Ozaki Yutaka No Kashi Ron Nusunda Bike to Kowareta Garasu

[Machine Translation] First there were words," says Ozaki. The words were sung, and then they became music. Yutaka Ozaki was a writer whose lyrics were unusually well received in an age when songs were the norm. Even now, he continues to live on in his lyrics. The best way to get to know Yutaka Ozaki is to read carefully the words confessed as lyrics. In this book, we carefully read through each lyric as if we were trying to solve the mystery of the words placed therein. The lyrics of "15 Nights," "Graduation," "I Love You," "Map of Seventeen," "Eternal Heart," "Boku wa Boku to Be Myself," ... The book opens up new possibilities for reading.

「最初に言葉があった」と尾崎は言う。「言葉を歌ったのが音楽になっていた」のだと。尾崎豊は、曲先行の時代にあって、珍しく歌詞を評価された書き手であった。今でも彼は、歌詞の中で生き続けている。尾崎豊を知る一番の近道は、歌詞として告白された言葉をよく読むことである。本書では、ひとつひとつの歌詞を、そこに置かれた言葉の謎を解くように、ていねいに読み抜いた。「15の夜」「卒業」「I LOVE YOU」「十七歳の地図」「永遠の胸」「僕が僕であるために」...新たな読みの可能性を切り拓く。