I can’t stop listening to those videos that remake classic songs and albums but with the Mario 64 soundfont. It’s like layered nostalgia. A nostalgic lasagne if you will.
The best ones are the ones that have a) payed close attention to the original and have tried to recreate all the *elements* of the song in the Mario soundfont BUT b) have the imagination and courage to not always pick the MIDI instrument from the soundfont that closest resembles the original instrument, instead choosing sounds that are very unique to Mario 64 where it’s appropriate…
Which means that the best ones have the depth ad richness of the original arrangements but SOUND like Mario. Stunning. Here are my favourites:
Sorry everyone but Good Day Sunshine in the revolver Album sucks ass. The Beatles made some of the best songs ever, but when they do bad songs they REALLY do bad songs.
It's always nice to start drawing a picture and then find the perfect reference. I'm not sure, but I think John has a little yellow submarine hanging on his griff
PAUL McCARTNEY: No, it's just who I am maybe, you know. For instance, when we'd done, we were now famous with the Beatles and we had done "Revolver," one of the early Beatle records. And, um, I got the horrors one day. I thought it was outta tune. I thought the whole album was outta tune. I listened to it and for some reason just, like, oh my god. And I went to the guys, I said, "It's outta tune. It's outta-- I don't know what we're gonna do." You know? And they said-- and they got a bit worried and listened to it. They said, "No, it isn't." I go, "Oh, okay.”
CBS 60 Minutes Interview by Sharyn Alfonsi, October 1st, 2018.