Zuutorubi -- Koi ga Abunai（恋があぶない）

 

I think there is that trope of whenever a couple of lovers have had a spat, some time is given for things to cool down and then the guy sheepishly ambles up to his love with a bunch of flowers or some chocolates as a peace offering. Not sure if that is frankly a cornball myth, but I remember one time when I found out some days after the fact that one of my old friends had brought a bouquet for his girlfriend following a tough conversation.

Well, the comical guys in the 1970s aidoru group Zuutorubi（ずうとるび）gave their own two cents on the topic through their 4th single "Koi wa Abunai" (Love Is Dangerous) from March 1975. Written and composed by their go-to songwriters at the time, lyricist Fumiko Okada（岡田富美子）and composer Juichi Sase（佐瀬寿一）, Takao Yamada（山田隆夫）and his group sing about a husband or boyfriend imploring his significant other to just verbally tear off strips whenever she's displeased but also to let her know that he still loves her. Awwww!

Along with the usual strings and whining electric guitar in this 70s kayo, the other thing that I noticed was how that intro sounded like the Carpenters' take on "Please Mr. Postman". According to the J-Wiki article on "Koi ga Abunai", the song was Zuutorubi's biggest hit although it doesn't list an Oricon ranking. In the same month of release as the single, their third album "Zuutorubi Third ~ Koi ga Abunai"（ずうとるびサード 恋があぶない）also went onto the record shelves.

This is also the third article that I've written on Zuutorubi, but unfortunately my second one had to be put back into Draft status because the video was taken down. Luckily though the first one for "Mikan Iro no Koi"（みかん色の恋）is still fine and you can take a look there for general information on the band.