Once again
@Suswave you did a phenomenal job taking an ST to incredible heights
Thank you for all the work you put in!
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@Raccoon S T-Square thread is always a guaranteed fun time! Fantastic write up, and maybe now is when I finally make some threads I've been meaning to make in both Roost and Gaming side
(at least one will be Springsteen related. I cannot help myself.)
Also, we talking Citypop and its influence on gaming?
For those who don't know, Tatsuro Yamashita came out with his seminal album For You in 1982 (which I recently acquired on vinyl imported from Japan with the OBI strip, and I figured you would also appreciate Racc
), and the album opener Sparkle was and still is a certified
bop In 1985, the Hawaiian band Greenwood did an English cover, and it was because of a local DJ that spun it at a club in 2009 in Honolulu that it has since had a
massive resurgence. (Unfortunately their own debut album Lost in Paradise is not on Spotify and absolute hell trying to find a decent copy on vinyl at a reasonable price, but you can find the song on the compilation 'Aloha Got Soul')
Tatsuro Yamashita - Sparkle (1982) | Greenwood - Sparkle (1985) |
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Well, what makes this song so special? Not one, but
two gaming influences. The biggest one goes back to Doubutsu no Mori in 2001, but has been featured in every game of Animal Crossing since when you make an invalid request to K.K. Slider. You can only hear this when he's playing on a Saturday night and you won't get a record to play in your music player, but the data exists for a reason and the similarity is undeniable. Kazumi Totaka is a man of
taste
Additionally, I only found out through sheer dumb luck, but the Paradise Killer features the song 'Paradise (Stay Forever)', and if you've listened above, you can hear the structure of the song from the intro, to the verse, to the bridge, to the chorus, the horn hits, the sax solo, but it doesn't make it any less of a banger.