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

Zoom - Fat Larry's Band

Let me dedicate a song to someone special. Zoom by Fat Larry's Band. I want this one to be sung by Monchit, our male soloist, during my wedding... hahahaha!

Zoom
Just one look and then my heart went boom
Suddenly and we were on the moon
Flying high in a neon sky, oh...

Bang
Just one touch and all the church bells rang
Heaven called and all the angels sang
Sunrise shine in the midnight sky, oh

Zoom
You chase the day away
High noon
The moon and stars came out to play
Then my whole wide world went zoom

Moonbeams dancing in the afternoon
Shadows blowing as the roses bloom
Looking down on a wonderland, oh

Smack
Just one kiss and I was outta whack
All at once there was no turning back
Oh so far above the brightest star, oh

Zoom
You chase the day away
High noon
The moon and stars came out to play

Zoom you chase the day away
High noon
The moon and stars came out to play
Then my whole wide world went zoom

I passed a rainbow as we went flying by
Faster and faster, we were higher than high
For once in my lifetime
I was finally free
And you came back to me

Oh, zoom
You chase the day away
High noon
The moon and stars came out to play
Oh, zoom
You chase the day away
High noon
The moon and stars came out to play
Oh, zoom
You chase the day away
High noon
The moon and stars came out to play...

The State of My Mind

I don't feel any pressure, even though there's a series of deadline running after me. My group mates in SSD might call me a motherfucker if they read this post, but who cares. I am just happy to feel this way.

Being happy and contented without any reasons at all is stupid, but this is much better than to be stressed out with all these problems. Oh yeah, it's not without any reasons. Maybe because I have found a little source of inspiration these past few days.