The City Boys

The City Young boys aren’t a group by itself, but warrant an entry because their annual group of live performances have led to several CD produces under their banner. Shaped by three stars already popular in their very own best: Saiki Shigeru, Otaku Makoto, and Kitaro (not really the musician), the humor troupe debuted in 1981 and attempt to perform live only one time or double a year, generally during Golden Week, one of the primary vacations in Japan. Their stage work bordered on surreal sketch humor, with visitor stars and a growing reliance on music. In 1992, in stepped Yasuharu Konishi, primary composer and person in Pizzicato Five, then one of a enthusiast, who utilized their annual displays to place out associated soundtracks, which — unlike the town Boys displays — remain obtainable. They ranged from the Italian pop of Bathroom Without Key towards the soul-jazz of creating on a solid Base. Instrumental albums mainly, they seldom feature the town Boys themselves, aside from the “My Method” sound-alike “Fans Rubber Human brain,” sung drunkenly by Shigeru (it had been also released as an individual). Generally, the CDs had been a opportunity for Konishi to enjoy his like of Western european soundtracks and composers, and plunders appropriately. Trattoria information released a trio of Town Young boys CDs in 1997, but although group has continuing its concert events, the CD produces stopped around that point.