Yuko Ishikawa -- Toki no Odoriko（時の踊り子）

 

I wrote about Yuko Ishikawa's（石川優子）1979 "Doyou no Yoru wa Party"（土曜の夜はパーティー）about a month ago, and I thought it was typical of her style of rock n' roll-tinged pop.

Today, I found this track from the singer-songwriter's June 1982 album "Full Sail", "Toki no Odoriko" (Time Dancer), and this time around, her words and music come together to form this breezy light n' mellow number in the Caribbean or the Riviera. It practically demands a tropical cocktail by the speakers. Another interesting thing about "Toki no Odoriko" is that the breeziness surrounds a major-chord refrain of happy kayo that takes the action off the cruise ship and back onto the West Coast.

From what I could gather from the lyrics, the titular dancer is heading off on a cruise ship to see what adventures she can get into while of course dancing the night away. It wouldn't surprise me if she were on the actual Love Boat itself.