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OCR02401 - Mega Man X "Tuck 'n Roll"


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I had already fell in love with the Muffins when I first heard Ska Buffet, but after listening to this, I suppose you can say that I'm

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ska'd for life now.

This is seriously an amazing song and definitely one of my favorites off of Maverick Rising.

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I had already fell in love with the Muffins when I first heard Ska Buffet, but after listening to this, I suppose you can say that I'm

( •_•)

...( •_•)>⌐■-■

(⌐■_■)

ska'd for life now.

This is seriously an amazing song and definitely one of my favorites off of Maverick Rising.

I don't think anything else needs to be said after this. :tomatoface:

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First came one of my top three OCR tunes from last year in Ska Buffet, and now the OCR Plaid Muffins land another hit with this track, which I gotta say, is a pretty cool take on one of my favorite MMX tunes. I'm pleased with how well the source tune lends itself to this style. The lyrics are pretty catchy, especially the last paragraph, and it was really nailed here. Love the slow down and the sound of the instruments overall. I'll be playing this over and over for a long time now and I can't wait to hear more hot tunes from the Muffins in the future.

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I loved ska buffet and as soon as i saw the name on the trailer i got really cyked for this song.

When i first heard i was first disappointed it wasn't LuIzA on vocals again (personally prefer female vocals) but then got over that quick with how great the song turned out anyway.

Good work guys :D hope to see the plaid muffins return for more songs.

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This song pretty much blew my mind the first time I gave it a listen through. Somewhere approaching the triple digits on playthroughs, it hasn't changed in my esteem.

The instrumental play could be a little cleaner, but for how awesome a job these guys did and how much energy went into their performance, I can hardly complain. They took an ultra-repetitive track from my childhood, strapped it with brass and aggressive guitar and blew me out of the water with it.

I definitely dug the approach taken with the vocal line, making Armored Armadillo sound bitter and resentful, but ultimately accepting of his lot in life. It added a lot of character to what was before just a boss fight and a shiny new gun. I'll admit, without the lyrics in front of me some spots were a little hard to understand (and were before with Ska Buffet, but not important), but the overall feel and execution was spot on.

This was a piece with awesome pacing, high energy even in the mellow sections, and mind numbingly nostalgic to mine ears. Besides my few little hangups, I have nothing but praise for this extremely well done arrangement.

Stay classy Plaid Muffins.

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On behalf of the Muffins, I want to thank everyone for their comments and feedback! We will indeed be staying classy.

Was the inclusion of the Peter Gunn theme intentional?

If you listen to the source, its not the Peter Gunn theme, but rather the way the riff works within the original track. I can understand you hearing a similarity though.

Ska was the wrong direction for this song, fast hardcore rock that doesn't go so far as to be metal punk or screamo is how it should of gone.

wut? That wasn't even a sentence that I could understand. But if you have an aversion to ska, that's a personal problem. Us plaid muffins? We're ska, through and through 8-)

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The Plaid Muffins blew this one out of the water - the amount of effort poured into this track really shows through with how massive the song feels. The track ran into mixing issues, but it's hard not to when there's so much going on. The ska style fits this source like a glove here, and the vocals are a treat on top of it.

This is some great stuff!

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It's mixes like these that make me wish karaoke versions were released. ^_^ I'd love to do an awful cover of this! XD

A perfect evolution from the already jazzy source track. :D Definitely made for a marvelous surprise in the awesome Maverick Rising album. Unique -- and squishable! :3

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Just listened to this for the first time in a while today.

Damn. All the kudos to the team of musicians who brought this together. I just can't believe how sexy everything worked together because at the time I was very negative about my playing in it.

Now I sit, after having not played sax in a few months, thinking "How in the hell did this work"

Props to Prototype Raptor who definitely did some wizardry on at least my part, but dang guys. Well done, from the future.

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After I got enough of the Muffins' Buffet, I decided to listen to this one without any doubt. And... I wasn't disappointed at all. Sadly, there're only few ska mixes here, on OCR. I can compare listening to this mix with playing Katamari Damacy :lol: There's so many instruments playing: vivd & very emotive brass, brutal guitar, pounding drums. PR's vocals are fitiing for this song. The break at 1:52 is what makes me love this mega-collab with all my love. More muffins!!!

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