8-bit Pink Floyd
March 31, 2010 1:01 AM Subscribe
But does it sync up with The Wizard of Oz for SNES?
posted by Pope Guilty at 1:39 AM on March 31, 2010 [18 favorites]
posted by Pope Guilty at 1:39 AM on March 31, 2010 [18 favorites]
The next Mother game needs to include this.
posted by mek at 1:56 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by mek at 1:56 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
One of the youtube comments reads
I'm just came for every record this album has sold. My semen will stay in the charts for as long as this album remains number one highest selling. This is pure amazing
I couldn't have said it better myself. This is awesome.
posted by milnak at 2:09 AM on March 31, 2010
I'm just came for every record this album has sold. My semen will stay in the charts for as long as this album remains number one highest selling. This is pure amazing
I couldn't have said it better myself. This is awesome.
posted by milnak at 2:09 AM on March 31, 2010
Dude, I am so going to take some 'shrooms and go listen to this.
posted by Jimbob at 2:25 AM on March 31, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by Jimbob at 2:25 AM on March 31, 2010 [5 favorites]
Turns out Us and Them is brilliant regardless of the medium used for its orchestration.
posted by ersatz at 2:33 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by ersatz at 2:33 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
I love taking LSD from seventies and exploring the possibilities of 8-bit.
posted by twoleftfeet at 2:47 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by twoleftfeet at 2:47 AM on March 31, 2010
Very nice, thanks for the post!
posted by monocultured at 2:51 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by monocultured at 2:51 AM on March 31, 2010
Fantastic! 8 bit music can be really unpleasant on the ears, but this is really well done.
Of course, starting with one of the best albums of all time probably helped.
posted by mathw at 3:01 AM on March 31, 2010
Of course, starting with one of the best albums of all time probably helped.
posted by mathw at 3:01 AM on March 31, 2010
Wow, this is incredibly good, amazingly listenable. I'm actually going to keep these MP3s.
posted by Malor at 3:08 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Malor at 3:08 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
Awesome! This combines three things I love best in life: DSOTM, electronic music, and pissing off Pink Floyd purists.
Also: does it sync up with the SNES version of The Wizard of Oz?
posted by griphus at 3:32 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
Also: does it sync up with the SNES version of The Wizard of Oz?
posted by griphus at 3:32 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
Dammit Pope Guilty.
posted by griphus at 3:32 AM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by griphus at 3:32 AM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy? We call it Super Mario Brotheeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrssss-ah-sssss! Actually we just call it "Mario."
posted by No-sword at 3:35 AM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by No-sword at 3:35 AM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
Thanks for this; I thought I'd never be able to listen to Dark Side of the Moon again, I'd grown so tired of it.
posted by not_on_display at 3:53 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by not_on_display at 3:53 AM on March 31, 2010
If you play Dark Side of the Moon while you're playing Super Mario they totally synch up.
Really.
posted by twoleftfeet at 4:09 AM on March 31, 2010
Really.
posted by twoleftfeet at 4:09 AM on March 31, 2010
I'm really only missing Nick Mason so far - the rest works well.
posted by hawthorne at 4:41 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by hawthorne at 4:41 AM on March 31, 2010
This is what the internet was made for!
posted by MaryDellamorte at 5:02 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by MaryDellamorte at 5:02 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
Actually, it only matches up with the Commodore 64 version of Oz.
posted by HeroZero at 5:22 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by HeroZero at 5:22 AM on March 31, 2010
Awesome post and welcome back, Bugbread!
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 5:22 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 5:22 AM on March 31, 2010
Fantastic! 8 bit music can be really unpleasant on the ears, but this is really well done.
Agreed. It takes a certain touch to make this sort of thing not-fucking-annoying. This dude's got the touch.
posted by uncleozzy at 5:41 AM on March 31, 2010
Agreed. It takes a certain touch to make this sort of thing not-fucking-annoying. This dude's got the touch.
posted by uncleozzy at 5:41 AM on March 31, 2010
I did not expect to think this was awesome. I was wrong. This is awesome.
posted by notsnot at 5:45 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by notsnot at 5:45 AM on March 31, 2010
This is better than good, this is excellent. I can actually see listening to this more that once or a few times...Thank you very much for posting it.
posted by rollbiz at 6:09 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by rollbiz at 6:09 AM on March 31, 2010
Awesome post and welcome back, Bugbread!
Yeah! At first I was like, ' yay, great post ', and then I was like 'WOAA! bugbread! YAY!'
<3 great stuff.
posted by cavalier at 6:16 AM on March 31, 2010
Yeah! At first I was like, ' yay, great post ', and then I was like 'WOAA! bugbread! YAY!'
<3 great stuff.
posted by cavalier at 6:16 AM on March 31, 2010
One could make a very kick-ass 45-minute cutscene in RPG Maker with this as the background music.
In fact, I hope he does The Wall. Imagine a little blocky Pink cowering in an even blockier bathroom stall.
posted by AugieAugustus at 6:20 AM on March 31, 2010
In fact, I hope he does The Wall. Imagine a little blocky Pink cowering in an even blockier bathroom stall.
posted by AugieAugustus at 6:20 AM on March 31, 2010
Also: I think parts of this are destined for conversion into ringtones for my cell phone.
posted by AugieAugustus at 6:23 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by AugieAugustus at 6:23 AM on March 31, 2010
I love that "Money" uses a Generic Coin Blip for the intro. Very nice.
posted by Iridic at 6:53 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Iridic at 6:53 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
This is seriously great. The NES hit the market (in Japan) ten years after DSOTM was produced. I guess that makes this version the more technologically advanced one, huh? Truly chiptune music is the music of the future.
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 7:09 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 7:09 AM on March 31, 2010
This is totally making my morning.
posted by evisceratordeath at 7:15 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by evisceratordeath at 7:15 AM on March 31, 2010
It is so great that Dr. Mario finally has appropriate background tunes.
posted by palindromic at 7:23 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by palindromic at 7:23 AM on March 31, 2010
I just downloaded this and discovered the mp3s come in two tracks: side 1 and side 2. Priceless. I'm gonna stick a needle drop sound between them on my playlist. Now where did I leave the blacklight...
posted by 1f2frfbf at 7:23 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by 1f2frfbf at 7:23 AM on March 31, 2010
I think this is a problem, for one reason:
Experience taught me that trying to eat and play an NES at the same time doesn't work very well. And due to reflexes developed in college, I get sympathetic munchies listening to "Dark Side of the Moon". (I knew more than a few people who would listen to it, get stoned, and order pizza.)
posted by mephron at 7:31 AM on March 31, 2010
Experience taught me that trying to eat and play an NES at the same time doesn't work very well. And due to reflexes developed in college, I get sympathetic munchies listening to "Dark Side of the Moon". (I knew more than a few people who would listen to it, get stoned, and order pizza.)
posted by mephron at 7:31 AM on March 31, 2010
This has greatly helped in alleviating the stress of this morning's discovery of a slew of overdraft fees. Thank you very much.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 7:31 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 7:31 AM on March 31, 2010
If you play it backwards, it induces bulimia.
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 7:45 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 7:45 AM on March 31, 2010
The only way I could love this more is if Roger Waters sued it.
posted by shakespeherian at 7:45 AM on March 31, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by shakespeherian at 7:45 AM on March 31, 2010 [5 favorites]
Holy shit, this rules. I just yesterday bought the Flaming Lips' remake of DSotM, and as much as I love the Lips, this annihilates their attempt.
posted by COBRA! at 7:49 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by COBRA! at 7:49 AM on March 31, 2010
The Goomba is in the hall......
.....The goomba is in the hall......
posted by The Whelk at 8:08 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
.....The goomba is in the hall......
posted by The Whelk at 8:08 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
The koopa troop is on the grass
The koopa troop is on the grass
Remembering games and Daisy's chains and laughs
Got to keep the koopas on the path
The koopa troop is in the hall
The koopa troops are in my hall
The spinies pound their rounded faces on the floor
And every day the Lakitu brings more
And if the pipe breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no flag upon the pole
And if Bob-omb explodes with dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the shroom
The koopa troop is in my head
The koopa troop is in my head
You raise the flower, you give the power
You rearrange me 'til I spit fire
You toss the star and play the music fast
There's someone in my head but it won't last
And if the block breaks, goombas on your rear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the house you're in is filled with countless boos
I'll see you on the dark side of the shroom
All that you touch and all that you see
All that you taste, all you feel
And all that you love and all that you hate
All you distrust, all you save
And all that you give and all that you deal
And all that you buy, beg, borrow or steal
And all you create and all you destroy
And all that you do and all that you say
And all that you wish and everyone you squish
And all that you slight and everyone you fight
And all that is now and all that is gone
And all that's to come and everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the shroom
There is no princess in the castle, really. Matter of fact, she's in another.
posted by shakespeherian at 8:33 AM on March 31, 2010 [38 favorites]
The koopa troop is on the grass
Remembering games and Daisy's chains and laughs
Got to keep the koopas on the path
The koopa troop is in the hall
The koopa troops are in my hall
The spinies pound their rounded faces on the floor
And every day the Lakitu brings more
And if the pipe breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no flag upon the pole
And if Bob-omb explodes with dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the shroom
The koopa troop is in my head
The koopa troop is in my head
You raise the flower, you give the power
You rearrange me 'til I spit fire
You toss the star and play the music fast
There's someone in my head but it won't last
And if the block breaks, goombas on your rear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the house you're in is filled with countless boos
I'll see you on the dark side of the shroom
All that you touch and all that you see
All that you taste, all you feel
And all that you love and all that you hate
All you distrust, all you save
And all that you give and all that you deal
And all that you buy, beg, borrow or steal
And all you create and all you destroy
And all that you do and all that you say
And all that you wish and everyone you squish
And all that you slight and everyone you fight
And all that is now and all that is gone
And all that's to come and everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the shroom
There is no princess in the castle, really. Matter of fact, she's in another.
posted by shakespeherian at 8:33 AM on March 31, 2010 [38 favorites]
Damn, did this exceeded all expectations. Some of it is so well done it's goose-bump-inducing. "Us and Them" ... wow. Great post!
posted by dacoit at 8:33 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by dacoit at 8:33 AM on March 31, 2010
Also not to be missed: Cliffs Of Nintendover, an 8-bit remake of Eric Johnson's "Cliffs Of Dover." (The name might not be familiar, but if you've ever spent more than three minutes in a Guitar Center, you've heard Cliffs Of Dover.)
posted by Ian A.T. at 8:39 AM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by Ian A.T. at 8:39 AM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
This is really, really great. I have to guess it'd be entertaining to any chiptune-friendly listener regardless of whether they're big Floyd fans, but as someone who knows every stupid little detail on that album I'm just sitting here feeling fucking blown away. Really fantastic attention to detail, and a wonderful sense of where to shoot for pure loyalty vs. where to concede to the toolset a little.
I love that "Money" uses a Generic Coin Blip for the intro.'
Yes! I laughed out loud. What a wonderful nod to the medium he's working in.
posted by cortex at 8:39 AM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
I love that "Money" uses a Generic Coin Blip for the intro.'
Yes! I laughed out loud. What a wonderful nod to the medium he's working in.
posted by cortex at 8:39 AM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
The best thing I've heard/seen on the internet in weeks.
posted by bastionofsanity at 8:54 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by bastionofsanity at 8:54 AM on March 31, 2010
There is no dark side of the moon. But there is a minus world.
posted by jtron at 8:57 AM on March 31, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by jtron at 8:57 AM on March 31, 2010 [4 favorites]
I think my favorite part is how “On the Run” sounds quite similar.
posted by spitefulcrow at 9:45 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by spitefulcrow at 9:45 AM on March 31, 2010
This is awesome.
Shakespeherian- nice job with the lyrics. Literally Lol-ed.
posted by The Fly at 10:32 AM on March 31, 2010
Shakespeherian- nice job with the lyrics. Literally Lol-ed.
posted by The Fly at 10:32 AM on March 31, 2010
Good stuff, and destined to sit on the shelf next to the NES Squarepusher Theme.
posted by Otis at 11:05 AM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by Otis at 11:05 AM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
Just walked around sunny Tucson all morning listening to this and smiling enough that people crossed the street to avoid me.
posted by chronkite at 11:06 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by chronkite at 11:06 AM on March 31, 2010
If I was the farmer growing the food for the person that made this then I'd be really pissed off right now. Not that it's bad. It's just absolutely fucking useless.
posted by recurve at 11:07 AM on March 31, 2010
posted by recurve at 11:07 AM on March 31, 2010
Most music being so utile by comparison, yes.
posted by cortex at 11:11 AM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by cortex at 11:11 AM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
I'm using a nocturne to darn my socks as we speak.
posted by The Whelk at 11:20 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 11:20 AM on March 31, 2010 [1 favorite]
Most music being so utile by comparison, yes.
Elton John or someone saved my life tonight.
posted by shakespeherian at 11:33 AM on March 31, 2010
Elton John or someone saved my life tonight.
posted by shakespeherian at 11:33 AM on March 31, 2010
This is pretty great - weirdly, I'm not a huge fan of Dark Side (or much Floyd, for that matter), but I really like this.
Also, anybody that likes this kind of stuff needs to fire up an emulator and play D-Pad Hero, if you haven't yet.
posted by god hates math at 1:09 PM on March 31, 2010
Also, anybody that likes this kind of stuff needs to fire up an emulator and play D-Pad Hero, if you haven't yet.
posted by god hates math at 1:09 PM on March 31, 2010
If I was the farmer growing the food for the person that made this then I'd be really pissed off right now. Not that it's bad. It's just absolutely fucking useless.
SOMEONE needs a hug
posted by flaterik at 1:10 PM on March 31, 2010
SOMEONE needs a hug
posted by flaterik at 1:10 PM on March 31, 2010
If you like this sort of thing, check out Kind of Bloop. Yes, "Kind of Blue" done in a variety of 8-bit styles. "So What" and "All Blues" make the album totally, completely worth actually purchasing.
posted by redteam at 1:22 PM on March 31, 2010
posted by redteam at 1:22 PM on March 31, 2010
This is far better than it has any right to be. I would shell out serious cash for a pressing of this on vinyl.
posted by the bricabrac man at 2:35 PM on March 31, 2010
posted by the bricabrac man at 2:35 PM on March 31, 2010
bricabrac... (found after 10 seconds of googling for "dub plate")
http://www.dubplates-mastering.com/prices.html
It's not THAT expensive to get one-off vinyl. Of course, you'd have to have to rights, and it doesn't wear nearly as well as a real pressing, but the creator might not object and how often are you really going to listen to it?
posted by flaterik at 2:57 PM on March 31, 2010
http://www.dubplates-mastering.com/prices.html
It's not THAT expensive to get one-off vinyl. Of course, you'd have to have to rights, and it doesn't wear nearly as well as a real pressing, but the creator might not object and how often are you really going to listen to it?
posted by flaterik at 2:57 PM on March 31, 2010
If I was the farmer growing the food for the person that made this then I'd be really pissed off right now. Not that it's bad. It's just absolutely fucking useless.
The same can be said about your comment.
posted by MaryDellamorte at 5:12 PM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
The same can be said about your comment.
posted by MaryDellamorte at 5:12 PM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
If I was the farmer growing the food for the person that made this then I'd be really pissed off right now. Not that it's bad. It's just absolutely fucking useless.
If I was the lineman that fixed this person's Net connection last month in the freezing falling slush so this comment could be posted, I'd be really pissed off right now... Oh, wait a minnit, you mean linemen get paid? Wow! Must be shit to be a farmer -- what? Farmers make money and don't just leave food in supermarkets for free in the hope that society will benefit?
(Well, OK, only the bank makes money from farming, but still - point stands: this was a brainless post by somebody who probably shouldn't look too closely at most of the Internet.)
posted by Michael Roberts at 5:31 PM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
If I was the lineman that fixed this person's Net connection last month in the freezing falling slush so this comment could be posted, I'd be really pissed off right now... Oh, wait a minnit, you mean linemen get paid? Wow! Must be shit to be a farmer -- what? Farmers make money and don't just leave food in supermarkets for free in the hope that society will benefit?
(Well, OK, only the bank makes money from farming, but still - point stands: this was a brainless post by somebody who probably shouldn't look too closely at most of the Internet.)
posted by Michael Roberts at 5:31 PM on March 31, 2010 [2 favorites]
Or, I guess, what MaryDellamorte said way more concisely.
posted by Michael Roberts at 5:32 PM on March 31, 2010
posted by Michael Roberts at 5:32 PM on March 31, 2010
Listening to this today also lead me to listening to the 8bit version of the first Protomen album which I haven't listened to in quite some time. Makeup and Vanity Set redid it and it's pretty damn amazing if you're a Protomen fan. You can listen to three of the songs here.
posted by MaryDellamorte at 6:59 PM on March 31, 2010
posted by MaryDellamorte at 6:59 PM on March 31, 2010
as someone who has, among various things, the habit to pick up a guitar and play dark side of the moon from beginning to end, this sucked the life out of me.
kidding, kidding, it's awesome
posted by _dario at 6:25 AM on April 3, 2010
kidding, kidding, it's awesome
posted by _dario at 6:25 AM on April 3, 2010
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