[xoc]

I'm moving this weekend, so I'll be offline a while. I'm also not going to be recording any drums any time soon, so I thought I'd post this stuff here.

VGMITSO has been the working title, and it's sort of stuck in my head as pronounced "VEE-gee-MITT-so". I couldn't think of anything better. "Video Game Music In The Style Of." Clever, no? No.

It's a project I've been working on for a long time, but it doesn't look like there's an end in sight. So it'll just be a continuing series. Some of them you might've already heard ("Zelda Beach" was part of it). I also couldn't decide if the whole concept was totally jive or not - they're at least good for a laugh.

I have lots of half-finished tracks, and the list of future songs is HUGE. I can think of at least 30 that I'm planning. The Beatles, Grateful Dead, Masada, T. Rex, Culture Club, Ludacris, Enya, David Bowie... really, if I ever finish them, it'll be worth it not to spoil the surprise now. Anyhow, this is what's done so far.
EN-JOY

(edit: I decided to number these. #1 is Zelda II in the style of the Beach Boys)

2. DIG DUG
in the style of Melt-Banana

Dig dig dig dug dig dig dig dig dig dig dug dig dig dig
Blowin' up a tomato
Dig dig dig dug dig dig dig dig dig dig dug dig dig dig
Dragon's under the ground
Dig dig dig dug dig dig dig dig dig dig dug dig dig dig
Goggles on the tomato
Dig dig dig dug dig dig dig dig dig dig dug dig dig dig
Chasing you with my pump
Dig dug dug dig dug dig dug
Dig dug dug dig dug dig dug
Dig dug dug dig dug dig dug
Dig dug dug dig dug dig dug

3. MARIO BROS.
in the style of Anal Cunt

4. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG - MARBLE ZONE
in the style of the Ventures

5. ELEVATOR ACTION
in the style of Talking Heads

I appear on a building way downtown
Elevators to take me up and down
Making all my decisions on the run
Everybody is carrying a gun
Ce immeuble est comme chaque autre immeuble - d'ascenseur!
Ce immeuble est comme chaque autre immeuble - d'ascenseur!
Ce immeuble est comme chaque autre immeuble - d'ascenseur!
J'aime ce bâtiment AYE YI YI YI YI
Finding secrets behind unopened doors
Investigating the building’s 30 floors
There’s a parking lot I’ve got to reach
I’ve got a car that’s waiting there for me


6. CASTLEVANIA - STAGE 1
in the style of Primus

Simon had himself a big whip, damn near six foot long
Only had so many hearts and lives, but those pork chops kept him strong
Simon up in Transylvania, lookin' for a vampire fight
With a dagger and a watch and an axe and a cross, he said
"What a horrible night"
Mermen are leaping, and bones reassembling
Eagles drop hunchbacks
They're jumping all over me

[raubhimself]

woah..

Primus? The Ventures? Talking Heads? Anal Cunt? Melt Banana?

MELT FACE

[Eric Dude]

Jesus Christ! I can't see way that this is not going to be awesome!

[raubhimself]

holy hell, the marble zone is fan-fucking-tastic.

fuuuuck.... CV is too! damn. talking heads is spot on for them, but i don't know elevator action well enough.

anal cunt mario was loltastic.

[David R. Gumby]

wow.

[Josiah Tobin]

Whaaaat? Wow. Your impressions of those vocalists are amazing. Did you just speed up your voice for the Melt-Banana one? That actually sounded really close.

~Josiah

[Dennis]

holy hell man, AC and Primus are two of my all-time favourite bands, and i really like the Ventures, and i think you totally NAILED the styles????

[Spookmeister C]

I'm sporting wood for all of this. MxBx Dig Dug is fantastic.

[norg]

further securing your position as one of the most amazing talents of our scene ever. good GOD.

[hunter]

i like it but it just reminds me of how terrible melt banana is. good job. i prefer yours though because you aren't stuck playing shitty music all day. ha

[xoc]

Thanks all! I should point out that XMark helped with my shitty French on the Talking Heads one.

raubhimself, on Mar 5 2008, 03:23 PM, said:

i don't know elevator action well enough.

here's the original from the arcade

[jvincion]

Primusvania is an amazing style cover! I'll check out the others later when I'm not at work.

[Battlerager]

norg, on Mar 5 2008, 04:35 PM, said:

further securing your position as one of the most amazing talents of our scene ever. good GOD.

Word.


This is bloody awesome.

[streifig]

I haven't listened to a single track yet, but my jaw is already on the floor.

EDIT: I'm sure soon we'll see the CV LVL 1 track spilled over the intarnet mislabeled as being played by Primus themeselves.

[genoboost]

this is too fucking epic. love the primus castlevania and talking heads elevator action!