Crush 40 was the absolute highlight of the adventure era. I'm glad to see them get some recognition

@SuperSonicWarrior93

4 жыл бұрын

Cynical Toast I’m glad they came back for Team Sonic Racing.

I still actively listen and gush over Crush 40 to this day. There's just nothing else that does the trick for me, Crush 40's work is like anything else I've ever listened to. It deserves all of the praise it gets, and I can't imagine Sonic without it.

@UnderscoreYTG

Жыл бұрын

same here bro

Crush 40 the reason i started liking Rock music.

@thedonaldmcronald8123

3 жыл бұрын

Me too Lol

@deluxeaux2244

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@drakeredgrave6747

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World.

2 жыл бұрын

same!

@peytoncard330

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly I found crush 40 songs pretty cool

Escape from the City is another Sonic track that comes to mind when speaking of Sonic, for me anyway.

@Whermst375

3 жыл бұрын

If not the first.

@SonicTheSpeedGod

2 жыл бұрын

yes that one is so good

Man, Crush 40 was the first rock band I've ever gotten into. I remember when I played Sonic Adventure 2 Battle back when I was 8 in 2002. I made it to the final boss, and when I heard the actual song of Live and Learn, I fell in love with it. To this day, it's one of my favorite songs of all time, and Crush 40 still remains one of my favorite rock bands, and no it's not a sense of bias. Without them, I wouldn't have gotten into other rock bands or even the genre itself growing up!

Crush 40 isn't truely out of the Sonic series, though. When the first cinematic tease for Team Sonic Racing after the initial "R"-teaser dropped without the lyrics, people could immediatelly recognize the notes as Crush 40's, which it was, Green Light Ride.

@AarenYASS

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that but he said they were being tossed to spin-offs. black night and racing were spinoffs. -

And their back! In, Team Sonic Racing!

I play Open Your Heart and Live and Learn on repeat in Smash Ultimate.

I appreciate you for appreciating a band that really deserves more appreciation. c: I'm glad Crush 40 is back for Team Sonic Racing

@lolilikedragons3528

Жыл бұрын

Annnnd team sonic racing is dead. Welp that didnt last long

I hope in the next Sonic game crush 40 will come back to more Sonic music

@SonicTheSpeedGod

2 жыл бұрын

frontiers?

When you said that Green Hill and Live & Learn sound like they come from different series, my mind immediately jumped to how different the music for Super Mario Bros' 1-1 theme and the final boss music for Bowser in Galaxy 2 is.

@xyawet1183

5 жыл бұрын

compare mario 1-1 to hat kingdom in mario odyssey

Something I always think about when it comes to Sonic music is how "of the times" it usually is. I remember being a little jaded when Forces had a very electronic/dubstep influenced soundtrack even though I liked the music itself because of how forced it felt in relation to what was currently popular. But in reality, it went from 80s dance to 90s pop to '00s rock. So really, who am I to judge? Great video by the way, this was a really fun topic to see the history on.

damn, love this throwback to crush 40. I remember in early highschool back before it was so easy to find information online, a friend and I spent probably a month trying to find more music from crush 40 and Johnny Gioeli. We ended up finding some other bands that Gioeli sang for like Hardline and Axel Rudi Pell. I like how you described the game themes as anthems, that's what always stuck me. Like, these weren't just games with theme songs, they were all performed by the same band, their motifs were distributed throughout the whole game, they gave them an identity. Bless up fam this is dope.

@m4nondorf8

5 жыл бұрын

LambHoot RH what’s your favorite crush 40 song? Mine is revvin up

Great video! I'm so happy they are back for Team Sonic Racing, Green Light Ride definitely gives me Adventure vibes.

@demi8547

5 жыл бұрын

Sameeeeee!

@Scroteydada

5 жыл бұрын

It's too similar. There's definitely some burn out going on.

Fun fact: Johnny Gieolli was also working with German rock/metal band Axel Rudi Pell while recording for Crush 40... Dude was probably one of the hardest working rockers in the 2000s. Also, can we just appreciate Jun and SEGA for bringing forgotten hair metal rockers from the 80s back? As a high school metalhead, that makes me happy.

I have most of crush 40s songs on my phone and listen to when I jog. My favorites open your hart live and learn never turn back what I’m made of I am all of me seven rings in hand and free

@MetallicDZN

3 жыл бұрын

free is a crush40 song?

@Terminal_Apotos

2 жыл бұрын

@@MetallicDZN Yes, there is a Crush 40 Version

@MetallicDZN

2 жыл бұрын

@@Terminal_Apotos theres 2 !?!?

@Terminal_Apotos

2 жыл бұрын

@@MetallicDZN yes, kzread.info/dash/bejne/i6Go0tSyaLSZfJs.html way better than the one Sega actually used imo

Not one comment about "butt rock" throughout the whole video.. That deserves a like

I really hope Sega brings Crush 40 back to work on a new game. I know they’re working on TSR, but I mean a non-spinoff game. Green Light Ride is proof that they haven’t lost their touch, but I want to see them go all the way.

crush 40 is insanely underrated

@juneru2

5 жыл бұрын

and so is this video

Crush 40 and the Adventure era (along with things like Sonic X) as a whole define what Sonic is to me. I know there's many different versions but that is the Sonic I knew and loved growing up, I did play the original Mega Drive games, they were the first games I ever played and I loved them.... But when I got SA2 I loved Sonic in a way that the originals never made me feel. Not saying it's better, just saying that to me, Sonic is SA.

Crush 40 is on my list of things that created my childhood

you know green light ride, did you forget it? not just chiptune throwbacks now

Crush 40 was my first favorite band when i was in 3rd grade. Now a Junior in highschool, i still listen to them and they're still some of my favorites

This Video of my favourite Video game Band was released on my Birthday

Crush 40 was part of my introduction to rock music as a genre. As a little kid I had a PS1 and Dreamcast and was instantly hooked with the soundtracks of Ace Combat 2, and Sonic Adventure. So when I found a lot of my favorite video games carry my favorite type of music, it’s just another reason why I love this stuff so much. Open Your Heart, It Doesn’t Matter, and Believe In Myself stand out as some of my favorite vocal tracks in the Sonic series; I’d be here all day listing every single one. And in my honest opinion, Crush 40 as my favorite band produces music that’s a lot easier to get into than many of the mainstream artists you hear on the radio or inside a store. Nobou Uematsu, Keiki Kobayashi, and Jun Senoue are some of my favorite music composers for video games, and the reasons why I love game soundtracks. SUPER stoked Crush 40 is finally back in Team Sonic Racing!

Man, I love Crush 40's contributions. Live & Learn was the very first video game song I downloaded b/c it was so kickass.

Great video! I'm a huge Crush 40 fan, and I feel like they deserve this kind of recognition. I first started loving Crush 40 from the moment I found them as a young Sonic fan and I still listen to them to this day. I'm really happy they're making a return in TSR.

You couldn't have been more right. Crush 40 a name that resonates with all Sonic fans and yet.... almost no one else besides them know even their name. Also I thought you would also cover the fact that Crush 40 have returned to making Sonic music with Team Sonic racing having the first original composition performed by the entirety of Crush 40 since Sonic and the black knight, but I guess that's a topic for another day

Crush 40 I can say is the first group who made me fall in love with rock and will never regret playing sonic games and listening to crush 40 😁😁

I'd argue that Mario sticking to its guns on its way to the 3D realm was the better decision for it. Super Mario 64 is one of the first 3D platformers, and served as the bridge from 2D to 3D gaming for a lot of people. The very concept of a 3D platformer where you can run in more directions than left and right and rotate a camera, one where you don't just head right to reach the goal, must've been alienating for many of those people, and so I think retaining the same style and environments that Mario's known for gave the game some much needed familiarity. Sonic however, has always based its identity on being flashier than Mario, so I think the paradigm shift and grander scale with those elements benefited Sonic in a way that wouldn't've fit Mario

I’ve always praised Senoue’s contributions to the Sonic series & really being something that helped the games stick, even the spin offs. Having different character themes & levels in different styles of music to portray who they are & their personality is still one of the coolest things about the Adventure era.

I always loved Sonic. Crush 40 was what gravitated me towards The Adventure Era.

9:00 I think I'd like to contest this point. I think Mario music _has_ changed. In some sense you could argue that it's slowly transitioned to a more jazz and big band-inspired style with the more recent 3D games, but I think there's a much bigger evolution of Mario music evident in Odyssey, one that almost certainly took inspiration from Sonic and Crush 40. The main theme of the game being a fully vocalized song is itself a major shift, but one thing that I think _definitely_ shows this influence is (SPOILER) The theme of the final stretch of the end level, "Lead the Way," which is a cheesy, climactic pop-rock tune that would feel right at home alongside several of the poppier rock tunes in the Sonic series, like "Escape from the City" or "Sonic Heroes." It's very obvious what inspired that musical choice to represent Mario's bolder, more adventurous outing, and I think it's really neat to see how it drew inspiration from Sonic.

@TripleJump

5 жыл бұрын

And then there's the Galaxy games. The Galaxy 2 final boss theme sounds straight out of Star Wars.

@gayle-annrumsby1243

5 жыл бұрын

I was about to make that point. You are spot on there.

thank you so much for making this video. sorry I never saw it back then.

Your crafting skills are well. Your voice is easy to follow and full of life. I hope your views grow. Keep up the great content!

Thanks for making the video! As a massive Sonic and Crush 40 fan, I really appreciate it! It was great to go into depth how Senoue's musical direction truly changed how the franchise looked. And you're definitely right, they need more praise and appreciation from outside the fandom. But they have been getting a revival of sorts, with Jun Senoue being the sound director of Team Sonic Racing, and releasing a Crush 40: Driving Through Forever, a CD collection of their best hits. They may even appear in the next Sonic game, which could be a remake of Sonic Adventure, since Takashi has shown interest in creating one. Like good things, they must come to an end. But I don't think they've reached it...yet. However, Johnny may or may not be considering retiring when he reaches 60; I read that in an interview somewhere. It just depends on his vocal cords.

Damn... got shivers from that intro music. #Feels #LiveAndLearn

It's sad that we're rarely getting c40 songs now But I'm really REALLY grateful we had crush 40, I'm a hard rocker, I fell in love with gioeli's voice, that made me search a bit more and know the other bands hardline and Axel rudi pell, also past bands brunette/killerhit and I love it, I wouldn't know it if it wasn't for crush 40 on sonic games

Crush 40 are one of my favourite bands ever actually

The battle-like words used to describe the success of an evolving soundtrack are perfect for this video essay.

Dude I'm so glad you did a video on Crush 40. Someone had to do it and you knocked it out of the park. I totally agree that this music was Sega just going for it when they made that switch to 3D, and I think it was one of the best decisions they've ever made. 10-20 years from now I'll probably *still* randomly break out and start singing that "CAN'T HOLD ONNNN MUCH LONGERRRR"

I think this has been rescanned with the sonic movie and all the music coming from them now!

CRUSH 40 ROCKS

I have a shit ton of their songs, they are AWESOME!

As a Sonic fan myself, I do think that Crush 40 needed recognition outside of the Sonic community, and I am glad you delivered.

Crush 40 are so awesome for the direction they give when making the main themes of each 3D Game. I honestly thought they were the ones who did Reach for the Stars and Fist Bump, until I found out they were written by other bands.

To me, it felt like Sonic becoming more of a teenager in all ways, including...edge. And what better form than Rock music? The difference being however, the 4 composers of the Adventure duology absolutely nailed both soundtracks, for the most part. Not just Senoue's Rock-driven riffs. Fumie Kumatani's electronic work most of all is utterly ethereal, all wildly different, yet also timeless. It was a very constrasted, but team effort that made that duology so great. Otherwise, Sunoue's work was and still is amazing, in fact he's the only consistently brilliant element of Sonic music wherever he appears today (Kumatani-san, where are you now?). The Team Sonic Racing soundtrack blew me away and I recognised immediately that Senoue was at the helm. I don't even like Rock music that much, but god, Jun has always been just brilliant, how does he do it?

Post ur so good at these reviews man!! Keep it up!😉

Crush 40 were the band that really opened my eyes to rock and heavy metal, and jun sunoe was and still is one of my favorite composers for video games ever. He's the only video game composer I know of who has a signature guitar and I think that's pretty cool.

Great video my dude.

ohhh you have a good voice for stating facts it's nice to listen to I'll keep an eye on your channel

Imagine if all of Crush 40 came back for the next 2D Sonic game instead of just Senoue alone like in Superstars. God that just melts my ears just from the idea...

AWESOME

Live and learn will always be the king of Sonic songs.

i just can't stop listening to crush 40

Crush 40 started it for me then I went on to heavy metal bands like slipknot and five finger death punch.

Amazing music from the band

Aw yeah! This is happening

We can all agree that sonic has *ONE* of the best music in video game history.

I just blast Crush 40 on the way home after work, living in a rural place with long roads, im escaping the city maybe not a the speed of sound but still way above the speed limite :P

I really like crush 40

“Insert green light ride by CRUSH 40”

“The title of this video seems familiar hm…” -Real Engineeering

tbh if someone asked what song i think of when i think of sonic im pretty sure id be stuck on the spot thinking for at least 24 hours

Sonic Heroes the first Sonic game is ever really played has the coolest theme. One I still sing along with to this day.

First! By the way i loove you're video essays! They're some of my favorites!!!

Crush 40 they are the GOAT

I think the lack of Crush 40's music on the Sonic '06 game is one of the reasons why a lot of Sonic Fans aren't big fans of that game, even though they wrote and performed the title song, "His World" for the came and it was still a phenomenal song, but the music direction of Sonic '06 had way too much orchestral music that would have been suitable for a flower shop and not enough music with bad ass attitude and balls for a Sonic game. Crush 40's music contributions to the Sonic franchise games, is the equivalent to Michael Jackson & Qunicey Jones..... they had different backgrounds, but when they came together, they were a perfect match and their success is unrivalled. Crush 40 is without doubt the only music band that has really done the character and franchise games proper justice with attitude and awesomeness.

Still think that the new era sonic without crush 40 doing the OST is not sonic

Will never care for the Sonic games, yet it's music. You cannot deny the impact the music has had not just beyond gaming but within social media and memes too.

I love crush40

5.4k views and 5.4k subs... underrated

You made this video just for me didn’t you?

Sonic's music is such an inspiring benchmark for my approach with theme's for characters in general. I oftentimes look for other tastes in vocal soundtracks but I almost can never seem to land on anything that's satisfying...at least not frequently. Most music I hear is safe, boring, flat, and unoriginal. But Crush 40 turned up the heat so high you can't help but feel that heat blazing through as soon as you hear their Sonic songs. Open Your Heart, Live and Learn, What I'm Made Of, I Am All Of Me, Seven Rings in Hand, and Knight of the Wind are some of my most favorite songs of all time because they take risks and blow down the walls. And even though the original version of His World (Though there is a Crush 40 version that most people would like the most) was not written by Crush 40, you can't really tell me that it wasn't heavily inspired by Sonic's massive shift in music composition...and that's why it's my favorite song of all time.

They are dtill active in fandom at least Johnny .,We have a 3 Sonic related songs from him this year

#LifeAndLearn

All hail shadow

Whats your favorite sonic theme song? Mine is his world because its really good and the best song that represent sonic as a character, but thats just me.

ESCAPE FROM THE CITY

How-did you pronounce Tomoya’s name?

What’s the fame at 0:22

@PostMesmeric

5 жыл бұрын

Pyre

8:11 No Bitches?

the classic sonic era music has never been that iconic to me, yes it fits and its not bad, some tunes are really good, specially in sonic 2 and sonic cd, but they never stuck as a sonic iconic tune, green hill zone has been more of an imposed thing than an actual icon for the character that earned its place on people and that made me grew tired of it, when i think of sonic i dont think about green hill song or angel island, nor palmatree panic, i think about it doesnt matter, open your heart, live and learn, what ive made of and even that song when you fight metal sonic at sonic the fighters, but no classic era tunes

@ethanhunt6034

4 жыл бұрын

Don't u been youve

I think you should have played way more of the songs you were talking about, especially the more upbeat ones from SA you referenced explicitly. Why make a video if you barely use a video essay‘s capabilities? This might as well have been a written text.

My boss music was awesome but the final hazard crushed it

To be honest, I've listened to crush 40 so much, I don't like it as much anymore.

I disagree with sonic in the genesis days being mainly "playful" while they aren't as serious as the adventure games, they weren't that lighthearted either and provided an epic experience(I'm referring to S3&K and sonic cd). Besides that, amazing vid

and then Dubstep fuck everything about Sonic...

I like old Crush 40 songs and tracks, but TSR soundtrack... Why is Green Light Ride boring?

I really don't consider a shift in aesthetic from modwrn jazz and electro to buttrock to be an "evolution" but whatever.

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