Monster (ride)

The Monster is an amusement ride manufactured by Eyerly Aircraft Company. The ride spins while moving up and down at a slow pace. Each car spins while giant arms move up and down in a circular motion. Riders may experience the feeling of weightlessness when going in the air and coming back down to ground level.

Design

The Monster and the Spider are two different rides. The Spider is an offshoot of the Octopus, which has 8 arms with either one or two seats at the end, whereas the Spider has six arms with two seats at the end of each arm. The Monster has six arms similar to the Spider however it has four seats on the end with a rotating arms operated by electric motors where the seats are connected .

Existing rides

Ride (1998 film)

Ride is a 1998 American comedy film written and directed by Millicent Shelton. The film stars Malik Yoba, Fredro Starr, and Melissa De Sousa. The film is sometimes confused with The Ride, another film released in 1998.

Plot

NYC film school graduate Leta Evans (De Sousa) has just become the assistant to hot music video director Bleau Kelly (Downtown Julie Brown). She almost loses the job before her first day's barely even started when Bleau decides budget cuts must be made for her next project. When Leta offers to do the assignment for a smaller fee, Bleau decides to have her escort a group of rappers, singers, and showbiz wanna-be's to Miami for a video shoot. The gang, which is kept in line by Poppa (Yoba), gets acquainted on a decaying bus as they travel down the East Coast, encountering barroom fights and other problems en route to the video gig.

Cast

Ride (Ciara song)

"Ride" is a song performed by American recording artist Ciara. The song features American rapper Ludacris. It was co-written by Ciara, Ludacris, Tricky Stewart, and The-Dream, and produced by the latter two. The song serves as the lead single from her fourth studio album, Basic Instinct. The song was first released for digital download on April 23, 2010. "Ride" is a down-tempo R&B song, featuring a heavy bass line and seductive tone.

The song received generally positive reviews from critics, complimenting the song's toned-down production. It reached three on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in the United States, becoming Ciara's twelfth top ten hit on the chart. The accompanying music video features sexually charged, provocative choreography, and therefore was not aired on BET, and banned from UK music channels. The official remix features André 3000 and Bei Maejor in addition to Ludacris.

Background

Jive Records spoke exclusively to Rap Up magazine on March 29, 2010 to confirm that Ciara would be releasing a new song called "Ride" featuring Ludacris. It is the fourth time that the two artists have collaborated: the first being 2005's "Oh", second being 2009's "High Price" and the third being the 2010 remix to Ludacris' single "How Low".

Ride (SoMo song)

"Ride" is a song recorded by American singer SoMo. The song serves as the lead single from his debut self-titled studio album, SoMo. It was written by SoMo with Donald Tarpley, and produced by the latter. The song was released on December 7, 2013 by Republic Records.

Ride reached a peak of number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 20 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The song's music video was released on January 17, 2014.

The song's official remix features new verses by Ty Dolla Sign and K Camp.

Composition

"Ride is written in the key of G♯ minor with a slow tempo of 58 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression of Emaj7 – Bsus2 – D♯m7 – C♯m7, and SoMo's vocals span from F♯₃ to D♯₆.

Chart performance

Certifications

Chase Rice version

American bro-country singer Chase Rice recorded a version of "Ride" which was a bonus track on his album Ignite the Night. The version was recorded after Rice jokingly tweeted SoMo a Photoshopped cover of his face on SoMo's album, and SoMo tweeted back that Rice should record a country version of the song. This version reached No. 38 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and has sold 413,000 copies in the US as of February 2016.

Monster (disambiguation)

A monster is any creature, usually imaginary, that is considered frightening or grotesque.

Monster or Monsters may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Amusement rides

Film

Games

Literature

Monster (B'z album)

Monster is the fifteenth album by Japanese hard rock band B'z, released on June 28, 2006. The catalogue code for this album is BMCV-8018. The album sold over 401,000 copies in its first week, an improvement from 2005's "The Circle". In total the album sold over 537,091 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

External links

Monster (Pink Lady song)

"Monster" (モンスター, Monsuta) is Pink Lady's eighth single release, and their seventh number-one hit on the Oricon charts in Japan. The single sold 1,600,000 copies, and was number one for eight weeks.

According to Oricon this was the 3d best selling single from 1978.

A re-recorded version of the song was included on the 2-disc greatest hits release, Innovation, released in December 2010.

Track listing (7" vinyl)

All tracks composed by Shunichi Tokura, lyrics written by Yū Aku.

Chart positions

Cover versions