Today on Cause & Effect, Straw from Pandemic is taking you on a journey through Japan’s City Pop.
City Pop emerged in the late 1970s and peaked in the 1980s. It was originally termed as an offshoot of Japan’s Western-influenced “New Music,” using styles that range from boogie, disco, soul, AOR. City Pop is Western music adapted by the Japanese at a time when the country’s economy was skyrocketing, resulting in a form of pop that thrives on optimism, futurism, and luxury.
Now in this decade it has boomeranged back to Western audiences as a retrospective source of fascination while also just being some of the best pop music.
Time: December 18 - 1:00:55 pm
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Mariya Takeuchi, “Plastic Love”
from Variety
WM Japan
- 1984
Time: December 18 - 1:08:21 pm
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Piper, “Highway of the Sun”
from Gentle Breeze
Light In The Attic
- 1983
Time: December 18 - 1:12:33 pm
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Time: December 18 - 1:19:42 pm
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Sugar Babe, “DOWN TOWN (Live)”
from Songs
Sony Music Labels Inc.
- 2011
Time: December 18 - 1:23:45 pm
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Tin Pan Alley, “She is Gone”
from キャラメル・ママ
Panam
- 1975
Time: December 18 - 1:28:00 pm
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Jiro Inagaki and His Soul Media, “Breeze”
from Funky Stuff
Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd./NIPPONOPHONE
- 1975
Time: December 18 - 1:32:30 pm
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Tom Scott & The L.A. Express, “Sneakin' in the Back”
from Bluestreak
GRP
- 1996
Time: December 18 - 1:38:48 pm
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Time: December 18 - 1:45:15 pm
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Tatsuro Yamashita, “Silent Screamer”
from Ride on Time
Air Records
- 1982
Time: December 18 - 1:52:26 pm
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Taeko Ohnuki, “4:00A.M.”
from Mignonne
Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
- 1978
Time: December 18 - 2:00:35 pm
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Hitomi Tohyama, “TUXEDO CONNECTION”
from SEXY ROBOT
COLUMBIA
- 1983
Time: December 18 - 2:03:52 pm
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Junko Ohashi, “Dancin'”
from Magical
Universal Music LLC
- 1984
Time: December 18 - 2:08:08 pm
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Toshiki Kadomatsu, “AIRPORT LADY”
from After 5 Clash
Air Records
- 1984
Time: December 18 - 2:12:12 pm
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Rie Murakami, “T.N.T”
from Sahara
Light In The Attic Records
- 2020
Time: December 18 - 2:16:21 pm
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Tomoko Aran, “E☆SPY (エ・ス・パ・イ)”
from More Relax
Warner Bros. Records
- 1984
Time: December 18 - 2:20:00 pm
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Miho Nakayama, “Strange Parade”
from Mind Game
KING RECORDS
- 1988
Time: December 18 - 2:23:15 pm
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Takako Mamiya, “Midnight Joke”
from 82 Love Trip
Kitty Records / MVGE
- 1982
Time: December 18 - 2:27:52 pm
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Yasuko Agawa, “L.A. Night”
from Gravy
Victor
- 2017
Time: December 18 - 2:33:06 pm
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Yung Bae, “You've Got Me”
from Bae 5
Future of Funk Records, LLC
- 2019
Time: December 18 - 2:39:12 pm
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Time: December 18 - 2:42:18 pm
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hitomitoi, “Dive”
from City Dive
Billboard JAPAN Records
- 2012
Time: December 18 - 2:46:54 pm
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Hiroshi Sato, “SAY GOODBYE”
from Awakening
Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
- 1982
Time: December 18 - 2:50:00 pm
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Miki Matsubara, “Stay With Me / Mayonaka no Door”
from Pocket Park
Pony Canyon
- 1980
Time: December 18 - 2:54:19 pm
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Tatsuro Yamashita, “Magic Ways”
from Big Wave
Moon Records
- 1984
