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Aja by Steely Dan but with the Mario 64 Soundfont
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ส.ค. 2024
- Dear viewers, I wish I could tell you anything except the mediocre thumbnail is an original work, but I am merely the messenger. The already phenomenal midis come from Shino (except for Deacon Blues, which is uncredited) via the Steely Dan Database, www dot steelydan.nl/midi.jsp. The soundfont is by Pablo's Corner (www dot smwcentral.net/?p=viewthread&t=88116) and the original songs are of course by The Beatles. I didn't even edit the midis except for speeding up the tempo on Deacon Blues lmao. Enjoy!
0:00 Black Cow
5:14 Aja
13:14 Deacon Blues
20:33 Peg
24:39 Home at Last
30:18 Josie
34:56 Kid Charlemagne
(no I Got the News midi and I'm not talented enough to make one myself so I tacked on a bonus track)
#steelydan #mario64 #soundfont
Yuck!
Saw this dude at Rudy's. Definitely high.
@@IfYouInsist It was a crying disgrace, I saw his face
Try again tomorrow
This sounds so great with the N64 instruments. It's Steely Dan though, so it would probably also sound good coming out of a garbage disposal.
I also think it's a statement on how instruments from the late 70s sound. Some of that I mean in a good way, some not as good!
@@mattwarbuckle It's not about the instruments as much as how they were recorded, which for Aja's case I think is damn near immaculate.
LOL
It's miraculous that this is so good. Due, of course, to the quality of the compositions. But it's a great quality MIDI file too.
@@skelecrineok dude, chill
To be fair, absolutely no studio noise in this version. They'd love it!
No doubt! LoL
@@dainhuston I’m thinking not.
Grew up with steeley dan
I'm ballerina dance to them❤
@@dainhustonindeed boy
This would infuriate them and possibly send them into hysterical laughter at the same time.
What do you mean “them”?
@@ophello Mario and Luigi
@@ophelloRen and Stimpy
@@campbelldixon6134lmao
@@Deli1972 I think @ophello is raising the point that Walter is no longer with us.
“…I stomp on these goombas so languid and bittersweet.” Mario Fagen
Two things:
Thing 1 - I didn’t check the length of this before I clicked on it, so I came in expecting to only hear Aja. Awesome that so much of this album was done (no I Got The News is a downer, but not enough to keep me away).
Thing 2 - the Venn diagram of ‘People that like Aja’ and ‘People willing to listen to a song made with Super Mario 64 sounds’ is simultaneously bigger than I thought and smaller than it should be.
No "I Got The News"? That song can't get any love even under these circumstances.
yeah because both steely Dan enjoyers and N64 soundfont enjoyers are giga chads
whenever i play koopa troopa i die behind the wheel
My dad passed in December of 2022. I always felt like we lived in two different worlds, and it was sometimes hard to connect with him. But Steely Dan was one of the things he showed me that allowed me to connect with him in the way I wanted.
He never really took interest in video games, which was something I am very passionate about. I'm sure he wanted to take an interest in my hobbies, but I didn't really have a way to do that.
That is, until, I decided to make a playlist of video game music that I knew he would like. Most of it was jazzy or laid back stuff like Steely Dan.
I wish he was still around so I could show him this. I bet he would be really surprised that video game sounds could replicate the music we both loved so much.
This truly is the kind of thing that makes me feel connected with my dad. A mash of music we both love, mixed into one.
I miss my dad.
Thanks for this. Love u
I also have a dead dad danfan. Thanks for sharing
reminds me of my dad too. he was a huge steely dan fan and i'm personally getting into them as well
Cool blog post bro
I cried
idk how to explain it but this is what regular Steely Dan sounds like to me
Yep. Sterile 70s porn music lol.
It just hits the spot man
@@white.lodge.dale.cooper You know about both kinds of music. Noted!
I know this isn't what you were trying to express but this is exactly how I feel about Steely Dan in a derogatory way. it's just so, so milquetoast. it's right in this pointless middle-ground of spiciness between "peaceful/meditative/ambient" and "actually interesting". it's just anaemic
@@gloverelaxis Steely Dan is incredibly well performed, recorded and produced faux jazz easy listening nothingness that's very hard for me to listen to. I genuinely like about 3 of their songs, but the rest are like a thousand Quint nails on a chalkboard.
The instrument used to imitate the Michael McDonald vocals in “Peg" is stellar
Almost like they SD as inspiration
Right!
Lol I see the confusion but you’re thinking of Donald fagen. McDonald was a doobie brother
@@clibreros94, no the guy who sings “peg” in the chorus of Peg is Michael McDonald. He regularly did background vox for the Dan
@@clibreros94MM was in SD before DB’s. Same with Jeff Skunk Baxter.
This is absolutely immaculate. I require Gaucho done just like this.
Seconded.
Yes
I would lose my mind. Oh, I already did.
Including the second arrangement
@@glennmathisen2537based
Feel like this really shows off the harmony of the songs
it does
I agree. I’d love to hear some 6 voice a cappella tho. I’ve found that nothing brings out latent harmonies like a cappella for my ears.
I think that's mostly because the way the mix is balanced. The Peg solo is completely lost under the chord changes.
It definitely shows off just how dense the arrangements are, sometimes on the original you forget because it's mixed so well.
@@Joiner113I was just gonna say, Aja has so much layering, but it’s done so well you almost can’t hear it. Especially on Deacon Blues.
I’m so stoned and I’ve honestly never listened all the way through to any of these soundfont albums. This is just fantastic. Drum solo on “Aja” made me laugh so hard but it slaps like no other.
Peg should be straight out of Mario Kart 64!
ha true that
I was going to say, sounds like it could be race lobby music 😂
Or WaveRace
is there gas in the kart? yes, there's gas in the KAAART!
This is The Beatles at their best
The Polygonification of her face lmao
Fun fact, that’s actually Peach’s face from the opening of the game
@@joeshmuck9683 clever
So good I died behind the wheel
I don't know how the algorithn decides to put this guy with 1 video and 200 subscribers at the top of my feed, but this was fun to listen to, and I think my kids will enjoy it even more than me.
“So long gay bowser” - Donald Feagen
Sharing this with no one because I don’t have any friends who will understand how important this is.
Aja already sounded like a mario track to begin with lmao
I VERY much appreciate the accuracy of the chords/and parts. There are a lot of these going around that mangle the harmony/chords of the originals. Homeboy's got some jazz training!
He didn't transcribe these, read the description. He just took midi files off the internet. The people who made the midis have some jazz training for sure.
@@asukalangleysoryu6695 ohh I see. that makes sense because some of these soundfont albums are super wonky and I guess it depends on the source midi used.
R.I.P. Phil Hartman, who created the original cover art to this amazing album!
Urban legend. He had naught to do with it.
He didn't do this cover, but he did other well-known ones .
even the drum solos on aja, amazing
Should have added Gadd smacking his drumsticks together around 10:15
❤
Not gonna lie. I clicked this video only to type "NO!" In the comment section. But I hate how much I actually like this
The drum solo at the end of Aja gave me an entire day's worth of dopamine
How good would Black Cow have been on Pilotwings 64? So relaxing.
Whoa!!!!!
You damn right!
🔨 nailed that comment ! love pilotwings !
Oh god, someone desperately needs to start this soundfont/album trend with Pilotwings 64 soundfont!
Something tells me Dan Hess was/is a Steely Dan fan and would approve
I was just thinking the same thing about “Home At Last” 😂👍🏼
21:40 peachhh it will come back to you!🎤🎶
"I'll learn to work the Nin-ten-do
(I) I play just what I feel"
*Mario paint solo*
The Nightfly would be interesting, I feel like it could use more of the sounds from the game that weren’t used here. Although, I wouldn’t envy assembling the midi data, you did such an amazing job on this one!
Another vote for The Nightfly
Finally, someone did it! XD Aja is one of my favorite albums of all time. I got to see Steely Dan live a year ago which was pretty cool.
I saw them live too! Where did you see them?
seen them live twice once at coachella and another at the hollywood bowl, they are goats
I didn't think I would be getting this emotional over a soundfont album. This is amazing.
Thinking about it, this is more logically connected than I realized.
Fagen: Okay fine Chuck you may have a partition but remember no slapping on this track
Chuck Rainey: 20:33
Honestly, this is so niche. A reasonably obscure record in the history of music, impressively recreated in super Mario 64 sound font. There's only a handful of people who would really respect the work that has gone in to this. I can imagine any one of these recreations in a Mario Kart 64 replay screen or Mario 64 DD. What a fucking achievement. Peg absolutely bangs.
The Josie intro sounds like a legit boss intro or something
the intro kind of reminds me of the Wall Market theme in Final Fantasy 7
Underground boss
Don and Walt were very particular about the musicians who played the N64 on this album.
rofl
the LAN parties sometimes went from noon until 2 am
If customer service put me on hold with this, I wouldn’t be mad.
Honestly, I want a Mario 64 world that's Seoul in 1976 and Mario has to wander through the streets at 3 am looking for Princess Peach up on a hill, and the only power ups available are cigarettes and whiskey.
Omg the voice used for Michael McDonald is so perfect I am dying
20:33 goes hard as hell
And 24:40
Well the danger on the Dire Dire Docks is close at hand…
but still i'm swimming from dry land
That airy organ-ish sound on Peg representing Mikey McD's background vocals is perfection.
*4 part angelic Mike McDonald Toad quartet*
This is such a hyper specific crossover of two things i didn't know needed to have a crossover
That’s the most honest take of transcribing ‘I Got the News’ lmao. This is a piece of magic! Thank you
Kid Charlemagne was already a banger and now its even more of a banger
incredible
Becker and Fagen: "No, the drums still aren't right."
Extra points for nailing the Larry Carlton guitar solo!
This is their only album that I've listened to but I expected nothing less than spectacular.
Gaucho my friend
excellent choice for the bonus track.
This was actually much smoother than I imagined!
I learned a LOT about what is going in several parts of the actual arrangements because of this! This is really nice work. One of my favorite albums. Thanks for doing this!
Please read the description before you go showering praise on me! I’m a lazy hack who didn’t make any of this 😌
most people coming across this will have no idea what MIDI is or how easy it is to load a midi in a daw and replace all the instruments with fart and cat meow samples lol but anyway enjoy the love and praise you still deserve a little bit
hahaha I love the Beatles comment in the description. You are hilarious.
You stand on the shoulders of giants, so that future generations may stand on yours.
@@FishSlappee I dont get it lol
You can find midi of popular music online?? I've never tried looking.
Very fitting because Kid Charlemagne was the inspiration for Bob Bomb Battlefield.
Hal from Malcolm in the Middle really is an icon
Where’d you hear that?
Was that confirmed anywhere?
what is this a reference to?
This actually hurts a bit, but i can't stop listening to it
Did you realize that you were a champion in our eyes?
Kid Charlemagne guitar solo using those horns is STANKY. I have great memories of listening to that song and many off this album (ya know, the real one) in the car with my dad. Enjoyed every second. First time a Mario sound font video wasn't just a funny meme to me.
I was asking for this for a while now. Thank you for delivering.
I have been waiting for a Steely Dan 64! The whole album rips just like the original. And we finally get to hear where SM64 ripped of Steely Dan with the final chord progression of Kid Charlemagne
This idea works great with Steely Dan.
actually insanely good! aja has been one of my fav albums for almost 15 years since i first heard it, this is awesome
Home at last and Peg go so hard its insane
Aja would be a perfect track for an underwater level.
wet dry world
Damn, even got the Purdie shuffle in home at last spot on. Ooookayyyyyyy
Hold on a sec...
What about i got the news?🥺
I think that wasn't available until the Wii
I love this! Aja is one of my favorite albums, it's interesting to hear it in a different genre, but still just as awesome
This made my day thank you this is frickin sweet
Solo on home at last goes crazy
Might just be the best thing I’ve ever heard! It’s so accurate!! Amazing achievement. Incredible. Thank you. Simply joyous.
This is incredible! It shows off the amazing sound hardware of the N64, as well as laying bare the complexity of the arrangements in this masterpiece of an album.
really just speaks to the power of these arrangements.
I'm here for both. Been listening to Steely Dan since 2003. Awesome idea
Just slightly choked there's no I Got the News but this is incredible
Especially because I’ve Got The News sounds THE MOST like an N64 theme (specifically Mario Kart)
This is what regular Aja sounds like to me, love it
I don't get it.... This is exactly what it sounds like. Slightly different instruments but that hardly even makes any difference
I can't stop laughing, this is so garish. You nailed this, thank you
god i love this album
youtube recommended on it as always
i've been loving every sm64 soundfont cover album i've come across, but i genuinely think this is my favorite. they mix so unbelievably well.
This is fucking talent. This is fucking class. Well done you magnificent bastard! Every A-frame will soon have your number on the wall.
Then he'll have it all
@@johnnhello4913 He'd go to L.A. on a dare and he'd go it alone 😜
Why have I listened to this entire video every day for the past 2 weeks. It's incredible.
The ending for aja is so good and sounds like a bugged Mario level. DIG!
Michael McDonald backgound vocals in Peg 🤌
Unpopular opinion, but I think Can't Buy A N64 is my least favorite album. I'd have to say Pokey Logic or Koopa the Quick Lied is my favorite.
However, I have Angry Sun, Koopa the Quick Lied, and Chain Chomp to Ecstasy on vinyl at the moment.
If you like the Dan I highly recommend some of Fagen and Becker's solo work, including Koopakiriad, Sunken Koopas, 11 Tracks of Whomp, Circus Mario, and my personal favorite, the Night Fly-Guy.
@@juiceboxhero9052 Bro really thought we wouldn't notice he missed warp the cat
Goomba is also a classic. Love Baby Mario's Sisters
Koopa the quick lied LOL
Gotta love this internet thingy.
I think this is the first time I’ve enjoyed one of these beyond the initial “oh that’s funny”. This is just good music, period!
Interesting choice to omit I Got the News and put Kid Charlemagne at the end, sounds fantastic either way!
Incredible sounds coming from this concoction. Can't wait to see what comes next.
I started cruising the intertubes in the late days of the SNES, not too long before the N64 materialized.
Today is the day I finally have to concede - the algorithm finally has me figured.
The source MIDIs are of course excellent - but you did a FABULOUS job putting this together!
Don't knock yourself, Joe. You did about half of a producer's job, the "without you it wouldn't have happened" part. I'm glad to have this in rotation.
Dude, my two favorite things. God bless your soul.❤
The internet was made for things like this.
You have no idea how much I've been listening to the actual album these past few months, this is honestly amazing
I have NO idea how I ended up here, but I'm so glad I did!
That was incredible.
the hi-hat on Deacon Blues is AGGRESSIVE
🔥 my mind’s tripping listening to this, perfect combo of sounds and songs
So much attention to detail and harmonies. This is so cool!
Purdie shuffle on the n64 👌
Brings a tear to my eye 🥲
I've always thought the beginning of Black Cow sounds like Mario getting a coin. Or I should actually flip that since Black Cow came first
Been waiting for this one cheers