P-Model -「サンシャイン・シティー」/ P-Model - "Sunshine City" Lyrics

[phonon_belt]

I can never decide if I love OLD P-Model songs because of their own inherent qualities or because the contrast with later P-Model/Hirasawa is so interesting. "Sunshine City" is a nice punk-ish song, with music by Tanaka and lyrics by Mr. Hirasawa's own older brother. :)

Incidentally, the song "Sunshine City" is from a 1979 album. In 1978, the

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[tenshi_saito]

I have to say, reading about Sugamo Prison on which Sunshine City was built upon, makes lines like "A dead man gave birth to/Sunshine City" in particular stand out. It might be worth noting in this translation.

Also, so Yuichi Hirasawa is Susumu Hirasawa's older brother then? I had always figured he was related - especially because Hirasawa does not seem to be a common name - but I wasn't sure how exactly. So thanks for that tidbit too!

[phonon_belt]

I've added a note about Sugamo Prison as you suggested. :)

And yep, Yuichi is the older brother.

[starhaushinka]

This is pretty cool, always wanted to know what this song could possibly mean, thank you.

Ooohh, by the way, how many brothers or sisters does Hirasawa have? I only have heard he's from a huge family (but not pretty certain about that lol)

[phonon_belt]

Glad you found the translation helpful!

No idea how many siblings he has. Would be interesting to find out.