チェッカーズ (The Checkers) was a Japanese pop/rock band famous in the 80s. The b… Read Full Bio ↴チェッカーズ (The Checkers) was a Japanese pop/rock band famous in the 80s. The band was formed by Toru Takeuchi, the leader and the guitarist, who asked Fumiya Fujii to start a band with him. They made a debut on 21 September 1983 and split up on 31 December 1992. All of their single releases entered top 10 in Japanese charts, many of them making it to No 1. 藤井フミヤ (Fumiya Fujii), who was the lead singer and the main lyricist, went on to pursue a successful solo career.

Origin Kurume, Japan
Years active 1981 – 1992
Label Pony Canyon Records

Members :
Fumiya Fujii
Masaharu Tsuruku
Yoshihiko Takamoku
Tohru Takeuchi
Yuji Ohdoi
Yoshiya Tokunaga
Naoyuki Fujii

Love'91
チェッカーズ Lyrics

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君だけを見てたよ
いつのまにか気がつけば
恋をしていた
木漏日のテラスで
飲みかけたカプチーノ
歩道から小さく手を振る君
人影もまばらな
吹き抜けのギャラリー

立ち止まる一枚のウォーホール
プライスカードのゼロを数えながら
盗んで欲しいと無茶を言うのさ
まわりを見渡し突然Kissをした
これでもう君のものさ
水色のマリリン・モンロー
二人をみつめ
まぶしい君の瞳に今
ウインクしたよ

そよ風のグリーン・グラス
遠くのベースボール
いつのまにか膝を枕に
触れたくちびるに目を覚ました時
天使かと思ったのさ
水色の宇宙に浮かぶ飛行機雲が
まぶしい君の笑顔を今通りぬけてく
Love'91まぶしい季節が今始まる
君だけを見てたよ
君だけを見てたよ
君だけを見てたよ
君だけを見てたよ

君だけを見てたよ
君だけを見てたよ......

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to チェッカーズ's song Love'91 tell the story of a love that blossomed unexpectedly. The singer confesses that they were always only looking at the person they were in love with, without even realizing it. The setting is a terrace with sunlight filtering through the trees, where they had a half-finished cappuccino. The person they are in love with waves goodbye from the sidewalk, in a sparsely populated gallery where they stop to admire a single artwork by Andy Warhol, counting the zeros on the price tag. The singer playfully asks them to steal it for them. They suddenly kiss, claiming that with this kiss they now possess each other. The person they are in love with is described as a Marilyn Monroe in light blue, gazing at the two of them, and the singer winks at their dazzling eyes.

The next verse describes a scene in which the two are resting on green grass, with a distant baseball game providing background noise. Suddenly, the singer wakes up to find their lips touching, and for a moment, they think the person they love might be an angel. The lyrics mention a plane flying through the blue sky, representing the person's smile passing through the singer's sight and brightening their day. The chorus repeats, emphasizing that the dazzling season of love in 1991 has begun and that the singer had been looking only at this person all along.

Line by Line Meaning

君だけを見てたよ
I only had eyes for you

いつのまにか気がつけば
Before I knew it

恋をしていた
I was in love

木漏日のテラスで
On a terrace in the dappled sunlight

飲みかけたカプチーノ
A half-finished cappuccino

歩道から小さく手を振る君
You waving your hand timidly from the sidewalk

人影もまばらな
With few other people around

吹き抜けのギャラリー
An empty art gallery

立ち止まる一枚のウォーホール
Stopping in front of a single Warhol

プライスカードのゼロを数えながら
Counting the zeros on the price tag

盗んで欲しいと無茶を言うのさ
Saying something outrageous like wanting to steal it