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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Himiko Kikuchi -- Crazy Moon

 

I don't think I'll be watching it but there's apparently quite a crazy moon in Markiplier's sci-fi-horror flick "Iron Lung"

That very pencil-thin segue is there to merely introduce musician/composer Himiko Kikuchi's(菊池ひみこ) "Crazy Moon" from her 3rd album "All Right". Considering that this album was released in 1982, I guess my file on Kikuchi is going back in time. Anyways, I don't have any expertise in time signatures so I'll have to quote YouTube commenter Antón Alonso - The IRL Bard: "Love this song because it starts on 11/8 and then goes to a nutty nasty 12/8 divided into 5 and 7 which is so good and then settles for the keyboard solo in a nice 7/8."

We both agree then that "Crazy Moon" is indeed a crazy moon...or since I'm in Canada, a crazy loon. It is a major jam session lasting nearly eight minutes that goes every which way with the drums, horns and keyboards. I'm not surprised that this has probably been a favourite at her concerts and Kikuchi looks so self-contained while hitting the keys.


1 comment:

  1. It used to be believe that moon(luna) made some people go crazy and that is actually how the word "lunatic" came into the English language.

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