THE EASY SIDE OF TMO˟. The sweetest city pop. Gently slapping bass, and the sort of key riff that I imagine would never exist without #MichaelMcDonald.

#EtsukoSai – Until You (from "All I Need", 1985)
Cat: Continental CI-33
Country: Japan
#SubtleSynth #TMOApproved #MusicRecs #TMOAC #SoTMO #Pop #CityPop #TheMellowGroove #McD

˟ TMO = The Ted Mountainé Orch. It's my band / alter ego, and I often use it as shorthand for everything I enjoy. TMO = very ME. Weird, I know!

https://youtu.be/mvGIstFO_A0

QUIET STORM. Far too many people would write this off as schlock the instant the e-piano strikes the first note.

Not with that voice it isn't!

Also poignant, of course, because it was released five months after hear death at 45. It entered the Billboard R&B charts OTD in 1995 (27 years ago!).

#PhyllisHyman - I Refuse to Be Lonely

Written by: Hyman #AllanRich #JudFriedman #NickMartinelli

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG7hXghed_I

https://open.spotify.com/track/7ExBN9mMlaGDymm6SIZDPz?si=7b7cb1085d424ba8

#QuietStorm #AdultContemporary #TMOAC #TMOApproved