Be Rock U (1998 burst style)

Be Rock U (1998 burst style)

Song Information

Artist: NAOKI
Composition/Arrangement: NAOKI MAEDA
Lyrics: Londell "Taz" Hicks, jun
Vocals: DIGICCO (beatmania IIDX 9th style→20 tricoro, INFINITAS), jun (beatmania IIDX 9th style CS)
BPM: 150
Length: 1:53
Genre: ULTRA ROCK BEAT
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 9th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Japanese

Listen to my HYPER-BEAT in 1998

衝撃の波が押し寄せ
眠る鼓動  呼び覚ました
戻れない  Be Rock U

Listen to my HYPER-BEAT in 1998
強いー筋の光線が
闇を裂いて  誘うままに走った  Be Rock U

    この魂を 解き放った ･･････

    自由なのか? 孤独なのか?

Yes! I can get the HYPER-BEAT in 2003
強いー筋の光線が
今  新たな  進化型を導き出している ･･････

Romaji

Listen to my HYPER-BEAT in 1998

shougeki no nami ga oshiyose
nemuru kodou yobisamashita
modorenai Be Rock U

Listen to my HYPER-BEAT in 1998
tsuyoii suji no hikari ga
yami wo saite izanau mama ni hashitta Be Rock U

    kono kokoro wo tokihanatta......

    jiyuuna no ka? kodokuna no ka?

Yes! I can get the HYPER-BEAT in 2003
tsuyoii suji no hikari ga
ima aratana shinkakei wo michibikidashite iru......

Song Connections / Remixes

• Be Rock U (1998 burst style) is a remake of NAOKI's 1998, from DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
• Be Rock U (1998 burst style) is part of NAOKI's B-U series.
• Be Rock U (1998 burst style) received new vocals by Junko Karashima in beatmania IIDX 9th style CS.

Trivia

• Be Rock U (1998 burst style) is performed by the four girl unit, (Tomomi Kohno, Rie Kito, Keiko Ishigami, and Asuka Tanaka), named DIGICCO (デジっ娘) who are artists outside of BEMANI and have 3 singles of their own, and who have become the official campaign girls for the sports company Dunlop. Official website with more information at: Digicco.com (archived).
  • Tomomi Kohno and Rie Kito would afterwards provide some vocals for BEMANI under the Tomomi and ЯIRE aliases respectively.
• "Be Rock U" can also be read as "be roku u". "Roku" (六) means "six", therefore the title can also be read as "B6U".
• Besides providing lyrics/vocals for some Naoki Maeda songs, Londell "Taz" Hicks also was the announcer voice for some DanceDanceRevolution titles.
• Despite that the version of Be Rock U (1998 burst style) used in beatmania IIDX 9th style CS is not sung by DIGICCO, it retains its original video in that game.
• Be Rock U (1998 burst style) was still playable during the location test of beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA. It was removed from the final version of the game.
• The original Be Rock U (1998 burst style) sung by DIGICCO did not appear in a CS beatmania IIDX release until beatmania IIDX INFINITAS.
  • Additionally, the jun version of Be Rock U (1998 burst style) cannot be found on any beatmania IIDX soundtrack.
• Be Rock U (1998 burst style) was supposed to appear in the cancelled game カラオケレボリューション BEMANIシリーズセレクション.
• Be Rock U (1998 burst style) is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from April 5th, 2017, after purchasing its charts with BITs.

Song Production Information

NAOKI

"Be Rock U" is a different version of my song "1998" from DDR extreme. A world with requests, and a world without requests... When the front and back sides of those worlds overlap, they become one. In other words, my music is intended to have two separated versions.
As a Japanese person, I've recently been obsessed with including lyrics in my native language. The power of great lyrics is as big as that of great songs. Therefore, I want to place importance on lyrics.
"Be Rock U (1998 burst style)" is one song which made me aware of that feeling, the fusion of my musical origins in "Rock" and the "dance" sound that I've heard over time, is the music I'm potentially aiming towards. The vocalists have a different charm than BeForU, and it was my first time using a four-member female unit.

Video Production Information

VJ GYO

The vocals for this song were provided by "DIGICCO", a race queen unit who are very active in circuits, events, TV, etc.

I felt bad that we didn't have a meeting in advance, so I hurriedly filmed them wearing plain clothes in a small, in-house recording studio, but the four members were in high spirits!
I was nervous at first, but NAOKI was also present during filming, and it became really fun in the end!

Well, I also filmed NAOKI's guitar play separately for the movie, and added it to the girls' singing scene.
Well, I had the chance in this video to also connect the car battle scene of the race queen dressed CG women (from "Drivin'" and others), which has a luxurious and gorgeous style that has never been seen before.

This song and movie is the first time I got to know DIGICCO! You want to meet them! To all IIDX fans! There are events held where you can directly meet them throughout Japan, so by all means, please come and support them!

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ in 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onwards.

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	442	691	936	-	442	691	-	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style→11 IIDX RED	-	4	7	N/A	-	4	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→20 tricoro	-	4	7	9	-	4	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style CS	-	4	7	7	-	4	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	4	7	9	-	4	7	-	-

NAOKI's B-U series
BRILLIANT 2U - B4U - Be Rock U (1998 burst style)