#raftmageddon aftermath

[7grandmel]

Todays Raft - 02/05/2024

It's time for the Raft Ride you've been waiting for!!

Season 8 Not Ridden by Link (Read More) Raft Ride (Underwater) - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Rafter Unknown

Welcome back, Raft Ride! I thought we'd lost you for a second there, but of all things it was the Spongebob Event (currently ongoing!!) that brought the damn tune back. What a, uh, delightful surprise!

No but like, seriously, I was shocked to see it show back up in my subbox so nonchalantly initially as well, but once I listened to it I realized how perfect of a bit it was to bring the rips back this way. As part of the Spongebob event, it plays off of one of the show's most beloved bits - PREPARING THE KRABBY PATTY!!! - and the all-too-drawn-out introductory fanfare that precedes it. The line "It's time for the moment you've been waiting for!!" at once perfectly leads in to the rip's joke, the use of the da-ti-da-dittly-dahs to play Raft Ride's melody, whilst also doing a subtle nod to how long it's been since the last Raft Ride rip - can you BELIEVE it's been six and a half entire weeks since There's a Raft Ride-shaped hole in my Raft Ride-shaped heart was uploaded?? How did we SURVIVE all of this time??

But yeah, the Raft itself is super fun, I love how many of the announcer guy's various da-di-dah-dahhs get played with and how thoroughly fucked the high note gets. Honestly, the strained feel to Raft Ride in general feels like a match made in heaven for this gag in particular, as part of the joke with that drawn-out countdown is just how strained and exasperated the announcer's voice gets, perfectly fitting the unwieldy nature of Raft Ride as a tune. Inserting "PREPARING THE KRABBY PATTY" in the break leading into the loop is a stroke of genius and I fucking love how the rip just adds more noise on the second loop, adding a backing layer of da-di-dahs and a percussion made up of Spongebob's own footstep sounds. Dare I say a platonic ideal Raft Ride rip? Perhaps - either way, the joke works super well, and it was well worth the wait. Cannot wait for the sequel.

[7grandmel]

Todays Raft - 02/05/2024

R is for Rafts that we Ride together

Season 8 Not Ridden by Link (Read More) Raft Ride (Album Version) - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Raft by Alex Wumbo

So, the previous Raft Ride which brought the legend back was a YTPMV-esque one, using samples from a particular Spongebob gag in tune with Raft Ride's sheer chaos. The SECOND one of the day, which we were blessed with mere hours later, is the inverse approach - its a melody swap, having Raft Ride's iconic instrumentation be the groundwork to an iconic Spongebob tune. That, of course, being the F.U.N. Song, the tune of Spongebob teaching series antagonist Plankton all about the joys of life - we've all likely heard it, and its a tune that's hard not to love. Its whimsy carried over into Raft Ride with flying colors here, the high pitched portions that give Raft Ride its wonky feel sound surprisingly natural here - maybe because the F.U.N. Song always had the vibe of a friendly campfire song-like shanty, something never meant to be performed all too seriously?

It's hard to make it sound unpleasant, either way - and it serves as a really effective little dose of joy, a reminder of how neat Raft Ride actually can be.