It was only back in June that I wrote about 80s aidoru Ryoko Yano's（矢野良子）"Monochrome"（モノクローム）, which was the B-side to her fourth and final single, "Lyrical na Sayonara" (A Lyrical Goodbye) released in February 1982. As has been the case with her other songs that I've featured, there's also been that City Pop-friendly urbaneness which has had her getting my notice.
Well, I'm finally taking care of that A-side of that last single. This time, "Lyrical na Sayonara" was written and composed by Kyoko Matsumiya（松宮恭子）and compared to "Monochrome", which feels like sipping that cocktail in a West Shinjuku hotel-top bar, "Lyrical na Sayonara" seems to be bouncing about between Brazil and France in the overall sound (and there's even some of that conventional aidoru feeling in there). Maybe we can split the difference and stick with Portugal? So, instead of that Keio Plaza Hotel establishment, the setting can be a restaurante in Lisbon. In any case, the song is footloose and fancy-free and I can imagine young Ms. Yano tripping the light fantastic while it is playing in her head.
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