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.
This is a really chill song! But what the is the video about? Did the lady leave the guys to do the laundry while she enjoyed a day out in the sun? Or are the guys trying to get her attention by doing the laundry? And, it seem whenever they got finished with the laundry they were able to watch the sunset on the beach. They must have had a lot of laundry to do.
ReplyDeleteAs one commenter put it, three young Japanese guys are stalking a lady. It's a goofy 80s video, to be sure, and I'm just happy that there is an audio-only YouTube example of the song.
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