Last October, I introduced a very obscure pop duo called Sky with their "Last Ballad"（ラスト・バラッド）that smacked of the band H2O and the song stylings of singer-songwriter Takao Kisugi（来生たかお）.
Information on Sky is sparse so what I've provided on the article for "Last Ballad", which was actually the B-side to their 1981 single "Wasurekaketa Hitomi" (Forgotten Eyes), is pretty much everything. I didn't have any additional information when I wrote up a follow-up article earlier this April for their "Kimi ni, Kurakura"（君に、クラクラ...Dizzying for You）, so "Last Ballad" is it.
Sky members Eizo Kitazawa（北沢英三）and Takashi Morimoto（森本隆）took care of music and words respectively for "Wasurekaketa Hitomi". Compared to the obviously balladry of "Last Ballad", the A-side has a faster tempo which seems to follow more of a dramatic folk-pop line thanks to the arrangement by Keiichi Maruyama（丸山恵市）. I did mention about strings for "Last Ballad", and this time, they are in this tune but I wouldn't qualify "Wasureakaketa Hitomi" as a Fashion Music example. The song was also used as the theme for the TBS drama "Ai wo Hitotsumami"（愛をひとつまみ...A Pinch of Love）.
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