Ooh...classy, very classy. But to me, that was how 70s aidoru-turned-80s chanteuse Hiromi Iwasaki（岩崎宏美）appeared to me.
That was certainly the case with her "Saisho no Koibito-tachi" (The First Lovers), a track on her April 1987 18th album "Yokubari"（よくばり...Avarice）. Written by Arisu Sato（佐藤ありす）and composed by Keiichi Oku（奥恵一）, the song also served as Iwasaki's 42nd single released on the same day as the album. There are some flutterings of refined languid sophisticated pop but they all surround the main rhythm of a tango as the singer relates the story of a couple going through the motions and emotions of a relationship as if they were the very first pair to go through this. I gather that the circumstances were very raw and new.
"Saisho no Koibito-tachi" managed to get as high as No. 84 on Oricon.
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