Kirinji -- Good Day Good Bye（グッデイ・グッバイ）

 

We've got some decent weather over the past couple of days and hopefully that means we can actually start dressing for spring. Drivers can finally replace the winter tires.

And on a nice day like today, especially on Urban Contemporary Friday on KKP, we should bring back the Horigome brothers of Kirinji（キリンジ）. This time, I have their 6th single from April 2001, "Good Day Good Bye". To quote the person who came up with the article for the song on J-Wiki: This upbeat song features a lively brass arrangement and a distinctive urban, poppy sound. And indeed, when I listen to it, I can get shades of City Pop and Shibuya-kei at the same time. Lyrically, the song seems to be about life in an idealized metropolis, one with lots of flowers and humour, efficient subways and friendly people that the protagonist would love to strike up a chat with (although he's too busy handing out flyers, probably near the station). Not surprisingly, Tomita Lab（富田ラボ）was the one producing the source album, "3", which came out in November 2000.