Before I forget completely, I would like to wish a belated Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the United States. At this point, most of you have already devoured a good chunk of turkey with all of the trimmings. Perhaps those of you reading this may be doing so through bleary eyes from sleeping some of that digestion off. Keep the stomach open for dessert, though. You can't miss that!
I guess with this article, we've done a round trip between Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. Well, we're back in Tokyo again via singer-songwriter Anna Takeuchi's（竹内アンナ）"Tokyo Nite" from her January 2019 album "at TWO". It's been around three years since I posted an article about her on the blog so let's welcome her back.
In terms of her discography, this is the earliest I've gone back and "Tokyo Nite" is a fascinating track because it seems to be trying to be a Long Island Iced Tea of genres with the intoxicatingly sweet taste, to boot. It's got the groovy Neo-City Pop, some hip-hop rap, bossa nova and maybe even a touch of ska in the beat. The song comes across as the type of musical background a Tokyo modern of the 21st century would like to have while driving through the megalopolis on a Friday night.
Oh, no, I completely forgot about Thanksgiving! Well, I guess it is okay after all it would be pretty difficult to find turkey or any of the other thanks giving foods where I live. The more I listen to it the more this Neo-City Pop pop song grows on me. However, I am still much more fond of that almost disco like early 80's city pop!
ReplyDeleteIf push came to shove, I would go with the late 70s-early 80s City Pop as well, although I still have an affinity for the newer stuff.
DeleteI, for one, am glad that we don't have to choose!
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