Japanese 80s City Pop is one of my favorite musical genres - an outgrowth of the huge economic growth happening in Japanese cities. Big funky happy instrumenta

Japanese 80s City Pop is one of my favorite musical genres - an outgrowth of the huge economic growth happening in Japanese cities. Big funky happy instrumentals and lyrics often alluding to glamorous lifestyles, social isolation and an unquenched loneliness. It was a very interesting time in Japan's history, which I personally think has a lot of parallels to the current west-coast tech bubble. Check out: Fantasy - Meiko Nakahara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kt8HP1VEPU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kt8HP1VEPU 真夜中のドア/Stay With Me - Miki Matsubara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEe_yIbW64w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEe_yIbW64w I Can't Stop The Loneliness - ANRI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bALJxjL8jw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bALJxjL8jw 4:00 A.M. - Taeko Onuki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sOKkON_UnQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sOKkON_UnQ