#sorry if this is not as high quality as normal! i dont think this album actually exists anywhere online

[touhoutunes]

Title: GAME OVER (In Disarray)

Arrangement: Shibayan

Vocals: 3L

Album: TOUHOU DANMAKU KAGURA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Circle: ShibayanRecords

Original: Prince Shoutoku's Pegasus ~ Dark Pegasus, Shoutoku Legend ~ True Administrator

[nobody-knose--archive]

oh shit i was going to liveblog mmmm 2005 wasn't i? it's getting a bit late but i think ive got time even if my fingers are getting a lil antsy pantsy jittery due to outside influence but i doubt i'll be any more incomprehensible than i normally am

-that's a noticeable difference in the intro harmonies here. more zubin or rob or something

-everything else seems mostly the same

-correction the difference is a whole lot more joe. just in general. rob's "it's nothing" was super quiet

-so are these wavery harmonies that get me goin every time

-main vocals seem mostly the same in every way. i am hearing a noticeable difference in general audio quality but that might just be the upload

-oh that megaphone thing is really cool. i forget how prevalent it was in the 2008 ver but it being only in one ear has to be unique to this. i wonder why they didnt do that for the re-release

-that "aaaah" has a very different sound. pretty clearly an isolated thing. and maybe this is just me coming off of a bunch of live performances but the background aahs in general seem a little quieter

-rob's vocals for glass eyes are mixed differently i can just tell & there was some sort of swish-slide sfx there that i dont remember from the rerelease it's cool sliding through my headphones like that. hang on are my earbuds in the right way

-aye they are alright continuing with the song

-piano sounds different, are we missing an upper harmony? in the vocals yes the harmonies are different but in the piano too definitely

-the nonsense is louder in many regards. no harmonies for let us sing to start? what's up with that

-i want to hear the zubin. if i had heard this the first time through i'd be able to understand rob's lyrics way way better

-bird outro goes longer and oh would you listen to that it's greener time. mixing's different and hey these guitars are hopping between my earbuds that's cool

-acoustic guitar? is that there in the 2008 ver? at least not as strong as it is here

-not a lot of differences beyond the mixing & the stereo audio. oh that synth riff's different actually nevermind

-something's slightly off about rob's vocals. maybe it's the fact that the harmonies are only coming in here at the chorus, it's probably just the quality/mixing, but still. he's also hanging out mostly in my left ear for some reason.

-mixing is really bringing out this guitar melody and for some reason that big climactic riff is acoustic for some reason what's up with that

-like 90% of this commentary is currently & will continue to be "hey this is slightly different what's up with that" unless i start hearing some really huge differences sorry bout that. not sorry but i'm saying it anyway you cannot stop me

-anyway i like the zubin harmonies here

-seriously way more acoustic guitar harmony in this solo it's odd. i understand the change but also this does have an appeal i can't say i dislike it

-outro's sounding different. long & feedback i do not like please.

-not sure if that long pause's supposed to be there or if it's the youtube format but it's. something

-oh welcome to tally hall. this one's gotta be different. i think one or two sounds here in the intro is different & way more stereo audio what's up with that. why didn't they leave all the headphone fukcery in it's cool

-i think this intro's longer or there's just more carnival noises for longer

-once again! so much earphone messing about i love it shouldve been left in. although if i may be a critic making it a bit more balanced wouldve been better

-oh it's just a bass riff & not a guitar riff. that's interesting. very different sound

-heterophonic still? i thought it was homophonic or something like that at some point. huh

-i'm pretty sure the only song from this album ive heard all the way through is banana man just because this is the one used for the music video

-high toy piano bit & wooshy sfx that's new! the click sfx is also different

-god i dont want to repeat myself but the messing between ears really shouldve been preserved more!

-oh but there's less of a guitar part or something going on here

-red always sounds like he's saying "nickels" & not knickers here. that buildup's definitely different plus these trumpets. a clear lack of something but a clear presence of tambourine in this bridge too. 3 comments about separate things in one point how about that

-harmonies sounding different i like it. nonense? sfx? carnival things? less trumpet? this bit's sounding different. also the bass has just been generally louder throughout this whole thing & i like that too

-the choral outro is sounding different (longer) too in a good way might i add. i think i heard the taken for a ride is noticeably different so

-some weird grinding thing rather than the bass thing and oh hm

-hold the goddam phone the vocoding's going to be hella different isn't it i know from live performances & stuff it's

-jesus nothing couldve prepared me for that i just physically recoiled oh my god

-not only is the synth in general a little crunchier the other's harmonies are quieter and is the melody itself slightly different?

-woah cymbol noises & a lot of this verse is sounding different

-good god i'm never going to get used to that vocoding it's wild i love it but also i'm like. moved

-andy my boy. my dude my guy what's going on here

-it should be said that i'm pretty sure this is steve playing all these drums and i havent noticed anything notable yet but this one gets drum heavy later so i'll look forward to that

-god this "painted whispers" verse -it might technically be the chorus? can't be a coda & bridges only happen once right? my songwriting theory isn't the most well learned -sounds really different in a good way mostly

-i need to stop pausing to comment on things. the mixing's different not much more to say so i should just listen & comment on the stuff that deserves it. syke i have too much dignity for such a thing

-there's some sort of approaching virbrato thing going on & then a piano thing in the background of that quiet bit & then the strings are definitely different here we need to appreciate the taken for a ride strings more in general but this is not quite the same. trumpets for some reason are louder

-oh God the vocoder returned & with that the vocal harmonies and strings are so quiet what

-the drums are so much louder & yet i dont pay attention to them. anyway different bass background for the next bridge thingy

-more of an immediate large chorus in the final. chorus i shouldve used a different term for that

-megaphone? megaphone hell yeah other than the different trumpet riffs which actually slap hell yeah this part isn't that different. they shouldve kept these trumpet riffs they kick ass

-is this the version that the music video wouldve been made for? when did that happen? what's the story behind that anyway i dont know

-it's interesting how unlike the live performances the vocoder was. anyway there's an extra vocal harmony here i never noticed in the 2008 ver & i'm not sure if that's because it's hanging out in my left ear or if it was removed

-what's next what's next oh the bidding ive heard great things about this version & right off the bat these hums are different so ive got much to look forward to

-woah vibrato mixing drums are super different this is groovy hell yeah

-steve is like. doing something to these drums and there are vocal harmonies or something for rob's verse? those are great

-and my goodness still loads of drums in here but the chorus is amazing[9:52 PM]-these vocal harmonies in the background are amazing why didn't they leave these in. the piano riff there's different

-i think this is faster or otherwise more boppin but goodness this is amazing

-is that more zubin for the final chorus? there's a lot more rock guitar in general my goodness this is rockin

-didn't ross do the auctioneer voice? who's doing these then?

-greater harmonies on the final verse that was over in a second but god it rocks ive got no other way to describe it

-wait straight into be born? aren't we forgetting something? just apathy no there's a 2005 version of that god i cant remember

-cant work on it because this banjo is slapping me in the face ive always kinda disliked this song exclusively for the country aspect but now there's a washboard or something & stronger fiddle and i cant hate something this clearly absurdist country

-like what the hell was this fiddle solo in the 2008 version? not the same way i know that much it sounds fine

-this. came out in 2005 and it was just a goddam country song i havent the faintest clue what the country scene was back then but imagine hearing this album of wonky rock and then you make your way to this real & true country song being sung to a goddam fetus of all things like what the hell

-personally i'd love to know the history of country music because in essence it feels like it'd be dozens upon dozens of years old but it also always feels like just some people who decided to make stuff up for this decade in particular but now ive paused the music to go on this tangent at the best time so

-more banjo going on in the background of this vocal breakdown. also more drum steve what's your deal

-and there goes the fiddle goddam wait cas youre online it's not showing me that what have you got to say i didnt know i had an audience

-i know ross did do all these drums n stuff i'm just saying it

-banana man. i know this one. so there is an absolute load of vibrato on red's voice for this. seriously there's so much vibrato it's absurd i was going to make a post about it but then i'm making this so i can take that one out of the drafts

-still leaves over 150 tally hall posts in my drafts which is. half of my queue. and most of my queue is tally hall stuff right now. only until monday when the tally hall things begin. and ive still got 3 maybe 4 blogs to go through. hoh boy

-other than the vibrato deal i havent got much to say about this because ive heard it a decent number of times through the music video. not many things to notice for the first time

-mixing's different, i think there's the occasional sfx or riff or harmony in the background is new.

-oh that filter over red's voice is different i dont remember that from the video. the video might be pre-ross (seeing as he wasn't in it) so that could explain the couple of changes because i dont think the vibrato was so strong in the mv hence why i'm only noticing it now

-well i actually noticed the vibrato was so strong from a video called grand theft banana man which uses the audio from the music video because it's based on that so. maybe the mv did have super strong vibrato & i just never noticed it because the yt quality was bad. or something

-the way these banjos prance around my head is pleasant if not a little disconcerting combined with these whispers which are definitely louder than usual. what's also louder than usual are these vocal harmonies

-why'd they remove the harmonies of all things for the re-release? i understand fiddling with the mixing & vibrato but the harmonies are nice

-woah this is a completely different just apathy my goodness. piano & violin intro? that's really interesting actually

-definitely adds to the whole tragic romance vibe of this song but like. it's really not what i'd expect from tally hall from my point of view

-rob's vocals are also sounding different. in the re-release the only remnants of the string arrangement is the cello/low violin that's hella underrated. now there's a tambourine & more acoustic guitar this is honestly a better version

-this chorus is. my goodness. the electric guitar is so unique & all the piano and tambourine give this such good vibes. my god the guitar solo with piano in the background is amazing & these vocal harmonies coming in separate from the main melody? why would they ever get rid of any of this

-they shouldve used more tambourine in mmmm to begin with they shouldnt've had to hold out until g&e and i just wrote shouldntve with one apostrophe i think it's getting late

-spring and a storm. i may have actually heard this once before just to hear the changes lines from mr. moon that i know about

-rain already sound different. there seem to be some gusts of wind back there & a fat echo on red's vocals

-a real whispery echo at that. not something you'd get actually singing in the rain but if i wanted a realistic rain singing experience i'd listen to neil cicierega's "i couldn't think of any songs to play in the rain"

-no vocal filter for this intro into the first verse that's fine. there's still a massive echo so

-that's a rather more subdued intro to the main body of the song and now we've got a really minor effect on red's voice & a more major. everything else basically

-good god those strings are underrated & oh christ i'm getting euphoria from the rain sounds

-man i really really want sheet music for the piano part here especially seeing as it's louder. i know the guitar/bass riff here but the piano? please?

-it's uhhh. a-c#-e d-f#-a e-g#-d# d-f#-a the first time i think & a-c#-e d-f#-a b-g#-e f-e-d-b (to an a at the end)

-i know mr. moon's message is different beyond having a load of echo on it & having more of a presence in the "many people" bit

-yknow when it comes to these lyric changes & steve drumming bits i'm probably thinking of like the pingry ep or even the welcome to tally hall & partyboobytrap eps

-now i like the extra mr. moon harmony there they shouldve kept that for the re-release

-once again i am incapable of telling if zubin/rob has a really good falsetto or if they got a female guest vocalist for that high harmony but

-here at the "you're a star" is where i think the mono audio is better than the stereo. there is such a thing as too much of a good thing & having it get slightly buried (& letting the silent explosive stand out at certain points) is a good thing in my opinion

-is the drumming here a bit simpler? something sounds missing smh my head steve can't keep up with the epic skills of ross steven federman /j

-mixing is mildly different & the harp riff's especially quiet but other than that not much of note in the breakdown

-that guitar outro took it's time coming out here which i'm not complaining about listening to real rain sounds gives me so many happy chemicals

-next is... two wuv oh god i hope the feedback isn't too much worse i can handle it most days but it's getting slightly late at night and in general it's not a lovely sound

-off the bat this bass is sounding very different. much quieter & milder it might be a different instrument entirely. maraca's also super quiet & possibly a different instrument

-the lack of a powerful bass is certainly a detriment in this song like this is zubin's shining moment let him show off

-honestly if there was a single song in this version i had to point to and name as the worse version compared to the re-release (oh hey there's the bee sfx ive heard about! was quieter & more realistic than i expected) it'd be this one

-the call-in bit used different mary-kate/ashley vocals in the re-release which is very easily noticeable. speaking of noticeable these are definitely rob harmonies in the background here

-hey you know what i just goddam realized. wall party '06 was before the re-release. before 90% if not all of the g&e songs had ever been played. before the internet show. goodness. only thinking of that because i'm remembering how they did the fade-out intro by just getting really quiet at the wall party because that's all they can do irl

-maybe that's why they didnt play this song in performances (irl's a weird term to use i dont know why i said that) because from what i can remember of the only other time they did that they also just kinda awkwardly & humorously got quieter. twas for puffy ami yumi if i recall. it's not on youtube coudlnt link it but you should listen to it anyway

-anyway i had the song paused for too long. i can hear rob's harmonies very clearly in my ear & that's very new. perhaps a boon perhaps a bonus compared to mono audio

-oh haiku. it's very easy to forget all the stuff they did in the studio recording that's completely impossible to recreate in live performances

-most of this song seems the same down to the little "live" interruptions. mixing & whatnot's different obviously but not many huge harmonies of note (like there are some new ones  but nothing particularly cool) wait is that laugh new? & the applause? nevermind ive got stuff to say

-he wrote a haiku for you bay be!

-are they going to have that wavery shing sfx that i recall clearly from the re-release? hell yeah they just did. still have no damn clue what it's doing there but i like it anyway

-wait a minute when did they go to the beach. i understand there's a steel drum but what's with the waves save it for hidden in the sand

-is hidden in the sand even on this? i actually dont recall i think something's up with it

-the whole world & you! i dont expect many differences here in all honesty. just andy's voice & some toy piano not much to change i'd think

-like the lalala's are mixed differently & god andy's voice was different back then but still. nothing seems to stand out so far

-something's ever-so-slightly different about the piano & there may be something lacking in this chorus but my lack of specifics should be an indicator that there's not many changes of note

-13 next? 13 next hell yeah

-mixed differently and the song's over!

-pausing to say because i knew i wouldnt get a chance to say it while the song's playing: i think it's a shame i dont get to hear this going straight into ruler of everything when listening to th through youtube because it's always ruler of everything reccomended on its own i always have to listen to the full album if i want the true 13-ruler of everything experience

-also the ruler of everything mv doesn't mention that 13 is used in it alright onto the song itself

-right off the bat there's a mixing change & possibly something different about the glockenspiel or whatever this chimy instrument is

-hold on there's no calliope! and a whole load of changes hang on. acoustic guitar & whatever that plongy instrument is it's missing as well, vocal harmonies also sound different

-specifically red's vocals sound like they had some sort of different vibrato/echo deal going on

-yeah a fancy electric piano isn't the same as a calliope & wow zubin's vocals are different no filter i can actually tell it's him. like i know it's him in all the liveshows but here's i can truly hear him

-the strings (cello?) are different & there's heavy echo on some of these lyrics. it's so weird hearing clear zubin vocals but i honestly love it

-a solid pause before "oh no" & no low-voite filter in there (or something's missing i can't recall if that specifically is it)

-plus stronger violins & a real lack of. stuff. vocal shenanigans mostly but also other things i also can't exactly remember in this breakdown

-just ross killing it on the drums. which isn't something to complain about but why's the scratching two rocks together auxilliary percussion thingy continuing into the second vocal hullabaloo segment

-woah oh my god what the hell is this is this real ive never heard this before in my life what the hell what in god's name is this pitchshifting where's the chorus

-& now an incredibly basic piano bit with only a little drums & chimes. at least the wonky background voice filter is the same as ever (end-end-end-end echo)

-this song's so lacking without the calliope & whatnot but it's really unique and not bad on its own. the added filter to the glockenspiel(?) outro is fine although i think it's lasting longer & louder for some reason

-is it meant to be the last track of the album? is hidden in the sand a secret bonus track? is that why i thought something was up with it? i'm hearing a lot of silence right now

-ahh yes. here come the filtered ocean sounds. how damn pleasant

-they're continuing into the filtered vocals too. & these harmonies are pretty quiet. ukulele sounds fine but the mixing's the most obviously different here out of the entire album i think

-well from here on out with the fuller vocals it's more similarly mixed except for the ukulele being so much louder & clearer i think

-unfortunately i can no longer listen to this song without thinking of the sam west harmony boys. curse you hoe jawley

-marvin's line took longer to come in at the end there. well this is the end then. god it's gotten kinda late but i think ive been comprehensible throughout this whole thing. i should certainly go to bed now thanks for reading