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Since this one was mostly inspired by the Genesis game Road Rash (I forget which one) it’s safe to say that this and Venomous Words were both conceptualized after I’d played Road Rash a bunch at my brother’s friend Stuart’s house. Couldn’t tell you what year that was. There’s a very recurrent theme throughout most of these songs about either becoming a machine, becoming one with machines, or admiring machines. Which is probably very much the opposite of Sonic’s entire theme where he’s very Anti-machine, and his friends being turned into robots is the worst case scenario. #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #sonicgames #sonicspinball #sega #genesis #segaGenesis #singalong #kareoke #bgm #parody #song #lyrics #LavaPowerhouse

Gotta get that “chorus” going lol Anyone wanna remix and add a Bass vocal section? It would sound dope. #goldenaxe #sega #segagenesis #amiga #amiga500 #amigacd32

This one was fun to combine all the different voice clips into a chorus line.

If I’m honest, this might be the first intentional use of a leitmotif in my early songs, which is the line about life being “tempermental” as a callback to the same lyric in Better Me, I wanted to sorta reprise Better Me, in a way, which ended being Metal Me (ie Metal Me is Better Me part 2) and I had no intention of making a part 3. #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #sonic1 #sonicthehedgehog1 #parodysong #parodylyrics #videogame #bgm #sega #genesis #videogame #music #soundtrack #lyrics #vocals #karaoke

Having fun seeing what effects I can create singing my own harmonies and backup. #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #sonic1 #sonicthehedgehog1 #parodysong #parodylyrics #videogame #bgm #sega #genesis #videogame #music #soundtrack #lyrics #vocals #karaoke

Hopefully this one feels right, I feel like something is missing (besides talent, lol)

This one is so fun to sing! If you want to sing your own version without my silly voice on it: the original is already on Rumble: #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #sonic1 #sonicthehedgehog1 #parodysong #parodylyrics #videogame #bgm #sega #genesis #videogame #music #soundtrack #lyrics #vocals #karaoke

I think I fixed the sound mixing issue this time. Does it sound #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #sonic1 #sonicthehedgehog1 #parodysong #parodylyrics #videogame #bgm #sega #genesis #videogame #music #soundtrack #lyrics #vocals #karaoke

Ok lets try this? Added a second vocal track in a slightly higher register. Also split the other two vocal tracks into different speaker directions so it’s not all coming out front and center.

This one was very emotional to write. I must have broken three times and had to stop at least three times… still not as bad as “Lonely Winter” but in that one I was holding back so much pain from not mourning the loss of my friend for the last 10 years. This feels a different kinda grief and sadness. The feeling that I don’t get to go home and visit as much as I should, due to situations and constraints beyond my control. But wanting to come back is different: When life makes it difficult. That sadness you feel when so much has changed, you go home and certain people are gone, for example. That’s a painful feeling too, I feel like my heart is in two places, like a dead letter. Stuck at the post office between a location that cant be found and place that no longer exists. #ff9 #ffix #FinalFantasy9 #FinalFantasyIX #playstation #ps1 #videogame #bgm #ost #music #parody #lyrics #karaoke

Ahhh good old Castlevania I almost said that in PsychoMantis’ voice lol but seriously, this is a really old lyric idea I had ever since I first heard it. I couldn’t quite nail down the sequence, mainly cos the game was so difficult that I couldn’t stay alive long enough to get the chance to let the lyrics ferment into something cohesive. Though this version from Castlevania 4 really hits a sweet spot where it’s just enough where I can hear it- but it’s not all 8bit and Tinny like Castlevania 2 Simon’s Quest- which is what the lyrics were composed from. #videogame #nintendo #castlevania #Castlevania2 #castlevania2simonsquest #simonsquest #castlevaniaII #castlevania4 #castlevaniaIV #castlevaniaivmusic #music #parody #lyrics #song #ost #bgm #karaoke #bloodytears

I never got to play this one for Retrogames, but the Turrican series was my favorite Sidescrolling Shmup before I found games like Gunstar Heroes and Metal Slug. This still holds a massive place in my heart, especially that music. God, the Amiga could do amazing things with its sound card. Everyone who got into chip tunes later in the 90s were listing to stuff I was like “huh, sounds like one of the old bops from the good old Amiga days” good vibes tho, glad it hits the right notes. This music isn’t my favorite from the game. The rest of the game soundtrack is pretty much exquisite, but this is the one with the shortest loop (the others are like a 4 minute concerto by comparison) this one was pretty much an earworm for me, also because the level it was on was so difficult. It was the same difficulty as the waterfall of doom from Sonic 1 on the Master System. Same idea. Climb up with well timed jumps while sliding back down seemingly getting nowhere. So now you’re stuck there with me: Enjoy the song. #turrican #turrican2 #amiga #amiga500 #videogame #bgm #song #lyrics #parody #karaoke #ost

This track from #FinalFantasy7 is a whole vibe, like from the moment you step into #CosmoCanyon and those drums… oh god those drums! it stirs something primal, but powerful, doesn’t it? Like part of me still remembers a previous life when we wore and ate what we hunted. (Insert SpongeBob caveman meme here) But the spirituality of life, reincarnation, and the energy of the planet containing the knowledge of the ancestors- keeping the theme of the game and my own beliefs about life and how we’re all connected in alignment felt like Cosmo Canyon was always a place I felt close to. #ff7 #ffvii #finalfantasyvii #playstation #ps1 #parody #song #lyrics #karaoke

Had to go with the Amiga CD32 version of this audio track because it’s objectively the best version. (Audio Quality the Arcade version has the more Audio Channels but I couldn’t find the same version of “Path of Fiend” that I remember, it’s like a completely different arrangement.) the Genesis version appears to be missing the Melody? The first version of Golden Axe I played was on the Amiga 500 tho, because of how they split audio channels I found the that version jarring cos the baseline was all in the left ear channel and the melody in the right. I didn’t like it. So please enjoy the full experience. #goldenaxe #sega #segagenesis #amiga #amiga500 #amigacd32

As many people as there are that seem to hate on this game, I hope there’s some folks out there who like it. the music is a vibe, I mean it had to be. The first game set the bar really high cos the music in FFX really showcased what the PS2 was capable of in turns of cinematics and Audio Effects, Nobuo Uematsu gave the sequel songwriters a tough act to follow. It was arranged by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi and they really pushed the EDM angle into every track. I feel like you could freestyle spoken verse in the breakdowns between the hook, but these lyrics are the ones that hold most meaning to me. Enjoy #finalfantasy #ffx #ffx2 #finalfantasyx2 #yuna #playstation #playstation2 #ps2 #parody #song #lyrics #karaoke

A simple song, but I feel like I could go around the loop a few more times and expand the lyrics, I just wanted one cycle to kinda lay the groundwork though. The refrain would be the first lines Battle Stations and. The Enemy Closing in, each verse changing to describe a different boss of the game… at least that’s how my mind assembles the lyrics. But I wanted the first one to be the basic format. #arcade #arcadeclassic #classic #retro #rtype #shmup #alien #parody #song #lyrics #karaoke

Dropping straight 🔥idc This song goes hard, don’t @ me Easily the best part about the Laguna sections of the game except his ridiculously OP Limit Break. Like a hand grenade wasn’t enough, bro swinging back and forth like Spider-Man emptying what seems to be a 300 round magazine, just to watch them dance on hot lead? The man’s a psychopath. And I love him. #finalfantasy #ff8 #ffviii #finalfantasy8 #finalfantasyviii #lagunastheme #manwiththemachinegun #battlemusic #parody #song #lyrics #karaoke #bgm #ost

I may have to slow this one down when it gets to the ingredients section… I could never do this part as fast as I wanted to, I knew I wanted to describe a mountainous pile of food practically oooozing with cheese and sauce (and probably cholesterol) but the song was so fast I couldn’t keep up. Maybe I can do it nowadays? But it would still be a challenge. It would be a challenge to eat all that tbh it sounds like that one heart attack restaurant. Kirby could do it. Ofc Kirby would inhale the entire buffet and want seconds… #kirby #kirbysuperstar #kirbydreamland #kirbysdreamland #gourmetrace #food #song #lyrics #parody #karaoke #singalong

It’s not just Sonic songs… Any song without lyrics is gonna get the Wierd Gaz Yankovic treatment. I couldn’t help myself with this one… this song is so hype. And I made it almost the entire way through the game before realizing it had a lyric track version. Like, alright Tbf I played it through to like the first palace infiltration with Skull in your party and didn’t play it again for about 2 and a half years. Maybe I forgot? But I got back into it and the song that plays after you send the calling card is so hype it STOMPS. So I ended up singing my own version. These are the lyrics. Enjoy. #persona5 #persona5royal #persona #p5 #p5r #videogame #music #soundtrack #parody #lyrics #karaoke #phantomthievesofhearts #phantomthieves #lifewillchange

WonderBoy! What is your power? And not a Jack Black in sight. No, this was not inspired by Tenacious D As much as I love Jaybles I have to say this was always rattling around in my head. If y’all ever saw my old Let’s Play series on YouTube you’d hear lines of this slip out. Between yelling Chabulah! At the snakes before I cut them down. This was one of my other favorite game series’ growing up. And this song was pretty much what I was kinda feeling when I strode through #monsterland as the titular #wonderboy on the #segamastersystem and this is kinda a throwback song to that time but also to my old WonderBoy challenge vids on YouTube. #iykyk #wonderboyinmonsterland #sms #bgm #videogame #music #soundtrack #parody #lyrics

I wonder if this one will be “controversial” 🤔 No I’m not trying to glorify self harm, even so- it’s something a lot of teens with trauma go through when they’re in pain but it’s not something they are allowed to show, like a deeply buried personal secret they alone must carry- like a scar on the inside nobody can see. These days with the internet so widely available, and helplines and charity organizations ready to help- I can imagine that it would be easier to reach out… of course there’s also ways that abusers can stifle the whistleblower. I get it. But if you’re in a bad place: you should really talk to someone. I felt like I couldn’t, but the only number I knew was for Childline. And that would only solve like a third of the problem… that and when social services did show up I wasn’t aware of why I was being taken away and manhandled into a car. Felt like I was being punished for speaking up. So I lied to them and told them I made everything up. So now who’d believe me after that? It’s just me and my scars. What’s one more unspoken secret on top of The Big One? Might as well carry that one too…

Looks like we’re all gonna have a bad time… Been kinda rattling this one around in my brain since I first heard this absolute banger and wanted to learn how to play it on like every instrument. Not even kidding. This song was apparently used in Homestuck as well? According to a friend. I had no idea. But it’s epic to me. And I always had the words in my head in no particular structure or order. Being able to piece it out like this definitely helps. There’s a lot going on in the composition, so it’s hard to single out the one melody I wanted to follow with the lyrics. Hope this makes some sort of sense. #undertale #megalovania #sans #sansundertale #tobyfox #lyrics #song #parody #music #soundtrack #ost #videogame

wierd Gaz Yankovic back at it again! This time a throwback to sonic Spinball on the sega Genesis with this track from the first level Toxic Caves and an idea I had kinda loosely fleshed out when I was about 12. I was kinda getting to a really edgy broken mindset about people making their own assumptions and talking shit about me, meanwhile nobody else listening to me unless i literally hurl a chair at a teacher and call them a ignorant b*ch Yeah. Abuse at home was getting so bad- The bullying at school was getting ridiculous. Nowhere felt safe. Teachers were on the bullies side and I was constantly getting punished for their shit. Making a stand and putting a chair in the air was my attempt to showcase that people had literally no clue what I was dealing with. And I was done with keeping these words in my head any longer. If my life was gonna be short I wasn’t gonna leave without making sure everyone had a taste of it. If you were gonna beat me up for a rumor you heard from some toxic tart with a bidet for a face then you better be beating me up for something I ACTUALLY said or did, and then I know why I’m fighting back. Getting blindsided by a kid with a compass is cheap. Fight me head on, and do it cos I ACTUALLY did something to offend you. But yes. I told that girl her face was like a bidet. NOW you can send your goons to fight me. Their jabs are weaker than my stepdad anyway.

There’s a song or two that pop into my head while playing this game on my old RetroGames Let’s Play videos… https://youtu.be/l4KAzNjNRe8?si=SaQ5aQj_lfS_DSV8 There’s almost a point where I let this one slip out… in a later video I go into an impromptu verse about a giant bat with a small p.p. Don’t ask… #golvellius #golvelliusvalleyofdoom #sega #mastersystem #segamastersystem #retro #games #videogames #bgm #song #music #parody #lyrics

This Sonic song leads into the Trauma years series quite perfectly, once you get all the songs in order everything becomes clear. The super secret secret is now hidden in the narrative throughout the songs, putting the timeline together will make some answer’s clearer if you care to detangle the threads. But my story is now told. Every Sonic song I wrote those lyrics for all those years ago have all been posted. (There aren’t any sor Sonic Chaos, Triple Trouble, Sonic CD, Knuckles Chaotix, 3D Blast, etc because I hadn’t played those as a child: those wouldn’t be canon to retroactively add them now) if I feel so inclined I might add them. But I feel like adding non-canon lyrics would be adding false threads to the timeline. I don’t wanna make it harder for anyone who actually wants to know my story.