My previous posting on Masatoshi Nakamura（中村雅俊）was for his "Akogare no Summer House"（憧れのSUMMER HOUSE）, a B-side that was notable for its pompadour-swinging rock n' roll party sense. Richie and Mary Beth would have felt at home here.
Meanwhile, its A-side, which represents Nakamura's June 1984 21st single, is "Puzzle Night", and no, it has nothing to do with the weekly jigsaw puzzle get-together with the whole family. Instead, lyricist Yasushi Akimoto（秋元康）reveals the vagaries of love in the big city where whatever happens there may really have to stay in there. Meanwhile Tetsuji Hayashi's（林哲司）melody under Hiroshi Shinkawa's（新川博）arrangement has a rocking and dramatic feel somewhat reminiscent of Hayashi's work with Omega Tribe（オメガトライブ）at around the same time.
"Puzzle Night" wasn't a humongous hit for Nakamura as it went only as high as No. 52 on Oricon, selling around 36,000 records. Hopefully, it did better for the Nissan Pulsar whose commercial featured both song and singer.
This is another one of those songs I thought I had never heard before, but when I click the video to play the music, I realize I have heard this song before. However, please don't ask me where or when because I am not sure. I do like this song it sounds dramatic and like something that would be used for a movie or tv show.
ReplyDeleteHello, Brian. Well, unless the bottom video has been blocked in Japan, it was used for that Nissan Pulsar ad.
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