JAM

JAM

Song Information

Artist: TAKA with Junpei&三上
Composition/Lyrics: Kazuya Yoshii
Arrangement: Takayuki Ishikawa & Shintaro Mikami
Vocals: Junpei
Guitars: Shintaro Mikami
Original Artist: THE YELLOW MONKEY
Album: JAM/Tactics (1996)
BPM: 71-225
Length: 2:01
Genre: J-REVIVAL
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 10th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Japanese

暗い部屋で一人　テレビはつけたまま
僕は震えている  何か始めようと
外は冷たい風   街は矛盾の雨
君は眠りの中  何の夢を見てる?

時代は裏切りも悲しみも　全てを僕にくれる
眠れずに叫ぶように　からだは熱くなるばかり

Good Night 数え切れぬ
Good Night 罪を越えて
Good Night 僕らは強く
Good Night 美しく
あの偉い発明家も　凶悪な犯罪者も
みんな昔子供だってね
外国で飛行機が堕ちました ニュースキャスターは嬉し
そうに
｢乗客に日本人はいませんでした｣
｢いませんでした｣  ｢いませんでした｣

僕は何を思えばいいんだろう
僕はなんて言えばいいんだろう
こんな夜は逢いたくて　逢いたくて　逢いたくて
君に逢いたくて　君に逢いたくて
また明日を待ってる

Romaji

kurai heya de hitori TELEVI wa tsuketa mama
boku wa furuete iru nanika hajime you to

soto wa tsumetai kaze machi wa mujun no ame
kimi wa nemuri no naka nan no yume wo miteru

toki wa uragiri mo kanashimi mo subete wo boku ni kureru
nemure zu ni sakebu you ni karada wa atsuku naru bakari

Good Night kazoe kire nu
Good Night tsumi wo koe te
Good Night bokura wa tsuyo ku
Good Night utsukushi ku
ano erai hatsumeika mo kyouaku na hanzaisya mo
minna mukashi kodomo datte ne
gaikoku de hikouki ga ochi mashita NEWS CASTER wa ureshi
sou ni
"joukyaku ni nihonjin wa imasen deshita"
"imasen deshita" "imasen deshita"

boku wa nani wo omoeba iin darou
boku wa nante ieba iin darou
konna yoru wa ai takute ai takute ai takute
kimi ni ai takute kimi ni ai takute
mata ashita wo matteru

Song Connections / Remixes

• JAM is one of the 4 songs in beatmania IIDX 10th style in the J-REVIVAL genre, all being covers of classic J-pop songs.
• A long version of JAM can be found in the beatmania IIDX 10th style Original Soundtrack album.

Trivia

• The game size version of JAM cannot be found on any original soundtrack.

Song Production Information

TAKA

I think J-Rock is a movement that cannot be missed when talking about the '90s.

Among them, "JAM" has a wonderful melody, arrangement, and lyrics, and its title is proudly engraved in my list of masterpieces.
This time, I tried to use a 2003 rock image, but this type of cover no longer has the stylish part of the music, so perhaps only the idea and unexpected song selection is unique.

I asked two musicians active in the indie scene, Junpei on vocals, and Prince Mikami on guitar, to perform on this song, and it resulted in a rough, sharp, and nice sound. If you can taste the crushed feeling, that's probably our rock spirit(??)

Video Production Information

VJ GYO

The original song was released about eight years ago as the ninth single of "THE YELLOW MONKEY", a band which represented Japanese rock during the '90s.
There's no tension, just energy. It's languid and unstable, yet up-tempo. The remix, performed in a comfortable style, seems to reflect how we live in a world which changes at a faster speed every day than back then.
Not only does it just make me remember nostalgic messages, it's my perfect BGM for living in this current era!... And I'm surprised!... Aren't there more people who might also be surprised?

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 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	391	541	761	922	-	600	923	1455	-
beatmania IIDX 10th style	-	5	7	N/A	-	6	8	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED	-	5	↓6	N/A	-	6	8	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY	-	5	↑7	9	-	6	↑10	12	-
beatmania IIDX 10th style CS	3	5	7	7	-	6	8	8	-