To be honest, this is a pretty obscure tune to go with. Offspring isn't an obscure band by any means, but this track off Americana isn't of the iconic level that would normally warrant the Mario Paint treatment -- usually used to condense suitably epic or legendarily popular songs to glorious 8-bit (I got a prescription, and the only prescription is more Baby!) But it's actually one of the best punk anthems of the intermediate time between Dookie and Blink-182's ascent. Okay, I'm not the authority on punk, but anyway. The amazing thing about the Mario Paint version is that is manages to crank up the intensity with every verse and chorus, rather than just repeating the exact same arrangement, a few elements get added every pass, or at least it seems that way.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Mario Paint: Offspring, "The Kids Aren't All Right"
To be honest, this is a pretty obscure tune to go with. Offspring isn't an obscure band by any means, but this track off Americana isn't of the iconic level that would normally warrant the Mario Paint treatment -- usually used to condense suitably epic or legendarily popular songs to glorious 8-bit (I got a prescription, and the only prescription is more Baby!) But it's actually one of the best punk anthems of the intermediate time between Dookie and Blink-182's ascent. Okay, I'm not the authority on punk, but anyway. The amazing thing about the Mario Paint version is that is manages to crank up the intensity with every verse and chorus, rather than just repeating the exact same arrangement, a few elements get added every pass, or at least it seems that way.
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