The phrase "Think Pink!" may have popped up in some advertising campaign in America somewhere sometime but the only thing I remember is that it was used as the title for another "Pink Panther" animated series back in the 1970s. At the time, I had only known the Pink Panther as the suave and bumbling cartoon feline on Saturday mornings and weekday afternoons with the cool jazz theme before discovering the original Blake Edwards movie in the 1960s.
Well, at around the same time of that particular cartoon series in the United States, singer Ann Lewis（アン・ルイス） released her 5th studio album with the same title, "Think! Pink!", in September 1978 with that extra exclamation mark attached. Now, before I go any further, I've always believed that Ms. Lewis has been a vivacious and pretty woman, but seeing that cover of her in very glamourous garb with that heavily made-up face made me think that she was trying to become a Monty Python cartoon by Terry Gilliam. I was half-expecting to see her eyes shift from side to side and her mouth clack away in a deranged British accent.
Anyways, allow me to lead you to one of the tracks on "Think! Pink!", "Please Tell Me" which was written and composed by Tommy Snyder who was the drummer for the band Godiego（ゴダイゴ）at the time. Bassist Tsugutoshi Goto（後藤次利）arranged "Please Tell Me" into a pretty groovy West Coast AOR tune with Lewis in character as that mink-wearing glamour queen delivering those sultry English lyrics. Once again, gotta love the sax! Jake H. Concepcion?
Tommy Snyder also performed a few Lupin Songs like スーパー・ヒーロー and 「LOVIN' YOU(LUCKY)」. The fabulous Ann Lewis is sometimes sadly only known for Roppongi Shinju, but she was very prolific.
ReplyDeleteI think Lewis was a perfect fit for "Lupin III" soundtracks since she had that sultry disco/jazz way about her.
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