So
this song was done by a classic combination of Tsunku and Hirata
Shoichiro. They were responsible for my favorite Juice=Juice song
“Watashi ga Iu Mae ni Dakishimenakya ne,” and one of my favorite Morning
Musume Songs “CHO DAI.”
So this song is on a slick mid-tempo
vibration, it could almost be a American house song from the early 90’s
if they let it linger in the verses… It is really Tsunku at his finest.
Its songs like this that separate Hello Project Productions from other
Idols. I have never heard anything that suites my tastes from any other
contemporary idols. Tsunku is both a master of rhythm, lyricism, and
melody and it really shows in this song. I have not gone through the
lyrics carefully yet, so I will leave that for another time, but the
rhythm and melody in this song is so strong.
The intro has the
main music motif which is repeated a couple times (intro, before the
second chorus, and throughout the end) in the song, but each part of the
song, both parts of the verse, the pre-chrous, the chorus, and the
bridge have different feels and rhythms. It gives the song the feeling
that you are on a ride and going to different parts of the song. Its
masterful.
The first part of the verse is my favorite part of the
song. Its the part with “Sexy, kamatte hoshii.” It haunts me like the
first kiss from a crush, so passionate, unexpected, but I guard it as a
precious memory in my head. I long for that part of the track every-time
I press play.
The percussion in the second part of the verse before the pre-chorus (@ 0:43 in the PV) is straight house, as is the chorus, but the second part of the verse really has that feel.
So
Hirata adds a bunch of flourishes and his choice of sounds just leads
this to be a really slick, dark, candle-lit sounding song. Its so sultry
and saturated. The vocal performance really adds to this feeling. His
variance of the different parts of the song is so subtle, but I don’t
think its distinguishable until you hear the instrumental. It all sounds
so cohesive that you really only end up paying attention to the vocals
until you really pay attention to the supporting elements. The mix of
chiptunes with the synthesized keyboard chords is so great. I’m a
synth-whore, so he is catering to me in this song. Not to mention the
synth brass in the chorus belting those low notes. In the bridge he has
this Indian instrument used in bollywood songs and this hilarious duck
sounding sound. It’s spectacular. Also in the end of the intro he has
this timbale-esque instrument that is only in the intro, and before the
second verse, it takes that away and in the beginning of 2nd verse there
is like this ringing chord thing on the “sexy aishite hoshii” part of
the song. Its discovering those sort of differences that encourages me
to listen to this song multiple times.
Tsunku’s use of rhythm is
so easy to not notice because we end up focusing so much on the vocals,
but this song, like most of his, is really rhythmic. I made a recording
to talk about that part of the song, and some of his melody. Listen to
it here. (I don’t start playing the music until like 1:56)
Like
always his lyrics are so great. He continues the trend of women
instructing men what they really want and how men should carry
themselves.
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