[Autumn Love Songs] A selection of love songs that portray a bittersweet longing

Bye For NowT-BOLAN

T-BOLAN「Bye For Now」MV

A song about a positive farewell between lovers.

T-BOLAN’s 1993 release “Bye For Now” is a cool, manly love song in which the singer doesn’t try to hold back a lover who has decided to set off to pursue their dreams, but instead sends them off with a positive spirit.

It’s the kind of goodbye that’s only possible because they’ve built such a wonderful relationship.

And for the one who’s leaving, if they’re sent off with such strength and warmth, they’ll surely remember you fondly as a beautiful memory.

It’s a song to listen to when you feel like you might be overcome by the sadness of parting.

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Yoimachi Jēn

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Autumn Full StopArisu

Autumn Full Stop ~ Alice

Alice is a three-piece band that released numerous hit songs in the 1970s.

This track is their 17th single, released in 1979.

It was frequently used as background music in the first season of the TV drama ‘Mr.

Kinpachi in Class 3-B.’ The song has many cover versions.

Signs of autumnofukōsu

Signs of autumn

Off Course, the band that Kazumasa Oda belonged to.

Despite having loved her so much, he finds himself, before he knows it, starting to contemplate breaking up in his mind.

He suddenly realizes this feeling with a jolt, and is startled—“I.” The poignant lyrics, where that emotional distance syncs with the deepening of autumn, together with the urbane melodic lines, leave an unforgettable impression in this breakup song.

It was released in 1977.

Street-corner TwilightShaneruzu

Street Corner Twilight (Shanels)

Now known by the name Rats & Star, the chorus group formerly called The Chanels gained popularity with a sound rooted in doo-wop and soul.

Their third single, “Machikado Twilight” (Street-Corner Twilight), was later used in 1992—eleven years after its release—as an insert song in the film Memories of Tomorrow (Mirai no Omoide).

The lyrics depict the shifting distance between lovers as a blazing summer comes to an end, stirring a poignant sense of melancholy that suits the autumn season.

Marked by their trademark soulful harmonies and a sprightly beat, it stands out as an emblematic autumn song of the 1980s.

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Hoshino Takashi

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A deserted seaToa e moa

Toi et Moi - An Empty Sea (Live)

Towa Tei et Moi is a duo consisting of a man and a woman.

They have many hit songs, including “Aru Hi Totsuzen,” “Sora yo,” and “Niji to Yuki no Ballad.” This song was released in 1970 and became a huge hit.

Although it was originally written for another singer, their version is by far the most famous.

MissingKubota Toshinobu

Toshinobu Kubota – Missing [Official Video Short ver.]

In this song, Kubota Toshinobu’s signature soulful vocals are a bit more restrained than usual, sung in a conversational way that carries a sense of melancholy.

It’s an emotion-rich love ballad that beautifully conveys the helpless feelings toward the woman he’s lost.

I believe it’s a masterpiece that will continue to be listened to for years to come.

foreignerKUBOTA Saki

Foreigner – Saki Kubota (Full)

Featuring vocals that rise like smoke to the heavens, both the lyrical world and the melody are uniquely distinctive.

It brilliantly portrays a cool, confident woman in the lyrics, and it’s a song that could only be expressed through Saki Kubota’s exceptionally high level of vocal ability.

Her singing is so good it’s truly astonishing.