ReMix: Final Fantasy 'Onward (The Travelin' Song)'

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Josh Whelchel, you so crazy:

"Final! Fantasy! Adventure! Chocobos! Towns! Travelers! Chests! After Ryan and I got together for the NiGHTS project, it was apparent we needed to do more. So we did this. There are 14 F's by the way, if anyone was counting."

As Random Encounter's only pop-joke-vocal-hip-hop-buddy-anthem track, this mix certainly sticks out, and at first I was sorta scratching my head on how it fit into the bigger picture, but by the end I was just laughing my ass off and I *MUST* say, the vocal melody here stays with you for days, even on a single listen. Josh knows pop hooks cold, he really does - for each of his mixes on the site, I find myself randomly singing/humming refrains way too often. Brandon writes:

"I asked Josh to join the project fairly late, so he didn't have much time to make a song considering his schedule. But he worked very hard between September 2010 and April 2011 to finish this amazing track. With the help of classically trained vocalist Ryan C. Connelly, they put together a modern brutal metal anthem. The brutal grunts of "Gimme F" are classic. The beats are awesome, and the dialogue between the two artists is fun and whimsical."

I'm not sure I would describe this as a "modern brutal metal anthem," but it's certainly an anthem, and it's certainly whimsical. There's a good bit of pop/urban influence, even with the more aggressive parts, almost channeling Jovette's epic contribution to Voices from way back, but then there's also the banter & witty conversational vibe. In my mind, it's not really metal, but I don't care, because it adds levity & a completely different sound to an album that's chock full o' metal to begin with. This track is almost meta-/observational, saying "yeah, y'all are rocking out some BADASS metal mixes of Final Fantasy... and that's awesome... so we're gonna sing about it." Or something. Honestly, who knows what bizarre twists & turns the neurons of Mr. Whelchel's brain take, I'm just glad he & Ryan shared the results with us.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 10 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
A happy song with cheesy & nerdy lyrics, it kinda makes me smile briefly although admittedly, these types of songs are not my cup of tea for the most part. The song reminds me in some ways of this mix with some of the shifting through styles, but I like the execution in that linked mix far more largely due to the more serious nature of the arrangement.

- Bahamut on July 15, 2012
This is interesting, . I have to be honest and say it always bothers me when the vocal is doing the exact same thing as the lead melody, idk thats just me. I'll have to listen to it some more. I like the everglades reference. Hayley paramore? uh, yea maybe she was sorta cool like five or six years ago. the direction her band went in was very , er teeny-boppingly-disappointing.

- bobby1983 on July 2, 2012
No way that's the same tenor from "Dies, Nox, et Omnia"! Ryan, you've got a great voice, bro. This is easily one of my favorite cuts from the new album. I'd love to see you two star in a music video for this and put it up on OCR's youtube channel. I can already see Josh in a durag!

- Project R2K on July 2, 2012
Wow, this SOOOOOOOO sounds like Fighter and Black Mage from 8-bit theater singing together.

- Daemos on June 28, 2012
This song does not fit at all with the rest of the album, but I love it nonetheless :mrgreen: The lyrics are super-catchy and quite funny (and witty at times). Nice job!

- SuperiorX on June 27, 2012
Haha I LOVE the banter parts!! The background music is at its best there and their voices are perfect, so funny and smooth :D

- YoshMaster on June 24, 2012
Normally wouldn't post anything, but had to post how great this song is. Keep up the good work.

- Turnip on June 21, 2012
To describe the style, all I can say is it combines voices under age 25, metal, and a few electronic elements. Whelchel was born just before 1988, and Connelly doesn't look any older, so it's no surprise.

To be honest, I think if the vocals have no tuning filters (for lack of a more appropriate term, I'm probably wrong so correct me here), then they'd go better with a guitar track not involving electronic.

This post probably makes little sense, but I can't think of better wording to describe my reactions to this track.

- GTAHater836 on June 20, 2012
Yeeeah boi, i'm so glad that this one got posted. this is hands down one of the hardest, gangsta tracks around. lyrical prodigies up in here.

- Damashii!! on June 20, 2012
What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

- djpretzel on June 19, 2012