The first time I ever landed in the Big Apple was in 1993, so I was several years too late for disco and certainly as a minor (and a very uncool one, at that), I would never have gotten past the entrance into Studio 54 in Manhattan in those 1970s. But somehow, even as a kid in elementary school and then junior high school, I heard about this club which attracted all sorts including the celebs.
I was reminded of that haven of hedonism as I was listening to Rie Ida（井田リエ）& 42nd Street's single "Star" from 1980. Yep, by that year, disco was already becoming a music pariah although acts such as Earth Wind & Fire were still holding the torch and apparently, Japan never got the memo. Drummer and R&B singer Hiro Tsunoda（つのだ☆ひろ）was responsible for words and music for this one that sounds like the aforementioned EWF and ABBA's love child as the lady in the song wants to become a star...maybe of the dance floor. The arrangement is such that she could have grabbed that brass ring simply on the melody alone.
Your comment about visiting NYC for the first time reminded me that the music video for Kyoko Koizumi's cover of Yoko Ono's "Josei Joi Banzai" was also filmed at the same time(hey, maybe you were there at the same time!). I see you haven't covered it on the blog before(or anything from the Travel Rock album), would be interesting to read your thoughts on it(and see if the MV triggers any memories).
ReplyDeleteI noticed that the album cover is blurrier than it should be! Here is another like to a video for the same song, but with better quality for the album cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv64-RA4qYs
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