i think it would be more like Electro luminecance wire... that's how you get tron clothing anyway lol... wear a black body covering suit and you can turn yourself into a stick figure in the dark
OMG yes! I'm very into both of these genres/communities (more so steampunk) and people do just stick random tat to a household object and call it one of the two (someone did a 'steampunk' laptop and she literally covered the lid in wood texture paper, put a gold trim around the lid and sprayed the keys gold)
Thank you for your praise! With all due respect, however, I must inform you that your assumption is incorrect; I employed no "auto-chorus". The chorus was composed the old-fashioned way (using paper, pencil, and a piano with which to work out the harmonies), then each vocal part recorded individually.
Straight up the only time I seen gears on an outfit and thought "okay that's actually a use for once" was when I seen my cousins outfit. She actually made the gears out of brass and then sewn them on as buttons. She had this whole role thought out as a "Gear Factory Owner". So it worked in thought that you would see a merchant who owns a factory for making gears wearing an outfit that incorporated gears into the clothing. It's the same concept as seeing a dude in a Best Buy shirt working at Best Buy.
I've gotten comments before as to why my steampunk outfit has no gears on it. I believe in what I like to call "functional steampunk." As such, there really is no reason why I would have gears on my clothes as they would serve no purpose. My time machine on the other hand, has gears, but they are set up in such a way to power the mechanism.
Any exposed gearing is just a chance for some buggery to get in there and muck up the works, steam punk suits would keep everything sealed away and be smooth on the outside
I enjoyed this immensely. I understand why some people feel as if he was being pretentious, but when compared to other big wigs in the steampunk world I think he was rather polite. He complained about the junk people were trying to sell to him, not new fans getting into cosplay and having a good time with it, and there is a big difference. That being said, if you're new to steampunk just take your time and don't rush into anything and if someone tells you you did something wrong with your cosplay, without offering any way to improve upon it- just set them on fire and go about your day! :D (don't set anyone on fire)
+Neala Ernswa This. The guy was clearly complaining about people with no knowledge of steampunk trying to exploit it by cheaply and lazily imitating it's aesthetic on the most superficial of levels (just stick gears on it). Not people interested but ignorant.
+lordrotarec While the pretentious bigwigs of the Steampunk fandom are many, I'd much rather focus on the people in the Steampunk community with positivity intelligence and wit. it's very easy and very satisfying to throw shade at douchebags. Indeed, it's much more difficult to focus on the positive things and often far less satisfying. It is deeply ingrained in human nature to focus on the bad. some theorize that this is an evolutionary imperatives to help us remember that which is unpleasant so we may avoid it and refrain from repeating the unpleasant act again. However I deliberately refuse to partake in such behaviour, especially in a community so small and so stereotyped as pretentious amongst other fandoms and the nerdy community as a whole. which is just an exceptionally pretentious way for me to say that none jump to mind immediately.
As someone who has always appreciated the steampunk aesthetic but only recently started getting into it properly after listening to a radio 4 documentary and accidentally selling her soul to Steam Powered Giraffe, I see steampunk as a mindset. A love of things that are past, a fascination with things could have been, and a desire to express that in a creative and imaginative way. If what you choose to do stems from a true appreciation of that, then that is what I would call steampunk.
I once designed a steampunk robot character. He actually runs on steam and has a big ol' boiler on his back. Because I figured, "Well, it's called STEAMpunk, so power probably came from STEAM"
The era also had some fantastic clockwork automata, but steam is far more power dense, so a perambulatory robot would probably be steam powered. On a somewhat related note, might I suggest looking into flash steam boilers? It turns out that steam can be produced at high temperatures and quickly in a very small space if you set it up right. My dad made a flash steam boiler out of about three cans stacked on top of each other and a bunch of copper tubing, and it very quickly went from stone cold to producing steam that could char cardboard - and you can't have that kind of temperature without some serious expansion (not that we had a steam engine to test it on).
For far too long I have been inwardly peeved at all the people who slap together useless junk & call it Steampunk. Now, whenever I am angered by the ignorance of others regarding Steampunk, I will listen to this song. Thank you, Sir
Me too, buddy, me too. Every time I see some bollocks being passed off as Steampunk, I come listen to this song. In some respects, it's quite amazing that (assuming the 988,000 views at the time of this writing are accounted for by multiple repeat viewings such as ours) only 250,000 other people have ever seen this.
Revisiting this is such a nostalgia hit. This did help me learn about the Steampunk genre a little bit more and a little easier at the time. Still a fun song too!
Then I daresay, Old Goat, that you didn't understand the message of the song at all. Obviously there was a lot of prettied-up junk being sold as Steampunk. And Sir Reginald Pikedevant, Esquire, OBE, etc. took a stand. Sometimes one voice cries out for justice when others are stilled.
Trench coats and goggles, bodices with frilly top hats and goggles, bronze jetpacks and gear studded fob watches and goggles, leather gauntlets with copper plating, with matching boots and goggles, long barreled guns with brass scopes and multiple dial settings, strangely mechanized wrist contraptions...... did I mention the goggles?
Thanks for describing why I hate that steampunk is reaching the mainstream. The creativity and originality flies out the window, only to be replaced by "LOOK GUYS THIS IS STEAMPUNK RIGHT I SWEAR I'M COOL".
The goggles are what turned me off the aesthetic, and still does to a degree. When I see an outfit without them, it renews my interest in the style, making me realise its more versatile than it appears in the mainstream SP conception's representation.
jetpacks are already in the realm of retrofuturistic/atompunk stuff for their rocket engines, stick with da Vinci spirals, gliders, steam power helis and hot air balloons/zeppelins for air stuff.
I'd say the best videogame to nail Steampunk is BioShock Infinite, bonus points because none of rhe character designs slap gears and googles on them and call it a day
Bravo. I'm thrilled someone finally pointed this out...The catchy nature of this song also adds to the sincerity of it's message. The cinematic choices you've made were well placed as were your verse. All in all, well done~
Cyberpunk is the new steampunk. Just add neon lights - that's new brass. Just add crazy undercut haircuts - that's new tophats. Just add unneded ribbon cables sticking out of everything - that's new gears on things.
Nixie tubes may not have existed in the nineteenth century, but the technology they employ sure did. They are Neon discharge tubes, which as far as I know, first came to exist when Tesla tried filling a Geissler tube with low pressure Neon gas instead of just low pressure air. If you want a steampunk nixie tube however, it would probably be much bigger and look like an early lightbulb instead of a post-war miniature tube.
Only just; the Age of Steam is considered to have ended in 1914, and neon was first marketed for lighting in 1910. (Not by Tesla, though -- he was working with what we know as fluorescent lamps.)
considering Steampunk is in fact an alternate past, you could imagine Tesla being much more open on ever crazier inventions, even though arguably a greater focus on his actual period could turn steampunk into dieselpunk Steampunk (with the capital S) relies a lot more on just, well, steam alone, have everything steam related with little to no electricity or internal combustion engines employed, there are lots of outlandish experimental engine models that can exclusively use steam power and are eligible for this sci-fi coat of paint that still keeps the purity of the theme intact
Wolfrover steam ended in 1914? Don’t tell that to Lima locomotive works. They built there last steam locomotive (NKP 779 a 2-8-4 )in 1949. The GTW ran there #6325 in regular service in 1961. Nixi tubes where invented in 1955.
@@Wolfrover Well, it's Victorian Science-Fiction. So actually, these tubes work quite well when you keep that in mind, since they would have been exactly that at the age of steam. Just as a reminder: there weren't any space ships around when "Forbidden Planet" was filmed, either... ;-)
This is absolutely awesome! The music is wonderful, a perfect blend of the barber-shop quartet sound with the spoken rhythms. I couldn't have expressed the message more perfectly, and I do truly appreciate someone else pointing it out! I'm glad I'm not alone in my irritation with the 'trendy' idea of steampunk.
Just put some eyeliner on it and call it emo Just paint it black and call it goth Just make it pastel pink and call it vaporwave Just put some neon lights on it and call it cyberpunk Just put some 808s on it and call it trap music I hate gatekeeping, but this video is quite accurate
I was reminded by this song when I was shown a pattern for a "Steampunk Quilt" that was just the worst assortment of "just slap some clip art on it" I had ever seen. 11 years on and still relevant. (also, still mourning the loss of Regretsy.)
I hadn’t heard nor thought of this tune in over ten years when the chorus suddenly popped into my head a few minutes ago. Here I am video, what did you summon me for?
I find myself whistling this cheering ditty while perusing the various pages and sub-pages out there in the whirling chaos that is the 'net. It never fails to put a smile on my face, sir. I thank you.
Funny that comparisons to goth's keep cropping up in the comments. For those old enough to have been there, old school goths (not the latter deviations) today would be considered steampunks by most people at a glance because many liked and adopted regency, and victorian styles of dress. Also like goth (which was originally connected to music) but lost that connection as it became more mainstream. Steampunk, which sprang from SF literature, has also come to mean pretty much anything and everything when the aesthetic was requisitioned by the mainstream.
I'll have to disagree with you there Nelson, Victorian/Edwardian Goths (such as myself) wouldn't consider ourselves Steampunk nor would resemble it, because we may have adopted the Victorian style of dress but are far from Regency. Also we don't have the ability to "just put some skulls on it and call it Goth" no matter how much Hot Topic tries that (or used to try, you go past one today and looks like a bright skater punk store). Also Goths don't pretend when they're wearing their clothing, they are just who they are and what they enjoy in real life, unlike a Steampunk person who might be using a fake 19th century British Aristocracy accent and saying they're part of a "Steamship squadron" while attending a convention outside the normal viewing public (except for the few hotel patrons who are also there, not for the convention). Goth came as an offshoot of the punk movement, which means the old school Goth kids weren't running around in Victorian garb (that came later on, as certain bands did Ethereal, Shoegaze, and other similar styles) but mostly leather jackets, Dr Martens boots (my 20 eyelet steel toed goes great with my frocked poet shirt and velvet pants), and black clothes. There are alot of different genres of Goth these days because different people adopt different clothing and musical styles, it doesn't mean Goth has "lost it's musical connection", it's just become more diverse.
That was my point entirely, goths aren't steampunks, but the average person sees someone in Edwardian fashion and that's what they think they're looking at. Which is truly sad because many people calling their attire steampunk aren't wearing clothing remotely akin to Victorian/Edwardian or any other period. women in particular. To say it more clearly, the similarity between the two as I see it is, you've got people slapping on mascara and wearing black clothes calling themselves Goth that don't belong to any subculture, and don't even listen to what is considered to be Goth or Punk bands; you've got people wearing stuff and calling it steampunk that's the reverse equivalent of what all those 60's and 70's movies thought people would be wearing in 2010, who've in many cases never read Sf let alone a steampunk novel. The tags have simply become convoluted. Btw, back in the 80's I heard a lot of punks refer to Goth's as simply punks with a better fashion sense.
It also doesn't help that items like steel toed, and gladiator boots are now being marketed as steampunk accessories, when punks have been wearing those for ages.
Nelson Smith Sorry for misunderstanding your point Nelson. Pretty much I get tired of the comparisons. Though there is one interesting thing to show the main difference between Goths and Steampunks is this expose on the "Steampunk Cruise" (which they probably stole the idea off the Goth Cruise), where at the end of the cruise the Steampunkers take off their elaborate costumes and blend in again with normal society. This is in direct contradiction to Goths (like me! :-P ) where they dress how they feel in almost every situation and don't create some sort of fictional personality (such as every Steampunker seems to be a "Airship Captain" of some sort when they're 'in character') to change back to normal to when they're not around each other - www.upi.com/Odd_News/2014/03/14/A-look-at-the-second-annual-Steampunk-cruise/6331394824500/
I was reminded of this song once more when I stumbled across packs of small decorative gears on Amazon. Instant "steampunk" kit, with next-day shipping.
Antique reality with imagination, retelling the history of technology. My favorite flavor of steampunk is set in the antediluvian age, but that's just me.
Sir Reginald: If your busy schedule permits, might I encourage you to continue producing new works? I delight in your efforts and look forward to seeing what you put forth next. Thank you.
I've seen this before, but at the time I failed to appreciate the brilliance of both the video and the song. And I'm grateful for the introduction of "Euterpean" and "epopee" to my vocabulary - I will use both as often as possible.
Much as I'm all for you expanding your vocabulary, neither 'Euterpean' nor 'epopee' are used in this song, so I'm a trifle perplexed as to how you achieved this introduction.
I saw a "Steampunk Owl" the other day. I love Owls but this metal Owl just had some gears glued to the wings. But it reminded me of this song so I laughed and had a good time over it.
Wrong sir! Skyrim came out on 11-11-11, while this cam out on the 29th of november the same year, 18 days after skyrim. That is, of course, if the youtube posting date can be trusted.
I just had the pleasure to discover your channel and I hope that in addition to the great things already existing on it there will be more even greater things coming in the future. :)
This is kind of how etsy/amazon works nowadays. Like there's so much "Steampunk" crap on etsy that's all just Chinese junk with some crappy brass cogs glued to it. Same goes for Cyberpunk but instead of gears and cogs it's "tech lines" and neon lights. The worst now is when they just throw the whole kitchen sink at the tags and you end up with some, I don't know, pair of roadster goggles with the tags "Steampunk, Star Wars, Star Trek, Cyberpunk, Post-Apocalyptic, Etc". Like the how fuck is something both Cyberpunk and Steampunk? Like, what?
Is steampunk still popular these days? But I do agree with cyberpunk, which honestly, is getting a bit stale. It's always the same depressing city with anime/japanese aesthetics ruled by an evil megacorporation. I've seen so many games now hop on the cyberpunk trend, especially after the 2020's Cyberpunk 2077 . I think we should bring back steampunk or maybe even dieselpunk to spice it up a bit.
Steampunk Star Trek sounds awesome, though, you have to admit. Also, I never knew what a Nixie tube was until reading these comments forced me to look them up. They do indeed look undeniably splendid.
Thank you, sir, this song sums everything I've been having problems with about modern "Steampunk". I sort of caught the first or second wave myself, so I remember when it was a bit more than, well, as the song title goes. Actually i'm probably more Third Wave if you count the original Wild Wild West show.
I feel ya man... people think that because you dress up with gears or add them to something that they ARE steampunk... steampunk is a lifestyle not a trend. People actually make livings with metal work, wood work, leathermastering, etc. and actually contribute greatly to the movement of it. It is a lifestyle of bringing a character to life while creating adventures from real life to incorporate into it... Not just victorian science fiction... its what you do and create from the mind with it that makes you actually 'steampunk'
I've pondered the part you made about a steampunk-Cicada. I always figured they'd play a role as a 'spy drone listening device' if they were implemented in a novel, and not as a random bug.
The sound effect of the phonograph record intro and crackling is that of a vinyl record and not at 78 RPM. (I'm not referring to the music, which is obviously not from a 78 RPM shellac disc.) Sorry to be pedantic. I love the song and the animation!
On the upside, this video offered a REALLY good explanation of what steampunk is (a type of science fiction - its STORY based) and what it is not (a mode of dress or decoration). I thought it was all three of those things or any one before, but seeing the video explained that the clothing steampunks and their imitators wear isn't actually steampunk, but rather inspired by steampunk stories. I guess the clothing and decoration would be referred to as vintage/steampunk inspired/neo victorian
technically nixitubes can be part of the steampunk aestetic too... i mean nuclear submarines where not really part of the steam age too but you didn't see that stopping Jules Verne... i mean the theme really is alternative history/technology with a certain emphasis on steam power as the main engine technology... though even that may be flexible... and with nuclear powered subs hmm.. that kinda is a steam engine... well steam turbine anyway..
The imagery seems more early 1900s in this video. A bit later than I'd expect SteamPunk to be. But, it's very well done, very entertaining, and dead on in sentiment. Love it.
All the more reason for me to learn more about steampunk--I'd like to learn to make my own jewelry (I'm just kinda dabbling in different art forms, at least until I find out if I like them or not), and I'd like to give STEAMPUNK jewelry a try, but I certainly don't want to find myself just "gluing on some gears" I enjoyed the song. Much amused. Pity Regretsy doesn't seem to exist anymore, I'd like to see the article/category this thing came from... but even the wayback machine gave me nothing.
Jonathan Hughes To be honest, the clockwork aesthetic often associated with steampunk is what interests me the most. At least in terms of learning to make jewelry and other things. But as for reading, I'm open to broadening my horizons; I can certainly give Dieselpunk a look-see. :)
Ah, then Clockpunk is what you're looking for. The "(something)punk" genres are thus: Clockpunk: Renaissance-1850s (Clockwork, of course) Steampunk: 1850s-1910s (From the industrial revolution to the beginning of WWI) Dieselpunk: 1920s-1940s (From the end of WWI to the beginning of the atomic age) Atompunk: 1950s-1980s (From the beginning of the atomic age to the beginnings of the microelectronics revolution) Cyberpunk: 1980s-Future (From the dawn of the computer age to God-knows-when) There are a couple of genres (oceanpunk, biopunk, etc.) that don't really fit one specific era, or combine multiple eras. Further reading: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PunkPunk
Jonathan Hughes Clockpunk it is then. Wow, I didn't know there were so many "-punk" genres. Steam and Cyber were the only ones I'd known about. Thanks for the link; I'm off now to waste another day on TVTropes when I should be writing.... :D
So charming and amusing, Mr. Pikedevant. Well done sir! Quality diversion of this sort is rarely seen upon the TH-cam. Best Wishes to you. Cordially, Stardustceiling
I must pass this around the family and test to see if 'steampunk' becomes part of the local vocabulary. This will be a stealth test. Love it. Great voices, production, etc. etc.
An excellent presentation, sir! Not only well crafted but makes an excellent point. Subtlety is the name of the game, not over the top. The more outlandish, the more annoying. The best impression is one where the person is historically accurate with just that little extra something. Once again, well done! Sincerely, Miles Crowley Capt. U.S. Army Office of Experimental Sciences and Oddities
Nixie tubes CAN work for steampunk creations, assuming you are working for a futuristic steampunk and not an 'actually occurred in the age of steam' steampunk. They're also Very useful for approximating the device's supposed use, even if you can't work out all the science.
Since Steampunk is sci fi, it's all the realm of imagination. As such, can there really be "Steampunk fakers"? Now I will agree that as in all things sci fi and fantasy, there are amateurs and there are "pros". Who is to say glued-on-gears isn't a legitimate Steampunk art form? Who's to say that someone wearing Victorian clothing is truly Steampunk-- rather than someone just wearing Victorian clothing. Methinks Steampunk isn't the trappings-- but instead the attitude. If one loves the concept of Steampunk, whatever they can manage within their skillset, I can live with. I've seen cosplay robots made of cardboard. It's all good. ;D
Can't wait for the sequel, *"Just strap some neon lights to it and call it cyberpunk"*
"Just strap some gloom on it and call it Deee-Ceee." or
"Just slap some jokes in it and call it Maaarr-velll."
i think it would be more like Electro luminecance wire... that's how you get tron clothing anyway lol... wear a black body covering suit and you can turn yourself into a stick figure in the dark
How did I hear of this just now, almost 8 years later?
OMG yes! I'm very into both of these genres/communities (more so steampunk) and people do just stick random tat to a household object and call it one of the two (someone did a 'steampunk' laptop and she literally covered the lid in wood texture paper, put a gold trim around the lid and sprayed the keys gold)
Oh boy that's what's happening
Thank you for your praise! With all due respect, however, I must inform you that your assumption is incorrect; I employed no "auto-chorus". The chorus was composed the old-fashioned way (using paper, pencil, and a piano with which to work out the harmonies), then each vocal part recorded individually.
I hope you are doing well. Miss seeing your work that genius mind came up with.
It's depressing that we've passed this phase but entered "slap neon on it and now it's Cyberpunk" phase. We need a Cyber Reginald, Netrunner Esquire!
Straight up the only time I seen gears on an outfit and thought "okay that's actually a use for once" was when I seen my cousins outfit. She actually made the gears out of brass and then sewn them on as buttons. She had this whole role thought out as a "Gear Factory Owner". So it worked in thought that you would see a merchant who owns a factory for making gears wearing an outfit that incorporated gears into the clothing.
It's the same concept as seeing a dude in a Best Buy shirt working at Best Buy.
That's creative!
And if your factory has a load of spare gears lying around, why not use them as buttons?
@@nathangamble125 Honestly gear buttons seem pretty cool...
Came back 10 years later just to jam out again.
Yes girl I'm not the only one. Suddenly got it stuck in my head at work and knew I had to come back to listen to it immediately!
I forgot all about this video lmfao
And me too.. Regretsy fuxery stays with ya forever! Miss the website 😢
I've gotten comments before as to why my steampunk outfit has no gears on it. I believe in what I like to call "functional steampunk." As such, there really is no reason why I would have gears on my clothes as they would serve no purpose. My time machine on the other hand, has gears, but they are set up in such a way to power the mechanism.
Please depart to the future immediately
@@mr.zzyzzx6136 Idiot
@@mr.zzyzzx6136 OK, we've arrived!
Any exposed gearing is just a chance for some buggery to get in there and muck up the works, steam punk suits would keep everything sealed away and be smooth on the outside
@@mr.zzyzzx6136 I mean, if they're Victorian and they're posting on TH-cam...they already did, right?
I enjoyed this immensely. I understand why some people feel as if he was being pretentious, but when compared to other big wigs in the steampunk world I think he was rather polite. He complained about the junk people were trying to sell to him, not new fans getting into cosplay and having a good time with it, and there is a big difference. That being said, if you're new to steampunk just take your time and don't rush into anything and if someone tells you you did something wrong with your cosplay, without offering any way to improve upon it- just set them on fire and go about your day! :D (don't set anyone on fire)
+Neala Ernswa This. The guy was clearly complaining about people with no knowledge of steampunk trying to exploit it by cheaply and lazily imitating it's aesthetic on the most superficial of levels (just stick gears on it). Not people interested but ignorant.
+seigeengine :D
+Neala Ernswa Could you elaborate on pretentious steampunk big wigs? I love hearing about useless elites of different fandoms :D.
+lordrotarec While the pretentious bigwigs of the Steampunk fandom are many, I'd much rather focus on the people in the Steampunk community with positivity intelligence and wit. it's very easy and very satisfying to throw shade at douchebags. Indeed, it's much more difficult to focus on the positive things and often far less satisfying. It is deeply ingrained in human nature to focus on the bad. some theorize that this is an evolutionary imperatives to help us remember that which is unpleasant so we may avoid it and refrain from repeating the unpleasant act again. However I deliberately refuse to partake in such behaviour, especially in a community so small and so stereotyped as pretentious amongst other fandoms and the nerdy community as a whole. which is just an exceptionally pretentious way for me to say that none jump to mind immediately.
Neala Ernswa This is a good approach, while negativity has value, it's not the way you create a pleasant community.
Your harmonies are so tight it's hard to stop listening to it.
Twinrehz I mis read that. I thought you said your Hermine's are so tight, I'm hard. Then I had to do a double take.
Just add a countertenor and call it barbershop. I agree with you, by the way.
Its almost relaxing
He's harmonizing with himself. You know that yes?
Somebody gets it finally
It's 2024 and this still sounds good!
This is fantastic. The close harmony, the great rhymes, the quality video--you should get an award. Something with gears glued on it.
As someone who has always appreciated the steampunk aesthetic but only recently started getting into it properly after listening to a radio 4 documentary and accidentally selling her soul to Steam Powered Giraffe, I see steampunk as a mindset. A love of things that are past, a fascination with things could have been, and a desire to express that in a creative and imaginative way. If what you choose to do stems from a true appreciation of that, then that is what I would call steampunk.
I once designed a steampunk robot character. He actually runs on steam and has a big ol' boiler on his back. Because I figured, "Well, it's called STEAMpunk, so power probably came from STEAM"
Did he carry fire?
@@johannageisel5390 Yes. He was bulky asf but hey, steampunk robot ain't going to be dainty
@@Icalasari Sounds awesome!
The era also had some fantastic clockwork automata, but steam is far more power dense, so a perambulatory robot would probably be steam powered.
On a somewhat related note, might I suggest looking into flash steam boilers? It turns out that steam can be produced at high temperatures and quickly in a very small space if you set it up right. My dad made a flash steam boiler out of about three cans stacked on top of each other and a bunch of copper tubing, and it very quickly went from stone cold to producing steam that could char cardboard - and you can't have that kind of temperature without some serious expansion (not that we had a steam engine to test it on).
For far too long I have been inwardly peeved at all the people who slap together useless junk & call it Steampunk.
Now, whenever I am angered by the ignorance of others regarding Steampunk, I will listen to this song.
Thank you, Sir
Four years later, are you over your phase yet?
Me too, buddy, me too. Every time I see some bollocks being passed off as Steampunk, I come listen to this song. In some respects, it's quite amazing that (assuming the 988,000 views at the time of this writing are accounted for by multiple repeat viewings such as ours) only 250,000 other people have ever seen this.
the disappearance of this man is a tragedy
HES BACK!!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL
_But when the world needed him most, he vanished -_
Revisiting this is such a nostalgia hit. This did help me learn about the Steampunk genre a little bit more and a little easier at the time. Still a fun song too!
I simply cannot believe that this fine gentleman only has 2,000 subscribers! A bally shame, I say.
every once in a while i remember this song and return to it. So good.
This honestly made my day.
To this day, I'm still confused as to how this was ever a big enough issue in society for this man to write a song about it.
Then I daresay, Old Goat, that you didn't understand the message of the song at all. Obviously there was a lot of prettied-up junk being sold as Steampunk. And Sir Reginald Pikedevant, Esquire, OBE, etc. took a stand. Sometimes one voice cries out for justice when others are stilled.
"Just glue some flint on it and call it 'Stonepunk'"!
Just glue some vibranium on it and call it Wakandapunk?
Just glue some clint on and call it "youlookingatmepunk!?"
Just glue some swift on it, and call it FlexPunk
Just glue some spray tan to it and call it everyfuckinggirlIeverseepunk
Trench coats and goggles, bodices with frilly top hats and goggles, bronze jetpacks and gear studded fob watches and goggles, leather gauntlets with copper plating, with matching boots and goggles, long barreled guns with brass scopes and multiple dial settings, strangely mechanized wrist contraptions...... did I mention the goggles?
+donnythedingo you left some goggles out.
Thanks for describing why I hate that steampunk is reaching the mainstream. The creativity and originality flies out the window, only to be replaced by "LOOK GUYS THIS IS STEAMPUNK RIGHT I SWEAR I'M COOL".
The goggles are what turned me off the aesthetic, and still does to a degree. When I see an outfit without them, it renews my interest in the style, making me realise its more versatile than it appears in the mainstream SP conception's representation.
jetpacks are already in the realm of retrofuturistic/atompunk stuff for their rocket engines, stick with da Vinci spirals, gliders, steam power helis and hot air balloons/zeppelins for air stuff.
I'd say the best videogame to nail Steampunk is BioShock Infinite, bonus points because none of rhe character designs slap gears and googles on them and call it a day
Yep, I can still confirm that after many years, this is still one of my favourite songs on TH-cam.
the song is now stuck in my head, and its great to understand what it actually is great job
Bravo. I'm thrilled someone finally pointed this out...The catchy nature of this song also adds to the sincerity of it's message. The cinematic choices you've made were well placed as were your verse. All in all, well done~
As a Goth who is quite fond of Victorian Gothic fashion, I don't think enough emphasis can be placed on the "Steampunk is science-fiction" statement.
Goth. I was goth when we were called Death Rockers and listened to Robert Johnson. Go put on lipstick and dance in your room to The Cure.
Rock O'Clock Don’t be a gross gatekeeper like that.
Rock O'Clock lmao shut up gatekeeper
+Rock O'Clock
r/gatekeeping
@@mr.zzyzzx6136 Oh shut up boomer. What is even the point of gatekeeping?
Watching this in mid 2017, and it's still relevant.
and 2-3 years later..
Watching this in an alternate reality 2019 ... with zeppelins.
Watching in 2021
@@Retro_taco Soon this song will be a decade old, _and it'll still be relevant._
Try 2024
Cyberpunk is the new steampunk.
Just add neon lights - that's new brass.
Just add crazy undercut haircuts - that's new tophats.
Just add unneded ribbon cables sticking out of everything - that's new gears on things.
You forgot the exposed motherboards (maybe Raspberry Pie single-boards). :)
This is really clever. Thank you, Sir Reginald. Love the barbershop harmonies.
The sepia filter disappeared for a second somewhere around 1:50. Cool vid.
Nixie tubes may not have existed in the nineteenth century, but the technology they employ sure did. They are Neon discharge tubes, which as far as I know, first came to exist when Tesla tried filling a Geissler tube with low pressure Neon gas instead of just low pressure air.
If you want a steampunk nixie tube however, it would probably be much bigger and look like an early lightbulb instead of a post-war miniature tube.
Only just; the Age of Steam is considered to have ended in 1914, and neon was first marketed for lighting in 1910. (Not by Tesla, though -- he was working with what we know as fluorescent lamps.)
MisterTalkingMachine they aren't steampunk for the sole reason they were outdated
considering Steampunk is in fact an alternate past, you could imagine Tesla being much more open on ever crazier inventions, even though arguably a greater focus on his actual period could turn steampunk into dieselpunk
Steampunk (with the capital S) relies a lot more on just, well, steam alone, have everything steam related with little to no electricity or internal combustion engines employed, there are lots of outlandish experimental engine models that can exclusively use steam power and are eligible for this sci-fi coat of paint that still keeps the purity of the theme intact
Wolfrover steam ended in 1914? Don’t tell that to Lima locomotive works. They built there last steam locomotive (NKP 779 a 2-8-4 )in 1949.
The GTW ran there #6325 in regular service in 1961.
Nixi tubes where invented in 1955.
@@Wolfrover Well, it's Victorian Science-Fiction. So actually, these tubes work quite well when you keep that in mind, since they would have been exactly that at the age of steam. Just as a reminder: there weren't any space ships around when "Forbidden Planet" was filmed, either... ;-)
This is absolutely awesome! The music is wonderful, a perfect blend of the barber-shop quartet sound with the spoken rhythms. I couldn't have expressed the message more perfectly, and I do truly appreciate someone else pointing it out! I'm glad I'm not alone in my irritation with the 'trendy' idea of steampunk.
Just put some eyeliner on it and call it emo
Just paint it black and call it goth
Just make it pastel pink and call it vaporwave
Just put some neon lights on it and call it cyberpunk
Just put some 808s on it and call it trap music
I hate gatekeeping, but this video is quite accurate
You can do this with sooooo many things/themes/fandoms/styles ect. which people don't understand or make it bad even because of that.
Just put some patch logos/giant spikes/corpse paint on it and call it metal
@@TheRogueDM Wait but thats accurate though
Just put towers, an eagle crying, and bedazzle, bedazzle, bedazzle!!!! Never forget (unless you put 1 tower.. )
Gatekeeping is always good for fandoms
I was reminded by this song when I was shown a pattern for a "Steampunk Quilt" that was just the worst assortment of "just slap some clip art on it" I had ever seen. 11 years on and still relevant.
(also, still mourning the loss of Regretsy.)
You cannot begin to imagine how much this pleases me.
I hadn’t heard nor thought of this tune in over ten years when the chorus suddenly popped into my head a few minutes ago. Here I am video, what did you summon me for?
haha.... I love the newspaper front page. Wir sind nicht amused.
I find myself whistling this cheering ditty while perusing the various pages and sub-pages out there in the whirling chaos that is the 'net. It never fails to put a smile on my face, sir. I thank you.
Funny that comparisons to goth's keep cropping up in the comments. For those old enough to have been there, old school goths (not the latter deviations) today would be considered steampunks by most people at a glance because many liked and adopted regency, and victorian styles of dress.
Also like goth (which was originally connected to music) but lost that connection as it became more mainstream. Steampunk, which sprang from SF literature, has also come to mean pretty much anything and everything when the aesthetic was requisitioned by the mainstream.
I'll have to disagree with you there Nelson, Victorian/Edwardian Goths (such as myself) wouldn't consider ourselves Steampunk nor would resemble it, because we may have adopted the Victorian style of dress but are far from Regency. Also we don't have the ability to "just put some skulls on it and call it Goth" no matter how much Hot Topic tries that (or used to try, you go past one today and looks like a bright skater punk store). Also Goths don't pretend when they're wearing their clothing, they are just who they are and what they enjoy in real life, unlike a Steampunk person who might be using a fake 19th century British Aristocracy accent and saying they're part of a "Steamship squadron" while attending a convention outside the normal viewing public (except for the few hotel patrons who are also there, not for the convention).
Goth came as an offshoot of the punk movement, which means the old school Goth kids weren't running around in Victorian garb (that came later on, as certain bands did Ethereal, Shoegaze, and other similar styles) but mostly leather jackets, Dr Martens boots (my 20 eyelet steel toed goes great with my frocked poet shirt and velvet pants), and black clothes. There are alot of different genres of Goth these days because different people adopt different clothing and musical styles, it doesn't mean Goth has "lost it's musical connection", it's just become more diverse.
That was my point entirely, goths aren't steampunks, but the average person sees someone in Edwardian fashion and that's what they think they're looking at. Which is truly sad because many people calling their attire steampunk aren't wearing clothing remotely akin to Victorian/Edwardian or any other period. women in particular.
To say it more clearly, the similarity between the two as I see it is, you've got people slapping on mascara and wearing black clothes calling themselves Goth that don't belong to any subculture, and don't even listen to what is considered to be Goth or Punk bands; you've got people wearing stuff and calling it steampunk that's the reverse equivalent of what all those 60's and 70's movies thought people would be wearing in 2010, who've in many cases never read Sf let alone a steampunk novel. The tags have simply become convoluted.
Btw, back in the 80's I heard a lot of punks refer to Goth's as simply punks with a better fashion sense.
It also doesn't help that items like steel toed, and gladiator boots are now being marketed as steampunk accessories, when punks have been wearing those for ages.
Nelson Smith
Sorry for misunderstanding your point Nelson. Pretty much I get tired of the comparisons. Though there is one interesting thing to show the main difference between Goths and Steampunks is this expose on the "Steampunk Cruise" (which they probably stole the idea off the Goth Cruise), where at the end of the cruise the Steampunkers take off their elaborate costumes and blend in again with normal society. This is in direct contradiction to Goths (like me! :-P ) where they dress how they feel in almost every situation and don't create some sort of fictional personality (such as every Steampunker seems to be a "Airship Captain" of some sort when they're 'in character') to change back to normal to when they're not around each other - www.upi.com/Odd_News/2014/03/14/A-look-at-the-second-annual-Steampunk-cruise/6331394824500/
djargus I hear ya', and I agree.
Jolly good show, old chap, outstanding.
I was reminded of this song once more when I stumbled across packs of small decorative gears on Amazon. Instant "steampunk" kit, with next-day shipping.
Love this one. Have to look it up and watch it every once in awhile for a good chuckle!
I miss Regretsy.
Tak Wolf I didn't know such a website ever existed until today, and I already miss it. D:
Rinkinkeen Google Regretsy holiday special, its still on Vimeo!
+Tak Wolf I regret not using it.
I'm glad the word "Regretsy" still fits really well in this song and doesn't just have meaning as it being a website.
I am glad to finally find a song and video that truly captures the essence of steam punk. Thank you, you have made my day good sir.
This randomly gets stuck in my head lol
I find myself muttering the chorus while at work.
Antique reality with imagination, retelling the history of technology. My favorite flavor of steampunk is set in the antediluvian age, but that's just me.
There is actually some Steampunk like technology in Greece during the classical eras
Edit:
Its not antidiluvian, but still preety interesting
I love listening to this music before playing Frostpunk !
Sir Reginald: If your busy schedule permits, might I encourage you to continue producing new works? I delight in your efforts and look forward to seeing what you put forth next.
Thank you.
Popular music nowadays are sucks and I don't believe i found this channel. Very musical and inspiring. You are always great sir! God bless you.
I did a project on steampunk (due to I love the style) and I played this before my presentation. It went swimmingly!
I would be honoured and delighted, sir!
This is possibly the best thing I've ever seen.
I've seen this before, but at the time I failed to appreciate the brilliance of both the video and the song. And I'm grateful for the introduction of "Euterpean" and "epopee" to my vocabulary - I will use both as often as possible.
Much as I'm all for you expanding your vocabulary, neither 'Euterpean' nor 'epopee' are used in this song, so I'm a trifle perplexed as to how you achieved this introduction.
Hehe. So good. Especially cause I make steampunk jewelry! I hope I pass the test..... No glue here, all handmade, cut and riveted.
Make more videos pls
Man, is this hilarious! Honestly, this song should get more attention!
Still listening in 2021!
You, sir, are absolutely splendid. This is my first exposure to your music...and now I'm off to listen to some more.
"Just glue some flints on it and call it Stonepunk! That was the trendy fashion in Fred's day"!
I saw a "Steampunk Owl" the other day. I love Owls but this metal Owl just had some gears glued to the wings. But it reminded me of this song so I laughed and had a good time over it.
3 years after first listening to this song, still love it lol
A most splendid performance! I certainly look forward to any further creations you might produce!
This video feels really old, yet it only came out 2 years ago. Hell, Skyrim came out before this video. Now that's just weird.
Wrong sir! Skyrim came out on 11-11-11, while this cam out on the 29th of november the same year, 18 days after skyrim. That is, of course, if the youtube posting date can be trusted.
You might want to check your comment, because I'm pretty sure you're agreeing with me.
And that kids is what happens when you swap the subject and the direct object.
Languages are fun.
OK.... even so, how does the video's age make it less relevant? It's not like it's talking about something that no one talks about anymore.
I am very sad I can't find this song on Spotify anymore. I don't get to listen to it as often now
Saw a picture unironically categorised as "steampunk", of a skyline with a translucent gear in the background and immediately thought of this.
It's rare a one video account makes it to favorites, but wow. Thank you. Thanks for the "Things That Are Not Steampunk" link, too.
This is awesome! Great job on the editing and the song!
Please populate your Spotify account. I need a full playlist of this chap hoppery
I just got old schooled...
I just had the pleasure to discover your channel and I hope that in addition to the great things already existing on it there will be more even greater things coming in the future. :)
This is kind of how etsy/amazon works nowadays. Like there's so much "Steampunk" crap on etsy that's all just Chinese junk with some crappy brass cogs glued to it. Same goes for Cyberpunk but instead of gears and cogs it's "tech lines" and neon lights. The worst now is when they just throw the whole kitchen sink at the tags and you end up with some, I don't know, pair of roadster goggles with the tags "Steampunk, Star Wars, Star Trek, Cyberpunk, Post-Apocalyptic, Etc". Like the how fuck is something both Cyberpunk and Steampunk? Like, what?
Is steampunk still popular these days? But I do agree with cyberpunk, which honestly, is getting a bit stale. It's always the same depressing city with anime/japanese aesthetics ruled by an evil megacorporation. I've seen so many games now hop on the cyberpunk trend, especially after the 2020's Cyberpunk 2077 . I think we should bring back steampunk or maybe even dieselpunk to spice it up a bit.
Steampunk Star Trek sounds awesome, though, you have to admit.
Also, I never knew what a Nixie tube was until reading these comments forced me to look them up. They do indeed look undeniably splendid.
Nailed it! Seriously, go on Ebay and search for Steampunk. Copper painted junk aplenty.
Peter S Goggles... it's goggles, for page... upon page... just... GOGGLES!
THE GOGGLES WILL HAUNT MY NIGHTMARES!
LordVader1094 Ze goggles, they do nothing!
......Splendid!!!.....Have you heard "Sub Rosa Subway" by Klaatu? That was steampunk before the term was invented (1976)
Thank you, sir, this song sums everything I've been having problems with about modern "Steampunk". I sort of caught the first or second wave myself, so I remember when it was a bit more than, well, as the song title goes. Actually i'm probably more Third Wave if you count the original Wild Wild West show.
*cannot stop listening to this and bobbing along to it*
Reginald...this is a good song...bravo.
What if i used really big gears?...
It’s not a question of size. The gears have to look like they do something.
@NorthernWind0
I fully agree.
I approve of Nixie Tubes and I approve of this fantastic video :)
Well Done!
My new favourite song...
I keep listening to this song. It's really really great!
I feel ya man... people think that because you dress up with gears or add them to something that they ARE steampunk... steampunk is a lifestyle not a trend. People actually make livings with metal work, wood work, leathermastering, etc. and actually contribute greatly to the movement of it.
It is a lifestyle of bringing a character to life while creating adventures from real life to incorporate into it...
Not just victorian science fiction... its what you do and create from the mind with it that makes you actually 'steampunk'
I've pondered the part you made about a steampunk-Cicada. I always figured they'd play a role as a 'spy drone listening device' if they were implemented in a novel, and not as a random bug.
The sound effect of the phonograph record intro and crackling is that of a vinyl record and not at 78 RPM. (I'm not referring to the music, which is obviously not from a 78 RPM shellac disc.) Sorry to be pedantic. I love the song and the animation!
Wonderful nitpick, sir! Quite irrelevant, and yet almost incredibly well-informed -- I salute you.
On the upside, this video offered a REALLY good explanation of what steampunk is (a type of science fiction - its STORY based) and what it is not (a mode of dress or decoration). I thought it was all three of those things or any one before, but seeing the video explained that the clothing steampunks and their imitators wear isn't actually steampunk, but rather inspired by steampunk stories. I guess the clothing and decoration would be referred to as vintage/steampunk inspired/neo victorian
technically nixitubes can be part of the steampunk aestetic too...
i mean nuclear submarines where not really part of the steam age too but you didn't see that stopping Jules Verne...
i mean the theme really is alternative history/technology with a certain emphasis on steam power as the main engine technology... though even that may be flexible... and with nuclear powered subs hmm.. that kinda is a steam engine... well steam turbine anyway..
The imagery seems more early 1900s in this video. A bit later than I'd expect SteamPunk to be.
But, it's very well done, very entertaining, and dead on in sentiment. Love it.
2019 - still relevant.
THis video is one of the coolest I've seen for a rather long time. My deepest respect for the song, the pics and the work!
All the more reason for me to learn more about steampunk--I'd like to learn to make my own jewelry (I'm just kinda dabbling in different art forms, at least until I find out if I like them or not), and I'd like to give STEAMPUNK jewelry a try, but I certainly don't want to find myself just "gluing on some gears"
I enjoyed the song. Much amused.
Pity Regretsy doesn't seem to exist anymore, I'd like to see the article/category this thing came from... but even the wayback machine gave me nothing.
If you like Steampunk, give Dieselpunk a try; it's much the same thing but set in the 1920s-1940s era (think flappers and zeppelins).
Jonathan Hughes To be honest, the clockwork aesthetic often associated with steampunk is what interests me the most. At least in terms of learning to make jewelry and other things.
But as for reading, I'm open to broadening my horizons; I can certainly give Dieselpunk a look-see. :)
Ah, then Clockpunk is what you're looking for. The "(something)punk" genres are thus:
Clockpunk: Renaissance-1850s (Clockwork, of course)
Steampunk: 1850s-1910s (From the industrial revolution to the beginning of WWI)
Dieselpunk: 1920s-1940s (From the end of WWI to the beginning of the atomic age)
Atompunk: 1950s-1980s (From the beginning of the atomic age to the beginnings of the microelectronics revolution)
Cyberpunk: 1980s-Future (From the dawn of the computer age to God-knows-when)
There are a couple of genres (oceanpunk, biopunk, etc.) that don't really fit one specific era, or combine multiple eras.
Further reading: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PunkPunk
Jonathan Hughes Clockpunk it is then.
Wow, I didn't know there were so many "-punk" genres. Steam and Cyber were the only ones I'd known about.
Thanks for the link; I'm off now to waste another day on TVTropes when I should be writing.... :D
@@yetanother9127 not the same and it starts after the sinking of the titanic and goes through 1957
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So charming and amusing, Mr. Pikedevant. Well done sir! Quality diversion of this sort is rarely seen upon the TH-cam. Best Wishes to you. Cordially, Stardustceiling
Those animated mouths are creepy as hell.
Not a big Monty Python fan eh?
***** You think so?
Ernest Ruger No I'm knot.
Who is Monty Python?
Monty Python's Flying Circus. British Comedy group that's been in business for decades. You'll either love them, or hate them.
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I must pass this around the family and test to see if 'steampunk' becomes part of the local vocabulary. This will be a stealth test. Love it. Great voices, production, etc. etc.
its nice to see Theodore Roosevelt back in the rap biz!
An excellent presentation, sir! Not only well crafted but makes an excellent point. Subtlety is the name of the game, not over the top. The more outlandish, the more annoying. The best impression is one where the person is historically accurate with just that little extra something. Once again, well done!
Sincerely, Miles Crowley
Capt. U.S. Army
Office of Experimental Sciences and Oddities
I wonder if this artist is still alive. Literally all of his social media accounts died around the same year.
There were a steampunk convention back in 2019 where he was advertised to be one of the artists present but that's it. I could find nothing else.
@@Danny-pk6lk He is back with a new video!
I love it! You took the words out of my mouth and turned it into a song!
Huh, if only a certain railway modelling company had saw this song.
Nixie tubes CAN work for steampunk creations, assuming you are working for a futuristic steampunk and not an 'actually occurred in the age of steam' steampunk. They're also Very useful for approximating the device's supposed use, even if you can't work out all the science.
True words and well said old chap :)
Steampunk fakers are just not cricket.
Since Steampunk is sci fi, it's all the realm of imagination. As such, can there really be "Steampunk fakers"? Now I will agree that as in all things sci fi and fantasy, there are amateurs and there are "pros". Who is to say glued-on-gears isn't a legitimate Steampunk art form? Who's to say that someone wearing Victorian clothing is truly Steampunk-- rather than someone just wearing Victorian clothing. Methinks Steampunk isn't the trappings-- but instead the attitude. If one loves the concept of Steampunk, whatever they can manage within their skillset, I can live with. I've seen cosplay robots made of cardboard. It's all good. ;D