Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 174
Regarding this point, of course, it was already in the preparation of Iwahashi Shinichi.

It is a strategy to avoid its own shortcomings and hand over the right to write lyrics to Moritaka Chisato himself under the banner of believing in the strength.

I have never seen Moritaka Chisato's lyrics, of course it is impossible to be naive enough to think that she is absolutely qualified for the role of lyrics, so asking her to write lyrics was originally a deliberate cover-up.

Now, her lyrics have been rejected, and the powerful line has also been abandoned under the analysis of Iwahashi Shinichi.Warner Pioneer followed Shinichi Iwahashi's idea and decided that he would plan the next transformation of Chisato Moritaka.

So, everything went on to the next step.

Shinichi Iwahashi took the opportunity to ask a famous lyricist of idol songs to write lyrics for Chisato Moritaka's new single.

The reason why he moved out is very legitimate. Originally, it was a different matter to let Moritaka Chisato act as a powerful faction. Now that he is planning to transform into an idol, the best sign of the trend is the change of the production team.

For example, if the lyricist Matsui Goro and the composer Goto Tsori are paired up, the public will [-]% know that this is an idol song, because both of them are well-known songwriters in the industry who have maintained long-term cooperation with idols.

But now, the production right has been delegated to GENZO, and the composer used is not a well-known idol song composer. Then, firstly, there must be a sign of transformation, and secondly, using a well-known lyricist can increase the topicality. Therefore, please It is only natural for a famous artist to write lyrics for Moritaka Chisato.

After a circle, the ball was kicked by Iwahashi Shinichi to Warner Pioneer.

It's not that he doesn't want to provide the lyrics to Chisato Moritaka, but that hiring a famous artist is the best option in the current situation.

Up to now, the transformation plan proposed by Shinichi Iwahashi has been accepted by Pioneer Warner, and the request of famous lyricists has become a part of the transformation plan. Pioneer Warner not only needs to cooperate, but also actively cooperates.

It may seem like a lot of trouble to do so, but even if you get the right to produce, whether it's planning or lyrics, after you make it here, you have to get approval from the record company and agree to pay for the purchase of lyrics by famous artists. Go on - he took the song of Seiichiro Kuribayashi and sang it to Chisato Moritaka, and Warner Pioneer also had to pay the usage fee of the song to GENZO, and the usage fee was divided into GENZO and [-]% to Kuribayashi Seiichiro.

Because of this, he had to dig a small hole first, and then bring Pioneer Warner into the hole.

Warner Pioneer agreed to buy the lyrics of famous writers, and after that, Shinichi Iwahashi took the lead in deciding who the lyricist should invite.

The title song has been finalized, and it is the one that Iwahashi Shin named and asked Kuribayashi Seiichiro to tailor for Moritaka Chisato.

The current era is when the disco trend is booming. Akemi Ishii's cover of "CHA-CHA-CHA" can beat Wushuangna Nakamori. Yoko Ogino, who has been salty for several years, turned over in one fell swoop with "Dancing Hero". .

The trend of the times is irreversible, and this trend of the times has invisibly continued the life of the idols in the downhill state. In the songs of idols, disco elements can be seen everywhere.

Shinichi Iwahashi didn't intend to go against the trend. This song tailored for Chisato Moritaka, with disco/funk elements, just caters to the current market popularity.

As for the choice of lyricist, he has already made a decision.

Although GENZO does not have a lyricist himself, he does know a lyricist for idol songs.That's right, it's the fat young man Akimoto Yasushi who is not very serious.

To say that he is not very serious is actually limited to the Kitten Club.

This gentleman provided many magical lyrics to the Kitten Club, such as "Banana's Tears", "Elephant's Fanci" and so on. Just by looking at the name, you can tell that he is not a fat young man without a story.

However, the program "Twilight Meow" itself is not so serious. The name "Meow" comes from the scandal of Tomoko Takabe, a member of the わらべ group mentioned before.

The person who claimed to be Tomoko Takabe's boyfriend sold the photo of Tomoko Takabe smoking in sage mode to the magazine.However, Tomoko Takabe was only 16 years old at the time, and because of the industry's self-restraint rules, magazines cannot clearly write about minors.

But if such big news is not published but rotted in hands, then it is simply not a human thing to do.

Therefore, the witty magazine created the word "meow meow" and described the situation in the photo as "a friendly meow and then smoke a cigarette", so the word "meow meow" itself has the meaning of minors. That's what it means.

Fat Youth planned "Twilight Meow Meow" with Fuji TV. Putting Meow Meow in the title itself is telling the public that this show is not so serious, so it is only logical that the famous song "Don't Covet Other People's Sailor Suit" will appear later .

However, Yasushi Akimoto, outside of the Kitten Club, still wrote many serious lyrics.

The opportunity for him to become a lyricist was to provide lyrics for the veteran band THE ALFEE. Later, he was affirmed as a lyricist because he wrote "Dramatic Rain" (Dramatic Rain) for Junichi Inagaki.

In addition, he also confessed to orthodox idols such as Kikuchi Momoko and Koizumi Kyoko, and his scope of activities is very wide.

Koizumi Kyoko's famous song "なんてったってアイドル" (because it is an idol) was written by him. This lyrics describes idols vividly and can be called a masterpiece since the birth of the idol profession.

The relationship I developed with Yasushi Akimoto playing all night in Ginza and Roppongi was useless at the time, but it finally came in handy now.

There is friendship in private, and the matter of asking him to help write lyrics did not go through the record company, but contacted him directly.

The time when I met Yasushi Akimoto was in 1986. At that time, the momentum of the Kitten Club was sweeping the industry. As an upstart in the industry, Yasushi Akimoto was full of energy.

Just one year later, with the cancellation of "Evening Meow Meow", the kitten club announced its disbandment, and the failure of his career masterpiece, Akimoto Yasushi suddenly felt a little confused, as if he had reached the bottom of his life.

Of course, with Akimoto Yasushi's fame, status, money and talent today, even if the Kitten Club is disbanded, he will not really fall into a trough because of this. As a lyricist, script writer, and writer, he still enjoys a reputation.

However, this feeling of falling into the trough does not refer to these things on the ordinary level, but, with the death of his favorite work Kitten Club, Akimoto Yasushi feels that both inspiration and career have reached a bottleneck period.

The wonderful idea of ​​the kitten club has never existed in the past, and I will not be able to think of anything that can surpass it in the future.And the huge wealth and fame brought to him by the Kitten Club was something that other identities could not bring him.

(End of this chapter)