True to the unpredictable nature of Toronto weather, after our first White Christmas in four years, we may be looking at a high temperature of over 10 degrees Celsius today and tons of rain in the next several hours. Well, at least we did get the snow when we wanted it and we don't have to bundle up in layers for perhaps the next couple of days.
For our final Sunday of 2024, let's start off with a very late 80s-sounding pop ballad by Yoshinori Monta（もんたよしのり）. It's been just a little over a year since his sudden passing at the age of 72 and so there is perhaps some added poignancy and bittersweetness to his "Totsuzen ni Furidashita Ame" (The Sudden Rain) that wraps up his 1987 solo album "Bitter".
Written by Maina（麻衣奈）and composed by Monta, it's a comfortable way to finish "Bitter" as the singer seems to be singing about pining for that love. It's got a beautiful piano going for it and even Monta's distinct vocals match quite tenderly in the arrangement as things fade off in the end. Contrast this ballad with its fellow track on the album, the supremely bouncy "Aisarenai Show Time"（愛されないShow Time）.
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