Little Rock Overture

Little Rock Overture

Song Information

Little Rock Overture's pop'n music banner.

Little Rock Overture's jacket.

Artist: 惑星計画
Composition/Arrangement: Jun Wakita
Lyrics/Vocals: Kiyotaka Sugimoto
Chorus: Sana, wac
Guitar: Masakazu Morino
BPM: 175
Length: 2:05
pop'n music Genre: LITTLE ROCK (リトルロック)
pop'n music Character: RIE♥chan [16]
pop'n CG designer: shio
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music 16 PARTY♪
Other Music Game Appearances:

• ポップンリズミン wacパック2

Lyrics

Game Size

Japanese

消せない過去を　激しく憎んだ
世界が全部　逆さまに見えた

おんぼろ自転車で　小高い丘から
真っ直ぐな気持ちで　坂道駆け下りた
風になれた

やがて街を抜けて　広がる景色
この世界の真実は
空と　宇宙と　君と
確かな気持ちだったんだ

だから　シンフォニー　今はまだ小さな光の中
揺るぎない力強さを　歌に託すのさ

やがて　セレモニー　いつかこの大きな交響詩を
鳴らそうぜ　もっと　フルボリュームに
まるで　銀河のパレード

消せない過去に　さよならできるさ

土砂降りになっても　大きく笑うのさ

Romaji

kesenai kako wo hageshiku nikunda
sekai ga zenbu sakasama ni mieta

onboro jitensha de kodakai oka kara
massuguna kimochi de sakamichi kake orita
kaze ni nareta

yagate machi wo nukete hirogaru keshiki
kono sekai no shinjitsu wa
sora to uchuu to kimi to
tashikana kimochi dattanda

dakara SYMPHONY ima wa mada chiisana hikari no naka
yuruginai chikarazuyosa wo uta ni takusu no sa

yagate CEREMONY itsuka kono ookina koukyoushi wo
narasou ze motto FULL VOLUME ni
marude ginga no PARADE

kesenai kako ni sayonara dekirusa

doshaburi ni natte mo ookiku warau no sa

English

I intensely hated the indelible past The whole world seemed upside-down! From the hill, on a rickety bicycle, My feelings ran down a straight slope I became the wind Down a long street, my view expanded The truth of this world is The air and space and you Made me feel a certain way... That's why, a symphony, now it's still in the little light The unwavering strength to commit to the song Before long, a ceremony, one day this long symphonic poem Will ring out more in full volume It's like a parade of the galaxy! I can say goodbye to the indelible past... Even when it's raining cats and dogs, I'll laugh even louder!

Long Version

Japanese

消せない過去を 激しく憎んだ 世界が全部 逆さまに見えた おんぼろ自転車で 小高い丘から 真っ直ぐな気持ちで 坂道駆け下りた 風になれた やがて街を抜けて 広がる景色 この世界の真実は 空と 宇宙と 君と 確かな気持ちだったんだ だから シンフォニー 今はまだ小さな光の中 揺るぎない力強さを　歌に託すのさ やがて セレモニー いつかこの大きな交響詩を 鳴らそうぜ もっと フルボリュームに 憂鬱な過去に 捕われた世界 窮屈なスタイルに 苛立ち覚えた 古ぼけたシャツに さよならしなくちゃ もうこれで最後さって 笑い合えるならば 街を抜けて 広がる世界で 違う光を 見つけられるのさ つまり それが 今の 確かな気持ちだったんだ だから シンフォニー 今はまだ微かな光の中 変わらない胸の痛みも 歌に変えるのさ それが ディスティニー きっと素晴らしき交響詩が 響きだす そっと闇の向こうで 鳴らせ シンフォニー 未だこの小さな光の中 揺るぎない力強さを 歌に託すのさ これが そう あの セレモニーなんだ 響け もっと フルボリュームに まるで 銀河のパレード 消せない過去に さよならできるさ 土砂降りになっても 大きく笑うのさ 心配ないさ 明日は晴れるさ 空と宇宙と 君と誰かと きっとどこかで 必ず繋がる 闇と光と 深さと距離と ずっと遠くて だけど近くて 過去と未来と 永久と刹那と 街と 風と 広がる景色と…

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of Little Rock Overture appears in the pop'n music request best! album.
  • A different long version of Little Rock Overture appears in wac's first album, 音楽.
• A lounge arrangement of Little Rock Overture by Yu Tokiwa appears in the pop'n music Cafe music Espresso album.

Trivia

• Little Rock Overture is one of the Right outdoors' stage unlocks of pop'n music 16 PARTY♪'s Atsumare! pop'n PARTY♪ (あつまれ！ポップンパーティー♪) event. It could be unlocked from July 2nd, 2008.
  • From August 6th, 2008, it is available by default.
• Little Rock Overture is the first new song in the pop'n music series that features lead vocals by Kiyotaka Sugimoto since pop'n music 5.
• According to Kiyotaka Sugimoto in his pop'n music request best! comments for Little Rock Overture, he was originally requested by wac to compose a vocal song like his songs from the early pop'n music days, but he turned wac down, jokingly replying that "if you would compose a song for me, I would gladly put my vocals on it".
  • He also mentions that wac had trouble composing Little Rock Overture. Furthermore, according to mayo's Staff Comments, Little Rock Overture was a late addition to the game.
  • The artist name, "Wakusei keikaku" (惑星計画), was originally the title that Kiyotaka came up for the song, but wac rejected it as a title (Little Rock Overture was instead named by wac).
• Little Rock Overture appears as DLC for the American version of pop'n music, in the Japanese Rock pack, where Little Rock Overture's artist is romanized as WAKUSEI KEIKAKU.
• Little Rock Overture's jacket is taken from its square card from the pop'n music request best! album.

Music Comment

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Song Production Information

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Character Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

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 obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

pop'n music

Regular Charts

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode		PSP Exclusive
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER	5B HYPER	7-Buttons	7B HYPER
Notecounts	327	412	738	1227	389	729	327	369	705
pop'n music 16 PARTY♪→20 fantasia	15	17	27	37	17	29	-	-	-
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	23	33	43	17	29	-	-	-
pop'n music portable 2	※8	17	27	37	-	-	15	17	25

※ Denotes chart has been revised from the corresponding AC chart:

• 5-Buttons NORMAL chart: total notes: 184.

Wii Charts

Game	Game Type
	1 Player		2 Player
	Standard	Challenge	1P	2P
Notecounts	120	211	127	127
ポップンミュージック	N/A	N/A	N/A
pop'n music (Wii) DLC	N/A	N/A	N/A

ポップンリズミン

Game	Difficulties
	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	104	184	351
ポップンリズミン	2	4	7