[Rhythmic & Lively]
No.47 "SO BAD" by Keizo Nakanishi

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Hi. Today's song is "SO BAD" by "Keizo Nakanishi".

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1. Song data
Title	SO BAD
Artist	Keizo Nakanishi
Album Title	graffiti
Track No.	1
Duration	4:35
Released	1995
Publisher	PIONEER LDC
Lyricist	Goro Matsui
Composer	Keizo Nakanishi & Yoshiyuki Sahashi
Arranger	Yoshiyuki Sahashi

* Goro Matsui is a known lyricist created a number of lyrics(2000+) for the J-pop singers, particularly for a pop group called "Anzen Chitai"(Safety zone).

Yoshiyuki Sahashi is an excellent session guitarist, trusted by many of other professionals.

Cover art today

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graffiti

(New&used CD, Amazon.co.jp)
Keizō Nakanishi, 1995.

* The above is a link to the full album. For single song, please check here.

2. Song image & Lyrics

▼ Memo

Link to the lyrics

uta-net.com, SO BAD

3. Sound impression

This is a medium to up-tempo 8-beat pop-rock. The song begins with the cool strumming of the acoustic guitar, played by an expert Yoshiyuki Sahashi.

Soon after, the drums, the bass, and the keyboard join and perform a simple ensemble.

Occasional Fills of the horns are also gorgeous, and a good accent too.

Keizo Nakanishi's vocal is clear, beautiful, and charming.

Reference

Wikipedia EN, Keizo Nakanishi

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Wikipedia JP, Keizo Nakanishi

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5. About the artist

-A top male vocalist in Japan -

Keizo Nakanishi debuted in 1991 with single "Tangerine Eyes". Since then, 31 singles, and 14 original, 6 best albums has been released until now.
(Wikipedia, Keizo Nakanishi)

Keizo Nakanishi is the one of the leading singer & a song writer in the J-pop.

In 1991, he wrote a song for the band named "ZOO". The title of the song was "Choo choo train", and it was a theme music for a TV commercial of the JR(Japan Rail) company.

This became a smash hit and sold more than a million disks, and made his name well known.

Applemusic(en)

After this song, the 3 consecutive albums he released topped the chart. And, he is continuing to write a number of popular songs up until now.

Just for your information, but an American singer Christina Aguilera sang a duet with Keizo Nakanishi in a song titled "All I Wanna Do"(is in Nakanishi's single "What I Do For Love") released in 1997.

This is a nice song too, and the vocal of Christina is very rich.

Please check it if you like.
The sample of the song is available from here.

recochoku.jp(jp)

All I Wanna Do
Duet with Christina
Keizo Nakanishi (Direct to song)