Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Yasuhiro Kido -- Zin Zin Zin（ジン・ジン・ジン）

 

Number: 045

Lyricist: Toyohisa Araki

Composer: Yasuhiro Kido

Arranger: Masaaki Omura

From Kido's 1977 album "Kid"

"Zin Zin Zin" is a pearl of a pop tune that should be called the greatest lost treasure within 1970s City Pop. With its gentle melody, its high-quality acoustic sound due to Masaaki Omura's（大村雅朗）arrangement, and a beautiful harmony that only a masterful chorus can create, even listening to it now, it sounds absolutely fresh. It would be spot-on to say that it is a masterpiece that was forty years ahead of its time, so there's no way that it will go stale.

The above comes from "Disc Collection Japanese City Pop Revised" (2020).

Hello, J-Canuck here. OK, this is another song from the 100 list that I had yet to cover personally, so I'll do it here. There is a discrepancy between the "Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100" and what J-Wiki told me about the year that Yasuhiro Kido's（木戸やすひろ）album "Kid" was released with the former stating 1977 while J-Wiki says 1978 when I covered another song from the album "Mr. Music". But since I'm still digesting a heavy steak dinner right now, I'll just let it go. 😈

I'm not sure what the title is about, except that perhaps it might be some happy form of onomatopoeia. However "Zin Zin Zin" is that comfy, hammock-friendly 1970s City Pop that I've heard from artists such as Ami Ozaki（尾崎亜美）and Sumiko Yamagata（やまがたすみこ）. I also enjoy that saxophone that starts off with the guitar and keyboards. It's the sort of song that you race to on a Friday night to help launch that therapy of relaxation and recovery following a tough week at the office.