They’re called Voca People and they cover the history of musical genres in five minutes. Dude.
The music theorist in me is overjoyed by how accurate this is
And the chorister in me is having some sort of religious experience.
THIS IS MUSICAL PORNOGRAPHY. I DON’T KNOW WHAT MY FEELINGS ARE DOING.Day- O (The Banana Boat Song)
Mbube- Solomon Linda and The Evening Birds
Ameno Dorime- Era
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor- Bach
Spring- Vivaldi
Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2, No. 44 Chorus- Georg Friedrich Händel
The Entertainer- Scott Joplin
Mr. Sandman- The Chordettes
Puttin’ on the Ritz- Irving Berlin
Hit the Road Jack- Ray Charles
In the Mood- Glen Miller
Tutti Frutti- Little Richard
I Get Around- The Beach Boys
Can’t Buy Me Love- The Beatles
Take A Chance On Me- ABBA
Long Train Running- Doobie Brothers
Celebration-Kool and the Gang
Holiday- Madonna
Billie Jean- Michael Jackson
Sweet Dreams- The Eurythmics
Yeke Yeke- Mori Kante
Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana
Wannabe-The Spice Girls
Macarena- Los del Rio
Cotton Eyed Joe- Rednex
Hit Me Baby One More Time- Britney Spears
Who Let the Dogs Out- Baha Men
Everybody Dance Out- C+C Music Factory
I Like to Move It- Reel to Real
I think I got all of them!!! It took me a while to recognize Yeke Yeke, but I got it!I could listen to this all damn day
Favorite musical post, bar none
March 2012
Mami Tomoe’s Theme
Dore Na || Fenris’ Theme & Mage Pride
Arranged by Sven’Harel (Composed by Inon Zur)I put both Fenris’ Theme and Mage Pride from the Dragon Age II soundtrack together. Title taken from a fan transcription and translation of the lyrics, found here.
So apparently I test out Audacity when I get horrifically bored.I always found it an interesting thematic choice that Inon Zur composed two ‘halves’, so to speak. These two pieces never sounded whole to me when apart. It seems like they represent the opposing sides of the mage freedom argument, using characters as juxtaposition: Fenris who despises the twisted side of magic, and Anders (I always feel like Mage Pride is his theme, or at least his purpose) who advocates for his people’s rights. Neither side is wholly correct or incorrect.
If you take away the different melodies, what lies underneath both compositions is almost the same. I like to think that these two complementary pieces are Inon Zur’s gentle reminder that everyone is fundamentally identical. We are all people.
Inon Zur, you clever beast.
