Kimiko Kasai -- The Right Place

 "It's the right place to have a good time, it's the wrong place to be a moron!"😜

Did I get that lyric right? One other commenter for this cool song also made the same observation. I'm kinda wondering whether the singer was actually saying "...it's the wrong place to be in love!"

I would love to know where this right place is...is it Studio 54 in Manhattan, the local cool coffeehouse, the neighbourhood post office? Enquiring minds want to know!

Anyways, the song "The Right Place" by Kimiko Kasai（笠井紀美子）is all sorts of 1980s urban contemporary and kakkoii as it was a 1982 single for her and a track on her album from the same year "Kimiko", sharing track space with "I'm So Much In Love". There's so much of George Benson and Manhattan Transfer coming through in the arrangements, and sure enough, according to the brief description of the single on Hip Tank Records, no less than Jay Graydon of Airplay, Richard Page of Pages and musician Marc Jordan collaborated to provide Kasai with this number.

Among other things, I enjoy Kasai's breathy vocals, the keyboard work and the horns. Couldn't ask for a snazzier start to a Friday City Pop night.