If I were still in my English-teaching suit and tie and Tulip（チューリップ）leader Kazuo Zaitsu（財津和夫）were my student, I may have rapped his knuckles a bit for dropping out that key indefinite article when he sings out the title "Give Me a Chance". But hey, I'm basically retired now.
Anyways, the Zaitsu-penned "Give Me a Chance" is a track from Tulip's 10th studio album from July 1979, "Someday Somewhere". According to the J-Wiki writeup on the album itself, Tulip, which had been influenced by the Beatles and a lot of British rock, decided to use this project to bring in some synthesizers and sound effects for the first time. I think we can hear some of that (in a New Wave-y way) in "Give Me a Chance" although the wailing electric guitar still makes its presence definitively known.
Ahhh...it seems like Zaitsu has discovered the joys of the indefinite article at last. 😁 Did a pre-NOVA English teacher ambush him in a Café Renoir?
Thinking back to the Japanese music scene in the 1970s, I would say this song is exceptional in its use of very understandable colloquial English. This song is very cool!
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