ReMix: Final Fantasy VII 'ItsDifficulttoStandWhenYoureonAcid'

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Final Fantasy VII

Beatdrop's latest is, as the name suggests, some acidic, pounding industrial/trance techno from Final Fantasy 7. Introing with a four-on-the-floor hard kick and some nice delayed synth percussion, at 0'30" the main filtered synth bassline comes in, drums, drop out, and then the whole thing gets going ten seconds later. There's not much of a melody proper until 1'46", when gated trance chords come in to replace the higher, repeating synth motif. Things get increasingly trance from there, with the piece building and ending on the solid percussive foundation. I'm not a huge fan of this particular brand of BGM, which is incidental as opposed to narrative, but it does lend itself to aggressive electronic interpretation, as Dain's done here. For me, the highlight was the percussion - there are loop effects and breaks, and the general overall energy is high. I'd like to see these sorts of pieces try to include some counter-melody or harmony, or an original solo of some nature, but for what's here I think electronica and FF(7) fans will be satisfied with another hard-hitting track from Beatdrop.

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Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
Once this song hit the 0:28 mark, I was like, "Whoa. This song is like sex." I didn't want it to stop. :lol:

- AceofSpades704 on October 24, 2006
Nevr thought this track could become a trance-hit, the ways of Beatdrop is unpredictable. It may be overstuffed with many noises, instruments, beats and other creations of drop, but then it just wouldn´t be a trance, would it? I wasn´t a big fan for the synth beginning at 0:55, a little too screechie, but I admire BD for making this remix sound like a bossmusic when the original is a funny melody playing when Cloud and the group has dressed up. But clearly my best part is when my the second melody tunes in at 2:17, that´s the best part with the original track. THAT synth I liked very much, mmmyyesss.
GREAT stuff mr Drop.

- Bummerdude on October 16, 2005
This is a excellently constructed remix - each part leads into the next and, although ppl write that it's repetitive, i think the melody changes and fade ins etc. make up for it by adding the variety that the drums maybe lack?!? but it's maybe just me. Overall, i LOVE it! Also one of the songs i look forward to hearing on the cd

- chocomog_moomba on November 8, 2004
Wabbajack wrote: It has a very you're-being-chased-by-something-that-wants-to-rip-your-guts-out feel.
Good description :lol:
I'm listening OCRemix radio and start a trance music that really make me feel the way above, so I have to register this.
I'm a trance/techno fan [i](and many others rhythms either)[/i], I have many hours of trance in house, but this track impress me a lot.
I read the reviews and seems "It's Difficult to Stand When You're on Acid" don't pleased folks here (even the remixer don't seems to be happy). Sorry for you, this remix is amazing.
People have the bad habit to judge everything like orchestral pieces. This is unreasonable. Obvious a bit of melody and harmony helps, but not in this remix, it's complete. The overall feeling is what really matters. I refuse to bring any technical construction for discuss.
(trance music isn't for bad sound speakers and poor headphones, ears blows up on these)
Grade 10
:D

- mrjag on July 30, 2004
Pretty good. I especially like section that starts at the 28 second mark. It's just a good build up. Overall its about a B+, an account of being a little monotonous/ repetitive.

- Numiso13 on June 19, 2004
Mmmm, acid. I guess it's not my taste. I mainly just came in here to say that the repeating synth near the beginning sounds like the "synth" that comes in when Strong Bad does his techno song......a lot.

- Oddity on June 16, 2004
Love it. I'm not very good at the whole constructive criticism thing, but I love everything between 0:55 and 2:30.
It has a very you're-being-chased-by-something-that-wants-to-rip-your-guts-out feel.

- Wabbajack on November 26, 2003
The changeup at the beginning was the attraction to the song for me.

- -RK- on June 17, 2003
when i downloaded this song, i did not like it at all. for some reason, however, i decided to leave it in my playlist. my playlist runs 24 hours a day, and after a few times of waking up around 4 a.m., hearing the song, and saying (in a groggy tone) "wut da fuk?" i really started to like it.
i know you didn't put too much work into this and some parts hurt the ears, but i like it more and more every time i hear it, so the amount of effort means nothing to me. great work.
-rob

- herograw on June 15, 2003
I love those. Heh.

- Ekaiyu on June 12, 2003
Indeed it isn't. It's just 64th notes on the clap that pan around and drop in pitch. Nothing too special. I was just tired of doing boring old snare builds. :P

- Beatdrop on June 12, 2003
Beatdrop, I've always been a huge fan of yours. This mix is great, as usual. It's especially good at 6 AM when you're trying to wake yourself up and your best friend refuses to get out of bed.
And um.. k-wix,
k-wix wrote: 2:15 - Oo.. crazy :P you need to teach me how to do this, Mr. Drop.

..that isn't very difficult to do. :P

- Ekaiyu on June 12, 2003
I must confess Beatdrop, I wish i would have gotten to this sooner.. but .. you know how it goes :P anyway, lemme tell ya what i think. <songplayed> I Really like it man, although this isn't my cup'o'tea, it's still a very well-done song, and beatdrop slowly Sucks me into his style of music :P everytime i listen i like it just a bit more. Good stuff.
0:01 - Some people were making comments about ears hurting? its not bad at all. atleast not compared to what i was expecting, as for the beat? its a solid intro, and it's cool. but its nothing groundbreaking until....
0:28 - HERE. this part is amazing. love it. <3 it. its delicious.
0:41 - Even better.
0:49 - Even Better!
0:57 - You always target a specific audience with your mixes, to me, this isn't something id listen to a lot simply because its not my style, but reguardless of that, this mix is still very good.
1:17 - Sounds great. For a minute, i thought there we're a few chord conflicts, but it feels like *every* one of them is intentional. and I'm totally diggin' it. :P Rock on.
1:49 Not bad, but .. probably my least favorite part. Cool stuff, but.. Just not as good as the other parts.
2:15 - Oo.. crazy :P you need to teach me how to do this, Mr. Drop.
2:30 - Excellent stuff. very diggable. I love your vibes
2:51 - Very Trance-ish at this point. very good.
3:13 - No. Bad. Bad. the other one was much better, horrible change.
3:36 - A bit too sudden for my liking, but it works. Sweeet :P

- k-wix on April 27, 2003
Okay, I'm listening to this for my first time, and I can already safely say that this'll make at least one of the CDs I burn in the near future. ^_^
It's some VERY cool acid techno here, with some massive synth string chords that make my head explode. The original track from FF7, "It's Difficult to Stand on Both Feet, Isn't It?" was a track I was pretty indifferent about. This remix however... very nice work, Beatdrop. The best part is probably around 2:30, where it comes around to some classic rave/trance goodness. Excellent stuff.

- NSR::Neko on April 25, 2003
the beat in the intro goes on a while.
but some synth strings come in and sound like a strange dream...
i love it. -Seth

- SPACE-COWBOY on April 24, 2003

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