Saori Minami/Candies -- Kizutsuku Sedai（傷つく世代）

 

I may have mentioned this in yesterday's articles but we did get some snowflakes coming down on Saturday which had some of us grumbling. However, I think the kids probably and literally lapped them up. But yeah, winter is on its way.

This post is based on yet another old episode of "Yoru no Hit Studio"（夜のヒットスタジオ）that I caught recently. 70s aidoru Saori Minami（南沙織）appeared and this time performed a song which had a bit more of a rock punch compared to the calmer tunes I've usually associated her with such as "Soushun no Minato"（早春の港）from January 1973. In fact, "Kizutsuku Sedai" (The Hurt Generation) was the follow-up 7th single that came out in May of that year and as I just noted, it's slightly spikier with Minami frustrated at her very complicated boyfriend in a "can't live with him, can't live without him" relationship. The liner notes from her 30th anniversary memorial CD box collection "Cynthia Anthology" (2000) via J-Wiki stated that the song that expressed the feelings of a generation head-on. That must have been one cranky generation of kids.

It was definitely a popular entry in Minami's discography as it hit No. 3 on Oricon and ended up as the 35th-ranked single of 1973. Written by Mieko Arima（有馬三恵子）and composed by Kyohei Tsutsumi（筒美京平）, it's also the title track of her 6th studio album "Kizutsuku Sedai" which was released just a few weeks after the single. It also broke the Top 10 by reaching No. 9. I've also noticed that the song has been placed on just about every BEST compilation that she's put out.

Aidoru group Candies（キャンディーズ）covered "Kizutsuku Sedai" in their debut album from December 1973, "Anata ni Muchuu ~ Uchiki na Candies"（あなたに夢中〜内気なキャンディーズ〜...Crazy for You - Bashful Candies）. One piece of trivia that I discovered in the J-Wiki article is that when Minami appeared on the 1972 edition of NHK's Kohaku Utagassen to perform another song, a pre-debut Candies, probably without being even named yet, were her backing dancers. Speaking of that album, I've also posted an article on the title track.