The weather is looking fine out there for once this week after most of it being gray and drizzly. We're looking at 18-degree C highs and wouldn't you know it...the condo still continues to pump heat into our units. And with our luck, it'll probably stay that way until early May.🥵
Still, let's start our Urban Contemporary Friday off right with something to enjoy on the dance floor. Not sure if those City Pop dance parties are still being held down in the United States, but anyways, I have singer-songwriter Meiko Nakahara's（中原めいこ）"Emotion" from her July 1984 album "Lotos". Written and composed by the singer with Hiroshi Shinkawa（新川博）handling the arrangement, it's a short and sweet brassy funk fest with some vocoder (?)-filled wah-wah adding an interesting angle to the proceedings.
On that Album cover Meiko reminds me a little of madonna's early 80's fashion style. Now, this is the type of song that makes me fall in love with "city pop" all over again. Love those horns and that funky beat.
ReplyDeleteAh, yes. Those "Lucky Star" days. Madonna is apparently releasing a new album later this year.
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