I was listening to this song and wondered why it came out ‘1970’ or something like that, so I listened to it.
AI’s answer below.
‘FACES PLACES’ is a song by Japanese music group GLOBE, released in 1997. The lyrics may seem esoteric at first glance, but they actually contain a deep meaning.
There are two main themes in the lyrics. The first theme is ‘the lyricist Tetsuya Komuro’s own life in music’, while the second theme is ‘love’, especially love from the (presumably female perspective) of a person in their teens and early twenties.
The years in the lyrics are derived from Tetsuya Komuro’s own musical life. For example, ‘1970’ is the year he was shocked to hear Isao Tomita’s synthesiser performance at the Osaka Expo, ‘1981’ is the year he joined the band SPEEDWAY, ‘1984’ is the year TM NETWORK debuted, ‘1994’ is the year TMN’s activities ended and ‘1997’ is the refers to the year the song was released.
These years and their respective events symbolise that Tetsuya Komuro has always given his all in his musical life and produced the best. The theme of this ‘musical life’ is then superimposed on the way young people fall in love.
In the love part of the song, the main female character is truly infatuated with the lover in front of her and thinks that she loves him more than she has ever loved anything in her life. In other words, she sings that this is the best love of her life and that this is the best time of her life.
However, these lyrics are not just a love song. The combination of the theme of Tetsuya Komuro’s musical life and the theme of young people’s love creates a deeper message. It shows that the attitude of placing supreme value on the ‘now’ and immersing oneself in the ‘now’ is important in both music and love.
According to the above interpretation, the lyrics of ‘FACES PLACES’ convey the importance of living in the ‘now’ through both Tetsuya Komuro’s own life in music and in love. It is a song about the importance of expressing oneself to the fullest, whether in music or love, and living that moment, that ‘now’, to the fullest. This profound message makes FACES PLACES more than just a pop song.
