I've heard and known about women who were and are forces of nature. There was the character of Rika Akana from "Tokyo Love Story" as played by Honami Suzuki, a few friends that I've known for decades that are far more outgoing and powerful than I will ever be, and the city of Mississauga's late mayor Hazel McCallion who was even given the nickname of Hurricane Hazel.
Indeed, all those ladies came to mind as I was listening and watching "Kimi wa Hurricane" (You're a Hurricane), a track from The Square's May 1983 7th album, "Uchimizu ni Rainbow"（うち水にRainbow...The Water of the Rainbow）. Not that its sound is as overwhelming as a mighty hurricane but it's got the relentlessness in its beat. I also think it strays more into the straight pop territory away from the usual fusion, thanks to guitarist Masahiro Ando's（安藤まさひろ）melody and arrangement by the whole band. As for the music video, maybe The Square was inspired by Yellow Magic Orchestra when they filmed one for "Kimi ni Mune Kyun"（君に、胸キュン）; that song only came out a few months earlier and both videos have their share of fun-loving and somewhat cringeworthy elements.
As for what uchimizu is, it's the act of sprinkling water outside one's home especially in the summers to help in cooling the area down and also smacking down any flying dust.
I think music videos were a relatively new thing back in 1983 when "The Square" and "Yellow Magic Orchestra" made their music videos. So, I am guessing that both groups were experimenting and playing around with the possibilities that the new medium and so the new video editing software offered.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it was virgin territory back in the day, but I am glad that the "let's do goofy faces and gestures" died a quick death in its history. :)
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