ReMix: Super Mario Bros. 'frivolous funk'
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- Game: Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo, 1985, NES)
- ReMixer(s): The Frivolous Funk
- Composer(s): Koji Kondo
- Song(s): 'Overworld BGM'
- Posted: 2000-02-16, evaluated by djpretzel
Download this, because it rocks! Unlike 99% of the material here, this is not synthesized and not techno, but live musicians (talented ones at that) jammin to your favorite SMB1 tunes . . it's played live, but the quality is great, and just listening to the lead guitarist makes me a bit jealous ^^ very funky . . .
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the It really isn't that bad. At all. For a song that was done at
request and live, it has that feel and it works here. Not the best
take on the theme, but honestly, there are worse ReMixes of the
same theme on the site and for what it is, it's fine. I like it
myself.
- Crulex on September 16, 2011
- Crulex on September 16, 2011
kickin it old school, this is a fun sned up of the themes in a
basic live setting. No frills, just fun.
- OA on December 1, 2009
- OA on December 1, 2009
Dafydd;357519 wrote: True. I guess I just misunderstood the reasons why some of the other songs were removed. I still don't like this one. :razz:
THAT I can very much understand and accept ;)
..though honestly I love it :) it's so playful
- anosou on December 19, 2007
True. I guess I just misunderstood the reasons why some of the
other songs were removed. I still don't like this one. :razz:
- Dafydd on December 19, 2007
- Dafydd on December 19, 2007
Dafydd;357464 wrote: I know it's an arrangement. So are many of the songs that have been no:ed or removed over the years...
I know you know, I actually mentioned some points that you might have missed though. Like the Underworld BGM and good playing (sure some misses but it's live and the drummer is skilled). I still wonder why you think it should've been removed.. As long as you recognize the source (it IS cleverly arranged, and again for emphasis the Underworld part) it's all good, right? It still holds true to the important parts of the standards, even though the standards are higher now there's no point in removing the older songs because they are sub-par to the newer ones, it's still in line with the site rules.
[b]EDIT:[/b] I guess you meant this part is holding it back?
[i]3. The source material must be identifiable and dominant.
* While interpretation and original additions are encouraged, arrangement must not modify the source material beyond recognition.
* The amount of arranged source material must be substantial enough to be recognized. [/i]
It's very identifiable. Anyone could tell this is mario. And it's very dominant, in fact it's the whole song. It's not modified beyond recognition because, as I said, anyone can hear the mario theme from this. Same goes for point two.
I guess the judges (and many others obviously) might not agree with me and say that the original melody is not intact in terms of what exact notes are playing but I stand by my statement that it's very much recognizable AND a somehow interesting arrangement of a well-known tune.
- anosou on December 19, 2007
I know it's an arrangement. So are many of the songs that have been
no:ed or removed over the years...
- Dafydd on December 19, 2007
- Dafydd on December 19, 2007
Dafydd;356887 wrote: Strange how this wasn't pulled in any of the lockdowns. Sure it's not an easy piece to play and the recording quality is good enough, but it's really annoying how it doesn't really play the actual melody, only almost, and sometimes not really at all.
It's an arrangement Dafydd. An arrangement. You can clearly hear the source and a few passages are verbatim, like the undreground BGM.. Honestly. I do not think it should have been bulled off during lockdown.
Most of all it's skillfully performed and very good.
- anosou on December 19, 2007
Strange how this wasn't pulled in any of the lockdowns. Sure it's
not an easy piece to play and the recording quality is good enough,
but it's really annoying how it doesn't really play the actual
melody, only almost, and sometimes not really at all.
- Dafydd on December 18, 2007
- Dafydd on December 18, 2007
It's great! Its funk, therefore, does not have to be exact, or perfect. It's enjoyable
The band may be called "funk," but there is little to no funk in this requestrocity.
If you appreciate Mario Bros., music, or the music of Mario Bros., I don't see how this is enjoyable. This is just a stumbling through the general rhythm of the Mario Bros. theme. I'm surprised they played this five times on tour without taking the 20 minutes to sit down and transcribe it. I could understand this performance if they hadn't heard the music since playing the game in 1986, but every other remixer here spends time on their work. If there is a worse piece on this website, I'd like to hear it.
- ghettopia on October 4, 2006
It's great! Its funk, therefore, does not have to be exact, or
perfect. It's enjoyable. If you don't like the band, get out of the
pub. Chances are, they probable were drunk but who cares? I think
I'll listen to it again...
- Deo Smash on July 20, 2006
- Deo Smash on July 20, 2006
@MaggotBrain: Heh. Did you ever do the "Legend of Zelda" request?
Not asking for the file or anything, just wondering.
Also, despite your thoughts, this is a pretty cool song. I don't think I've heard a live Mario song before. Kudos.
- ===PsYchOsIs=== on April 26, 2006
Also, despite your thoughts, this is a pretty cool song. I don't think I've heard a live Mario song before. Kudos.
- ===PsYchOsIs=== on April 26, 2006
MaggotBrain wrote: [b]5.)[/b] I didn't post this here. I'm not angry about it showing up but I have NO IDEA how this got here on this site. I was listening to some old recordings of my band yesterday and decided to do a Google search on our old band name and found this site. This tune was recorded live in April of 1999 and the band broke up about a year after that - it's strange that the tune has gotten new life here!
That's interesting...I guess the submissions policy wasn't as tite back then.
- Navi on January 27, 2006
I really enjoyed listening to this, and i hope to the people that
made insults ever thought "I can play better" because this is good
stuff here ^^
- Foxgirl15 on October 19, 2005
- Foxgirl15 on October 19, 2005
Ok I registered JUST to reply to this thread.
The Frivolous Funk was my band, I'm the drummer that "deserves to be shot". :?
Anyhow a few notes on this tune:
[b]1.)[/b] This song was performed live 'by request' at California University of Pennsylvania. As you can hear at the beginning of the tune, this was [i]a request[/i] - we didn't rehearse this to play that night so please excuse the 'sloppy, sloppy, sloppy' sound. :roll:
[b]2.)[/b] We were not a 'videogame cover band' - that's not what we did. This is something we played for fun once in a great while (maybe 4-5 times live out of 200 shows total).
[b]3.)[/b] As far as the complaints about the high tempo: fans of SMB will remember that when there were only 99 ticks left on the clock the music would double in speed letting you know to hurry up - hence the music speeding up half way through the tune. :wink:
[b]4.)[/b] Complaints about the bass: It is worthwhile to note that we were a 2 piece band - there was no bassist. The guitarist (Cary Child) played an electric guitar with a guitar synth like this one attached to it to reproduce bass notes when he played the lower strings on the guitar. A very novel approach on his part to fatten up a 2 piece group if I do say so myself.
[i]AND FINALLY....[/i]
[b]5.)[/b] I didn't post this here. I'm not angry about it showing up but I have NO IDEA how this got here on this site. I was listening to some old recordings of my band yesterday and decided to do a Google search on our old band name and found this site. This tune was recorded live in April of 1999 and the band broke up about a year after that - it's strange that the tune has gotten new life here!
...Well I hope I've helped put this recording in perspective. Enjoy!... or not. :?
- MaggotBrain on August 19, 2005
The Frivolous Funk was my band, I'm the drummer that "deserves to be shot". :?
Anyhow a few notes on this tune:
[b]1.)[/b] This song was performed live 'by request' at California University of Pennsylvania. As you can hear at the beginning of the tune, this was [i]a request[/i] - we didn't rehearse this to play that night so please excuse the 'sloppy, sloppy, sloppy' sound. :roll:
[b]2.)[/b] We were not a 'videogame cover band' - that's not what we did. This is something we played for fun once in a great while (maybe 4-5 times live out of 200 shows total).
[b]3.)[/b] As far as the complaints about the high tempo: fans of SMB will remember that when there were only 99 ticks left on the clock the music would double in speed letting you know to hurry up - hence the music speeding up half way through the tune. :wink:
[b]4.)[/b] Complaints about the bass: It is worthwhile to note that we were a 2 piece band - there was no bassist. The guitarist (Cary Child) played an electric guitar with a guitar synth like this one attached to it to reproduce bass notes when he played the lower strings on the guitar. A very novel approach on his part to fatten up a 2 piece group if I do say so myself.
[i]AND FINALLY....[/i]
[b]5.)[/b] I didn't post this here. I'm not angry about it showing up but I have NO IDEA how this got here on this site. I was listening to some old recordings of my band yesterday and decided to do a Google search on our old band name and found this site. This tune was recorded live in April of 1999 and the band broke up about a year after that - it's strange that the tune has gotten new life here!
...Well I hope I've helped put this recording in perspective. Enjoy!... or not. :?
- MaggotBrain on August 19, 2005
