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22 December 2023
I know what you\'re thinking: \"716 is reviewing a CD? What the hell?\"
Actually, you’re probably not thinking that. So I guess I don’t actually know what you’re thinking. In any case, the reason why the higher-ups (i.e. \"not me\") didn’t send this CD over to Vinnie or Night Watchman is because The Advantage plays nothing but covers of old Nintendo theme songs.
\"It\'s video game music,\" said one of the nameless suits in a boardroom behind the irreverent, wiseass facade that is tastes like chicken. \"Give it to one of those \'Now Playing\' kids.\" And since it isn’t Bad Religion, Das Bork passed it on to me.
That said, I can’t really tell if I like this CD or not. The Advantage is a gimmick band, definitely. But they’re my kind of gimmick. They pack a hell of a lot of extremely short tracks onto this 42-minute disc, which is probably a good thing, since any one of these songs could get repetitive as hell if they went on any longer. A few stand out as being instantly recognizable, like the Mario music or the Zelda dungeon theme, but most of it blends together. I guess I’m not as hardcore a video game junkie as I thought, if I can’t tell my Bionic Commando from my Contra theme songs.
One of the weirdest songs to listen to is the third track on the CD: \"Goonies 2\". It’s a guitar-and-drums interpretation of the theme from the video game, which itself was a beeps-and-blips interpretation of \"The Goonies \'R\' Good Enough\" by Cyndi Lauper. I found myself singing along, despite the fact that there aren\'t any lyrics.
I don’t think The Advantage will be finding its way into regular play on my stereo anytime soon, despite the first track-- \"Megaman 2 - Flashman\"-- being the fucking catchiest thing I’ve heard in a long time. Still, it was cool giving it a listen at least once. But honestly, if I want to relive the good old days of 8-bit video games, I’ll just fire up the old Nintendo. It still works.
Actually, you’re probably not thinking that. So I guess I don’t actually know what you’re thinking. In any case, the reason why the higher-ups (i.e. \"not me\") didn’t send this CD over to Vinnie or Night Watchman is because The Advantage plays nothing but covers of old Nintendo theme songs.
\"It\'s video game music,\" said one of the nameless suits in a boardroom behind the irreverent, wiseass facade that is tastes like chicken. \"Give it to one of those \'Now Playing\' kids.\" And since it isn’t Bad Religion, Das Bork passed it on to me.
That said, I can’t really tell if I like this CD or not. The Advantage is a gimmick band, definitely. But they’re my kind of gimmick. They pack a hell of a lot of extremely short tracks onto this 42-minute disc, which is probably a good thing, since any one of these songs could get repetitive as hell if they went on any longer. A few stand out as being instantly recognizable, like the Mario music or the Zelda dungeon theme, but most of it blends together. I guess I’m not as hardcore a video game junkie as I thought, if I can’t tell my Bionic Commando from my Contra theme songs.
One of the weirdest songs to listen to is the third track on the CD: \"Goonies 2\". It’s a guitar-and-drums interpretation of the theme from the video game, which itself was a beeps-and-blips interpretation of \"The Goonies \'R\' Good Enough\" by Cyndi Lauper. I found myself singing along, despite the fact that there aren\'t any lyrics.
I don’t think The Advantage will be finding its way into regular play on my stereo anytime soon, despite the first track-- \"Megaman 2 - Flashman\"-- being the fucking catchiest thing I’ve heard in a long time. Still, it was cool giving it a listen at least once. But honestly, if I want to relive the good old days of 8-bit video games, I’ll just fire up the old Nintendo. It still works.
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issue
vol 6 - issue 09 (may 2004)
section
entertainmental