Go ahead and jam, dudes!

“I yous tu deek I wasso smaht

I coo-duh hyyyyyda horin my haht”

- from “All that I needed was you”, Mother/Earthbound Zero

 

Yes, it’s about time for some more Earthbound/Mother series content for your “enjoyment.” If it’s true that the Mother series is, conceptually speaking, a lighthearted take on a Japanese person’s concepts and stereotypes of American culture, then apparently the average concept of Americans is that we like to jam out in front of strangers with up-tempo singing and dancing to slightly cheesy, bluesy cowboy rock with ridiculously chauvinistic lyrics. Of course, you might be less likely to notice how corny and pig-headed the words are – if the singer didn’t sound like a castrated choirboy with a thick Japanese accent and mouth full of cotton-balls:

 

“Half of a man” indeed. Seriously, though, that voice may be obnoxious and the lyrics unbearably vapid, but just try listening to that tune and not tap your toes. God, why do I love this song so hard? It makes no sense. Of course, I’m just being a nitpicky jerk. The fact that such a cool song was put into a game that’s almost 20 years old, along with a whole choreographed dance routine, just blows my mind. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, they just don’t make games like this anymore. If the mind-numbing falsetto of the last video wasn’t your cup of tea, perhaps you’ll enjoy the original, wordless NES version:

 

Okay, okay, enough of this. Let’s pretend this wasn’t a pointless post.

Stay fluffy, kids.

- Dennis