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J-2739 said:
Currently listening to some video game ost. Particularly Super Sonic Racing!

You've all gotta listen to this gem! Quite possibly the greatest example of late 90s J-Pop, in my open opinion!! :D Also rather weird for a Sonic game...
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I must admit that I did not expect to see a link to the awesome Sonic R soundtrack on here. Oh, the memories of playing that game on the Saturn :oops:

Of course Sonic R itself was rather weird for a Sonic game too being a foot race which Sonic didn't win all the time and having the emeralds in the stage along with tokens which would become the emblems of Sonic Adventrue
 
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I miss not having as much time for playing computer games as I used to.
 
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Toto - Africa.
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Widely reckoned to have one of the worst forced rhymes in popular music.

http://www.11points.com/Music/11_Most_Hilariously_Awful_Rhymes_in_Music_History

"Africa" by Toto. I absolutely love this song in a "the '80s are awesome" way. But this lyric is just mind-boggling:

The wild dogs cry out in the night,
As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company.
I know that I must do what's right,
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.

As much as I appreciate the intricacy of a lyric like "As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti," you just can't rhyme "company" and "Serengeti." You also shouldn't have to blurt out that entire line as fast as possible in a futile effort to catch up with the rhyme scheme.
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SS4 said:
I must admit that I did not expect to see a link to the awesome Sonic R soundtrack on here. Oh, the memories of playing that game on the Saturn :oops:

Of course Sonic R itself was rather weird for a Sonic game too being a foot race which Sonic didn't win all the time and having the emeralds in the stage along with tokens which would become the emblems of Sonic Adventrue
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To be honest, I found it weirder when SEGA decided to stuff Sonic into a car in the Sonic and All Stars series, like really?! :lol:

I wasn't around in the Saturn era (being born in 2002 and having a PS1/2 first), but even then, the music of Sonic R gives me goosebumps for some reason. Sounds very upbeat and 1990s!

If only a proper Sonic game came out for the Saturn! :(
 
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J-2739 said:
To be honest, I found it weirder when SEGA decided to stuff Sonic into a car in the Sonic and All Stars series, like really?! :lol:

I wasn't around in the Saturn era (being born in 2002 and having a PS1/2 first), but even then, the music of Sonic R gives me goosebumps for some reason. Sounds very upbeat and 1990s!

If only a proper Sonic game came out for the Saturn! :(
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You mean the mini 3D section of Sonic Jam or the port of Sonic 3D Blast don't count? ;) It certainly is odd though especially with the position that Sonic held at the end of the mega drive era. They learned their lesson with Sonic Adventure on Dreamcast but it was sadly too late then. It's still somewhat disappointing that Sega became a third party developer despite it being better for gamers overall. In the mid to late 90s you were either a Sega house or a Nintendo house and playground arguments were had (just some nostalgia from me there :oops:)

My rationale for having them all in cars is that Sonic would very easily win a foot race (Shadow is a pretender) and hence they race in vehicles to make it somewhat fair (although you'd think Miles Tails or Robotnik would have the advantage due to mechanical skills). For what it's worth I prefer to Sonic and All stars racing games to their Mario Kart equivalent.

Personally I am partial to the heavier/more metal arrangements by Crush 40 but the Sonic R soundtrack certainly did have a 90s charm to it quite unlike anything else in the series.

As for the thread title: Sonic Heroes - Sega. No prizes for identifying what game it came from
 
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The Who - "Hall Of The Mountain King"


DaleCooper said:
I'd never heard that before, I suppose someone was bound to do it because Grieg's music does rock.
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It is from "The Who Sell Out" album, originally issued in about 1967, but reissues also available with extra tracks . Some sleeve notes say that (unspecified) other bands had also recorded it. A quick search of youtube lists versions by ELO (poor quality copy) and by Richie Blackmore's Rainbow (with added words...), plus many others.

King Crimson's "Court Of The Crimson King" is probably also influenced by Grieg.:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHJ7An2CMB4
 
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SS4 said:
You mean the mini 3D section of Sonic Jam or the port of Sonic 3D Blast don't count? ;) It certainly is odd though especially with the position that Sonic held at the end of the mega drive era. They learned their lesson with Sonic Adventure on Dreamcast but it was sadly too late then. It's still somewhat disappointing that Sega became a third party developer despite it being better for gamers overall. In the mid to late 90s you were either a Sega house or a Nintendo house and playground arguments were had (just some nostalgia from me there :oops:)

My rationale for having them all in cars is that Sonic would very easily win a foot race (Shadow is a pretender) and hence they race in vehicles to make it somewhat fair (although you'd think Miles Tails or Robotnik would have the advantage due to mechanical skills). For what it's worth I prefer to Sonic and All stars racing games to their Mario Kart equivalent.

Personally I am partial to the heavier/more metal arrangements by Crush 40 but the Sonic R soundtrack certainly did have a 90s charm to it quite unlike anything else in the series.

As for the thread title: Sonic Heroes - Sega. No prizes for identifying what game it came from
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Never played the Saturn version; I only have the Genesis version on my PC, but if it's anything like that one, then it's trash. The music is very decent though! :)

I think with the Saturn, they wanted to try something different, and not use Sonic as much, but this obviously backfired by the dismal sales in the Saturn (other reasons too). I agree that by the Dreamcast era, everyone lost trust in them and also, the more powerful PS2 was on the way. Now, SEGA has lost their original people and are strapped for cash, while they continue to allow other developers to create awful games (Sonic Boom, I look at you...).

Putting Sonic in a vehicle kinda makes sense for the reasons you've pointed out, but still, is rather odd. Somehow, a yellow fox looks better in a car than a blue hedgehog...:|

Back to music, I love love love that Sonic Heroes starter menu track. Nearly brings happy tears to my eyes! :) Also like that 'Railway Canyon' (or whatever it's called) track out of that game also!
 
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Three Dog Night -

"Woman"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsyigHTRE6U

and, "Liar"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBzlBg6UiRs

For a short time, one of the biggest selling rock bands in USA, but often ignored by UK media - probably because they mainly performed cover versions rather than write their own music.
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Don't forget their big hit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLQYkbzSz5s

and we really should have some ELP today, the sound of my 1972 summer holiday of mayhem in Keswick and Torquay:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89g1P_J40JA
 
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