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The above is a poster from the 1937 film "Espionage". I just hope the guy in the brown jacket wasn't searching for his gun. That would be rather embarrassing for a spy.
I've known the folk trio Alice（アリス）for sometimes coming up with some rousing stuff from their discography. But this 20th single from June 1981, "Espionage", also possesses some extra stuff such as an atypical synthesizer floating around in the intro, an Alfee-esque or even Queen-ish guitar solo near the end, and a boss key shift. All this is happening while vocalist Shinji Tanimura（谷村新司）is breathlessly singing about the lonely life of a spy who usually has to skip town in a hurry.
Tanimura was also responsible for words and music in "Espionage" which reached No. 15 on Oricon. The song was also included in Alice's 9th original album from July 1981, "ALICE IX ~ Muhon"（ALICE IX 謀反...Insurrection） which hit No. 3 on the charts and ended up as the 35th-ranked album of the year. "Espionage" has been categorized on J-Wiki as a folk tune but I've also thrown in the rock and New Music labels as well.
I love those early 1980 guitars!
ReplyDeleteAs do I. Whenever I see composer Kisaburo Suzuki in the liner notes, I usually think the song will have some wicked guitar solos in those 80s songs.
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