What was once the tallest free-standing structure on Earth, Toronto's own CN Tower, had the world's highest disco called Sparkles. It was also one of the smallest discos but for us in the Japanese-Canadian Students' Association at the University of Toronto, it was one of our go-to places although not to the extent of The Copa, The Diamond or karaoke bar Kuri. Had our fair share of cocktails and snacks at Sparkles, but I have to admit that I never went to the revolving 360 Restaurant. I did hear that it's a bit of a tourist trap but if anyone would like to correct me...🙏 Regardless, Happy 50th Birthday to the ol' CN Tower!
And we come to the song for this article, "Yozora no Menu" (Menu of the Night Sky). Written by Hiroko Tania（谷亜ヒロコ）and composed by Yasuko Kawakami（川上泰子）, this was recorded by aidoru Yukiko (Yuyu) Iwai（岩井由紀子）on her 4th and final album to date, "Kotteru ne!"（こってるネ!...You're So Particular!）, from December 1988. It's quite the high-flying romantic song and it has a smooth and refined arrangement by Ryo Yonemitsu（米光亮）that almost had me thinking City Pop. I just hope that the happy couple don't have any vertigo issues. As for the album, "Kotteru ne!" scored a No. 49 ranking on Oricon.
Not the most vocally-talented of the nyan-nyans but with her distinctive image and personality Yuyu was one of the most appealing. This is a really nice song and arrangement... great choice!
ReplyDelete1988? I guess this was released shortly before Yukiko retired from the music industry.
ReplyDeleteHello, Robert and Brian. Nope, probably not up there with Shizuka but there was something rather gamine and pixie-ish that helped Yuyu out. I believe that indeed "Yozora no Menu" was near the end of her time as a singer.
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