FILMS -- Take Me On The Linear Jet

 

I would love to fly out to my old stomping grounds of Japan more often but the three things that have stymied me over the past several years are 1) the cost and 2) the time needed to get there and 3) I have loved ones that I have to keep an eye on. Until recently at least, I've heard all these aeronautical wish lists of activating ramjet airliners to get from Toronto to Tokyo in less than two hours. Wouldn't that be the thing?

Well, until that day comes, we can all continue to dream. Anyways, I have a pretty upbeat song that has a jet theme. Over a couple of years ago, I mentioned about the technopop group FILMS which included musicians that have made their own fame and fortune such as keyboardist Taku Iwasaki（岩崎工）and drummer Saeko Suzuki（鈴木さえ子）. They put out a couple of singles and a couple of albums including the 1980 release "Misprint". which has the entire band all snazzily dressed up with diving masks to show their avant-garde wackiness.

From "Misprint", I have here "Take Me On The Linear Jet" which was written and composed by vocalist Chuuji Akagi（赤城忠治）, although this time, the vocals were handled by co-vocalist Yoko Kojima（小島洋子）. It's a rather fun and playful technopop piece that even has some feelings of old-fashioned Vaudeville arrangements. I can imagine some ancient video game with a jet soaring out over the ocean while this is playing.