Ahhh...Yasuhiro Abe（安部恭弘）...the City Pop gift that keeps on giving. It's come to the point where anytime I see his name for one of his tunes or for songs that are sung by others, I will pay attention to what they offer.
Once again, it's time to respect those B-sides. Indeed, "Still I Love You" is an Abe B-side for his February 1983 sophomore single "Café Flamingo". Written by Takashi Matsumoto（松本隆）and composed by the singer himself, it's about a couple coming back home from the beach by train, but man, it has quite the soundtrack. Everything in the arrangement and instrumentation pretty much screams Bobby Caldwell, and by the craziest coincidence, today is the 2nd anniversary since his departure from this mortal coil. If he's somehow reading this from wherever he is, this song is in tribute to him. Maybe the couple's feet are dusted with lots of sand grains, but this number is truly one of urban and urbane class.
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