Songs of the Week (May 4, 2013)
Much like a boy band that has fallen prey to the unstoppable force of aging or a Youtube fad that has diffused so widely throughout the populace that your seldom seen and presumably insane uncle links you to a video of it in an email with the title “RE: FWD: FWD: RE: FWD: FWD: HILARIOUS VIDEO! MUST SEE!!!”, so too has April come to an end. Although in many places “April Showers” took the form of “April Blizzards,” spring has nevertheless come to…wait, hold on a second, why are we talking about the weather? This is a FlashFlashRevolution front page post, not forced smalltalk with coworkers! Is discussing how “absolutely gorgeous” it is outside really appropriate in a place such as this? No, definitely not. Let’s say we push the chitchat aside, admit that neither one of us desires to speak to each other in even the slightest amount while we twiddle our thumbs waiting for the coffee pot to refill, and sink our teeth into this week’s selection of new releases ASAP?
car select by katoh (MarioNintendo) – Very Challenging [59] / 2:12 / Skill Token / Jazz Fusion
(Gonna Rape) Kylie by Annoying Ringtone (Wayward Vagabond) – Tricky [34] / 1:43 / Dance / Dancecore
MEPHISTO by LeaF (bmah) – Master [74] / 2:02 / Classical / Progressive Baroque
NEXT STAGE!! by Y.W. (Silvuh) – Very Tricky [39] / 1:52 / Arcade / Game Remix
Pull in Pull in Popped Syo Call up Arrest by MOSAIC.WAV (jimerax) – Very Tricky [37] / 1:43 / Misc / Lounge Pop
Waterfall by Jon Schmidt (DarkZtar) – Challenging [57] / 2:58 / Classical / Piano Contemporary
car select
In case you’re wondering, then the answer is yes: this is the very same song that automatically plays in your head whenever you’re in the market for a new vehicle. Nobody really knows why this phenomenon occurs, but at the same time you should be very happy that it does, primarily because if it didn’t then we wouldn’t have been graced with this superb file from resident stepartist MarioNintendo. katoh seamlessly fuses jazz, rock and apparently just a tiny bit of magic in order to create two minutes and twelve seconds of pure finger-tapping bliss. However, don’t expect to play this bad boy right off the bat. In order to unlock car select, you must first achieve a score of exactly 5 goods, 5 averages, 5 misses and 5 boos while still passing The Five, the song which you may or may not recall has served as the temporary conclusion to the nearly double-digit long “Skill Token Chain,” patiently waiting to be usurped for nearly six years now. What does the future hold for this chain? Only the game managers know, and every time I ask them about it they throw things at me until I leave.
(Gonna Rape) Kylie
Don’t let the particularly obscene song title force you to shy away from giving the second of this week’s releases a go. (Gonna Rape) Kylie is musician Annoying Ringtone and acclaimed stepartist Wayward Vagabond’s second collaborative effort, the first of which being Extratone Pirates (Drunk Optimus Remix). Much unlike its blisteringly fast and almost comically difficult predecessor, this release comes in at a much less intimidating 34 on the 100 point difficulty scale. Although still a fairly aggressive song that features 8th note minijacks and 16th note gallops, at the end of the day (Gonna Rape) Kylie should prove to be a much more agreeable experience for those that aren’t quite ready to tackle Extratone Pirate’s speedcore goodness yet.
MEPHISTO
Our most difficult selection of the week and the first of two song titles that are in all-caps is none other than MEPHISTO. This highly Bemani-esque sounding classical remix marks song artist LeaF’s first in-game feature and bmah’s…uhh, not first in-game file. If the dense jumpstream and burstacular patterns don’t give your fingers a workout on their own then perhaps the extended 12th jumpjacks and 16th minijacks can provide the extra oomph that’s necessary in order to make you frown and whisper “ouch” while blankly staring right through the dismal song results screen. Venture on over to the eclectic yet surprisingly cohesive Classical section to give this one a try.
NEXT STAGE!!
THE SONG TITLE SO ENTHUSIASTIC THAT A SINGLE EXCLAMATION MARK AND TRADITIONAL CAPITILIZATION JUST WASN’T ENOUGH FOR IT!! Those of you that have played any of the numerous Pokemon games or its wide array spinoffs in the past should be more than familiar with Y.W’s remix of one of the series’ flagship pieces. Silvuh keeps the difficulty of the file low enough for intermediate players to enjoy themselves while still adding in the occasional jumpstream run to keep more advanced players that “gotta catch ‘em all” on their toes. And yes, I would like to apologize in advance for that awful shoehorning.
Pull in Pull in Popped Syo Call up Arrest
By now it’s a generally accepted fact that MOSAIC.WAV and rhythm games go together like bread and butter, like frosted and flakes, or like self-loathing and the bathroom mirror. Thankfully for us, Pull in Pull in Popped Syo Call up Arrest is no exception to this rule. Aside from the occasional colored notes, this piece is a subtly nostalgic throwback to jimerax’s stepping style of yesteryear, both in terms of file content and song choice. MOSAIC.WAV turns their usual fast-paced denpa style down a notch or two in order to provide us with something that’s a tad more suitable for those that aren’t exactly the most enthusiastic to listen to their unique brand of J-Pop. Normally this would be the section of the paragraph where I would make some sort of dreadful pun on the song’s title, but I think that even the writers who work on bubblegum package jokes would struggle with this one.
Waterfall
Are you a fan of constant 12th notes that are interspersed with minijacks, jumps and hands for good measure, the likes of which extending on for almost three minutes straight with little to no opportunity for rest and repose? What about exemplary piano tunes? What about waterfalls? What about all of the above? Of course the answer to all of these questions is an emphatic YES, otherwise DarkZtar wouldn’t have stepped this Jon Schmidt piece and submitted it to FFR for your playing pleasure! If you’ve ever wondered what a waterfall comprised mainly of purple and red looks like, then turn downscroll on and check out the Classical section to give this one a try.
And once again we’ve reached the conclusion of the post. Our time together always goes by so fast, doesn’t it? As always, leave any thoughts, comments, incoherent ramblings or pictures of you struggling to lift weights in either the comments section of this post or the respective forum topic. In other news, the exciting May-hem event is in full swing, so make sure to check out the forums and participate if you want to have some good ol’ fashioned FFR fun while simultaneously getting the opportunity to earn some neat prizes (spoilers: you totally do).
8 Responses to “Songs of the Week (May 4, 2013)”
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Posted at 8:37pm on May 7th, 2013
To me, this is the perfect SotW post
Posted at 10:13pm on May 7th, 2013
So many new songs! awesome =)
Posted at 12:08am on May 8th, 2013
LAWL AIDS LAWL
Posted at 5:31am on May 8th, 2013
fuccen nailed it plop <3
Posted at 5:32am on May 8th, 2013
Some funnies there but not a full utilization of your xXxLoNdOnXxX420quickscopexXxLiteraryProwessXxXblazeitxXx
Posted at 9:30am on May 8th, 2013
:3
Posted at 4:58pm on May 8th, 2013
Wow I am part of the skill token chain!? What a tremendous honor! I tried to work my way up in order to try car select, but I’m stuck on Kyuin, right before being able to unlock The Five. If anyone like me hasn’t completed the chain, try it out! It’s super fun (+ the final song is incredible, trust me!).
Posted at 12:53pm on May 9th, 2013
Mephisto is so awesome