the biggest song to feature marty friedman in 2012

Haha, had no idea he had this mental post-Megadeth career. Brilliant.

This is a nice Wiki tidbit:

Friedman was initially rejected by Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine for having multicolored hair.

I think that first video broke my brain.

I've watched it twice now and have decided I really really like it.

I mean, Japanese girls, operatic stuff, and guitar shred? Obviously I'm sold on the song. The video is pretty nuts, though.

Well yeah, I was considering using the "masterpiece alert" title.

Charming thing is he's very enthusiastic about this stuff. From his website:

"...this song is like the "Bohemian Rhapsody" of idol/girl group music. It has all the elements you would never expect in the genre-aside from the 5 girl singers, there is a 100 person choir, odd-time signatures, high speed tempo changes, unusual key modulations, and my guitar over the top of all of it. Actually, if you could imagine a 2 hour long Japan-themed Broadway show fast forwarded and squeezed into 5 and a half minutes, that might describe the song. No question this is my favorite collaboration since I moved to Japan."

Wow, what an amazing dude. Totally new levels of respect.

And of course these girls are no strangers to unexpecting and great songs - they are, after all, the group who released, on labour day last year, a socialist protest song reborn as j-pop idol greatness. Mentiond this in the 2011 tracks thread. Actually co-composed by Ian Parton, but the lyrics seal the deal: http://youtu.be/Krj3dwKEaSk

Bump bc the rip was removed and an official version was uploaded:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIokp4MonxE