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Happy #SongLyricsSunday! I hope you had a great Christmas if you celebrated it. This is the last #SLS for the year 2021. The theme for this week’s prompt is to find a song with lyrics or in the title with the words “Anger”, “Frustration”, “Furious”, “Irritated”, “Mad”, “Provoked”, and “Revenge”, When I suggest this prompt to Jim Adams (the host), I only had one song in mind: “Moon Revenge” by Peach Hips from my all^time favorite anime series Sailor Moon.
I have mentioned the songs from the musical before on this blog, but not a song from the original 90s anime series. Now I have with my favorite. Let’s explore “Moon Revenge” more down below!
It’s Moon Revenge, Woo…
Like most Sailor Moon songs that I have mentioned before (for anime or musical), “Moon Revenge” is written by Kayoko Fuyumori and composed by Akiko Kosaka. Kayoko Fuyumori wrote most of the lyrics for the Sailor Moon musicals until her death in 2003. Composer Akiko Kosaka wrote many songs for the Sailor Moon musicals until the 2005 hiatus. She holds special concerts from time to time in Tokyo, reuniting with several actresses and actors from the original run of the musicals.
This high-paced, pop-ish 90s anime song was used in a crucial scene during the Sailor Moon R movie (which is my favorite out of the five that have been released). The lyrics may seem to be a tad cynical, but it is sung with a catchy melody. The instrumentation also packs a punch with its high-energy, intricate melodies.
I have loved “Moon Revenge” since I first watched the Sailor Moon R movie in 2000 (when it came out in the US) as it is super-catchy, upbeat, and I love singing along to that chorus. I just loved lyrics like “That kiss of mine is a red tattoo, A carved notice of destiny, that tattoo”. It seems so spellbinding (maybe because of the melodies supporting the lyrics).
