Ska a gogo

Ska a gogo

Song Information

ska a go go's banner.

Ska a gogo's pop'n music banner.

Artist: THE BALD HEADS
Composition/Arrangement: Hiroshi Takeyasu
Lyrics/Vocals: bongman
BPM: 144-160
Length: 1:22
Genre: Ska (スカ)
pop'n music Character: Hone [12-3P]
Movie: MiZKiNG (beatmania, beatmania IIDX (generic video and overlays)), ? (beatmania (2006))
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX
• beatmania III
• DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2
• pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE

Lyrics

Get down to the sound of the groovy beats!
Straight burning heart!

mine wanna regend of man rock
logo of dj surfurin' by jungle man clue man wanna lost a mam

All night DJ's surfing through the mountains.
Always you know from the man style.
You let you know lot of a play style.
Say Hah! Hah!! Hah!!!

La, la.maz maz... sexy lalala....come on and get at it.
Come and get at dj
La, la.mouse mouse... sexy..come on and get at DJ
Oh natural love...

Song Connections / Remixes

• The beatmania 2ndMIX complete and pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE AC ♡ CS pop'n music 14 FEVER! original soundtrack versions of Ska a gogo are different from the game-size version.
• Ska a gogo's ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX use a slightly different and extended version of the song, and it was later titled ska a go go (CLUB ANOTHER VER.) in DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2.
• Available since beatmania completeMIX 2, a remixed version of Ska a gogo by DOCTOR S, titled SKA a go go ～PERFECT MIX～, was used as the ANOTHER chart version of Ska a gogo.
  • This version is also used as the pop'n music HYPER chart of Ska a gogo.
• A remix of Ska a gogo by KEN MATSUMOTO, titled SKA a go go ～SKACORE MIX～, can be found in beatmania CORE REMIX.
  • The ANOTHER chart of SKA a go go ～SKACORE MIX～ is used as the pop'n music EX chart of Ska a gogo.

Trivia

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• Ska a gogo was spelled as SKA a go go on the first beatmania series, with the exception of beatmania completeMIX 2 and beatmania BEST HITS, where it was capitalized as SKA A GO GO.
  • The title was SKA a go go on the pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE AC ♡ CS pop'n music 14 FEVER! original soundtrack as well.
  • It was spelled as ska a go go on the beatmania IIDX and DanceDanceRevolution series.
  • It was spelled as SKA A GOGO on pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE. The genre on the banner was capitalized as SKA as well.
• In the beatmania series, SKA a gogo's BPM in the song selection screen is displayed as simply 160.
• In early DanceDanceRevolution games and the pop'n music series, Ska a gogo's artist was slightly changed to THE BALD HEAD.
  • The BEMANI BEST for the 10th anniversary album misspells SKA a go go's artist as THE BOLD HEADS.
• SKA a go go's charts were moved up to the HARD difficulty in beatmania 3rdMIX.
  • It also received brand-new NORMAL charts in beatmania 3rdMIX.
• Ska a gogo marked Hiroshi Takeyasu's last appearance in beatmania until perfect sunrise 4 years later in beatmania THE FINAL.
• ska a go go received brand-new ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX substream, and a different 14KEY chart. The latter is exclusive to substream, as the original 14KEY chart was restored in beatmania IIDX 2nd style.
  • These charts were made by dj TAKA.
• ska a go go has never been on a CS beatmania IIDX release (not counting beatmania (2006), which only has the original beatmania version playable).
  • It received new charts in beatmania (2006).
• ska a go go received brand-new BEGINNER and Double HEAVY charts in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
• Ska a gogo is the second unlock of the FIRE ROUTE (火ルート) in pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE's Waku-waku Mimi Nyami tankentai (わくわくミミニャミ探検隊) unlock event. It could be unlocked from July 4th, 2007 through September 26th, 2007.
  • As of September 26th, 2007, Ska a gogo has been unlocked for everyone to play.
• Ska a gogo has never been on a CS release of pop'n music.
• Ska a gogo's pop'n music NORMAL chart was made by TOMOSUKE.

Music Comment

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Song Production Information

beatmania 2ndMIX

I was surprised at just how skilled players were at the first beatmania than I was expecting, so I thought to make a more difficult song than HOUSE. As far as how the song goes, it starts off with orthodox ska, then covers genres with reggae roots in the order of dub, reggae, and skacore.

beatmania completeMIX English site

Your keyboard playing will need to be up to scratch to "get a go go" to this fast-paced song.

beatmania CS / APPEND YebisuMIX Music Column site

Hiroyuki Togo

At the request of package designer [Takashi] Kinbara, the subject this time is ska.
The word "ska" comes from phrases like "skavalier," "skalent but deadly," "ska le vie,"... oh, ska-rry, was that lame? (Ba-dum, tss!)
... Those aren't related to that word at all, I think; actually, I don't know its etymology. But apparently it got its name from the sounds made when mouthing the rhythm of the music: "s ka-, s ka-, s ka-"... (that's probably not true). If you really mouth the rhythms though, it certainly sounds like "s ka-, s ka-, s ka-" (try saying it with an accent on the "ka-")!

Reggae is another genre where the accent of the rhythms is on the upbeat; it's said that ska is the actual original form of reggae (this much is true). Indeed, play a reggae tape on fast-forward, and it does sound like ska (albeit only "like" it). If you've got free time, give it a try (it's not that exciting, though).

Nevertheless, ska itself is said to have been born out of Jamaican musicians imitating American R&B. A lot of music does come from mimicking things from the past (even rock derives from the blues and R&B of black musicians mixed in with the country of white musicians). It's strange how even though ska has a bit of a metropolitan, "Caucasian" beat to it, the reggae that came after it has more of an indigenous aura... is this an example of "returning to where you came from"?

Artists who are representative of the genre include The Skatalites and, in the case of Japan, Ska Para (Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra).
In the '80s there were The Specials and Madness (back then, their music played in Honda car commercials), and even early works by The Police incorporated elements of ska.
Even past hit songs in Japan incorporated ska beats. Some that come to mind are Minna no Uta by Southern All Stars in the mainstream, JITTERIN'JINN during the Ikaten band boom, and so on.
If you're interested, listen to them to your heart's skantent!

Until next time, have a wonderful BEAT PLAY LIFE.
(Hiroyuki Togo, Composer & Sound Director for beatmania on PlayStation)

Character Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9. beatmania (2006) difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 5 from 1st style to substream, and 1 to 7 in 2nd style.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 9 from CLUB VERSION to 5thMIX, and from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB, Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania

Original Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	215	359	-	394	514	-
beatmania 2ndMIX	※6	-	-	※6	-	-
beatmania 3rdMIX	6	6	-	6	6	-
beatmania completeMIX	↓4	6	-	↓4	6	-
beatmania completeMIX 2	4	6	-	4	6	-
beatmania CORE REMIX	4	6	-	4	6	-
beatmania THE FINAL	4	6	-	↑5	↑7	-
beatmania III	4	5	-	4	5	-
beatmania III APPEND CORE REMIX→THE FINAL	4	↑6	-	4	↑6	-
beatmania CS	※6	-	-	※6	-	-
beatmania BEST HITS	-	6	-	-	6	-

※ Denotes charts are different from later NORMAL charts:

• Single NORMAL chart: total notes: 359.
• Double NORMAL chart: total notes: 514.

beatmania (2006) Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	356	-	-	507	-	-
beatmania (2006)	7	-	-	7	-	-

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	-	359	456	-	-	514	575	-
beatmania IIDX	-	-	5	-	-	-	5	-	-
beatmania IIDX substream	-	-	5	N/A	-	-	※5	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 2nd style	-	-	5	N/A	-	-	5	N/A	-

※ This chart was only used in beatmania IIDX substream (total notes: 508). The original chart was restored the following game.

DanceDanceRevolution

Original Version

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	98 / 0	175 / 0	281 / 0	327 / 0	- / - / -	175 / 0	281 / 0	329 / 0	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2	-	6	8	9	-	6	8	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA	1	6	8	9	-	6	8	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.1	-	6	8	9	-	6	8	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC)	-	6	8	9	-	6	8	-	-

CLUB ANOTHER Version

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	203 / 0	337 / 0	383 / 0	- / - / -	203 / 0	337 / 0	- / -	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2	-	6	8	9	-	6	8	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.2	-	6	8	9	-	6	8	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC)	-	6	8	9	-	6	8	-	-

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	313	349	616	855	313	447
pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE→16 PARTY♪	15	26	37	38	15	22