Monster a Go Go

Versions
A rough home studio sketch from 1987 (instrumentals and backing chorus) augmented with lead vocals recorded for the boxset. Since all instrumentation is done with synthesizers, it has some notable differences from live performances. The song opens with a drum pattern, before settling into the melody proper. The A melody is played with synth strings instead of synth horns. The bassline on the A melody is played on synth but elsewhere on bass guitar; Teruo Nakano's fretless playing is muscular. Sadatoshi Tainaka keeps the song at a fast tempo and plays many fills. Outside of some short "spooky synth" sequences, Hirasawa spends the majority of the song not playing his MIDI guitar.
 * Ashu-on (Sound Subspecies) in the Solar System, 2002
 * The Physical Atlas of Three Worlds, 1988

Connections

 * The song's first stanza was sampled for the coda of "Parade" from Byakkoya - White Tiger Field & Paprika. Hirasawa had done a similar technique with "Quit". The sample is omitted from live performances.

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