Akogare

あこがれ

Song Information

あこがれ's jacket.

Artist: 肥塚良彦
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics/Vocals/Chorus/Guitar/Bass/Other Instruments & Programming: Yoshihiko Koezuka
BPM: 65
Length: 1:52
Movie: ワクイアキラ, タケ麿
First Music Game Appearance: GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Game Size

Japanese

偽りの日々から　逃げ出したくなる夜
keep my dreams, break my dreams
夜が長すぎて

夢の中に描いた貴女は
今にも手が届きそうで

その声を聴かせて　声を聴かせて
あるがままを　今　輝きに変えて
姿を見せて　姿を見せて
...ほんの少し眠った間の　"あこがれ"

ありのままを　今　貴女に捧ぐ

貴女のすべてを魅せて　すべてを魅せて
...遥か遠い記憶の中の　"まぼろし"

Long Version

Japanese

偽りの日々から　逃げ出したくなる夜 keep my dreams, break my dreams 夜が長すぎて この広い世界の　限りない夢の波 take your hands, take your heart 忍び寄るファンタジー 夢の中に描いた貴女は 今にも手が届きそうで その声を聴かせて　声を聴かせて あるがままを　今　輝きに変えて 姿を見せて　姿を見せて ...ほんの少し眠った間の　"あこがれ" 弛まない祈りは　眩しい光放つ give me dreams, give me love やりきれぬリアリティー 時の中に埋もれて心は 誰にも気付かれないまま そう夢を見させて　夢を見させて 今宵限りでも　涙は見せないで 息を潜めて　息を潜めて ...夜がそっと運んでくれた　"あこがれ" ありのままを　今　貴女に捧ぐ 貴女のすべてを魅せて　すべてを魅せて ...遥か遠い記憶の中の　"まぼろし"

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of あこがれ can be found on Yoshihiko Koezuka's first album, DREAMS.

Trivia

This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.

• With its Drum BASIC chart rated Level 10, あこがれ is tied with NA-NA-NA as the KONAMI original songs with the lowest rated BASIC charts in the classic DrumMania series.
• Despite that あこがれ's BPM is displayed as 65, there are several slowdowns during the song. The BPM changes are as it follows:
  65→55→65→55→50→40→65→63→57.
• During the GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V location test, あこがれ used a generic video.
  • Its placeholder banner can be found unused in the GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V data.

Song Production Information

Yoshihiko Koezuka

I have sung about two songs in the past in the Gitadora series, but this time I tried a slightly different approach.
I decided to stop the process of thinking about the melody → thinking about the lyrics → arranging → singing, and tried something like humming the song (including lyrics that fit the phrase so that it would be easy to sing) → thinking about the melody → arranging. It became very easy to sing. If you are tired of hard songs, please try to choose this song to relax.

Video Production Information

Akira Wakui

The atmosphere of this song was very different from the previous songs I was in charge of, so I expressed it in a different style.
The production process was also different from the last time, in that I tried to express myself by valuing the images from the photographic materials I had collected, rather than storyboarding from the beginning.

Takemaru

Healing vocals, healing sounds... I was in a healing mode listening to it.
The graphic I received was a healing angel, too.
I tried to make a warm and soft movie about "Let's all be healed!", but how did it go?

Difficulty & Notecounts

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania difficulty rated from 1 to 99 from GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX onwards. (Ratings obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	113	287	400	206	209	209	205	205	-	206	209	209
GF/DM V→V8	10	24	36	18	28	35	20	27	-	17	28	36
GF/DM V CS	10	24	36	18	28	35	20	27	-	17	28	36
GF/DM V2 CS	10	24	36	18	28	35	20	27	-	17	28	36