Memories (TAKA)

This page is for the TAKA song titled memories. For other songs of the same title, please see Memories (disambiguation).

memories

Song Information

memories' pop'n music banner.

memories' jacket.

Artist: TAKA
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics/Vocals: Takayuki Ishikawa
BPM: 188
Length: 2:00
Genre: BEAT ROCK (ビートロック)
pop'n music Character: Justice★ [12-1P]
pop'n music Background: Late Riser (pop'n music 8)
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 8th style
Other Music Game Appearances:

• GITADORA FUZZ-UP
• GUITARFREAKS 10thMIX & drummania 9thMIX (ee'MALL 2nd avenue)
• pop'n music 9 (ee'MALL)
• ポップンリズミン dj TAKAパック1

Lyrics

Game Size

Japanese

降りしきる雨にぬれてた　ノラ犬のように
hope ＆ fears 誰もが
いつも何かに　おびえながら
目にした　たった一つのstyle　幻のような
only one　彼らが残したドアを開ける

彩どる悲しみ　何を求めて
潰される　16 to 18
失うものばかりのカラのheartで
信じ裏切られ…

my memories, empty i feel...
せめて一つだけ　夢を見せて
wow wow...
my memories
最後の泣き顔　鏡の向こうで見た
my roots

Romaji

furishikiru ame ni nureteta nora inu no you ni
hope and fears daremo ga
itsumo nanika ni obienagara
me ni shita tatta hitotsu no style maboroshi no you na
only one karera ga nokoshita doa wo akeru

irodoru kanashimi nani wo mutomete
tsubusareru 16 to 18
ushinau mo no bakari kara no heart de
shinji uragirare...

my memories, empty I feel...
semete hitotsu dake yume wo misete
wow wow...
my memories
saigo no naki kao kagami no mukou de mita
my roots

Long Version

Japanese

降りしきる雨にぬれてたノラ犬のように hope&fears 誰もが いつも何かにおびえながら 目にした たった一つのstyle 幻のような only one 彼らが 残したドアを開ける 彩どる悲しみ 何を求めて 潰される 16 to 18 失うものばかり カラのheartで 信じ裏切られ･･･ my memories,empty I feel... せめて一つだけ 夢を見せて wow wow my memories 最後の泣き顔 鏡の向こうで見た my roots 振り返ることも忘れて 駆け抜けたcring days are prassed so far away... いつの時代も変わらないもの 閉ざしたあの部屋の中で 見失ってる kick in the teeth 失望が 明日へのドアを閉ざす 悲しい現実 目を合わせずに 手を振れば lonely so lonely ちざれたイニシャルの 一つ一つが 夢に流されて my memories empty I feel... せめて今夜だけ夢見させて wow wow my memories 孤独の強がり鏡の向こうで見た my roots

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of memories performed by colors, titled memories (full size cover version), can be found on the V-RARE SOUND TRACK 8 CD.
• A remix of memories by Tatsuya "good-cool" Furukawa, titled memories -still remain mix-, appears on dj TAKA's first album, milestone.
• Another remix of memories by マチゲリータ, titled memories -90's Visual Kei is Extasy-, appears on dj TAKA's second album, True Blue....
• Another remix of memories by きくお, simply known as memories, can be found in the SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH data as an unused song.
• A live version of memories by colors, titled memories(EDP Live Mix), was performed at the EXIT TUNES Dance Party -beatnation RHYZE music council- event.
  • Unlike the other EXIT TUNES Dance Party live songs, memories(EDP Live Mix) was not added to any BEMANI game.

Trivia

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

• According to Takayuki Ishikawa himself, he wrote memories in remembrance of beatmania's ending, whose final installment, beatmania THE FINAL, came out a few months before beatmania IIDX 8th style did.
• memories marks the first beatmania IIDX song under Takayuki Ishikawa's TAKA alias that is not an arrangement of a preexisting song.
• memories was added to pop'n music 9 on April 24th, 2003 via ee'MALL.
• In pop'n music, memories' artist is credited as dj TAKA.
• memories could be unlocked to GUITARFREAKS 10thMIX & drummania 9thMIX from January 26th, 2004 to February 3rd, 2004 via ee'MALL 2nd avenue.
  • It was later added to GUITARFREAKS 10thMIX & drummania 9thMIX on February 4th, 2004 via ee'MALL 2nd avenue.
• Before pop'n music 14 FEVER!, memories' character was TRAN [9-2P] and the songwheel genre was memories.
• memories received its beatmania IIDX video and a new banner in GuitarFreaks & DrumMania MASTERPIECE GOLD. Both the video and banner were carried to the arcade releases in GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4 Яock×Rock.
  • Also, memories was made available for session play in the same game.
• memories plays in jubeat saucer fulfill along with time granular after unlocking all the songs in the Smith no omoide ~ The Lost Memories ~ (スミスの想いで ～ The Lost Memories ～) event, where you're congratulated for all of your work.
  • The credits for jubeat saucer fulfill also play immediately after.
• memories 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.
• memories' video was also shot in the same studio where DANCER's video was recorded [1].
• memories is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from May 6th, 2020, after purchasing its charts with BITs.
• memories is one of the unlocks of GITADORA FUZZ-UP's Daishuugou atsumare together! GITADORA All Star GIG! (大集合あつまれトゥギャザー！GITADORAオールスターGIG！) event. It can be unlocked from April 12th, 2023.
• memories received a new jacket in GITADORA FUZZ-UP.
• memories received a widescreen video in GITADORA FUZZ-UP on June 13th, 2023. This video consists of the original video tiled three times across the screen.

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

TAKA

When I requested to write the song "fellows" for beatmania THEFINAL, I was inspired by my memories around the time I was involved in beatmania, but I also wanted to try creating a song in IIDX which overlapped with my past rock boy self.
Compared to that time 10 years ago, how am I now?.... This song was born from such thoughts.

So I purposely didn't rely on modern technology, as I was determined to rely on my memories and old-fashioned techniques to complete this song.
Nowadays, I have musician friends who I can ask to play the guitar and drums while having a beer, and some of them asked me, "what, you could have just told me and I'd have played", but I didn't want to do that this time.

Facing my past self.... Beyond that mirror is a confrontation with a familiar boy.

That's why it made sense for me to do the whole process, from songwriting, arranging, programming, performing, singing, recording, and engineering, even if I did them poorly.
As expected, recording and singing alone was quite lonely, but.....

With VJ GYO's direction, who sympathized with such thoughts, I unexpectedly ended up appearing in this movie, but we were neither joking nor serious, instead we had a mysterious tension.

For the lyrics
The song is about the frustration and irritation of helplessly longing for the one I dreamed about, to the point where you can't help but yearn for it.
The "dreamers" should certainly understand this.
The bigger the dream, the harder it is to be fulfilled, and you'll be tormented by indescribable anxiety everyday, but if you believe in yourself and overcome them, I'm sure it'll become some form in a different place.
This is also a message delivered to such "dreamers".

Video Production Information

VJ GYO

I tried to edit this video with a sense of speed unique to BEAT ROCK.

In addition to the vocalist, guitarist, bassist, and drummer appearing in the same timeline.
When you see them for a moment, their reflective figures are connected to the video's most shining parts.
I wanted to make it feel a bit like being in the front row of a small live house...

I'm not a rock boy who was active in authentic band activities like TAKA, but I remember not only filming and editing this video, but also searching for a studio and costumes... By working together with TAKA to tackle some band activities, it feels like finally settling something that I left behind in my memories during those days.

Character Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ in 8th and 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onward.
GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	578	1056	1157	-	578	1122	1274	-
beatmania IIDX 8th style→9th style	-	5	7+	N/A	-	5	7+	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 10th style	-	5	8	N/A	-	5	8	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED	-	5	8	N/A	-	5	↑8+	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→13 DistorteD	-	5	↑9	9	-	5	↑10	10	-
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD→Present	-	5	9	9	-	5	10	↑11	-
beatmania IIDX 8th style CS	-	5	7+	7+	-	5	7+	7+	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	5	9	9	-	-	-	-	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	5	9	9	-	5	10	11	-

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	506	799	1169	317	525	525	340	669	-	317	525	525
GF10/dm9→GF/DM V (via ee'MALL)	23	39	73	16	30	50	13	39	-	17	31	53
GF/DM V2	23	39	73	16	30	50	13	39	-	17	31	53
GF/DM V3	23	39	↑75	16	30	50	13	39	-	17	31	53
GF/DM V4→V8	23	39	75	16	30	50	↑15	39	-	17	31	53
GF/DM MASTERPIECE GOLD	23	39	75	16	30	50	13	39	-	17	31	53

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	352	616	835	1204	199	330	457	525	187	329	495	669
GITADORA FUZZ-UP→Present	3.10	4.60	5.80	7.40	2.80	4.00	6.00	7.50	2.00	3.80	5.50	6.70

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	479	479	928	1093	431	479
pop'n music 9→13 カーニバル (via ee'MALL)	18	19	34	38	21	23
pop'n music 14 FEVER!→20 fantasia	18	19	34	↓37	21	23
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	25	40	43	21	23
pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS	18	19	34	37	21	23

ポップンリズミン

Game	Difficulties
	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	153	241	386
ポップンリズミン	2	5	8