"That's pretty good, but what does it -mean-?" (For BGC fans)

[OpMegs]

So we all love BGC's music here, yes? It's one of the huge selling points of the series.

Well, I've always liked it, but occasionally, I want a little more. Like lyrics I can actually understand/sing along with. And in my endless trawl, I have
discovered the four below.

Rock Me

Mad Machine

The ones below here are basically direct rips from the dub, but never fear, those who prefer the Japanese spoken vocals will only have a smattering of English
to wade through.

Konya Wa Hurricane (From Tinsel City)

Say Yes! (from Double Vision)

Credit for Rock Me goes to Baseload, who provided the Anime Music Radio recording that I tweaked a little to remove the bumpers, while Say Yes! was located by
Spud.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

[Bob Schroeck]

Thanks for the links, OM -- but I'm having trouble getting "Say Yes". It keeps telling me that there's no server with the file available, no
matter how long I wait or often I reload.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Sofaspud]

Funky, I get the same error when I test it. I think Ops is off at work at the moment, I'll pester him about it shortly-ish.

--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs

[robkelk]

So, how different are these from the CD tracks? (I have the CDs...)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[OpMegs]

Aside from the choice of language, not really much. Priss's VA singer for the dub has a bit deeper of a voice than her Japanese one(the comparison to Joan Jett in The Iron Age is rather apt), though I note that the backup singers in the Japanese version of Konya Wa Hurricane are a bit better at their job than the English ones.

Say Yes! actually isn't that different at all, by comparison, as Vision's VA has a fairly soft, somewhat higher pitched voice, which equates to the Japanese seiyuu singing the song pretty well. The main difference, again, is that the lyrics are in English and you can actually follow them without being bilingual. :lol
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

[Bob Schroeck]

The link for "Say Yes!" now takes you to a page with a red banner reading "Invalid File. This error has been forwarded to MediaFire's
development team." and then claims the file may have been removed.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[OpMegs]

Hmm. That's very odd, especially since I deleted and re-uploaded the original and got the same response not 5 seconds after the upload finished.

The bizarre thing is I can't imagine why it out of the four gets that attention at all. :lol

EDIT: Renaming the file seems to have fixed it, but time will tell. Linky
Here

Edit the 2th: Or not. Apparently it really doesn't like that file. O_o
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

[Ankhani]

Works fine for me if you get tricky with it: Go to one of the other links, and then click the link just above it saying 'browse optimalmegatron's
public files'. From there you can get to 'Say Yes(Dub Version)' just fine.
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."

>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI

[Bob Schroeck]

I'll try that tonight. Thanks!
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Ayiekie]

Wow, I actually had the English BGC tracks back in university (over a decade ago now). Was never able to find them again, despite some considerable searching.
Neat to see someone's come up with them.

[Bob Schroeck]

Huh. OpMeg's second linnk worked just fine for me.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Balentius]

Not much more than that, really.

[Bob Schroeck]

You know, while we're on the topic of English-language versions of anime songs, does anyone have a copy of Wendee Lee singing "God Knows" from Haruhi?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

Not I, but I'll ask around...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Bob Schroeck]

Thank you!
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

No luck with Wendee Lee's version of "God Knows...", alas. (And I don't have any contacts at Bandai to ask about it...)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Bob Schroeck]

Oh well. Thanks anyway.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[OpMegs]

I've got an .mp3 of it myself, but it's on my PC's internal HD, and thus unavailable till it arrives via UPS in a few days. But, once I get ahold
of it, I'll toss it up. Admittedly, the audio quality's a little poor because of it being a YouTube rip, though.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

[Bob Schroeck]

Thanks, OM. I've been wondering if I have the tools to rip it from our DVDs, myself, but that's something I've never been interested in trying
before, so I don't know if I've got anything that'll do the job...
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/]Audacity should be able to grab audio from a DVD, I think...

(Download the stable release, not the beta.)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Bob Schroeck]

Thanks. I'll have to look into that tomorrow -- we have a guest over tonight.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[LantisEscudo]

Download link

A ZIP of both "God Knows" and "Lost My Music" ripped from the DVD, for anyone still interested.
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Honou Productions.

[robkelk]

Thanks!
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[OpMegs]

Slick, this is much better quality than what I had. Thanks.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

[Bob Schroeck]

Lantis, many many thanks!
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.