Real name Brent Black, this guy, long story short, is the most prominent authority in the currently rising video game branch of the recent "With Lyrics" phenomenon.While he started out doing piano renditions of Nintendo songs on YouTube, it wasn't until his "What if Mega Man 3...Had Lyrics?" video that he got his big break. After gaining a small cult following, he rose to further fame with deal to feature some of his videos on Screw Attack. This landed him his very first concert and an album, "What if this CD...Had Lyrics?"A self-themed webcomic began in August, in collaboration with Dan Roth and relatively well known illustrator Andrew Dobson.Listen to his works here (or here), his first CD here, and the instrumental version of his CD here. He also has an official website.
Continuity Nod: Towards the end of the Star Fox Space Oddity video, Scrooge McDuck can be seen floating past in space, referring back to the DuckTales Moon Theme video.
Darker and Edgier: His Kirby song depicts Kirby as a monster who is going to eat every human being and steal their souls.
Did Not Do the Research: Averted with his videos, which clearly demonstrate he's played the games he sings about
Played straight in his "Top 10 overlooked NES themes" video, where he notes how purposes behind the MM 4 robot masters seemed rather bizarre, like Skull Man being the "evil funeral home director" or Ring Man "the crappy magic tricks assistant" Except these two were built just to fight Mega Man, not with real world functions in mind.
Also played straight in his Mega Man videos, where many times he shows a picture of a different Mega Man than the one (the original) all of his Mega Man videos are about.
Godwin's Law: The "Kirby With Lyrics" video describes Kirby as anti-semitic, and shows a picture of Kirby dressed as Hitler.
"Kirby's anti-semitic,
and hungry as hell.
He likes kids who eat kosher the best."
He also mentions the possibilities of Jewish Nazis in his Civilization rendition.
Konami Code: This forms the chorus of the 'Contra with lyrics' song.
Lyrical Dissonance: One of his songs takes the upbeat, energetic tune from the Mega Man 3 game over screen...and sets it to a "The Reason You Suck" Speech directed at the player, with lines like "You're a sack of putrid shit! Dig a hole! Jump in it!". Lampshaded by the introduction: "Sure, the "game over" music from Mega Man 3sounds happy. But did you ever get the feeling that the game was just being a dick?"
Something Completely Different: Occasionally, instead of putting lyrics to video game music, he'll put new lyrics about video games to songs that already have lyrics. For example, Super Mario World to the tune of What A Wonderful World.
Fox: This is Fox McCloud to Star Fox team! Hey, Falco, you're a douche! And please, Peppy, for the love of God, retire! As for Slippy, will you please die in a fire!? Immediately!
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: His rendition of the Game Over music from Mega Man 3. He points out that because it's such an upbeat song, it sounds kinda dickish.
"That was fun, but now you're done.
You're out of luck because you suck.
You're not quite as good as everyone else who plays it.
Don't continue, just give in,
You silly boob, ya fuckin' noob,
Just turn off the power and cry yourself to sleep, you pussy."
Toilet Humour: The entirety of "Sewer Surfin' With Lyrics".
Visual Pun: Zelda 2 With Lyrics includes the lyric "Kicking some ass! Kicking some ass! Kicking some ass!" In the video, this is set to Link slashing with his sword...and then he kicks a donkey.
Whole Plot Reference: The entire premise of the 'With Lyrics' songs. Done gloriously.
Real name Brent Black, this guy, long story short, is the most prominent authority in the currently rising video game branch of the recent "With Lyrics" phenomenon.While he started out doing piano renditions of Nintendo songs on YouTube, it wasn't until his "What if Mega Man 3...Had Lyrics?" video that he got his big break. After gaining a small cult following, he rose to further fame with deal to feature some of his videos on Screw Attack. This landed him his very first concert and an album, "What if this CD...Had Lyrics?"A self-themed webcomic began in August, in collaboration with Dan Roth and relatively well known illustrator Andrew Dobson.Listen to his works here
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