Well, I noticed on Twitter that Junko Ohashi（大橋純子）is celebrating a birthday right now in Japan so I would like to wish her all the best on the special day.
So, it may be a bit early for the City Pop this week but in tribute to Ohashi who's given so much to the umbrella genre, I would like to feature "Love Machine" which was officially recorded by Ohashi and her backing band Minoya Central Station（美乃家セントラル・ステイション）. This was actually the B-side to the singer's August 1978 hit single "Tasogare My Love" (たそがれマイ・ラブ）, a song that was more in line with straight pop or kayo kyoku.
"Love Machine", which has nothing to do with Hello Project's premier group Morning Musume's（モーニング娘。）really big hit "Love Machine"（LOVEマシーン）from 1999, is wonderful City Pop of the decade which was written by Takashi Matsumoto（松本隆）and composed by Ohashi's husband, Ken Sato（佐藤健）. Like a number of other urban contemporary tunes in Japan, this sounds as if it were meant for the car stereo as the vehicle smoothly makes its way through Tokyo on the various highways. In any case, once again, a Happy Birthday to Junko!🎂
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