Welcome once again to the regular edition of Reminiscings of Youth. Tonight, going back to my teen years of music exploration, we go for some Canadiana once more.
Aside from some MTV love for one of its music videos as the first of its kind from a Canadian indies label to get played on the American music channel, the Toronto New Wave band Blue Peter didn't get a whole lot of fame outside of Canada, although according to its Wikipedia page, vocalist Paul Humphrey and his band opened for some of the globally-known groups such as The Police and Simple Minds.
That acclaimed music video was for "Don't Walk Past" which was a track from Blue Peter's 1983 album "Falling". Not only was the song, which was created by guitarist Chris Wardman, catchy as all heck for the jangly guitar riff, the rolling piano in the bridge, the wailing synths and the percolating urgency of the beat, the video had mighty atmospheric style. I later discovered that it had been inspired by "Blade Runner", so I can now see some of that futuristic sheen on the Film Noir settings and fashion. It would be the second example of music on KKP that got its inspiration from the cult classic alongside Akina Nakamori's（中森明菜）"TATTOO".
To be honest, "Don't Walk Past" is the only Blue Peter song that I've been attached to all these years, but what a song to be attached to. Sorry to say but sadly Humphrey passed away a couple of years ago at the age of 61 due to illness.
Wikipedia would only say that "Falling" had been released in 1983, so let's go with October that year as to see what was on top of the Oricon list.
1. Anri -- Cat's Eye
2. Akina Nakamori -- Kinku （禁区）
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