Mebae Miyahara -- Milky Cat

 

I've decided to come up with a particular Bing shot for this song: a cool (and well-fed) calico cat enjoying his iced coffee in a City Pop setting.

The name Mebae Miyahara（宮原芽映）rings a bell. Maybe I've mentioned her in a past KKP article but never bothered to place her in Labels since it was one-and-done for that citing. She is a singer-songwriter who has provided plenty of music to other artists but I couldn't find anything familiar in the list provided in her J-Wiki file. I will figure it out though eventually.

But in the meantime, she made her solo singing debut in 1981 after being involved in a high school band called Tiny Pumps in the late 1970s. Along with a debut single, she came out with her first album "Cat" in May 1981 and the first track is "Milky Cat". Written by Miyahara and composed by Eiji Nishiki（西木栄二）, it's a City Pop song through and through with a happy-go-lucky beat, and there are aspects in the arrangement which reminded me of a couple of other songs although I can't think of their titles right now. From what I could understand from the lyrics, it sounds like a Tokyo lady encountered a magical cat in the wee hours following another fun night on the town. Not sure if it's Sailor Moon as an adult.