“Kimi no Tsubasa ~Daijoubu
Dakara~” was the third
single released by Azusa Senou (瀬能あづさ)
in June 1992. Like I said in the
post about “I miss You”, I was really mad to see Azusa leaving her aidoru
group CoCo behind, but some great
songs from her solo career, and “Kimi no Tsubasa” is probably one of the best
examples, made me forget about this very quickly.
At
first, I thought the song was going to be a cheesy Latin song, based on the
synth notes at the beggining, but it soon moved on to this pretty straighforward pop song.
To
be honest, I’m pretty confortable with the fact that there’s nothing very
complex about “Kimi no Tsubasa”. We can easily say Azusa is not the typical high-pitched aidoru, which is nice for a change, and the arrangement is full
of the shameless keyboards that were
used non-stop during the late 80s and the 90s in Japan. However, what makes
“Kimi no Tsubasa” special to me is the catchy
chorus melody. In fact, I feel there’s some sort of spark in that combination of Azusa’s vocals, cheesy synth
background and this melody altogether, especially in the final section, when
she sings the first and second choruses in a row.
“Kimi
no Tsubasa ~Daijoubu Dakara~” may not be revolutionary, but it’s one of the
songs I’ve been listening to almost everyday since December or January. One can
say I’m really hooked on it.
The
single reached #8 on the Oricon
charts. Lyrics were written by Yoshiko Miura (三浦徳子),
while music was composed by Ichiro Haneda (羽田一郎).
As for the arrangement, Jun Sato (佐藤準) was the responsible.
Yep, the 90s are back here, all right. When I also heard the synth-calypso at the beginning, I was expecting a mug of rum punch to be placed on my desk, but then the melody took a bit of an interesting turn. No, nothing earthshaking about it, but it's still a pleasant pop song.
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