[Warm & tender]
No.82 "Watashi-tachi wo shinjite-ite" by Cindy
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Hi. Today's song is "Watashi-tachi wo shinjite-ite" (Believe us) by "Cindy".
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1. Song data
| Title | Watashi-tachi wo shinjite-ite (Believe us) |
|---|---|
| Artist | Cindy |
| Album Title | Angel Touch |
| Catalog Number | MHC7-30032 |
| Track No. | 7 |
| Duration | 5:52 |
| Released | 1990 |
| Publisher | FUN HOUSE, INC |
| Lyricist | Kan Chin hua |
| Composer | Cindy& Hiroshi Narumi |
| Arranger | Hiroshi Narumi |
- About the creators
Kan Chin hua
Kan Chin hua is a Tanka poet, screenwriter, and one of the most well known lyricist in Japan's popular music society.
He is a talented creator in any of work field. But as a lyricist for popular songs, he has been particularly remarkable, and written so many hit songs that everyone knows since the late '70s.
As a result, he received the Japan Record Awards(Best Songwriter Award & Grand Prix) in 1984 and 1985.
(Ref: Wikipedia, Kan Chin hua)
Cindy & Hiroshi Narumi
For Cindy & Hiroshi Narumi, we would like to cover in the other section.
Hiroshi Narumi
"Hiroshi Narumi" was a session guitarist, composer and arranger debuted on 1976.
He started his career as a CM music composer. Since then, he became a session guitarist and supported musicians like "Hiroko Taniyama" or "Yukio Sasaki".
In 1980, he joined a backing band of a super singer "Junko Yagami", and demonstrated excellent performance. He later also participated with the band for "Takao Kisugi" or "Tatsuro Yamashita" and did a great job.
One topic worth to mention is a band named "Tōhoku Shin-kan-sen".
It was a legendary city-pop group formed by a very talented composer "Etsuko Yamakawa" and "Hiroshi Narumi" in 1982, when both of them were members of "Melting pot" which was the backing band for "Junko Yagami".
We would like to post a review of their song in other occasion.Cover art
- Sound impressions
Warm & tender
This is the spring sunshine like warm & tender melody.
When the drums and bass start the introduction in middle speed in 8-beat rhythm, the electric guitar, keyboard, and string synthesizer soon join.
Once all the instruments appears, this warm and tender tone lasts until the end of the song.
Cindy's vocal is also calm and neutral which is a lot different from usual funky "Cindy".
In Cindy's stylish sound, there are sometimes Mr. Stevie Wonder like air.
As a matter of fact, it is a natural thing even she had been influenced by him.
Since, Mr. Stevie Wonder actually participated in the produce of Cindy's debut album LOVE LIFE(1985), and could provided 2 songs for her.
- About the artist
Angel Voice
Cindy debuted in 1984 with single "Chance On Love". Since then, 6 singles, and 3 original plus 1 best album have been released until now.
Cindy's vocal had a slight husky cute character, and people often called it as "Angel voice".
Music wise, she seemed to be seeking for a good mix of "City-pop", funk and contemporary AOR.
Now, here is a quick review of her history.
Uru-sei Yatsura
Her debut song "Chance on love" was the 4th opening theme of an extremely popular TV anime "Uru-sei Yatsura" ("noisy crowd". and has slight double meaning of "noisy alien").
"Uru-sei Yatsura" was originally a manga comics of a slapstick SF love comedy drawn by "Rumiko Takahashi". It was later animated, and on-aired from 1981 to 1986.
The anime became hugely popular among the young at that time. And now a days, it has been well accepted in overseas too.
For details of the animation, please check the relevant wikipedia page linked below.
(Ref: Wikipedia en, Uru-sei Yatsura)
So, it must have been a good opportunity for her to sing a popular song like this.
Collaboration with Narumi
From 1986 to 1989, Cindy participated in the recording and concert tours of "Tatsuro Yamashita".
Roughly the same period, Hiroshi Narumi also took part in the "Tatsuro"s backing band, and supported him as a guitarist.
After 1990, Cindy released a few of songs composed by Narumi. So, perhaps "Tatsuro" back band was a good opportunity for them to begin a partnership.
Support for Miho Nakayama
In 1988, Cindy started to offer her songs to Miho Nakayama, who has been a top idol star since mid '80s.
She prepared 2 song for the star's 7th album "Mind game".
Since then, Cindy continued to support Miho Nakayama by offering her quality songs.
They say that some "Artistic flavor" has been added to Miho Nakayama's songs from some point of her career.
"It is possibly because of the participation of 'Cindy' and 'Toshiki Kadomatsu' ". Some other people also remarks in Wikipedia.
We would like to continue a topic on Cindy for the next time. Thank you.
- Samples from online music stores
About the samples
Please go to the page below, and just play or click track No.7.
Trial button is on the left side of the song title.
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8. Japanese Letters
| Song Title | 私達を信じていて (Watashi-tachi wo Shinjite-ite) |
|---|---|
| Artist | Cindy |
| Album Title | Angel Touch |
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