Reflection on Casiopea's Take Me

You might think that this is a review of Casiopea's Take Me, or some sort. I just feel for the song. Here's the video for reference:



The first movement is a short piano introduction. The flow of the tunes is melancholic, and if you have a video of this, you can feel the melancholy by just looking at the face of Minoru Mukaiya... just kidding.

Enter the second movement. Enter Tetsuo Sakurai, Issei Noro and Akira Jimbo. The band comes to play with Mukaiya. Mukaiya still holds the melody here. The tune is now asking, seems like someone is saying, please listen to me, please answer my question.

Next is the third movement. The melody gives the impression of persuasion, although a little heavy and a hint of force can be sensed. Given this, my impression was the answer to the second movement's question seems to be negative. Then there's the repeatition of the second movement.

The fourth movement is just a rehash of the second movement. This time, Mukaiya takes the backseat and Issei Noro gives a guitar interpretation of what the piano was saying. The third movement is played with a tweak at the end to serve as transition and in preparation for the fifth movement.

The fifth movement has the heaviest part of the song. Aside from persuasion, you can feel the desperation of this part since the someone still answered negatively. There's force, the melancholy is at highest, complementing the transitive third movement. But right after the movement, the second movement is repeated with piano adlibs. Akira Jimbo and Tetsuo Sakurai play their parts lightly but still persuasive.

The final movement is another variation of the second movement. This sounds exactly like the second movement, giving the song a question mark as ending. Just like saying, "What now?"

Video from Youtube.com