39

[Machine Translation] Commentary on the album "39" by Tomov himself. The reason why the title is "39" is because I am 39 years old. It doesn't mean "Thank you. I say thank you directly to the person I am thanking. I don't include it in the album title. That's the kind of man I am! Actually, the last album, "GO", was quite an intense work for me. I thought, "There is nothing more I want to say in words! I even thought, "I don't have any more words to say! Just as Sachiko Kobayashi sang "Omoide-shu" for many years, Tomofu had planned to keep "GO" going for 15 years. However, around February 2004, I wrote a little new song for a live concert, "Bone", and "Aloof", and the world gave me a lot of compliments, so I started playing "Here's another song...", and soon I had enough great songs for an album. Thanks to all the people who praised me.... The world of the lyrics is divided into "Door," "Bone," and "Ikitsugi," which are songs about the relationship between the body and mind from a Tomovian scientific point of view, and "5 o'clock chime," "Katsutte nda," and "Waiting for the Disk," which are "romantic songs for men. As usual, there's not a hint of a love song or a life-supporting song. It was odorless. You can't even smell it! I'm going to tell them that kind of thing directly. Sound-wise, this is the most POP song in Tomofu's history! Adding to the pop of the melody is the spice of the "Third Class," who have been playing with us lately, and have actually contributed to three of the songs! It's the spice of angels! Well, I honestly didn't expect such a great song! Good, good, good. Good! That's all!

トモフ本人による、アルバム『39』解説。★なぜタイトルが『39』なのかというと、39歳だからである。「サンキュー」の意味なんて込めてないぞ。オレは感謝は相手に直接言うのだ。アルバムタイトルなんかに含ませたりはしない。そういう男だっ!実は前作『GO』、オレ的にはかなりの激作だった。もう、言葉で言いたいことなんてひとつも無いっ!とまで思っていたほどだ。小林幸子が何年も「おもいで酒」を歌い続けたように、トモフは『GO』を15年はひっぱるつもりでいたのだ。ところが2004年の2月頃、ライブのために「ちょろっと新曲を、、」って作ってしまったのが『骨』、『疎遠』そしたら世界中がやたらホメてくれたのでついつい「ほぉら、こんな曲も、、」ってやってるうちに、ピュウっとアルバムの分の名曲がズラリと並んでしまったのであ～る。ホメれくれた人々よ、サンキュー…。歌詞の世界は、『扉』『骨』『イキツギ』ってるう、カラダとココロの関係をトモフ的科学の視点からバッサリ系と、『5時のチャイム』『果てるんだ』『円盤を待ってる』といった「男のロマン系」。恋愛ソングとか人生応援ソングな匂いは相変わらずカケラも無い。無臭だっ。嗅いでもムダだっ!!オレはそういう種類のコトも直接相手に言うのだ。サウンド的には、トモフ史上最POPだ!メロディのPOPさに更に輪をかけてんのが最近いつも遊んでくれてる「サード・クラス」たちの、実は結構ノリノリなエキス!3曲に参加していただいた、スパイスなのだ!天使のダシなのだ!いやぁ、正直こんな名曲が来るとは思ってなかった!良かった良かった。良いぞっ!!以上!