This entry will probably go down as representing a song that slipped through the fingers of my mind (as bizarre as that might be to envision, so please don't). After all, this was my introduction to the Johnny's aidoru group Shibugakitai（シブがき隊）.
Yup, I first saw Masahiro Motoki（本木雅弘）, Toshikazu Fukawa (布川敏和）and Hirohide Yakumaru (薬丸裕英）on the 1982 edition of NHK's Kohaku Utagassen doing this very number, "100%...So Kamo ne!" (100%...Maybe So!). Shibugakitai's second single from July 1982, it's quite the super-caffeinated tune about a teenage guy whose hormones have been unleashed due to the possibility of first love. At the time, when I saw them perform on that New Year's Eve special and didn't really listen to the lyrics, it was like listening to three times the Matchy or Toshi-chan who I heard the previous year. All that prancing about and singing at full volume would have had the boys desperately reaching for their Max Coffee.
Written by Yukinojo Mori（森雪之丞）and composed/arranged by Daisuke Inoue（井上大輔）, "100%...So Kamo ne!" won Best New Artist honours for Shibugakitai at the Japan Record Awards, and also that invitation to the Kohaku. It peaked at No. 6 on Oricon and ended up as the 43rd-ranked single for 1982. Just glad that it's finally up here after over thirteen years of this blog.
This group sure does have a lot of energy! And while I have not heard of the groups before, I have seen the individual members of the group before in different settings and roles.
ReplyDeleteNot surprised that you've known about the individual members in their own things rather than the group that had birthed their fame. That's starting to become the case with SMAP and Arashi since their breakups.
DeleteMokkun has become known more as an actor while Yakkun was at one point, the king of the variety show emcees. As for Fukkun, I've seen him show up in a few dramas such as "Odoru Dai Sosasen" but nothing on the level of his former groupmates.
I was first introduced to this song many years ago through a remix produced by my favorite artist. Not sure if this kind of music is your piece of a cake, but I figured you might want to give it a try - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az-pMf7K9DE
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip, but yeah, the cover is not really my piece of cake. Just a little too zippy.
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