Today is a rather drab and dreary November day which is often par for the course here as the season starts changing. Quite appropriate for Hump Day, I imagine.
Let's go with something a bit off the beaten path, especially for singer Rie Nakahara（中原理恵）. When the name is mentioned, I usually get thoughts of City Pop by songs such as "Disco Lady" (ディスコ・レディー) back in 1978.
However, her final original album to date was "Un Art de Vivre" from September 1985 and judging from that title and this particular track from it, perhaps she was trying for something quite different. "Kon'ya Escape" (Escape Tonight) is a bit more avant-pop and New Wave. Written by Kenzo Saeki（佐伯健三） and composed by Saeki Suzuki（鈴木さえ子）, it almost sounds like a slower take on Little Eva's "The Loco-Motion" with some synths and weird horns that might have popped out of a David Bowie production. The desired effect has definitely been reached, though; this is no City Pop song. It's something that could have popped from the country that came up with the words "Un Art de Vivre".
Rie Nakahara was clearly doing something new! This is no only different from what she did in the past but different from the type of music other where releasing at the time. I like this a lot it fresh and cool!
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