Yes, I'm bringing out KKP AI representative Kayo Grace in her "live-action" form since I think the photo fits the song here. I've only just noticed that there are a lot of filled glasses beside her at the bar along with the innumerable bottles of alcohol. Bing really wanted to let me know that this is a bar.
Anyways, the reason that I brought this particular song onto KKP was because of my previous article on Bonnie Tyler's "Sayonara Tokyo"（サヨナラ Tokyo）. Seeing that composer Yusuke Nakamura（中村裕介）was not only the fellow behind the AOR magic of that song but also the melody weaver of Mai Yamane's（山根麻衣）"Tasogare"（たそがれ）in 1980, I was curious about what else he's done in terms of the City Pop or AOR realms. Well, there is a list of songs on his J-Wiki page that he's provided other singers.
One of them is "Wine Night" as recorded by Keiko Mizukoshi（水越恵子）. A track on her December 1984 album "Actress" (which scored a peak ranking of No. 79 on Oricon), veteran lyricist Akira Ohtsu（大津あきら）provided the lyrics of an affair taking place. It's a pretty fleet-footed song that rather straddles the line between pop and City Pop, and for a song that's titled "Wine Night", the bright keyboards kinda pull things back to the afternoon. Mizukoshi's vocals are fairly smoky with a certain seen-it-all/done-it-all attitude.
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