8-bit - The Battle Hymn of the Republic / John Brown's Body

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  • An 8-bit/chiptune rendition of the melody of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" or "John Brown's Body", both Civil War songs of the Union.
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  • @theaman42069
    @theaman42069 2 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    Press Start To Fire a General

    • @titanusghidorah7964
      @titanusghidorah7964 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      No, I Merely failed to win!

    • @BeanOfBean
      @BeanOfBean 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@titanusghidorah7964 Oversimplified reference

    • @Sumbitch61
      @Sumbitch61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lmao 🤣

    • @ウクウク
      @ウクウク ปีที่แล้ว +10

      ???: They couldn't hit an elephant at this dista-

    • @theaman42069
      @theaman42069 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ウクウク "At the center they will break."

  • @10Tabris01
    @10Tabris01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Press start to raid Harper's Ferry

  • @northstargaming6128
    @northstargaming6128 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER!!!
    Robert E Lee- "The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last."
    Abraham Lincoln- "Without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue."

    • @primalreversion7034
      @primalreversion7034 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      NGL Lee was actually not a good general, if he was so good he would have won at Gettysburg

    • @thescrout9831
      @thescrout9831 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@primalreversion7034 He was good, but even good generals mess up sometimes, and one of lee's decisions in gettysburg let the union take the initiative

    • @primalreversion7034
      @primalreversion7034 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@thescrout9831 He screwed up _way_ too much to be considered a good general, and that mistake at Gettysburg might have blown the whole war for the Confederacy

    • @thescrout9831
      @thescrout9831 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@primalreversion7034 actually, yeah you're right, he stayed in virginia even when the union were surrounding it.

    • @SStupendous
      @SStupendous 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@primalreversion7034 He was called the "King of Spades" early as 1862, hey at least he understood that trench warfare was necessary (Idiots will tell you 'trench warfare only started towards the end of the war' or some garbage)

  • @breadwithagun9303
    @breadwithagun9303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Dang, this song is straight fire, my friend from Atlanta doesn't really like it though...

    • @AnimeEditzonYouTube
      @AnimeEditzonYouTube 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't like it, it is just meh.

    • @andrewkelley9405
      @andrewkelley9405 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You think people in Atlanta hate it? Try the folks in Savannah!

    • @breadwithagun9303
      @breadwithagun9303 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@andrewkelley9405 My Savannah friend would've liked it, but he got marched to the sea, so we'll never know.

    • @the_SixtyNineth_user
      @the_SixtyNineth_user ปีที่แล้ว

      we can change that

  • @SkywarpG1X
    @SkywarpG1X ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Press A to March though Georgia.

  • @therealskull4786
    @therealskull4786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    Glory, Glory, Hallelujah,
    Gory, Gory, what a hell of a way to die,
    Solidarity forever,
    His soul goes marching on!

    • @houston1002
      @houston1002 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Murica.

    • @aguy6771
      @aguy6771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      the same tune. different struggles.

    • @aguy6771
      @aguy6771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Or the Same tune, same struggle.
      If you are a religious Anti-fascist, Anti-Slavery, Pro-American Army of WW2 Communist.
      I'm all of those, except the Communist part.

    • @timthetechpriest8876
      @timthetechpriest8876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@aguy6771 I wouldnt say solidarity forever is nececarily comunist just leftist in general.

    • @aguy6771
      @aguy6771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@timthetechpriest8876 fair enough

  • @Old_Glory
    @Old_Glory 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Press A to choose your side, and bring victory to your side!

  • @Ray_Mac
    @Ray_Mac 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    There's also some parts where I can hear Blood On The Risers, which is based on John Brown's Body/Battle Hymn of the Republic, but the pacing is a bit slower for that song

    • @8-bitkit368
      @8-bitkit368  2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Checked it out, yeah it seems to have the same melody. Well, can't blame 'em, it's a lovely tune.

    • @Mr_Blah
      @Mr_Blah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Someone said it sounded like Solidarity forever, which is a real shame

    • @Wesley-1776
      @Wesley-1776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mr_Blah amen. Fuck commies.

    • @primalreversion7034
      @primalreversion7034 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Mr_Blah Because they used the melody for Solidarity Forever

    • @rockbullet3699
      @rockbullet3699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      also, remember that John Brown's Body/Battle Hymn of the Republic wasn't the original use of the tune, as the original use is say brothers will you meet us

  • @gianfrancosacco1509
    @gianfrancosacco1509 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I like how the picture shows a gun that is half carbine, half musket. Not sarcastic it’s actually really creative with the flags.

    • @gamecarnival2024
      @gamecarnival2024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's not half musket. Just a Henry lever action

    • @gianfrancosacco1509
      @gianfrancosacco1509 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gamecarnival2024 it’s got a bayonet on the end though

    • @validuranium1890
      @validuranium1890 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gianfrancosacco1509 its not a bayonet, its a flag

    • @centergaming5055
      @centergaming5055 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      To be fair, it can be both

    • @SulphuriclyKryptical
      @SulphuriclyKryptical ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@centergaming5055 Yes, I think its a bayonet with a flag attached on it

  • @tonybarde2572
    @tonybarde2572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    1861: A Nation Divided
    Insert coin to select faction

  • @charlulobateman8957
    @charlulobateman8957 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This would be a music for a 90's civil war strategy game tho

  • @the_argonau.t
    @the_argonau.t 2 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    I didn’t expect this song to translate so nicely into 8-bit, job well done

    • @ウクウク
      @ウクウク ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's not 8 bit, you can't keep the barrels straight while inclined 8bit art , it must be over 128bit

    • @keterpatrol7527
      @keterpatrol7527 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ウクウク he's talking about the music dimwit

    • @IndepIndepWALT
      @IndepIndepWALT ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ウクウク I think he's talking about the music not the Visual art.

  • @IndepIndepWALT
    @IndepIndepWALT ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When the unions inspiration through the workers blood shall run there can be no power greater anywhere beneth the sun, yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one, FOR THE UNION MAKES US STRONG!
    SOLIDARITY FOREVER
    SOLIDARITY FOREVER
    SOLIDARITY FOREVER
    FOR THE UNION MAKES US STRONG.

  • @toastbight
    @toastbight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Press Start to destroy the Confederacy

    • @doomsquad9872
      @doomsquad9872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      The United States of America survives forevermore!

    • @BeanOfBean
      @BeanOfBean 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Nothing2CHere4U your eternal rivalry with France created us, and at least they don’t care about putting us in their dominion, plus they have actual food

    • @YF-23_Enjoyer
      @YF-23_Enjoyer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      press start to conduct the march to the sea

    • @SStupendous
      @SStupendous 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Nothing2CHere4U Nah, 245 years of the US, est. 1776! Much longer than that damn country you people are obsessed with that didn't last 5 years!

  • @The_Forgettable1
    @The_Forgettable1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Press any button to fight the bloodiest battle in the history of the USA
    Oh you don't want to? It's fine player 2 will start the battle instead

  • @lieutenantcommanderdata892
    @lieutenantcommanderdata892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    God save the Union 🇺🇲

  • @thomasjensen9976
    @thomasjensen9976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Or Solidarity Forever

  • @caesarpizza1338
    @caesarpizza1338 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    8 bit Lincoln freeing the 8bit slaves

  • @xanderbucher9625
    @xanderbucher9625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    just keep at it, eventually one of your videos is gonna blow up and the boom, you're a relative star.

  • @jacobparks3512
    @jacobparks3512 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Good job

  • @patrickwils700
    @patrickwils700 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The forty flying fortresses were at forty thousand feet,
    The forty flying fortresses were at forty thousand feet,
    The forty flying fortresses were at forty thousand feet,
    And he ain't gonna jump no more!
    Glory, glory, what of a heck of way to die
    When you're hanging upside-down and you don't know how to fly,
    Glory, glory, what of a heck of way to die,
    And he ain't gonna jump no more!
    The sergeant was a nasty man and mean to all his men,
    The sergeant was a nasty man and mean to all his men,
    The sergeant was a nasty man and mean to all his men,
    And he ain't gonna jump no more!
    Glory, glory, what of a heck of way to die
    When you're hanging upside-down and you're learning how to fly,
    Glory, glory, what of a heck of way to die,
    And he ain't gonna jump no more!
    The corporal tied a love knot in the sergeant's parachute,
    The corporal tied a love knot in the sergeant's parachute,
    The corporal tied a love knot in the sergeant's parachute,
    And he ain't gonna jump no more!
    Glory, glory, what of a heck of way to die
    When you're hanging upside-down and you don't know how to fly,
    Glory, glory, what of a heck of way to die,
    And he ain't gonna jump no more!
    The sergeant was the last to leave and first to hit the ground,
    The sergeant was the last to leave and first to hit the ground,
    The sergeant was the last to leave and first to hit the ground,
    And he ain't gonna jump no more!
    Glory, glory, what of a heck of way to die
    When you're hanging upside-down and you're learning how to fly,
    Glory, glory, what of a heck of way to die,
    And he ain't gonna jump no more!
    They scraped him off the runway like a lump of strawberry jam,
    They scraped him off the runway like a lump of strawberry jam,
    They scraped him off the runway like a lump of strawberry jam,
    And he ain't gonna jump no more!
    Glory, glory, what of a heck of way to die
    When you're hanging upside-down and you don't know how to fly,
    Glory, glory, what of a heck of way to die,
    And he ain't gonna jump no more!
    They slapped him in a postcard and sent him home to Mum,
    They slapped him in a postcard and sent him home to Mum,
    They slapped him in a postcard and sent him home to Mum,
    And he ain't gonna jump no more!
    Glory, glory, what of a heck of way to die
    When you're hanging upside-down and you're learning how to fly,
    Glory, glory, what of a heck of way to die,
    And he ain't gonna jump no more!
    She stuck him on the banister right next to dear old Dad,
    She stuck him on the banister right next to dear old Dad,
    She stuck him on the banister right next to dear old Dad,
    And he ain't gonna jump no more!
    Glory, glory, what of a heck of way to die
    When you're hanging upside-down and you don't know how to fly,
    Glory, glory, what of a heck of way to die,
    And he ain't gonna jump no moooooooooooore!

    • @piratejack6577
      @piratejack6577 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did you make this?

    • @patrickwils700
      @patrickwils700 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@piratejack6577 No, it was a song I learned at scouts

  • @thelastemuhunter1868
    @thelastemuhunter1868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Press A to torch Atlanta

  • @Owool17
    @Owool17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Press A to take Harpers Ferry

  • @generalprincecodyhedgewolf2944
    @generalprincecodyhedgewolf2944 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Abraham lincoln: Thats it Mcellealin Youre fired im replacing you with Ulysses S. Grant

  • @earthball2024
    @earthball2024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    His truth is marching on!

  • @genxspawn9223
    @genxspawn9223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Underrated

  • @JohnSmith-of2gu
    @JohnSmith-of2gu 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This goes HARD I Love it.

  • @Anon26535
    @Anon26535 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My eyes have seen this part of Heatman's level many times before
    With the disappearing blocks and all the lava on the floor
    If I only had the Item 2 I'd fly to the boss door
    But I can't beat Airman!
    Airman cannot be defeated
    Airman cannot be defeated
    Airman cannot be defeated
    I need that damn E-Can

  • @YetAnotherInv
    @YetAnotherInv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Press Start to Enforce Slav- erm, States' Rights

  • @ColonizerChan
    @ColonizerChan ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This slaps. Good work

  • @gorilla5509
    @gorilla5509 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is actually really good

  • @culturalliberator9425
    @culturalliberator9425 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is great
    God Speed

  • @Mr_Blah
    @Mr_Blah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Very epic

  • @siyacer
    @siyacer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful

  • @kipzmc2024
    @kipzmc2024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great!

  • @mcaddicts
    @mcaddicts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Solidarity forever

  • @AmericanF-16
    @AmericanF-16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Press Start to begin as a soldier.

  • @Trey_816
    @Trey_816 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    [Insert quarter to free the slaves]

  • @vitopokupcic9391
    @vitopokupcic9391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    After listening to the wasteland 3 version of the song this seem very odd

  • @JohnBrownDidNothingWrong
    @JohnBrownDidNothingWrong ปีที่แล้ว

    I approve of this video.

  • @benpitman6957
    @benpitman6957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pac-Man's Push to the Sea

  • @darkscythegh8118
    @darkscythegh8118 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yodobashi Camera?

  • @hotwax9376
    @hotwax9376 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah, let's go kick some 8-bit Rebel butts!

  • @Dalverne61
    @Dalverne61 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They we're only playing Leapfrog

  • @Nderak
    @Nderak 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i have seen a fiery gospel
    writ is burnished rows of steel
    "as ye deal with my contmeners so with you my grace shall deal"
    let the hero born of woman crush the serpent with his heel
    our god is marching on

  • @UltNite_Brasil_01
    @UltNite_Brasil_01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Isso min lembra de Jesus! Isso é hino da harpa, é?🇧🇷

  • @lieutenantcommanderdata892
    @lieutenantcommanderdata892 ปีที่แล้ว

    Long live the homeland!

  • @basil9973
    @basil9973 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Press START to elect President Lincoln

  • @ants8678
    @ants8678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dam

  • @anonymousjohn6491
    @anonymousjohn6491 ปีที่แล้ว

    GGMU!

  • @MrZiggy-sk2wg
    @MrZiggy-sk2wg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Press the “A’” button to bombard Fort Sumter

  • @domschra
    @domschra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If the civil war had started 120 years later

    • @SStupendous
      @SStupendous 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't see many wars from the '80s that involved fucking 8-bit but okay

    • @domschra
      @domschra 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SStupendous it's a fucking joke

  • @SulphuriclyKryptical
    @SulphuriclyKryptical ปีที่แล้ว

    Press [START] to abloish slavery
    ©The North 1865, all rights reserved.

  • @georgefeser6483
    @georgefeser6483 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gettysburg: The Game
    ONLY On NES.
    Nintendo! Power To the Players!