Lyrics were by Kodama Ameko, song was composed by Hoshibe Sho, and song was arranged by CMJK.
This is one of my favorite Angerme songs (not including S/milage). I
personally associate S/milage with Tsunku and Angerme with the new wave
of composers musically. So this is certainly one of my favorite
non-Tsunku songs.
Song History
This song was a song on the B limited edition of the S/milage / Angerme selection album Taiki Bansei.
So this qualifies as a relatively obscure song in their discography.
However, for an obscure song, it seems to be well received by those who
have heard it.
General Impression
This song is very European
in its feeling. Its in ¾ time and is clearly inspired by European
waltzes. If I had to guess (not a classical music guy, yet!) I would say
Russian waltzes.
Despite
me knowing nothing about waltzes outside of video game music, I looove
love love Waltz music. Its so romantic. So naturally this song suits my
tastes well. Oh course this is idol music and not a true waltz, but that
doesn’t stop me from loving it. When the girls performed it live, the dance routine seemed to be a mix of the girls acting like marionettes and ballet inspired dance moves.
Lyrics (Taken from project Hello) I
have offered my interpretation of the lyrics below. The lyrics of this
song are so great to me. Its the Pinocchio effect. The song is called
marionette 37 degrees Celsius. Marionettes are puppets controlled with strings
by puppeteers, they are essentially dolls. 37 degrees Celsius is the
temperature of the human body, insinuating that the marionette is a
living person. I think you can see in my interpretation of the lyrics
that the marionette is a romantic who wants to please its master by
performing superbly. Despite it’s insecurities. At least I hope I
conveyed that.
This likely is a doll who has come to life. But who is she talking to?
オリジナルシナリオ - A plot made just for me 誂えのお召し物 - Couture made just for me 夢のような舞台上 - A stage thats like a dream 今日も出番だ - Its my turn on that stage today as well もっとよく見て - Take a better look at me もっとよく見て - Take a better look at me もっとよく見て - Take a better look at me ここに来て - Come over here
しっかり当て 書いて よ - The plot is being written with a goal in mind, you know… 心を揺さぶる台詞を - Emotionally moving lines 照明きらめく - that sparkle showing the way 鳴り出す音楽 - The start of the music 今から 私が - From this moment I’m 主役だ - the leading actress
ステップ刻む 呼吸刻む - Recall my steps, recall my breath ワンツー ワンツー マリオネット - One two, one two marionette スキップ駆ける 気持ち駆ける - Proceed forward by skipping, proceed forward with my feelings ワンツー ワンツー マリオネット - One two, one two marionette 踊りましょう Da La La La - Shall I dance Da la la la あなたのために踊りましょう - Shall I dance for your sake
世の中は劇場 - All the world is a theater 人生のミザンセーヌ - Life’s Mise en scène (visual theme) せわしないプロット - A plot that can’t wait to get moving 今日も演るのだ - I am performing today as well
きっといつしかは - Just like that before you know it きっといつしかは - Just like that before you know it きっといつしかは - Just like that before you know it 大団円 - The grand finale is upon you
愛と義理と人情 - Love, honor, and kindness 心惜しまずに尽くすの - Putting all my heart into my devotion 誰に観られようと - If its who you likely will watch なんと言われようと - Even If I probably can’t say it ここでは 私が - At this place, 主役だ I am the leading actress, for sure
メロディ刻む 呼吸刻む - Recall the Melody, recall my breathing ワンツー ワンツー マリオネット - One two one two marionette メロディ駆ける 気持ち駆ける - Proceed with the melody, Proceed with the feeling ワンツー ワンツー マリオネット - One two one two marionette 歌いましょう Da La La La - Let’s sing Da la la la あしたのために歌いましょう Shall I sing for tomorrow’s sake?
オリジナルシナリオ - A plot made just for me 誂えのお召し物 - Couture made just for me 夢のような舞台上 - A stage thats like a dream 今日も出番だ - Its my turn on that stage today as well ずっと踊らせて - Always make me dance ずっと歌わせて - Always make me sing ずっと笑わせて - Always make me smile 最後まで - Until the very end
操られた人形 - A doll whose operated by strings? 心を失くした人形 - A doll whose misplaced her heart? ほんとにそう思う？ - Do you really think I’m like that? 気付いてないでしょう？ - I don’t think you’ve noticed yet そうです 私は したたか - That’s right, I’m determined to show you
野望刻む 呼吸刻む - Recall my ambition, recall my breathing ワンツー ワンツー マリオネット - One two one two marionette 野望駆ける 気持ち駆ける - Proceed with my ambition, proceed with my feelings ワンツー ワンツー マリオネット - One two one two marionette
熱く熱く 火照って巡る - making intensely intensely hot revolutions ワンツー ワンツー マリオネット - One two one two marionette 熱く熱く 冷たく燃える - to intensely intensely burn cold ワンツー ワンツー マリオネット - One two one two marionette 踊りましょうDa La La La - Let’s Dance Da la la la 歌いましょうDa La La La - Let’s sing Da la la la 愉快でしょうDa La La La - Isn’t it delightful? Da la lala あなたも共に - Together with you as well あしたも共に - Together tomorrow as well 拍手万雷 - Thunderous applause 踊りましょう！ - Shall I dance!
Thoughts on the Music
The
melody is superb, its like its fluttering up and down like the arms of a
ballet dancer. Pushing and pulling, going up and down, thats the
feeling I get when I hear the melody along with the rhythm of the waltz.
This makes me want to dance as I sing along with it. There is not
extensive harmonization which I think adds to the strength of the melody
and style of song. Its usually just one part of harmonization, except
in the chorus.
Thoughts on the Aural Asthetic
Naturally as a
random song on a random limited release of an album, not even B-side
status, they synthesized the orchestral sounds instead of using actual
instruments. The tone of the song could not be recreated with live
instruments anyways. But this style of music is general played on real
instruments, which is why I mentioned it. But it has the EDM percussion
sounds along with the synth strings, harpsichord, and handbells… or
something. I love how the arrangement is so sparse in the verses and
builds to almost a cacophony of sound in the chorus.
The intro
with the old radio sounds and creaking gives the haunted house feel,
which strangely fits with the living walking, dancing marionettes, its a
bit creepy. This song should of had a PV and it probably would have
visually looked close to another Hoshibe Sho song’s PV , Kisoku tadashiku utsukushiku.
Anyways,
obviously I like the song or I wouldn’t have written all of this. I
like the choices in almost every part of the creation of the song.
Masterful job by this trio of Kodama Ameko, Hoshibe Sho, and CMJK.
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