Not to give much away because of my review of the album, at the time, I thought WAS was a second U.S. album, but it turned out that wasn’t the case, and while the album was Disco heavy, the tracks were practically all in Japanese, surprising me since I had been under the impression it was in English, still, it made for a good listen. I’ve always wondered if Mie and Kei could’ve excelled without leaning on Disco music which had been part of their repertoire, both on albums and concerts in 1977-1978, perhaps they could’ve, but, at the time, their fans loved the songs they sang, so, they rolled with it, and, at the end of the day, it was all good. Until next month, take care and have a great day!
Your Friend,
Jeff
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Welcome to October! So, here we are, well into fall where the days are shorter, the weather is cooler, and all four professional sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL) are in play, something that excites me no end as a sports fan!
Now, October is also synonymous with Halloween and all things that go bump in the night, however, that’s not what I’m presenting to the Pink Faithful, unless you’re afraid of a certain musical genre that captured and enthralled the world throughout the 1970’s. Yes, I’m talking about Disco, the genre that made up a considerable amount of Pink Lady’s musical catalogue during their fantastic heyday. As fans well know, Mie and Kei covered a goodly number of Disco songs (which I’ve listed here), not to mention two albums in 1979 when Disco was in its waning days, one being the U.S. Album (to be covered in December) and “We Are Sexy” which I’ll be talking about this month. Like with everything else about Pink Lady after December 10, 1978 when I left Japan, I didn’t learn about this album (to be referred to as WAS) until the late 1990’s after I launched the website and was fanatical about learning all I could about all the PL music I missed out on after returning to the States. The first time I listened to WAS in the very early 2000’s, I was pleased and mildly surprised with what I heard.
