I Chose Horses
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"I Chose Horses" is a song by Glaswegian post-rock
band, Mogwai
. The song appears on their album Mr Beast
.
in Japanese
, written and spoken by Envy
vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa, and a keyboard arrangement
by Craig Armstrong. The original lyrics are taken from Envy's Scene in their Insomniac Doze
album.
Post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...
band, Mogwai
Mogwai
The word mogwai is the transliteration of the Cantonese word 魔怪 meaning "monster", "evil spirit", "devil" or "demon".-Mogwai/Mogui in Chinese culture:...
. The song appears on their album Mr Beast
Mr Beast
Mr Beast is the fifth full-length studio album by the Scottish post-rock group Mogwai.-Overview:The album Mr Beast was released on March 6, 2006 in the UK and March 7, 2006 in the United States, in double LP vinyl format, a regular CD jewel case edition and limited deluxe edition package that comes...
.
Overview
It contains lyricsLyrics
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
in Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
, written and spoken by Envy
Envy (band)
Envy is a rock band from Japan. They are signed to Rock Action Records in Europe and Temporary Residence Limited in North America, though originally they worked with Level Plane Records. More recently in their career, Envy's music has grown to include elements of post-rock.Vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa...
vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa, and a keyboard arrangement
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
by Craig Armstrong. The original lyrics are taken from Envy's Scene in their Insomniac Doze
Insomniac Doze
Insomniac Doze is an album from Envy. The sound of Insomniac Doze is characterized as being more epic and atmospheric than what is noted in Envy's previous albums...
album.