Ever since the air-band Golden Bomber made a huge break after releasing Memeshikute, their success has skyrocketed. Everyone wants their world to be painted “gold”.
Released on the first day of 2013 was Golden Bomber‘s latest single, Dance My Generation. Disregarding rewritten tracks that were heard in Ixion DT, it’s been almost a year since the last release with original content, Golden Album.
The title track, Dance My Generation, has to be the most unique, addicting Golden Bomber track yet. On a first listen, it sounds like a 80s club hit that easily makes you want to get up and dance! The concept of Dance My Generation however has a serious side, drawing focus on Japan’s bubble economy from around the 1980’s up until 1991, while indirectly alluding that the same financial bubble still exists in 2013.
Tobacco keeps up the energetic mood from Dance My Generation, yet the song follows a familiar composition pattern heard throughout most Golden Bomber work: the verses are quiet and often in a minor key, and the hook or bridge build up to a sweeping, lively chorus in a major key.
The 2013 release wraps up with a sweet but simple track, Uji Mushi. It’s a bit of a mixture sounds similar to a faster, cheery version of older tracks, such as Sayonara Fuyumi, combined with a brighter take on Life is Alright. It would be interesting to hear a live or acoustic version of Uji Mushi, perhaps as a bonus on a future release.
Disregarding the shop info in the video, you can hear samples of both Tobacco and Uji Mushi in order via Zany Zap’s YouTube channel.
It will be exciting to see how Dance My Generation sounds live: whether the four will wear oversized, heavy shoulder padded suit jackets on stage and of course, what antics the members, especially Kyan Yutaka has planned for the guitar solo...beyond being a human brush and with the aid of Kenji, write a message in a calligraphic style (as seen on a recent TV appearance).
In terms of the PV, there are two types: the original version and a 1989 version. In the original, the four go to great lengths in the PV to woo a girl, who seems to be Yamada Kumiko a talent who was popular in the 80s and 90s. There is also, of course, dancing (in ridiculous outfits)! In the 1989 version, the video has been replicated to look like an older work, with washed-out colours and dated outfits, of which you can see a portion of here..
