Lion suki

ライオン好き

Song Information

Artist: AKIRA YAMAOKA
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics/Vocals: Akira Yamaoka
BPM: 146
Length: 1:58
Genre: ボデー (BODY)
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 9th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Japanese

野菜を摂らなきゃ Oh Baby
カロチン摂らなきゃ　Oh Lady
湯はかき回し　卵黄卵白だし
カルロス泣かなきゃ　Oh Crying

あかんな　ライオン好き　ライオン好き　ヒキガエル

干物でこらしめろ！　（腹筋　背筋　腹筋　背筋）

野菜を摂らなきゃ Oh Baby
カロチン摂らなきゃ　Oh Lady
湯はかき回し　卵黄卵白だし
カルロス泣かなきゃ　Oh Crying

あかんな　ライオン好き　ライオン好き　ヒキガエル

Romaji

yasai wo toranakya Oh Baby
CAROTENE toranakya Oh Lady
yu hakaki mawashi ranou ranbaku dashi
CARLOS nakanakya Oh Crying

akanna LION suki LION suki hikigaeru

himono de korashimero! (fukkin haekin fukkin haekin)

yasai wo toranakya Oh Baby
CAROTENE toranakya Oh Lady
yu hakaki mawashi ranou ranbaku dashi
CARLOS nakanakya Oh Crying

akanna LION suki LION suki hikigaeru

English

You've gotta eat your vegetables, oh baby
You've gotta get your carotene, oh lady
Stir around the hot water; the egg yolk comes out of the egg white
Carlos had better cry, oh cry

'coz that's what lions like, lions like, it makes 'em strong

Discipline yourself with dried foods! (Sit-up back flip abdominals dorsals)

You've gotta eat your vegetables, oh baby
You've gotta get your carotene, oh lady
Stir around the hot water; the egg yolk comes out of the egg white
Carlos had better cry, oh cry

'coz that's what lions like, lions like, it makes 'em strong

Long Version

Japanese

野菜を摂らなきゃ OH BABY カロチン摂らなきゃ　OH LADY 湯はかき回し　卵黄卵白だし カルロス泣かなきゃ　OH CRYING あかんなライオン好き　ライオン好き　ヒキガエル あかんなライオン好き　ライオン好き　ヒキガエル 火災を消さなきゃ OH FIRE クラスを変えなきゃ OH SCREAMING 不運は突然だし　勘は全然効かないし サロンで混まなきゃ OH FRYING あかんなライオン好き　ライオン好き　ヒキガエル あかんなライオン好き　ライオン好き　ヒキガエル 干物でこらしめろ 腹筋　背筋　腹筋　背筋 あかんなライオン好き　ライオン好き　ヒキガエル あかんなライオン好き　ライオン好き　ヒキガエル あかんなライオン好き　ライオン好き　ヒキガエル あかんなライオン好き　ライオン好き　ヒキガエル

Song Connections / Remixes

• A remix of ライオン好き by PINK PONG, titled ライオン好き [HEADLINE MIX], appears in the V-RARE SOUND TRACK 10 CD.
• A long version of ライオン好き appears in AKIRA YAMAOKA's first album, iFUTURELIST.
  • A song related to ライオン好き, titled ライオンはともだち, also appears in iFUTURELIST.

Trivia

• ライオン好き's video features VJ GYO's racing girls Mika, Yuri, and Akane, as well as beatmania IIDX mascot TRAN.
  • It also contains brief references to the overlays of THE SAFARI, as well as to ALIEN WORLD's video.
• ライオン好き marks the first Akira Yamaoka song to get its own unique video made by VJ GYO.
  • It also marks the first VJ GYO video to feature a male character in it - Carlos the lion.
• ライオン好き can be unlocked from April 12th, 2016 on beatmania IIDX INFINITAS' Akashic Explore event.
• ライオン好き's Single NORMAL chart was re-rated in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) on April 20th, 2022.

Song Production Information

AKIRA YAMAOKA

I aimed for the concept of "being amused by young and stupid trends". To everyone reading this, it'd help if you can feel "lust", "sweat", and "muscle men" (not women).
Personally, it made me think that synthesizers are nice.

Video Production Information

VJ GYO

YAMAOKA has been participating since 4th style, but I actually never created a movie for him, although I had met him when we shot DANCER in the previous game 8th style.
So, this song is my first collaboration with him!

While listening to this song for the first time, I flooded with distinct images in my mind, and had the rare experience of almost having zero ideas for the video.
Unlike "DANCER", I didn't have the opportunity to have a meeting with him to discuss its contents.
Anyways, my aim was to express the very strange lyrics to my heart's content, which materialized as "a singing lion doll and a female partner, and by using various expression techniques, I created a fun, educational styled-video, where you can gain knowledge just by watching it"! And without question, I was immediately confident about it.
Conversely, among the movies I've worked so far, this one particularly required a lot of time to create and prepare the materials.
As seen in YAMAOKA's above comment, although my perspective is completely different, both this song and the concept of "being amused by young and stupid trends" have been well received in Japan and overseas, and this video somewhat helped a bit... I think.

The IIDX team admires YAMAOKA for his versatile style, deep honor, and coolness, and this was personally my first time creating a movie for one of his songs, which made me feel even stronger!

Q&A corner

Q: I think it's "Lion suki", but there's a particular part in the movie where it somewhat has a lot of silliness.
Wasn't there a scene where Yuri (was it her?) holds a plate with some words written on it?
I'm very curious about what's written.
I'm curious and I can't sleep.

A: The person wearing the yellow-green T-shirt holding the plate is Akane (Yuri is standing next to the lion and wearing a light blue T-shirt).
The introduction says "You've gotta get your carotene~", which means "there's a lot of carotene in food".
It's not a real infomercial, so it's only briefly shown. That's why I think it's too difficult see it while playing.
So, for example, ask your friends to play this song while you watch this video as a spectator... that's what I think.

GOLI has continued to live an irregular and unhealthy lifestyle for a long time, but if he continues to consume vegetables (juice) and carotene every day as this song advices us, his body will feel much better. As for everyone, try them by all means!

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 7+ in 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	257	329	600	755	-	329	614	-	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style→11 IIDX RED	-	3	5	N/A	-	3	6	-	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→26 Rootage	-	3	5	7	-	3	6	-	-
beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE→Present	-	↑4	5	7	-	3	6	-	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style CS	2	3	5	5	-	3	6	-	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS / (2020) (original ratings)	-	3	5	7	-	3	6	-	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)	-	4	5	7	-	3	6	-	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	4	5	7	-	-	-	-	-