In Afterdark (アフターダーク afutā dāku, 2005) Mari is sitting in a restaurant at the beginning of the story. Right after she met the guy with the sagbut case, he ate before rehearsal, talking to her and leaving, we can listen to Burt Bacharach (born in 1928) and the Sountrack from The April Fools (Darling, laß Dich scheiden) with Catherine Deneuve and Jack Lemmon. The story teller casually mentioned that song (here with a part from the film played on an old player listening to Lemmon and Deneuve first). It’s from 1969. Here in that Medley from 1967 you can listen to a lot good and well known songs Bacharach wrote over 40 yrs. ago and i guess you know them and their melody. In the german edition Bacharachs April Fools he is mentioned on p. 29, when Takahashi is ready to leave Denny’s.

posted : Thursday, March 12th, 2009

tags : burt_bacharach haruki_murakami songlist catherine_deneuve jack_lemmon the_april_fools