ReMix: EarthBound 'VenusSignedBananaPeel'

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W00t!! That Starla (aka injury) sure is a sport. Aquas wrote her up some hilarious lyrics full of in-game refs for all you Earthbound fans, which she sings in a Fabulous Baker Boys lounge style that is adorable, amusing, and musically viable all at the same time! What a gal! A clear-cut case for cloning, Starla continues to prove that the gals is just as good / innovative / talented as the guys, which is important as videogames are always pigeonholed as a primarily male pasttime (buncombe!) Really love the slinky bass here, with piano chords + a nice drum line - but obviously the track was designed around the vocals and they are the main attraction. It's tracks like this that I feel OC ReMix does a lot to encourage - risky, funny, and like I said - the MUSIC is still there. Starla sings damn fine in my opinion, good inflection and that raspy "mature woman" sound :) LOL . . . sorry . . . . The last line of the lyrics just REALLY cracks me up for some reason. GET THIS . . . it's the ReMix equivalent of Prozac :)

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Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
Vocals are pretty nice, but the backing track is mechanical and kind of underwhelming. It sounds like someone pressed the demo button on a cheapy keyboard and it happened to play an earthbound tune. Some of the piano starts to crowd the vocal as well frequency-wise.
Cute and cheeky song, but the samples are showing their age. Lyrics are funny enough, but I think i'd love it way more if I had played the game. Hihat outro is sortof WTF.

- OA on February 18, 2008
Hah! I remember when Aquas first broadcast this on Radio PSI on starmen.net! Hilarious, and really well wrote. Gotta listen to this if you have any shred of love for Earthbound.

- Deej Valen on May 14, 2006
This mix seems to add more jazz feel to the original tune, the piano being the leading reason of such. The drums in the background are good for the Jazz Waltz feel it's got. Good mix.

- Orion_Black on April 20, 2005
Oh this one is very well done. Everything straight down to the title is ALL EARTHBOUND. We see a lot of good mixes on this site, but rarely do we see a mix which gets back to the game the song comes from. The Incredible Singing Robot is another that comes to mind, and ICO- Save Me does similar things. Now we have this.
They've stuck with the gritty blues bar feel of the original and have added in the singing to exenuate this piece. I'm not sure who the singer is, but the voice fits really well. Not the best singer around, but it does sound like I'd imagine venus would.
The lyrics are a surprise, mostly because they're raunchy and silly in a song that could be very personal. But that's Earhtbound for ya.
The best part is the piano, doing a little improv underneath the singing. Not enough to steal the spotlight, but enough to add wonderful wonderful rythym and backdrop.

- Zipp on February 11, 2005
Oh man, this is great! The fact she's singing to Jeff is hilarious, and it's doubled by the fact my name is Jeff, and I look quite a bit like the Jeff in Earthbound! Although not quite as nerdy looking...
Slightly disturbing, funny, and touching in an odd way; that's what Earthbound is, isn't it? :D

- Zekian on February 11, 2005
i was just about to review this song
its hilarious how shes singing to jeff
what a great voice she has
soothing accompianate too in the background

- jordex on January 28, 2005
Such a great song. The voice, the music, the fact we get to hear a someone, a woman no less, sing "Poo will be coming back soon". :D
This is one of my absolute favorites.

- DramaGuyCJM on January 28, 2005
Awesome song! I laughed out loud when I heard she was singing it to Jeff! But who is singing this song, gamewise? I think it's Paula. Still, awesome job, keep remixin'!

- Dynamite Spoony on November 6, 2004
What a sexy voice, and used for this purpose, I have absolutely no complaints. ;)

- buick on August 25, 2004
Nice song i say, writing lirics takes a lot of work and has a cool jazzy stile, but all i can say is the ending, in my opinion it should be softer, just that, all the oter stuf i say its great good job =P

- Geomancer on August 4, 2004
Nice! I can almost hear Starla calling out after the song "Hey, don't forget to tip your waitress! I'm here until Friday, try the veal!"
....the part about Jeff seriously weirds me out... 8O

- lost on July 2, 2004
there was a link to see the lyrics, the link didn't work. i would like to see the lyrics.

- yourmom on June 22, 2003
the music and the singing is great. the part with jeff.. that..frightens me a tad. but it's a great remix. yay!

- Carrie-san on March 5, 2003
I relly like this ReMix, qurky, jazzy, odd but enjoyable lyrics, and a decent singer. Earthbound was one of my favorite SNES game, and this ReMix does justice. Good job Injury and Aquas.

- Mana Dragon on February 17, 2003
Earthbound 'Venus-Signed Banana Peel'
There are some songs that are poorly done, where you feel the artist could have poured a whole lot more work into it. There are others that are excellently composed, but really, we've heard it all before. But then there are the songs that seriously jump at you, and make you go "Wow! What the hell was that? Bring that back here again!" This one defiantly, and I mean DEFINATLY, meets the latter criteria. Here we have a unique collaboration arranged and performed with much pizzazz by Injury, and by Aquas who wrote these stunning lyrics. If you download this one, even if you don’t like it much, I’m sure you’ll agree that you haven’t heard anything like it for a long time. I doubt you’ll here another one like this for a while, either, so you better savour it while it lasts.

- Ginnsu on May 23, 2002

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