Dozing Green
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"Dozing Green" (stylized as DOZING GREEN) is a single by Dir En Grey, released on October 24, 2007 in Japan and across Europe as well as in the iTunes Store until the end of October.[1] The Japanese edition includes two b-sides, "Hydra -666-" and "Agitated Screams of Maggots [Live]".[2] The European release features only "Dozing Green" and "Agitated Screams of Maggots", while the iTunes release is sold as the title track only.[3]
The music video for "Dozing Green" shows cells from The Drifting Classroom by horror manga artist Kazuo Umezu. The music video of "Hydra -666-" can be found on In Weal or Woe.
"Dozing Green" is one of the two singles featured on Uroboros, along with "Glass Skin". Like its counterpart, the song is re-recorded in English for the album.
The music video for "Dozing Green" was voted the #1 video of the year 2008 on the MTV2 show Headbangers Ball.[4]
Music
For "Dozing Green", guitarist Kaoru performed on a PRS Custom 24, while Die recorded on a Fender Stratocaster in the studio.[5] The music video however, shows Kaoru performing on the usual ESP Viper and Die on an ESP Eclipse.[6]
The first b-side, "Hydra -666-", is a rearrangement of the song "Hydra" originally recorded for Macabre (2000). The "Agitated Screams of Maggots" live recording was performed at a concert limited to registered purchasers of the band's previous album, The Marrow of a Bone (2007).
Track listing
European version
Personnel
- Dir En Grey – producer
- Yasushi "Koni-Young" Konishi – recording, mixing
- Miles Showell – mastering
- Dynamite Tommy – executive producer
- Takato Yamamoto – cover art
- Kazuya Nakajima, Taka Hashinoto – live recording
- Yoshinori Abe & Kaoru – Programming
References
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