Fish Song

=Lyrics=

=Versions= A remix of this (with overdubbed strings and percussion) is included in the Hil'de #3 cassette book. For the CD release of the album, certain elements were rerecorded by Hirasawa. Its one of the longer, slower tracks in the otherwise fast-paced album, having a calm, grandiose feel (also in contrast to the original, frenzied recording). The version on this album has a fuller arrangement: A new section performed entirely on string instruments opens the song, the original's synth-strings melody lines are performed here with string instruments, except for the lead riff, here played with a synth-flute sound. The original drum machine pattern is reproduced with live drums, and Hirasawa's vocals are double-tracked in the pre-chorus. The intro gets extended, with a wind synth melody not present in other versions, which keeps going until the first verse starts and reappears every time the main melody is played. A different, chirpy wind synth line is played in the chorus. The backing band sings backing vocals in the pre-chorus. This one has the strings and flute melodies played on synths. The bassline and the drumming are more prominent in the mix the previous versions. Kazuhide "Kitune" Akimoto recorded a couple of demo covers of the song a few months before his death.
 * Scuba, 1984
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, all instruments
 * Shunichi Miura - keyboards
 * Akiro "Kamio" Arishima - synthesizer
 * The Physical Atlas of Three Worlds, 1988
 * Sadatoshi Tainkana - drums, percussion
 * Teruo Nakano - bass
 * Hikaru Kotobuki - keyboards
 * The Ghost in Science, 1990
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, all instruments
 * Kazuhide Akimoto (Varichef Homium) - bass
 * Shingo Tomoda - drums, percussion
 * Midori Ayabe, Hiroki Yamamoto, Nagisa Kiriyama, Yoshiaki Funayama - violin
 * Kaori Kurimaru, Rika Morozumi - viola
 * Hirohisa Miyata, Makoto Ohsawa - cello
 * error CD, 1990
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, electric guitar
 * Hikaru Kotobuki, Kazuhide Akimoto - keyboards, backing vocals
 * Katsuhiko Akiyama - bass, backing vocals
 * Kazutoki Umezu - wind synthesizer
 * Shingo Tomoda - drums, electronic percussion
 * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Nurse - strings, horns
 * making of tokyo paranesian, 1994
 * TAKA - keyboards, backing vocals
 * Toshihiko "BOB" Takahashi - fretless bass, backing vocals
 * Wataru Kamiryo - drums
 * Scuba Recycle, 1995
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, all instruments
 * others