NES & Rock Music Similarities

[robneal81]

That was a very cool video.  There's two you should consider listening to though:

I heard this one in a Mexican restaurant a few years ago when I was with my cousin.  As soon as it came on, we both looked at each other and went:  No shit dude!!.  Is it as obvious to you guys, or was it just us?
http://youtu.be/SZhBaPJph_Q

Is that rock? Though the music has a peculiar vibe to it, I can't find any familiarity in it. What does it sound similar to?

As soon as I heard it, I thought "8-bit Zelda!"

That makes three! Flash Man also apparently sounds like Metallica - Search & Destroy. :-

Seek and Destroy!!!!!  SEEK! 
Post Merge: March 23, 2013, 11:03:50 am

This one always caught my ear too, although I could never place exactly what game it was from:
http://youtu.be/qzil59GjiQM#t=171s

BTW, that link is supposed to start at 2:51.

[Toneman]

I only agreed to a select few in that video.

Now This similiarity I discovered is mad scary! .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWI7LwJZphg

[Cheetahmen]

For another NTDEC example, someone there was a big rock fan if War in the Gulf is any indication.

[Jedi Master Baiter]

I only agreed to a select few in that video.

Would you be so kind enough as to let me know which ones?

Like I said, I'm cutting some of these out, most likely the first will be the Edgar Winter Group ones.

[sconley666]

As a Berklee College of Music trained musician and playing guitar for 20 years...

Some of these are very close and others are spot on.  This is mostly likely due (without boring you beyond belief) chord progression.  There are musical rules that need to be observed to sound correct/appealing.  Most of these do this without breaking the rules.  Some music the rules are broken and can become more interesting.  Some broken rules become staples of a genre (ie ROCK MUSIC)  Some of the NES copying Rock music  could be the Japanese love for rock music and more of an homage to it as well as newer groups doing the same to NES music.  Something are a total copy of the other while some may have "phrasing" that is similar thrown into the mix, but never a true copy beginning to end.  And some is just technique based, sounding the same due to the technique used.

The Japanese developers have done this for a long time.  ROCKMAN is based on [insert name of creator here as it escapes me]'s love for rock music.  They were called Rock and the chick was Roll, correct?  Hell look at Earthbound/Mother 2  prime example of musical homage/nod/whatever.  And unfortunately more than likely the reason we haven't gotten anything from the Big N on VC.

/Soapbox

[Toneman]

I only agreed to a select few in that video.

Would you be so kind enough as to let me know which ones?

Like I said, I'm cutting some of these out, most likely the first will be the Edgar Winter Group ones.

The new video's sound is broken, I'd definitely narrow it down otherwise.

But Sconley articulated it real nicely as of why I said such. (I'm somewhat of a music theory nut myself)

Here's a video pointing out the Earthbound/Mother 2 music references, some of them slip right past you until they've been verbalized
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n4cs7Z7mDY

[Jedi Master Baiter]

The new video's sound is broken, I'd definitely narrow it down otherwise.

Broken? How?

Earthbound music composers Hip Tanaka sure like the Beatles.

[Toneman]

The new video's sound is broken, I'd definitely narrow it down otherwise.

Broken? :- How?

Earthbound music composers Hip Tanaka sure like the Beatles.

never mind, it was prolly my earphones, it just so happened when I turned the video on while wearing them, I heard static and then complete silence.

Here are the some of the ones I was like "Ehhh I can roll with that"
Smoke on the Water / Micro Machines
Fathfully / Elec Man (of course)
Easy Lover / Double Dragon 2 (as a matter of fact, the composer did admit he was influenced by this)

Rest of it, they just personal reminders of such.

Post Merge: March 28, 2013, 06:56:06 am

 ROCKMAN is based on [insert name of creator here as it escapes me]'s love for rock music.  

/Soapbox

Keiji Inafune