzuru Agi, kayou pop singer, actor, model and Japanese electronic music pioneer. It’s unlikely the fan-base for his earlier pop outings would appreciate a spiky existential protest song, so Agi pressed 100 copies of the record himself. It was 1970, after he had briefly joined folk harmony pop-rock group The Happenings Four. The single was arranged by band member (now Japanese rock legend) Kuni Kawachi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIkiteru…, a nihilistic number, in the vein of underground singer-songwriter Mikami Kan: a pained cry of confused existence, in the darkness of a rapidly modernising world. Weekend Hippy, with a barely in tune harmonica blasted intro, à la Dylan, we have here a comment from the sidelines, on the hippy movement that had spread even to a reasonably conservative country like Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo songs that express anger, a rejection of accepted norms, both the everyday, and the so-called alternative. A small testament to the character of a near unsung great of new music in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Japan Blues","offers":[{"title":"7\" vinyl","offer_id":53812492927318,"sku":"MRM-05368","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/6088\/9430\/files\/a3282004887_10.png?v=1779121060","url":"https:\/\/monorailmusic.com\/products\/ikiteru-dake-no-koto-nanda-hardly-living","provider":"Monorail Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}