Five fathoms (beatmania II special version)
five fathoms (beatmania II special version)
Song Information
Artist: EverythingButTheGirl
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: Ben Watt
Vocals: Tracey Thorn
Album: Temperamental (1999)
BPM: 121
Length: 2:00
Genre: HOUSE
VJ: None
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 3rd style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
I drag the city late at night. It's in my mouth, it's in my hair. The people fill the city because The city fills the people, oh yeah. I cross the street, avoid the freeze - A city's warmer by a couple degrees. The smell of food. The smell of rain. I'm not immune - I love this tune. I wanna love more. There's a river in my head. I just wanna love more. There's a river in my head. I wanna love more. There's a river in my head. I just wanna love more. I wanna love more. I just wanna love more. I wanna love more. I just wanna love more.
Song Connections / Remixes
None.
Trivia
- Temperamental is EverythingButTheGirl's tenth and final album.
- five fathoms (beatmania II special version) cannot be found on any original soundtrack.
- five fathoms (beatmania II special version) displays its BPM in-game as 121 but its actual BPM is 122.
- During the video of five fathoms (beatmania II special version), gameplay of hiphopmania completeMIX and Dancing Stage can be seen in the arcade (along with a few brief clips of Time Crisis 2 and Star Wars Arcade).
- BRILLIANT 2U, BUTTERFLY and BEMANI characters JANET, DREAD, and UNCLE Jam can be seen in the video.
- According to VJ GYO's video production information, five fathoms (beatmania II special version)'s video was filmed at a British amusement center.
- Location evidence within the video suggests Trocadero near Piccadilly Circus & Leicester Square.
Song Production Information
dj TAKA
EverythingButTheGirl is still unknown to many people in Japan, but worldwide he's a famous artist. This track is based on a loop with few phonetic materials, making an odd but very cool house track. You can see some BEMANI series in the videos, which you might have missed at first glance, so I point it out for you to find them again.
Video Production Information
VJ GYO
It's a music video made for a tie-in with IIDX! It's not so much the D.D.R., the sibling of IIDX that you are all familiar with, as it is used to show how it is played in beatmania and the game screen itself.
It may have too much impact for some people to take a step back, but if you take your mind off of it and let the song take hold of you, you'll feel an indescribable sense of disempowerment and comfort.
This feeling, as both dj TAKA and GOLI have said, you get it after listening to it over and over again!
By the way, what did you guys think of this more or less glimpse into the UK's amusement centers?
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7 in 3rd style.
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | - | 168 | 416 | - | - | 170 | 414 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 3rd style | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - |