Rosier (song)

"Rosier"
Single by Luna Sea
from the album Mother
B-side "Rain"
Released July 21, 1994
Genre Hard rock, alternative rock
Length 10:58
Label MCA Victor
Luna Sea singles chronology
"In My Dream (With Shiver)"
(1993)		 "Rosier"
(1994)		 "True Blue"
(1994)

"Rosier" is the third single by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on July 21, 1994. It reached number 3 on the Oricon singles chart.[1] The promotional video for "Rosier" won the award for Best Promotional Video at the 36th Japan Record Awards.[2] This single version of "Rosier" is slightly different from the album's.

Composition

Guitarist Sugizo cited "Rosier" as one of the songs he tried to replicate the "psychedelic feel of shoegaze bands" by using effects, "like playing fast with a wah-wah pedal, or using tape-echo and harmonizers. I couldn’t figure out how they did it, so I just made it into my own thing."[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Luna Sea.

  1. "Rosier" - 5:25
    Originally composed by J. The fast spoken English words in the middle of the song are performed by J.
  2. "Rain" - 5:32
    Originally composed by Inoran.

Covers

"Rosier" was covered by High and Mighty Color on 2007's Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-,[4] and later included on their album Rock Pit.

It was also covered by defspiral for Crush! 3 - 90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Love Songs-, which was released on June 27, 2012 and features current visual kei bands covering love songs by visual kei bands of the 90's.[5]

Pop singer Tomomi Kahala recorded a version for her 2014 Memories 2 -Kahara All Time Covers- album.[6]

Female heavy metal band Show-Ya released a version of the song for their 2014 cover album Glamorous Show ~ Japanese Legendary Rock Covers.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "ROSIER LUNA SEAのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  2. ↑ 第36回日本レコード大賞. jacompa.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-12-05.
  3. ↑ "Luna Sea rockers Sugizo and Inoran talk life at 25". Japan Times. 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  4. ↑ "Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  5. ↑ "Crush! 3-90's V-Rock best hit cover LOVE songs-". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  6. ↑ "華原朋美、中森明菜とLUNA SEAカバー配信". natalie.mu (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-09-10.
  7. ↑ "Glamorous Show - Japanese Legendary Rock". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2014-09-10.