VIRTUAL MIND

VIRTUAL MIND

Song Information

Artist: Brian Morris feat. Thomas
Composition/Arrangement: Kazuhiro Senoo
Lyrics/Vocals: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
Guitar/Bass: Jimmy Weckl
BPM: 128
Length: 1:28
Genre: HIPHOP
VJ: ? (overlays by GOLI)
First Music Game Appearance: Dance Maniax 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 5th style

Lyrics

Scatter! Conform! Connect! I must protect!
Scatter! Conform! Connect! I must pro-
Scatter! Conform!

In the matrix
Livin' life on the X and Y axes
Don't pay no taxes just email and faxes
On the grid I have no ego or id
But it's primitive! I wanna live!

Scatter! Conform! Connect! I must protect
All those the system will reject!
Insulation*, instantaneous relation
[Amplification] over creation
No need for constant regulation

Who's my father, my mother?
Is the universe my brother?
Did a search, but there was no other

I can give you information, what you wanna know
But you have to show a password
Or it's a LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD 
Or it's a LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD 
Or it's a LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD 
Or it's a LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD 
Or it's a LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD LASTWORD 
Or it's a LASTWORD LASTWORD 

You need to feel the rhythm
You got a biorhythm
I got an algorithm
And it's my catechism
I have no indecision
I have no indecision indecision indecision indecision indecision
I-I I-indecision-indecis-indecis-...

On the network
Looking hard for my next new connection
I need protection from a viral infection
I have a conscious desire to survive
But does that mean I'm alive?
Scatter! Conform! Assist! I must resist
All those the system will enlist!
Degradation brings a simulation
A 3-D Animation
This is the rise of a robot nation

Song Connections/Remixes

• VIRTUAL MIND shares a sample with Hypnotica, from GUITARFREAKS.

Trivia

• VIRTUAL MIND is a hidden song in beatmania IIDX 5th style. To play it, clear Dance Maniax crossover songs Broken My Heart, Kiss me all night long, and Mobo☆Moga on the same credit. VIRTUAL MIND will then be playable on EXTRA STAGE.
  • VIRTUAL MIND crossing over marks Thomas Howard Lichtenstein and Jimmy Weckl's first appearances in the beatmania IIDX series.
  • It also marks Kazuhiro Senoo's only appearance in beatmania IIDX.
• According to Thomas Howard Lichtenstein himself, VIRTUAL MIND's original name was The Matrix, and he wrote the lyrics to the song before the 1999 movie of the same name came out. It's because of said movie that KONAMI forced him to change the name of the song, since The Matrix was already well out by the time VIRTUAL MIND appeared in Dance Maniax [1].
• VIRTUAL MIND is used as the music of the intro movie in KONAMI's NBA 2Night 2002.
• VIRTUAL MIND was a hidden revival in beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD. It could be unlocked by obtaining 1440 DJ POINTS.
  • It lost its overlays upon its revival.
  • As of April 25th, 2007 (beat #1), it is playable by default.

Music Production Info

Untranslated.

Video Production Info

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ in 5th and 6th style, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onward.

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	230	339	627	806	-	346	653	953	-
beatmania IIDX 5th style	-	3	6	N/A	-	3	5	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 6th style	-	3	6	N/A	-	3	↑6	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD→15 DJ TROOPERS	-	3	↑7	10	-	↑5	↑8	11	-
beatmania IIDX 5th style CS	3	3	6	6	-	3	5	5	-