The song was included on the album, known as the 'Zero Disc' among the fans, released in 1989 on the own label as a project for the TV programme, 'Ikaten', for which Ningen Isu first became famous when they were still amateurs. And it was also newly recorded and included on their professional debut album, 'No Longer Human' (人間失格, Ningen Shikkaku) in 1990. Furthermore, this live footage is from the live album released in the same year, featuring the live performance at Shibuya O-West, Tokyo, 2010. Wajima and Suzuki's hometown, Aomori Prefecture, is in the north-east region of Japan and specialises in apples. The lyrics are said to compare the selling of daughters by poor farmers to survive in the poor old days, to apples. However, my memory is a little fuzzy, but I have a memory that Wajima, who wrote the lyrics, denied that this was the case. But it's fuzzy...
The song was included on the album, known as the 'Zero Disc' among the fans, released in 1989 on the own label as a project for the TV programme, 'Ikaten', for which Ningen Isu first became famous when they were still amateurs. And it was also newly recorded and included on their professional debut album, 'No Longer Human' (人間失格, Ningen Shikkaku) in 1990. Furthermore, this live footage is from the live album released in the same year, featuring the live performance at Shibuya O-West, Tokyo, 2010.
Wajima and Suzuki's hometown, Aomori Prefecture, is in the north-east region of Japan and specialises in apples. The lyrics are said to compare the selling of daughters by poor farmers to survive in the poor old days, to apples. However, my memory is a little fuzzy, but I have a memory that Wajima, who wrote the lyrics, denied that this was the case. But it's fuzzy...
Thank you for this song. 🍀