Early in my time in Ichikawa, Chiba, I came across this song somewhere somehow. It could've been through that TBS late-night program, "Countdown TV". But in any case, I just found "Tomadoi no Toki wo Koete"(Get Over Confusing Times) cheerfully eclectic (or eclectically cheerful)....which, of course, meant that I had to get it.
Released in April 1995 as Flying Kids' 12th single, the lead singer, Takashi Hamazaki（浜崎貴司）, looks like someone who would be at home with the gang on the American geek sitcom "The Big Bang Theory"(especially with his dancing....not that I'm even nearly as good as he is). Originally, Flying Kids had started out as much more of a funk band in 1988 but coming into the mid-90s, they became poppier. "Tomadoi"itself kinda reminds me of stuff that Kome Kome Club were doing especially with the horn section, which in itself reminds me of some of the brass from 1960s British movies such as the original "Casino Royale" with Peter Sellers. I think what also makes the song eclectic is that there seem to be other genres that wanna get their cameos in like a rock guitar and a techno synth.
In any case, the band got their airy name from a Tatsuro Yamashita（山下達郎） song, "Flying Kid" from the "Niagara Triangle Vol. 1"LP. Flying Kids had their initial run from 1988 to 1998 before going into retirement, only to come back in 2007.
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| Flying Kids -- Tomadoi no Toki wo Koete |
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