Post by u2wright on Feb 6, 2024 15:46:54 GMT
Gotoh Masafumi (後藤 正文) (December 2, 1976)
Associated Acts: ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION (1996-present), Skeletons (2002-?) Solo as 'Gotch' (2014-present)
Vocal Range: C2 - D5
Significant High Notes:
D5 ("Aspirin", "Piece of the Future", "Travelogue", "Winner and Loser")
C♯5 ("A & Z", "After Dark", "A Flower Named You", "Hometown", "Koshigoe Crybaby", "Shindokaku", "Slow Down", "Taxi Driver", "To Your Town", "Understand")
C5 ("Blue Sky and a Black Cat", "Caterpillar", "Circus", "Clicking My Heels to Love" / "Clicking My Heels to Love" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 8 + Vol. 10, "Deep Breath", "Eddie", "Empathy", "A Flower Named You" live Rock in Japan 2005, "Piece of the Future" live Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO 21/08/2003, "Rising Sun", "The Thaw")
B4 ("Aspirin", "Bicycle Race", "Clock Work", "Fujisawa Loser", "Good New Times", "Goodbye Lost Generation", "High and Dry" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 14, "In the Spring, When the Anemone Blooms", "Kouya wo Aruke", "Laika", "Living in the Now", "The Long Goodbye", "Magic Disk", "Memories of the Ruins", "N2", "Nervous Breakdown", "Nothing But Love", "Oceanic Route", "Parallel World", "Piece of the Future", "Railroad", "Rabbit in Backyard", "Rock'n Roll, Morning Light Falls on You", "Soranin", "Sakurasou", "Sleep", "Standard", "Stay Inside", "Tightrope", "UCLA", "Wadazuka Wonders", "Wakusei", "World Apart")
B♭4 ("After Images of Summer" / "After Images of Summer" live Rock in Japan 2007, "All Right, Pt. 2", "De Arriba", "Deep Breath", "Flowers", "Humanoid Girl", "I Wonder if Everybody Can Sing Their Scream", "Into an Unseen Tomorrow", "Kugenuma Surf", "Last Dance with the Sadness", "Life Is Too Long", "Microphone", "Motor Pool", "Prisoner in a Frame", "Reload Reload", "Rock'n Roll, Morning Light Falls on You", "Signal on the Street", "The Sun Is Not Down", "There is No Hope", "Wonder Future" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 12)
A4 ("Atarashii Sekai", "Bicycle Race", "Blackout", "Clicking My Heels to Love", "Denpato", "Doudoumeguri no Yoru", "E", "Enoshima Escar", "Entrance", "Eternal Sunshine", "Flashback" various live performances, "A Flower Named You", "Gekkou", "Goodbye Soldier", "Haruka Kanata" various live performances, "Hase Suns", "Hello Hello", "Hikari", "Hold Me Tight", "I'm Standing Here", "Kaiga Kyoshitsu", "Kaigan Dori", "Kouya wo Aruke", "Kugenuma Surf", "Lady in a Movie", "Little Lennon", "Living Dead", "Love Song of New Century", "Mayonaka to Mahiru no Yume", "Machine Guns and Adjectives", "Marching Band", "Mustang", "My Friend", "My World", "Natsusemi", "Need Your Love', "Neoteny", "N.G.S.", "Nothing is the Matter", "Old School", "Piece of the Future", "Port Island", "Powder Snow", "Pulsating Life", "Railroad", "Right Now", "Road Movie", "Science Fiction", "(Search Within) Social Withdrawal", "Season of Beginnings", "Seija no March", "Slow Down", "Song of Blue", "A Starry Night, The City of Light", "Sunday", "The Thaw", "To You, The Departing", "A Town in Blue", "Travelogue", "Understand", "Waltz in Codebook", "Winner and Loser", "Yoru wo Koete", "Yuigahama Kite", "Yuugure no Aka")
G♯4 ("1.2.3.4.5.6. Baby", "After Dark", "After Images of Summer", "Atarashii Sekai", "The Beast of the Beast", "Blue Train", "Circus", "Clock Work", "Dance in Winter", "Demachiyanagi Parallel Universe", "Empathy", "Good New Times", "Goodbye Lost Generation", "Haruka Kanata", "In the Spring, When the Anemone Bloom", "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams", "Inamuragasaki Jane", "To Your Town", "Last Dance with the Sadness", "Last Scene", "Liberated Zone", "The Mediator", "Motor Pool", "Night Diving", "Nissaka Down Hill", "Opera Glasses", "Paint It White", "Railroad", "Re:Re:", "Rewrite", "Senseless", "Shindokaku", "Standard", "Soranin", "Tobenai Sakana", "There is No Hope", "Tightrope", "Understand", "Unmei", Untitled Song live Shimokitazawa Shelter 1999, "Wakusei", "Well Then, See You Again Tomorrow", "World World World", "Yes", "Yuigahama Kite")
G4 ("12", "1980", "24ji", "All Right, Pt. 2", "Baby Don't Cry", "Blood Circulator", "Blue Sky and a Black Cat", "Boys & Girls", "Butterfly", "C'mon", "Can't Be Forever Young", "Clicking My Heels to Love", "Daidai", "Deep Breath", "Dororo", "E", "Easter", "Enoshima Escar", "Entrance", "Eternal Glider", "Forever", "Gokurakuji Heartbreak", "Hikari", "Humanoid Girl", "I Wonder if Everybody Can Sing Their Scream", "Inamuragasaki Jane", "Ishigami Hills", "Kaiga Kyoshitsu", "Kouya wo Aruke", "Lady in a Movie", "Laika", "Liberated Zone", "Living Dead", "Loop & Loop", "A Lost Dog and Beats of the Rain", "Magic Disk", "Microphone", "N2", "No.9", "Neoteny", "N.G.S.", "Oceanic Route", "Planet of the Apes", "Rabbit in Backyard", "The Reason Why", "Sakurasou", "Senseless Refrigerator Jokes", "Siren", "Sleep", "Song of Blue", "Stray Cats in the Rain", "Sunday", "The Thaw", "There is No Hope", "To You, The Departing", "A Town in Blue", "Travelogue", "UCLA", "Waltz in Codebook", "Wonderland", "White Boxes", "Yanagikoji Parallel Universe", "Yellow", "Yoru no Mukou")
F♯4 ("A & Z", "Be Alright", "Bicycle Race", "Blackout", "Blue Train", "Blues of the Imaginary Creature", "Compass", "De Arriba", "Dicotyledon", "Doudoumeguri no Yoru", "Flashback", "A Flower Named You", "Flowers", "Fujisawa Loser", "Gimme Hope", "Hold Me Tight", "Hometown", "I'm Standing Here", "Independence Dance", "Into an Unseen Tomorrow", "Juuni Shinhou No Yuukei", "Kaigan Dori", "Kamakura Goodbye", "Last Scene", "Living in the Now", "Love Song of New Century", "Marching Band", "Memories of the Ruins", "My Friend", "Natsusemi", "Need Your Love", "Nishikata Coast Story", "No Name", "Only in Dreams" live with Matt Sharp, "Old School", "Parallel World", "Powder Snow", "Rainbow Flag", "Re:Re:", "The Reason Why", "Right Now", "Road Movie", "Rock'n Roll, Morning Light Falls on You", "Rocket No.4", "Rolling Stone", "Say No!", "Season of Beginnings", "Shichirigahama Skywalk", "Siren", "Soranin", "The Sun Is Not Down", "Tightrope", "To Your Town", "Wonder Future", "Yoru wo Koete", "You To You", "Yuugure no Aka")
Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("1.2.3.4.5.6. Baby", "1980", "The Beast of the Beast", "Blackout", "Butterfly", "Compass", "A Flower Named You", "Good New Times", "Kaigan Dori", "My Friend", "Paint It White", "Paper Moon", "Understand", "Rainfall", "Rewrite", "Right Now", "Rock'n Roll, Morning Light Falls on You", "Rolling Stone", "Science Fiction", "Seija no March", "Shindokaku", "Tobenai Sakana", "Wakusei", "Waltz in Codebook", "World Apart", "Worthless Man", "Yes")
E♭3 ("After Images of Summer", "After Dark", "Dance in Winter", "Deep Breath", "Empathy", "I Wonder if Everybody Can Sing Their Scream", "Gimme Hope", "Last Dance with the Sadness", "Only in Dreams", "The Reason Why", "There is No Hope", "Rock'n Roll, Morning Light Falls on You", "Tightrope", "Wadazuka Wonders", "Well Then, See You Again Tomorrow", "Yanagikoji Parallel Universe", "Zai Jian")
D3 ("Circus", "Enoshima Escar", "Eternal Sunshine", "Forever", "Hello Hello", "Hikari", "Ishigami Hills", "Juuni Shinhou No Yuukei", "Liberated Zone", "Living Dead", "Living in the Now", "Loser", "Marching Band", "Mayonaka to Mahiru no Yume", "Microphone", "N2", "Natsusemi", "Neoteny", "No.9", "Oceanic Route", "Opera Glasses", "Rabbit in Backyard", "Road Movie", "Sakurasou", "Season of Beginnings", "Signal on the Street", "Siren" live Budokan 2004, "Sleep", "Sunday", "To You, The Departing", "UCLA", "Wonderland")
C♯3 ("Bicycle Race", "Dialogue", "Flowers", "Gekkou", "I Want To Touch You And Be Sure", "Kaigan Dori", "Last Scene", "Little Lennon", "Memories of the Ruins", "Motor Pool", "Nishikata Coast Story", "Only in Dreams" live with Matt Sharp, "Reload Reload", "Rolling Stone", "(Search Within) Social Withdrawal", "Sequel to the Story", "Tobenai Sakana", "Wonder Future", "Yoru no Mukou", "You To You", "Zai Jian")
C3 ("Ameagari no Kibou", "Baby Don't Cry", "Blue Sky and a Black Cat", "Eddie", "Flowers", "A Lost Dog and Beats of the Rain", "Kugenuma Surf", "Lost", "Machine Guns and Adjectives", "Rainfall", "Rising Sun", "Song of Blue")
B2 ("Aspirin", "Be Alright", "The Beast of the Beast", "Blues of the Imaginary Creature", "Dialogue", "Gimme Hope", "Good New Times", "In the Spring, When the Anemone Bloom", "Koshigoe Crybaby", "Kouya wo Aruke", "The Long Goodbye", "Mustang", "Paper Moon", "Sayonara Lost Generation", "Sleep", "Soranin", Untitled Song live Shimokitazawa Shelter 1999, "Wadazuka Wonders", "White Boxes", "Yuigahama Kite")
B♭2 ("24ji" 2016 ver., "All Right, Pt. 2", "De Arriba", "Eternal Glider", "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams", "Wadazuka Wonders", "Yanagikoji Parallel Universe")
A2 ("Hometown", "Juuni Shinhou No Yuukei", "Lives By The Sea", "A Lost Dog and Beats of the Rain", "Love Song of New Century", "Port Island", "No Name", "Rainbow Flag", "Sequel to the Story", "A Starry Night, The City of Light")
G♯2 ("In the Spring, When the Anemone Bloom", "The End Of The Days", "Re:Re" 2016 ver., "Rewrite" 2016 ver., "Shichirigahama Skywalk", "Standard", "Tightrope")
G2 ("Baby Don't Cry", "Blackbird Sings at Night", "Clicking My Heels To Love", "Great Escape from Reality", "Hikari", "Liberated Zone", "Lost", "Machine Guns and Adjectives", "Nothing But Love", "Rising Sun", "Song of Blue", "Stay Inside", "Well Then, See You Again Tomorrow", "Wonderland", "World World")
F♯2 ("A & Z", "Clock Work", "Eternal Sunshine", "Goodbye Lost Generation", "Marching Band", "Re:Re" 2016 ver., "The Sun Is Not Down")
F2 ("24ji" 2016 ver.,"I Want To Touch You And Be Sure")
E2 ("A & Z", "Lives By The Sea", "Rewrite" 2016 ver., "Standard", "Worthless Man")
D2 ("Senseless Refrigerator Jokes")
C2 ("Baby Don't Cry")
{Summary}
Rewriting this as I'm not satisfied with what I wrote.
Best Vocal Performance of this Singer: Mustang (Into an Unseen Tomorrow)
Best Vocal Performances (by Album):
1. Mada Minu Ashita Ni/Into an Unseen Tomorrow EP
2. Landmark
3. Wonder Future
4. Fanclub
5. Surf Bungaku Kamakura
Rewriting this as I'm not satisfied with what I wrote.
Best Vocal Performance of this Singer: Mustang (Into an Unseen Tomorrow)
Best Vocal Performances (by Album):
1. Mada Minu Ashita Ni/Into an Unseen Tomorrow EP
2. Landmark
3. Wonder Future
4. Fanclub
5. Surf Bungaku Kamakura
{Questionable Notes}
...and some funny/cool live notes that don't deserve inclusion/already have a better version in the main thread
E♭6 ("Soranin" live Uniqlo AX, Korea 2013)
E5 ("(Search Within) Social Withdrawal" live COUNTDOWN JAPAN 11/12[5])
C♯5 ("Rabbit in Backyard"[1])
C5 ("Piece of the Future" live Budokan 2004[1])
B4 ("Haruka Kanata"[5], "Piece of the Future" live Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO 21/08/2003 / Summer Sonic 2003, "Paper Moon"[2], "Unmei"[1])
A4 ("A Flower Named You" various live performances "RASSE RASSE!")
F2 ("Fujisawa Loser"[1])
E2 ("Senseless Refrigerator Jokes"[1])
E♭2 ("Well Then, See You Again Tomorrow"[1][4])
D2 ("Stay Inside"[3])
G1 ("Baby Don't Cry"[1][4])
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Red marks very unfortunate performances.
[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks backing vocals of debatable existence.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
...and some funny/cool live notes that don't deserve inclusion/already have a better version in the main thread
E♭6 ("Soranin" live Uniqlo AX, Korea 2013)
E5 ("(Search Within) Social Withdrawal" live COUNTDOWN JAPAN 11/12[5])
C♯5 ("Rabbit in Backyard"[1])
C5 ("Piece of the Future" live Budokan 2004[1])
B4 ("Haruka Kanata"[5], "Piece of the Future" live Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO 21/08/2003 / Summer Sonic 2003, "Paper Moon"[2], "Unmei"[1])
A4 ("A Flower Named You" various live performances "RASSE RASSE!")
F2 ("Fujisawa Loser"[1])
E2 ("Senseless Refrigerator Jokes"[1])
E♭2 ("Well Then, See You Again Tomorrow"[1][4])
D2 ("Stay Inside"[3])
G1 ("Baby Don't Cry"[1][4])
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Red marks very unfortunate performances.
[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks backing vocals of debatable existence.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
{Album Ranges}
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
Studio Albums
Kimi Tsunagi Five M (2003): A2 - B4 - D5
Sol-Fa (2004): C♯3 - A4 - C♯5
Fanclub (2006): G♯2 - B4
World World World (2008): G2 - B4 - D5
Surf Bungaku Kamakura (2008): G♯2 - A4 - C♯5
Magic Disk (2010): F♯2 - B4 - C5
Landmark (2012): G♯2 - B4 - C5
Wonder Future (2015): E2 - D5
Hometown (2018): F♯2 - A4 - C♯5
Planet Folks (2022): F2 - G♯4 - C5
EPs
The Time Past and I Couldn't See You Again (2000): D3 - B♭4
Caramelman and ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION (2001): E♭3 - G4 - B♭4
I'm Standing Here (2001): G3 - A4
Houkai Amplifier (2002): G2 - A4
Mada Minu Ashita Ni (2008): B2 - B♭4 - C5
Can't Sleep EP (2018): B2 - B4
Compilations
Feedback File (2006)
Feedback File 2 (2014)
Gotch
Can't Be Forever Young (2014)
Good New Times (2016)
Lives By The Sea (2020)
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
Studio Albums
Kimi Tsunagi Five M (2003): A2 - B4 - D5
Sol-Fa (2004): C♯3 - A4 - C♯5
Fanclub (2006): G♯2 - B4
World World World (2008): G2 - B4 - D5
Surf Bungaku Kamakura (2008): G♯2 - A4 - C♯5
Magic Disk (2010): F♯2 - B4 - C5
Landmark (2012): G♯2 - B4 - C5
Wonder Future (2015): E2 - D5
Hometown (2018): F♯2 - A4 - C♯5
Planet Folks (2022): F2 - G♯4 - C5
EPs
The Time Past and I Couldn't See You Again (2000): D3 - B♭4
Caramelman and ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION (2001): E♭3 - G4 - B♭4
I'm Standing Here (2001): G3 - A4
Houkai Amplifier (2002): G2 - A4
Mada Minu Ashita Ni (2008): B2 - B♭4 - C5
Can't Sleep EP (2018): B2 - B4
Compilations
Feedback File (2006)
Feedback File 2 (2014)
Gotch
Can't Be Forever Young (2014)
Good New Times (2016)
Lives By The Sea (2020)
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• Blue marks clear falsetto notes.
• Green marks harsh, distorted notes/Gotoh doing his best NUMBER GIRL tribute.
• Italics mark non-melodic notes and spoken passages.
• Underlines mark backing vocals or notes obscured in the song's mix.
• Boldface marks outstanding passages.
I really like his lower register, and the way he uses it in harmonies is awesome!