I love Sakamoto Kyu. There was an excellent documentary about him
on Japanese TV a few years ago that I'm still trying to find for a
particularly poignant moment when he took the stage moments after
being delivered the news that his mother had died.
The Taste of Honey (the band, not the song) cover of "Ue o Muite
Arukou" wasn't all that bad, actually -- and became another big hit
on the American charts, now a classic of the disco era. In fact,
they're still performing it in revival concerts with
all this kitschy and vaguely offensive psuedo-Asian
paraphernalia.
Still, the original is far better.
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