Thinking about how Sega from Day 1 just cannot help but bleed money by hiring pop music people to work on Sonic games, despite the music done by their own in-house composers in Japan consistently destroying them.
I was listening to the Sonic CD soundtrack and trying to fathom the idiocy of the clueless Sega of America suit who thought it wasn't good enough for Americans. Sure, Toot Toot Sonic Warrior probably needed to be changed for an audience that actually understood the lyrics, and I can understand being really sensitive to image and thinking the cheering children are a bit much, but then you get to Palmtree Paradise Bad Future and ???
I'm sorry, I thought you guys were selling Sonic on being cool???
This fail upwards bumblefuck looked at the soundtrack that was louder, angrier, and had access to a time machine and said, "No, what Sonic needs is pensive new age music! That's what the kids are into! Delay the game two months and commission a new score!"
I almost want to applaud trying to manifest Donkey Kong Country a year early, but I'm pretty sure this level of decision-making is why we don't have Sega consoles anymore.