Y'know...taking a look at the above music video for Piper's 1984 single "Sunshine Kiz", I would have bet that this had been filmed almost a good half-decade earlier when the City Pop group led by vocalist Keisuke Yamamoto （山本圭右）had their Early Installment Weirdness phase with lots of sung songs. The video has a bit of that cringey factor with the members goofing around but it's not quite as eye-squinting as the music video for YMO's "Kimi ni Mune Kyun"（君に、胸キュン）which had been released a year earlier.
Still, "Sunshine Kiz" has that City Pop feeling of summery groove and good times from decades ago. The strange "ooh-wah-ooh-wah" vocalization aside, I will always welcome the boppy bass and the Fender Rhodes which practically demand an icy cocktail and a beach umbrella. The titular sunshine kids are probably around my age now and just about to get their retirement funds, but hey, they can now spend a lot of time by the sea.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Feel free to provide any comments (pro or con). Just be civil about it.