Anzen Chitai -- Delicacy （デリカシー）

"Delicacy" is the 2nd track on Anzen Chitai's（安全地帯） hit album, "Anzen Chitai IV" which came out in November 1985. As with all of the songs on the album, it was written by Goro Matsui（松井五郎） and composed by leader Koji Tamaki（玉置浩二）, and is this rather playfully ayashii (sleazy) song sandwiched between the tender-as-filet-mignon ballads of "Yume no Tsuzuki"（夢のつづき） and "Aoi Hitomi no Elis"（碧い瞳のエリス）.

Matsui's lyrics tell of a tale about someone preferring to covet rather than actually having that desired woman of his dreams, and Tamaki's partially filtered voice gives off that shadowy illicit vibe. He sings about the delicacy of leaving his mark on that woman without any hint of consequences....or perhaps even without her knowledge. Even Tamaki's melody sounds properly sneaky. Not surprisingly, "Delicacy" was used as the theme song for the 1986 TBS comedy "Oya ni Naisho de..."（親にナイショで....Keep This Secret From The Parents) which was about a group of young guys in Akihabara, at least two of who have a crush on the comely female home tutor who enters their lives.

Actually, I had first heard this song on a compilation tape before I finally got that treasured album by the band.