Yup in about five weeks, The Avengers, The X-Men and The Fantastic Four along with other individual superheroes will meet for the first time and perhaps even the last time in "Avengers: Doomsday". Nope, I don't have an advance ticket but I'll catch it for sure somehow.
So, of course, I've gotta come up with something with that feeling in mind and yet it's Urban Contemporary Friday on KKP. Fortunately, I did find something. "Hero wa Anata" (You're My Hero) is a Rie Nakahara（中原理恵）track (the final one) from her February 1978 debut album, "Touch Me". The album also contains "Asa made Issho ni"（朝まで一緒に）and "Togire Togirete"（とぎれ とぎれて）.
"Hero wa Anata" has an intriguing galumphing rhythm (the best way I can describe it) that might steer it toward reggae but not quite. I would have to ask the trio of amazing songwriters for their opinion about what they were making here: lyricist Minako Yoshida（吉田美奈子）, composer Tatsuro Yamashita（山下達郎）and arranger Ryuichi Sakamoto（坂本龍一）. I bet you that it was The Professor who was on the piano in the latter half of "Hero wa Anata". But with those three involved, I was pretty assured that I would get a quality product and this is a really interesting slice of disco City Pop fusion.
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