Mahoney - Mahoney - BoulderDash (Commodore 69 mix)
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Duration:
1:59
Released:
31/12/2001
All-Time charts position:
695
Score:
88%
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Surprise!
This is not what you think it is. I wont spoil it by telling you, but if you've heard the mix, you know. I hope you'll get a good laugh.
This is a work of fiction. All resemblence with now living creatures on this planet is unfortunately purely coincidential. Sob!
----- Original Message -----
From:
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 6:12 PM
Subject: RE: Boulder dash mixes
…
Do you have any idea how the Mahoney one was done? It sounds like a voice synthesizer that was programmed with a combination of text and midi. I'm so ignorant of music synthsis technology these days -- it was a big interest in my younger days, and I sometimes think of taking it up again, but I hardly know where to start.
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Well, Peter (the author of the ORIGINAL Boulderdash sid!):
You're right on the spot! I use a program called
Some have guessed it was some kind of vocoder, and well, it could have been, but it would be too much of a hassle of getting the rythm correct. Instead, it was a quick test of the program, the mix took in all about 5 hours to make.
The lyrics are (WARNING: SPOILER!):
I remember all the joy
I had with just a single toy
la la la
/it was so lovely/
it was a
co mo mo mo mo do re 64
/It was just fantastic/
I remember partying
and playing 'round
with everything
la la la
/it was so lovely/
on my
co mo mo mo mo do re 64
/It was just fantastic/
Lisa was a friend of mine
and she was looking oh so fine
la la la
/she was so lovely/
we played
co mo mo mo mo do re 64
and then I kissed her
it was just fantastic
She said I was oh so right
she said she could spend the night
la la la
her body was so lovely
she was so lovely
we did the
co mo mo mo mo do re 69
/It was just fantastic/
… and at the end, from a traditional swedish cartoon shown every christmas, a man yelling some words like
Have a noise night! / Pex
This is not what you think it is. I wont spoil it by telling you, but if you've heard the mix, you know. I hope you'll get a good laugh.
This is a work of fiction. All resemblence with now living creatures on this planet is unfortunately purely coincidential. Sob!
----- Original Message -----
From:
Peter Liepa(pliepa@aw…)
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 6:12 PM
Subject: RE: Boulder dash mixes
…
Do you have any idea how the Mahoney one was done? It sounds like a voice synthesizer that was programmed with a combination of text and midi. I'm so ignorant of music synthsis technology these days -- it was a big interest in my younger days, and I sometimes think of taking it up again, but I hardly know where to start.
-----
Well, Peter (the author of the ORIGINAL Boulderdash sid!):
You're right on the spot! I use a program called
Virtual singer v1.3, together with it's host program
Melody Assistant. Not a very good (=natural) voice synthesis, but for these kinds of effects it worked!
Some have guessed it was some kind of vocoder, and well, it could have been, but it would be too much of a hassle of getting the rythm correct. Instead, it was a quick test of the program, the mix took in all about 5 hours to make.
The lyrics are (WARNING: SPOILER!):
I remember all the joy
I had with just a single toy
la la la
/it was so lovely/
it was a
co mo mo mo mo do re 64
/It was just fantastic/
I remember partying
and playing 'round
with everything
la la la
/it was so lovely/
on my
co mo mo mo mo do re 64
/It was just fantastic/
Lisa was a friend of mine
and she was looking oh so fine
la la la
/she was so lovely/
we played
co mo mo mo mo do re 64
and then I kissed her
it was just fantastic
She said I was oh so right
she said she could spend the night
la la la
her body was so lovely
she was so lovely
we did the
co mo mo mo mo do re 69
/It was just fantastic/
… and at the end, from a traditional swedish cartoon shown every christmas, a man yelling some words like
You may end up in mental hospital cause of that. Sorry for the swedish, but I am swedish. And I didn't find any more suitable ending than this in english… Scandinavians laugh, so please laugh with us! (Or maybe at us!)
Have a noise night! / Pex
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More or less a joke track, but it's a very good joke. Enjoy with caution.
It is just... Fantastic! :D
This is probably the funniest C64 remix of all times. Thumbs up!
Hahaha... Well, maybe not a musical musical masterpeace, but deffo the funniest remix I've ever heard!;)
I think Mahoney is one of the best remixers around. His originality and new aproaches on music are signs of a genius... He could work on the originality of his drumbeats though... And it's official.. JAMES BROWN IS DEAD!
Funny! Extra kudos for innovation!
Pretty artistic impression...
Oh man... This is one of remix. Kwed's top 5 of all times! Fantastic!
Err... Well... Nice? Really nice? (Now where did I leave my head...?)
Just gotta love this one!
So different, so out of left field, so brilliantly executed and so damn funny!
Very artistic. Likely you will enjoy it or hate it.:-)
Great!
WTF... But also Cool :)
GENIAL!!
Woooot?!? Let's keep the remix apart for a moment, Mahoney just snapshotted an entire era... Lisa included... What a wonderful times, my friends.
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04/02/2003
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