Nanako Sato -- Cheap Dance（チープ・ダンス）

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It was almost a couple of months ago when I posted Nanako Sato's（佐藤奈々子）"Muse no Koibito"（ミューズの恋人）and I got quite a few complimentary comments about the cover for the source album, her December 1977 "Sweet Swingin'". To use an old phrase: hubba-hubba.💓

Well, remembering all that, I've decided to post an article on another track from "Sweet Swingin'" and that would be her "Cheap Dance". Like "Muse no Koibito", this was also written by Sato and composed by Motoharu Sano（佐野元春）but this time, I wouldn't say that this was a City Pop tune per se. It's more of a good ol' honky-tonk rock n' roll number and I could actually imagine young Sato dancing and singing it up in a farm-fresh summer dress at some dive bar in either America or Japan with those hard-working horns behind her. 

On a PS note, I finally got to throw the YouTube link into Sonoteller AI after a few failed attempts, and what I got was rather interesting, to say the least:

LYRICS ANALYSIS:

The lyrics depict a scene of waking up in the afternoon surrounded by a swirling vortex. The imagery is vivid, with references to bright lights and summer activities. The language used is Japanese. The emotions conveyed are energetic and playful. There is no explicit content in the lyrics.

MUSIC ANALYSIS:

Genres

Pop (80), Rock (70), Indie (60), Electronic (50), Dance (40)

Subgenres

Pop rock (80), Indie pop (70), Electronic rock (60), Dance-pop (50), Indie rock (40)