Oh, Nintendo; the silver lining of my youth; the caviar burrowed inside the crackers and cheese that was my childhood; the opium to my inner-addict. Whatever thoughtless and terrible treacheries I was made to endure as a child, i.e visiting most of my family, visiting Leamington, were instantly nullified as soon as I set foot in my Aunt Betty's house, ran down stairs, positioned myself in the typical worship stance, and surrendered myself to the dull glow of the television. Here, I bonded with Mario, Luigi, Kirby, and a slew of others (not to mention my cousins!). Despite it's terrible (or classic) graphics, the ethereal qualities of the 8bit soundtrack, and bright red and blue hues were enough to make me tolerate having to take out the game every 5 or so minutes to blow as hard as I could, just to make it work (sexual jokes abound, I bet).
As you can see, I belonged to the Nintendo just as much as the Nintendo belonged to me. Whatever the status of our relationship was, it was definitely a heavyweight in my childhood boxing ring. That's why I'd like to make this post the first indication of what's to come; The Holy Fucking Nostalgia Series! What started with an epically sprawling conversation in the last posts comment box had me thinking of all the things I used to do, and therefore, was the reason for this little series. The Holy Fucking Nostalgia Series, or THFNS for short, will run once weekly, during the month of April. Each post will highlight... well, I'll leave it a secret, but it's sure to be phenomenal.
Here's a little illustration of what is to come. Below are various covers (and a complete tracklisting) of classic rock songs, made even fucking better by the fact that they're done completely as 8-bit instrumentals. I almost wet myself.
Enjoy.
SA NEScover
- REM - Losing My Religion
- Europe - Final Countdown
- Radiohead - Karma Police
- Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
- Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
- Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
- Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
- Slayer - Angel of Death
- David Pomeranz - Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now
- Coldplay - Yellow
- Rick James - Superfreak
- Semisonic - Closing Time
- (Silence)
- Hidden NESmix Intro
- Zero Wing (Opening Theme) (4x4 Remix)
