Well, that's nice! (^o^) It's a nice, calm song with a pleasant bass sound by Haruomi Hosono. It's a true folk rock song. (゚ー゚)(。_。) ←I'm sure you'll agree. 「風をあつめて」は、松本隆が作詞し、細野晴臣が作曲とボーカルを手がけたもので、1971年(昭和46年)11月20日に発売された2枚目のスタジオ・アルバム『風街ろまん(かぜまちろまん)』で、初めて音源化されました。
Haruomi Hosono had a hard time singing in the HAPPY END, and had a hard time composing this song until the very end, making the other members wait and finishing the song in the hallway of the studio when recording.
The tune reached the third highest position on the Oricon charts at the time, selling more than 280,000 copies.
It also won the Popular Award at the 15th Japan Record Award in 1973.
ガロというグループ名の由来は?
ガロという名前は、当時ザ・タイガースのマネージャー(初代)で彼ら3人の世話役でもあった中井國二(2011年8月17日没)が、自分の子供にと考えていた「我朗」から名づけられました。 The band name "Garo" was named after "Garo" which Kuniji Nakai (died on August 17, 2011), the first manager of The Tigers at the time and the caretaker of the three of them, had in mind for his own child.