Bitmob Community Jukebox #4: Special Informercial Edition Brought to You by Ron Popeil

The Community Jukebox is two days early this week and that's weird. Hit the jump to find out why.

I realized that having the Jukebox on Wednesdays wasn't going to work for me anymore.

I didn't realize it when I started the Jukebox four weeks ago, but since school started, on Wednesdays, I'll either be at work or at school from 11:00 AM EST to 12:00 AM EST.

So rather than wait five days until next Monday, I'm bringing you folks the bleeps and bloops you've been craving two days early.

Anyway, back to the show.

For all you newcomers, here's how it is. Even though I've done a Meet the Mob, there is something important you should know about me.

For some reason, over the years, my mind has acted as a sort of a Roledex for great videogame ditties.  (For all you youngsters out there, a Rolodex is an archaic device that people used to keep important contact information on. I guess it's sort of like an abacus at this point.)

Because of this, every Monday I will be posting fifteen well-known and not-so-well-known videogame songs.

There's a catch however, or as famed infomercial Ron Popeil would say, "But wait! There's more!"

I will not be providing all of the songs; I'll provide only ten. The rest will be suggested - hopefully songs I've never heard - and out of all of the suggestions, I will choose five to round out the fifteen.

Ultimately, I would like enough suggestions to switch over to five or even one song donated by myself, thus truly making it the Community Jukebox.

It's important to note that all submissions will be credited to the community members who provided them.

The only guidelines are that any song chosen must be from a non-music game, or from a music game with original content. Licensed songs are also OK, but they must be from something other than a music game.

This means that Fallout and Grand Theft Auto songs are fair game, whereas Guitar Hero and Rock Band songs aren't. If licensed songs become too prolific, however, I may stop taking them as submissions.

I hope this guidelines aren't to strict, but the entertainment is free. As Ron Popeil would say, "Now how much would you pay?!"

Also, to note, I will try my hardest  to find the original names of every song, yours or mine, but if I can't, I will give it a name, and mark it with an asterisk. In addition, all songs are set to open in a new tab, so feel free to click away and have them play in the background as you surf Bitmob or get some work done.

Songs appear in no particular order whatsoever, save that community submissions will be segmented from my choices and shown last.

Each week, I will also be choosing my favorite submission, The Double-Plus Good Pick of the Week. The winner will receive exactly nothing, except being last song with this beside their entry: ++good.

As a small guideline, if you'd like to win the The Double-Plus Good Pick of the Week, try to pick something obscure or, at the very least, recent. We all know titles like Mega Man and Final Fantasy had great music  in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, and I will be featuring songs like these every week (that's my bread and butter).

But, in the interest of keeping the Jukebox new and surprising,  if you can come up with a great song that I've forgotten, or, better yet, never heard, you'll have a leg up on the competition. Just keep in mind what I said at the top, and if you've read my Meet the Mob, the size of my game case.

Either way, feel free to submit whatever you like. Please. I can't reinforce enough that all submissions are welcome.

As an added bonus, I will also try to add an immediate comment about the awesomeness of the winner commenter's song and why everyone else should pay special attention to it. This will be an in-joke for those who keep up.

Most importantly, since I hope to keep doing this for awhile, only one submission response per person per post. That way I'll have less to parse, and you folks will be able to submit for an extended period of time. If you sumbit multiple requests, I will not listen to any of them.

Again, only one submission response per person per post.

Anyway, onto the show.

There are two ways to listen:

Method 1: Pick and Choose

1. 'Splosion Man - Everybody Love Doughnuts (This one goes to Brian Shirk for his awesome 'Splosion Man review)

2. Legend of Mana - The Wind Sings of Journey

3. Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose - Space Opera

4. Grandia - Mullen

5. Actraiser - Peaceful World

6. Gitaroo Man - Bee Jam Blues

7. Tekken Tag Tournament - Opening Theme

8. The Guardian Legend - Stage 1*

9. Serf City - Main Theme*

10. Katamari Damacy - Que Sera Sera


Community Jukebox

11.  Chrono Trigger - To Far Away Times suggested by Brian Shirk

12.  Dragon Quest VIII - Overture suggested by Lance Darnell

13.  Chrono Trigger - Chrono Trigger suggested by Alex R. Cronk-Young

14. Final Fantasy VII - Electric de Chocobo suggested by Jason Wilson

15.  Conker's Bad Fur Day - Windy suggested by Evan Killham++good


Method 2: Let It Ride (click here to listen in a separate window)

~James D. The Sophist

P.S. Any feedback to the Let It Ride feature added in Jukebox #3 would be appreciated. It adds a bit of extra work to the Jukebox (about a half an hour). I just want to be sure that you guys  are using it if I'm going to go to the extra trouble.

It is useful and it allows you guys to do other things while listening, or as Ron Popeil would say, "To Set it and forget it!!!"

Comments (31)

This was a long drawn out battle for ++plusgood.

I wanted to give it to Jason because of my love of surf rock and Dick Dale. (I go to his shows whenever he comes).

Dick Dale was, I've heard, Hendrix's favorite guitarist. And Electric de Chocobo contains a nice slice of surfy fun.

Lance, Alex, and Brian also played on my Meet the Mob proclivities.

I love JRPGs. Espescially Chrono and DW.

But! I'd forgotten about Electric de Chocobo. And all four familiar tracks didn't measure up to the random ragtime of Evan's song.

I've always wanted to play Conker. It's supposed to be the last great N64 game.

I even consulted my roommate Aaron. He agreed, though he'd never played Conker.

Congrats on the hat trick Evan. But I don't know what's next. Double Hatty Trick?

Fuck sports.
James DeRosa , September 01, 2009
Holy shit, I can't believe you have time to post at all with all that. We're lucky to see the jukebox early this week. So I guess I'll have to pick something special. Here's one of my favorite songs from Xenogears that evokes the feeling of freedom:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AfpPwNc7ek&feature;=PlayList&p;=DCBCA0F06AA2551A&index;=33

Apparently it's called, "Flight".




Brian Shirk , September 01, 2009
@Brian: Donut song for the win! Right? Right?
James DeRosa , September 01, 2009
I really dugg the Grandia Mullen piece!

I want my ++GOOD!!! smilies/cheesy.gif

My suggestion for next week is coming...

And I would be interested in your Jukebox idea for sure!
Lance Darnell , September 01, 2009
My choice:

Dave's Theme from Maniac Mansion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRxeXnMBejY
Lance Darnell , September 01, 2009
Woo!

And here's everything you need to know about Conker: you fight an enormous, sentient pile of shit while he sings a song which, among other things, calls you a twat. Combat is waged with enormous rolls of toilet paper.

THIS HAPPENS IN THE SECOND LEVEL.

Okay, new song:

Psychonauts - End Titles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...8&index;=32
Evan Killham , September 01, 2009
Oh, also...I really like the Let it Ride option, since it lets me covertly listen to these songs at work when I run out of podcasts. So if you can keep doing it, I appreciate the extra work.
Evan Killham , September 01, 2009
@Evan: That's all I needed to keep doing it!
James DeRosa , September 01, 2009
Hell yeah, Donut Song ftw! Now I'm getting hungry...
Brian Shirk , September 01, 2009
Hmmm... How could Alex have had two winners if only one submission is allowed?
Lance Darnell , September 01, 2009
being a MGS fanboy (not going to lie) I love the Snake Eater theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmB8ywJYMww
David Matos , September 01, 2009
That's better. Trying to get keep me away from ++Good... WANKER!!!!
Lance Darnell , September 01, 2009
Sorry Lance
James DeRosa , September 01, 2009
That's okay I'm fine
Lance Darnell , September 01, 2009
Kefkas theme from ff6. Its called something about a clown I believe.
Alex R. Cronk-Young , September 02, 2009
I just used the Let it Ride feature while writing an article. Very nice feature. I'd love you to keep doing it, but would understand if you don't have the time. BTW, you forgot Gitaroo Man in it.
Alex R. Cronk-Young , September 02, 2009
Hmmm... I didn't forget Gitaroo Man. If you click to listen in a separate window it's there.

I just recopied the html for the embeddable, and Gitaroo Man just will not appear in the smaller version.

In Jukebox #3, I couldn't get them to show up in the order I wanted.

Strange.
James DeRosa , September 02, 2009
Figured it out.

People can choose whether or not to make their videos embeddable, and that one can't be embedded.
James DeRosa , September 02, 2009
James, this is great! How have I missed this? Anyway, the Let It Ride thing is great! But don't strain yourself.

J. Cosmo Cohen , September 03, 2009
Hopefully you haven't had this suggestion yet, but I'm going to throw-it-out-there: Loco Roco main theme song.
J. Cosmo Cohen , September 03, 2009
Thanks Cosmo! I'll take your song under advisement!
James DeRosa , September 03, 2009
DAMMIT COSMO! I was TOTALLY going to pick a Loco Roco song on the next Jukebox! You steal everything! hahaha.
Alex R. Cronk-Young , September 05, 2009
@ Alex - Crap! Well I guess what I need to do is make sure you've had a chance to respond FIRST, then I'll respond. Sound good? smilies/cheesy.gif
J. Cosmo Cohen , September 07, 2009
@James - Neologisms you have taught me:

Boob Physics 2.0

Castletroid

Great Job!!!!
Lance Darnell , September 08, 2009
@Lance: Glad you liked it!
James DeRosa , September 08, 2009
@James - Well, if you actually used your twitter account you could let everyone know about it, and I could tell everyone how much I liked it!!!
Lance Darnell , September 08, 2009
@Lance: I don't know how to use twitter is the problem.
James DeRosa , September 08, 2009
@James LOL - @Lance teach him
Toby Davis , September 08, 2009
Great post!

I'm a little upset that you didn't mention the fact that Ron Popeil can help you "keep two vegtables piping hot."
Eric King , September 08, 2009
@Eric: I'm glad someone appreciated the Ron Popeil jokes.
James DeRosa , September 08, 2009
@James: Of course! You have to give props to Popeil, he was the original pitch-man. Plenty of memories of watching his infomercials on many a sad drunken night.smilies/cheesy.gif
Eric King , September 08, 2009

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