It has been awhile since I have posted, but fear not, for I have returned with many new songs and bands to share with you all. Today I bring you Powerglove. I have always been looking for a band that plays videogame music professionally like these guys. There are many bands that play this sort of music,but only a few songs unfortunately. Meanwhile, Powerglove already has two CD's out with nothing but metal covers of Tetris, Sonic, Power Rangers, and so on. I hope you enjoy the nerd-metal styling of Powerglove:
Okay, this is a less serious post, but absolutely awesome. I received a link to this for Valentine's Day, and it's one of the cutest and dorkiest love songs I've ever heard. Here's to all the nerds out there.
Sorry for the late update, but Christmas is a hectic time for everyone. We will try to keep our posts up to date, but please excuse us if we have a bit of trouble.
Alright, on to the song! Crush 40 has 2 CD's and have been around for a few years, but the music that they only seem to be really known for is what they have written for the Sonic video games. Open Your Heart was originally done for Sonic adventure on the Dreamcast, but was remixed for the CD "True Blue: Sonics Best Music Hits." Crush 40 does a lot of good music that is both fast paced, but has deep emotional meaning to it, and I'm not just saying that to try and promote video game music, check out their pre-sonic stuff, or anything else they have written. It is all good. Now the video itself that I found.... I filtered through countless sonic AMV's and VMV's until I found this: Doctor Who. I hope Vivian appreciates this.
Yeah, Christmas is coming up and you're gonna be sick of hearing the music, but this is different! It's Mario Music blended with x-mas music. I was skeptical at first, but it turned out great and smooth, you hardly notice the transition between the Mario song and the Christmas song. Happy Holidays!
Yes, another video game cover from Jeff. But this one is a bit different. If you haven't heard of the Black Mages, they are a band put together by Nobuo Uematsu, the man who has written almost every song for the Final Fantasy Series since the 8-bit FF1. He put together the Black Mages to showcase his best works, and to not have them simply titled as "Video Game Music." The bands song list is mostly taken from older Final Fantasy soundtracks and re-worked, but they have a few original songs as well, there is usually one or two on each CD. The song that I have picked is taken from Final Fantasy 8. To be honest, I had trouble picking which song to post, as I like many of them. In the end I chose this one because it has a great flow of energy, always stimulating, and a great guitar solo (which I am always a sucker for). I hope you enjoy.
I'll be honest here, I found this through a Video Game CD. It was featured in a Sonic game by a band called Crush 40 (one of my current favorites, you may see stuff by them later). Zebrahead redid the song, and I find it much more energizing. A note on the video: This song is not done live, the video shows clips of a live performance, but the song is CD quality.
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