Sonic 30th Anniversary Song: CRUSHING THIRTIES ■ feat. Johnny Gioeli of CRUSH 40 ■ ANIMATION
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For 30 years Sonic the Hedgehog has been saving the world from Dr. Eggman. But now in his 30s is he prepared to face his toughest opponents yet: mortgage, weight gain and marriage problems? To explore Sonic's mid-life crisis we invited a real rock star: @JohnnyGioeliOfficial of @Crush40! The voice behind famous songs from Sonic OST: "Open Your Heart" (Sonic Adventure), "Live and Learn" (Sonic Adventure 2), "What I'm Made Of" (Sonic Heroes), "I Am... All of Me" (Shadow the Hedgehog) and many more.
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“Crushing Thirties” by THE CHALKEATERS:
Executive producer / songwriter: Alios / aliospony
Music producer / guitars: @ErgyErgy
Animation director / storyboard artist: @debrodis [ / debr0dis ]
Vocals: @JohnnyGioeliOfficial
Drums: Hugo Ribeiro
Sound engineering: Nosorog Records, Tim Maslov
Mastered by Andy 'Hippy' Baldwin at Metropolis Studios
Lead animators: dashin'smashin', debrodis
Concept Art and Designs: debrodis, topazice, novazki, Xelldrk, Lisa Schavel, Morkovsky, dashin'smashin'
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3D Layout: Lisa Schavel
Video Editing: Lenich
Cover Artist: Pondis
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Spanish subtitles: teirusuki
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Huge thanks to Johnny Gioeli for this collab!
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Damn, Sonic final boss music lyrics are getting a little personal now.
He's back!
I have serious existential fears now
Wait till they make the 50th anniversary game and then everyone finds out that one of the boss songs included is literally abt mid-life crisis
DAMN IT NOOOOO LOL
Yeah.. our era is over. And sonic is one of the few that soon will have to face mid life Crisis and much worse
Two things Sonic has that most men don't have at 30:
1. He still gots it with the ladies.
2. He's got someone who loves him.
Agree
OOF !
he kinda lucky that amy don't care for apperances LOL
@@user-cz6cg4bv6t whaaaa- i think sonic looks cool. But, i see why you say that.. 😅
Dang. You're right.
And then Sonic Frontiers happened, an amazing opportunity for Sonic. Though his voice had changed over his years, despite his race having a slow aging process, he still killed the role with actually good writing. He got medical care, paid off his debt, and he's ready to start up again.
Sonics had a string of good luck,
His second movie was an outstanding success.
A new high quality tv show.
And his latest game was amazing.
Ehh hate to be that guy, but while it's a good step in the right direction for sure, I personally don't think he's saved just yet. We need another game to see whether or not SEGA has truly learnt their lesson this time.
@Caleb Vela yeah that's the good thing, but still, be cautiously optimistic
Like they said “GOTTA TAKE IT SLOW”
@@markandrew287 Good news; SEGA declaring they're officially giving Sonic Team and Sonic's new games going forward a bigger budget and time to work. That's how you *know* he's over the hill; he's actually a trusted figure for the company instead of one they keep throwing smaller-scale budgets and concepts at hoping one of his re-inventions sticks.
In this metaphorical context, Sonic *finally* has stuck the landing on a new big job... And everything's working out.
I wouldn't mind an entire movie about this timeline. An action-comedy adult movie where Eggman decides to take over the world again, Sonic has to actually do something that _isn't_ food delivery to make money, maybe Tails even joining in, excited to do something that _isn't_ office work, and at the end of it all Eggman and Sonic have this funny little moment where they both just go "I miss the good old days" and that was Eggman's motive the entire time
Shut up and take my money.
Sonic for hire?
GIMME
...*I miss my wife sonic.*
@@streety53 Now I see what my English teacher meant when she said commas were important
The man is 54 years old and still KILLS IT on the mic. Legend.
He's crushing it in his 50s, as they say.
Wait he's 54 years old?
@@TheKumarkid16 I was shocked when I checked that, and yep...
He’s an agless legend. He has nothing but absolute POWER and endless energy
@@user-sx4tt7gs4w Daaaaaang he's older than me
I get a kick out of seeing them struggle at bland real life like the rest of us.
Same, but I feel like a slow sonic xD
Too bad it'll never happen because sonic canonically gets stronger every second
Then we got big the cat that turned to the mob life
That's one thing you realise growing up: Adventures don't pay the bills, you need to plan for your future, outside of saving the world.
-Starving Writer
Does this song count as an isekai? BETTER yet, is the Sonic the Hedgehog MOVIE an ISEKAI???
Dude seeing sonic in his 30’s and being a retired hero is such a cool concept. The part when he gets that heroic shine in his eye after what seems like years and he stops eggman is just… I can only explain it like this. “WHOA WHOA WHAT’S HAPPENING- HOLY SHIIIIII AHHHH!”
Tf
Eggman looks to be doing pretty good for himself but you can tell that he loves fighting Sonic is generally depressed when he had to stop
Look up sonic for hire probably the best execution you’ll find
Ngl the first thing that came into my head is.....mobius 25 years later.
I love the way this acknowledges the fact that as sonic gets older he will slow down, but age will not effect eggman at all because his robots do the work!
Even then we would still see something like his moustache becoming gray maybe more wrinkles on his skin
Sonic lithg mobius: 🙄yes.....
Shadow is watching both of them and lol both of them😂Hell yeah immortality and ageless! Understand the philosopy of ultimate life form, he is the real fastest thing alive from the past and the future.
You know, this would unironically make a great premise for a Sonic game, with maybe the cynicism toned back a little. You start off with an intro stage, with all the usual Sonic stuff going on with the colors and the speed and the attitude, but after reaching the end off the stage and defeating the intro boss (potentially Eggman), we skip thirty years into the future. All the Sonic characters are the same, and haven't aged a day, but the world around them changed. Eggman stopped being a world-conquering nuisance and became a businessman. His robotics made life easier for everyone, the animals moved into the city, everybody is mostly content, but the main cast had grown apart, and there are no more adventured to be had, so they live mundane, boring lives (though maybe not as depressing ones as depicted here).
Then suddenly, a new group of robotic villains show up out of the blue, take control of Eggman's robotic "helpers", and now the main characters have to come out of retirement for one last big adventure. Then, during the story, Sonic gets more and more fretful, fearing that once the threat is taken care of, it *really* will be the last adventure. The characters can discuss this, it could lead to friction and conflicts, and in the end it would turn out that the villains were actually side-characters from the old games who conspired in order to bring back the old status quo of a fast blue hedgehog chasing a fat man on a weird helicopter, just so that they could go back to their glory days, the rest of their peaceful society be damned.
Sonic and company could once again reflect on this reveal, how time waits for no one and change is natural, and after defeating the bad guys and restoring peace, it could end with some kind of uplifting note about not clinging to one's nostalgia, looking forward, and living a fulfilling life in the now instead of trying to return to their youth when everything seemed simpler. But then we'd have a post-credits scene about Sonic and co. in their daily lives, more lively and balanced than they were at the beginning, and just when you'd think it's an aesop about accepting boring middle-class life, they come together at the end of the day to plan some kind of expedition with the motto, "The world is a big place. If adventure doesn't come to you, go outside and find it!". Wink to the camera, end scene.
I would buy that
and play it.
I want Sega to abduct you and make you their story director XD.
I would buy this.. can someone write this ???
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I like how Sonic can still run fast even though he's getting older.
My grandpa when i dont listen to his story
As a baby he could probably just look like he's teleporting he would go that fast
Like Peter B. Parker.
What are u doing here Yellow?
30 is still young
I am the same age as Sonic Adventure and I feel this on an emotional level
what was the moon landing like
What did you think about JFK's election?
@@zero-one2585 Indifferent because both Nixon and Kennedy were going to screw us without lube or a reach around
When you were in school, was there no history?
Spencer Cruz {VA🎙} Yes, because the boomers refused to look at the past
Pay respects to tails he looks more tired than any adult you can see his depression
My boy looked hella depressed. 😢 What happened to my fox that built impressive shit?
@@jrt2792 Yeah, I'm now feeling his emotions through me.
He’s got Cream and Cheese. He’ll be fine.
The IT work took all the joy in his soul and sucked it dry. Poor tails...
@@jrt2792He started his own business, but it takes a lot of work to run it
The animation looks like an official Sonic cartoon. Except with way more existential crisis in it. This is incredible!
@today was a good day Eggman lost one of his Robots?
Yeah, it reminds me of Sonic X. Basically the same animation style.
@@TheMoonRover man I love that style reminds me of a new season if it would exist
haha xD
Wait so this isent real?
Что-то ни одного коммента на русском, а группа-то из Петербурга!
Не перестаёте удивлять, в очередной раз за вас гордость берёт 🤘
Просто все русские решили делать упор на интернационал :)
И правда шедевр :) Гордость прям берёт :) Анимация так ваще выше всяких похвал ,да и сюжет тоже )))
Мы просто в приятном шоке. Балдеем и выражаем свои чувства лайками.
я лично сижу и охереваю от эпичности, мне нечего сказать, но я радостно кричу с отсылочек и фан-персонажей. В том числе и с тех, которых знала когда-то) там и на караванов есть!
кстати, не знала, что они из Питера. о.о
Элиоса думаю многие знают с ЦИСа )
Ребята классно постарались! Джонни как всегда тащит! 🤘
I love the fact that despite all humiliation Sonic has to endure, he still smiles
I love how he does his sonic unleashed expression at 1:27
Atleast I'm not the only one who just noticed
It went from Sonic x to unleashed
All those references, from the lyrics to the visuals are hilarious, it's a super well done video, even the download link is called "Crush 30" LOL
And the game is listed as the shadow hedgehog game even lmao
Imagine in 9 years when it's Sonic's 40th anniversary
I might be wrong, but I think Crush 40 got it's name because when they first founded the band, the dudes were starting their forties and they wanted to "crush it", as in start off strong.
So it adds yet another layer to this song, as the thirties are crushing Sonic instead.
The Jojo walk followed right by the Sonic Unleashed opening cutscene pose was 10/10 chef's kiss, best moment in anime history.
Yeah my favorite is that one from Unleashed where he looks so terrified
Damn this hits kind of hard. Wasn't expecting that.
Imagine what kind of banger were gonna get when sonic's an old man, lol.
It's sung by the actual Crush 40, it had to be at least decent.
It does. Reminds me of a Jetpack Joyride song i used to hear when i was a kid
@@bebopknux5857 He already is, but that's interesting to consider.
Maybe his blue hair is grey and he wears glasses...
...but there's time travel!
@@greatwavefan397 But that's the thing, would he still be fast enough to time travel?
I don't think so...😕😢
(0:46) The stress & depression that middle-aged Tails has inflicted made me sad.
Considering Tails is 8, sonic is 15 and Sonic is 30 in this….
Tails is only 23.
I always thought that Sonic would have some semblance of 4th wall breaking self awareness when it comes to his age. Mario hasn't changed really at all, but Sonic literally has eras of his life portrayed in games and comics and now movies. I think seeing Sonic still persist and be as carefree as he can, as adventurous as always with a tad more wisdom is actually really cool. Very nice video.
People really seem to over look the part where the lyrics are
"Still that's you, some changes you have to embrace.
Staying true, and moving on at your own pace!"
It's not all hopeless!
Tbf most people here watched only the shortened version in this animation and not the whole song
@@ayrtonjoga That and delusional people in their 20's-30's are acting like they're 65.
"Wow I'm old and miserable too!!"
This song is cynical, not hopeless. Even the animation shows that, he might have a cruddy career and he might not get the job done as well as he used to, but he still absolutely wipes out Eggman and his robots and makes himself look good for the crowd. He just needs to get his priorities in check...
@@medicindisquise4271 I guess Sonic never quite outgrew his carefree nature and still has to adjust.
@@_V.Va_ To be fair, 65 year olds are statistically happier than younger folks. At least for now...
this is amazing, all of the references really put it together
1, true
2, omg hi cval
This needs to be canon.
Yeah like the sonic popsicle in 1:01
Sonic is a old man now
What about the Jojo reference near the end?
I like how you add Humongous Entertainment plush characters such as Putt-Putt (with his dog, Pep), Freddi Fish, and Pajama Sam appear next to Silver in this animation. I'm shocked to see my childhood characters in there! How my mind has blown! Those were my childhood times back in the 2000s!
0:44 I love how sonic accidentally hits a car first, before getting the right path
This hits hard, it kinda has that ''life just gets worse as you get older'' vibe. And i can relate to this alot.
If it makes you feel any better it all ends someday
A
Mikey48 But life literally DOES get worse as you age. In pretty much every way!
@@deliq9607 I Know! It's horrible, isn't it?
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Amy's really being the best wife she could be here. Pushing her partner to focus on what's important, taking care of whatever chores she can, and backing up her SO when a villain tries to do some dumb garbage to her hometown. Not a glamorous job, but a necessary one.
Well she is trying not to be bad, but Sonic isn't much making it easy. It's kinda fair to whack your SO when you see em trying to look good in front of the younger girls (Sonic may not be attempting anything, he just likes anything that makes him feel young).
At least he's got Amy. I'd love to have an Amy in my life.
What would happen if Sonic the Hedgehog had kids with Amy Rose so that he would have someone to pass on the Torch to?
Hate to be 'that guy', but if you look real hard in the details of Sonic living with Amy... They're not married.
She has a ring, he doesn't.
She gets on his case because he's the bread winner of the apartment.
And he still acts a bit immature cause he loves to be adventurous while she's growing up to be serious
@@snakejesus Hmm Issue with that. If you listen to the full song, one lyric goes "Until your wife pulls out her hammer!" Funny and questionable stuff aside, Amy is the only girl in the series who is known with a hammer and the song seems to be meant to be sung from Sonic's perceptive.
Unless the animation and song are meaning different things, it's likely not what you think. Your argument are they are not married, the only real idea of that is the missing ring on Sonic's finger... That can be that Sonic is too lazy or uncaring to wear it or something. Like "I didn't wear a ring when I was young" type of thing possibly.
The way the song references all the Sonic games is just perfect.
I love how it portrayed Sonic Forces as everything on fire. Also I loved how Tails was married to Cream and overworked, Knuckles was a construction worker while Big was filthy rich and got all the bitches. Silver was also in therapy. XD
I absolutely love the “where are they now”-ness of all this, it’s a super cool concept and execution.
Blaze is implicitly dead, but what happened to the Chaotix and Rouge?
@@austinreed7343 Is Blaze really dead or just being worshipped? She's from another dimension entirely, no reason for her to be around. Also, hitting her thirties as a princess doesn't seem as painful as any of this.
@@rikamayhem She's actually from the Future now.
Thanks 06.
@@austinreed7343 if i would guess, rouge got arrested and chaos got dismantled
I mean. Knuckles seems fine really. Government work. Probably has a pension. Doing what he's good at. Just seems to have problems. Get this echidna some therapy.
Hearing Johnny's voice just one more time. You've truly blessed us with a gift. Thank you from the bottom of my heart
agreed
Jesus Christ loves you my friend
have a nice day
CRUSHING IN YOUR THIRTIES, CRUSHING IN YOUR THIRTIES!!!
Keep it up guys, with your marvelous songs and beautiful animation styles!
Sonic having an existential crisis with a bangar in the background is probably something i didn't know i wanted
This is great. Still after 30 years Sonic still knows how to impress, for better and for worse. Miss those Adventure games.
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THIS IS SO GOOD IT'S MIND BLOWING
FOR REAL!
FUCKING TRUE!
FACT
You could say it makes your mind race.
true
0:37 the avatar on the news is just going insane
0:41 also, old man owl!
30 is only a bad age if you let it be. It all matters what you have done to improve yourself up to this point, if you have even bothered to look inside yourself to figure out who you are..
I'm 30 and I'm at my prime. I'm doing loads better than I ever had in my life, I'm steadfast in my principles and don't accept any fake people into my life no matter how small my circle is or even if i have a one at all. I don't need a constant in my life besides me. That's how others should look at it. Always progress forwards.
It's so weird seeing the description call your 30s middle aged. Bro what
"No time to live, no time to learn" hits close to home. Thanks for this amazing collab!
Will do you a cover of that song? Please say YESSS!!
Live and learn but there is no time to do either T_T
Jesus loves you
the animation and the music KILLS. insane stuff to those involved!
Thanks! *handshake*
This is clearly golden!!!
yes!
I know RIGHT
true its really good
I'm 29, turning 30 this year. I'm already starting to feel my back get uppity with me.
Sit Up Straight, kids, and don't ever slouch. I'm warning you. You'll regret it.
This is so high quality… the animation is beautiful and jam packed with references, the song is both funny and epic, the lyrics are also filled with references… and of course, Johnny of Crush 40 is the cherry on top! As a Sonic fan, I absolutely adore this
(I have a feeling if Sonic himself watches this, he’d relate to it a little too well)
Dont know why, but this video represents for me how the sonic series has decayed, but still got the spark to be great again, just like sonic in his 30s, hope that frontiers makes that spark shine like in the old times again
That's beautiful, I hope so
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It better be
Unleashed,Generations,Colors and the adventure duology proves that Sonic may decayed but still had some of the best games the series ever had.
Let's just hope.......that the game developers don't make Sonic Frontiers a sh*tty game like Sonic 06
Sonic 06, originally was going to be a great game but the game developers had other game projects due so they launched Sonic 06 with tons of glitches and lags and no proper testing
Fantastic animation and Johnny killed the song 🔥🔥
Verified check mark
Nice to see you here Tails ^_^
Not surprised Bulma is here.
Sup, tails! Yeah, this was cool.
Tails and sonic pals uwu
this is Actually really good! Amazing job you guy's! 🦔
Потрясающая анимация и музыка. Особенно рад за отсылки на Adventure, Heros, Unlishead, 06 и разумеется, Sonix X и OVA.
P.S. Даже здесь засветился пиратский перевод.
At 1:30, he drops three rings.
He was paid three rings for the chili dog
God the detail in this is amazing
One ring for each decade.
Also when he sees Amy he does the same pose as in sonic unleashed when he gets trapped
Yeah it's sad to believe it's relevant to so many people in real life. We thought it would be a nice touch to include details like this. You can see why exactly Sonic is not amused after he did the delivery thing ;)
Speaking of age, Johnny Gioeli is also almost 30 years with Sonic and it sounds just as powerful as in 98', I love Crush 40
Jhonny Gioeli is around 54
References and cool tidbits (hopefully minimising obvious ones):
0:00 Opening being Sonic 2's SEGA opening.
0:05 Sonic's pose being the same from Sonic Generations' intro.
0:10 Knuckles recreates the face from Mania Adventures.
0:14 Night of the Werehog BG, with Chip holding the ice cream he gets from the Ice Cream Vendor in Unleashed
0:22 The Avatar from Sonic Forces' reveal trailer, framed picture of Yuji Naka frowning, Monster Can on the table.
0:28 Roboticised versions of the Chao Machine from SA1DX/SA2B, the robots being from Sonic Heroes.
0:30 Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games poster in BG, Amy has a Pico Pico Hammer tattoo, at 0:26 there's a medal labelled "Rio" from the Olympic Games and the middle trophy are the Emblems from SA1/SA2
0:37 "Doesn't want to go on Adventure 3"
0:38 Scrap Brain(?) in the background producing pollution
0:40 Doge with... an interesting brand name. The text was grafitti'd over with "Epic Fail" at the bottom. And of course, Sonic is delivering Chilli Dogs. Also, That Bird Dude from the Sonic OVA (I tried finding their name, no dice since he's mostly called "mister", "sir" or "old man")
0:44 San Fransisco's Bridge from the SA2 concept art, found in Generations I believe? The cars are from another game, but I don't remember which.
0:46 Knuckles coming out of the pothole like in SA2's post-Aquatic Mine cutscene. This one might be a bit of a stretch, but his favourite food is grapes, and he's holding a wine bottle. Also, Tails recreating the Dad from Coraline.
0:47 Evolved Cheese holding a cheese sandwich.
0:54 Overall Rating, the Rank and "Mission Cleared" text from SA2, the Chao image from the Goodbye Chao screen. "You're Too Slow" on the signpost.
1:02 Popsicle Sonic.
1:04 Sonic's crouching pose. I don't remember where from, it looks familiar.
1:10 Sonic recreates the pose from Sonic X before he turns into Dark Sonic.
1:17 Faceplant from the Black Knight.
1:24 Nosescratch pose from way too many games to mention.
1:26 Do I need to mention this one?
1:27 Sonic recreates the famous "Derp Sonic" from Sonic Unleashed
1:30 Not a reference but I'll add it anyway, he drops the 3 rings from the delivery.
1:33 Posessed Amy from that one Sonic X scene, Eggman recreates his Sonic 2/3K run
1:35 Another... reference.
1:39 Sticks the Badger lookalike on the far right, and I believe in the pool on the left is a character from the IDW comics? Again, couldn't find 'em.
1:43 Putt-Putt, Freddi Fish and Pajama Sam plushies. The Chao Doctor from SA2, "It's No Use" on the paper, Spiritual Blaze image in reference to her "death" in '06.
I feel like the "Chao Therapy" image is in reference to that one meme image with the zoomed-in birdseye perspective, but I don't know the name nor origin.
1:44 The donkey and cats from Lone Digger's 'Caravan Palace' thanks to @James Hughes and @Bart Plays Stuff for pointing it out.
1:45 Sonic and Shadow being served by Fallout Guy.
1:46 "Egg Casino" being styled after Casinopolis from Sonic Adventure, and the Hint Box from Knuckles'/Rouge's SA levels saying "LOL"
1:49 Ecco the Dolphin poster on Big's wall, underneath it being a Dreamcast VMU. I think, since it looks more like a Tamagotchi. Underneath those is a Mega Drive/Genesis and a bunch of games. Also he drinks coke....
References in the Lyrics:
"Crushing 30s" like Crush 40. Kinda obvious, but...
0:23 "At the speed of sound" referencing "Rolling around at the speed of sound" from City Escape.
0:38 "Green Hill is..." yeah.
0:48 "A hero with no rings in his hand?" referencing Seven Rings in Hand from Secret Rings.
1:04 "Scraping your brain" like Scrap Brain? Is this one a stretch?
1:14 "No time to live, no time to learn" referencing Live and Learn.
1:23 "Grind another rail" obvious, but the several grinding mechanics.
1:30 "Like a truck" referencing the Truck Chase from SA2.
1:35 "A city from whith there's no escape" referencing City Escape.
There's also the characters from ExterminateUs Now, Eastwood, Virus, Lothar and Rogue sitting in the background 1:44
Awesome webcomic
Deberías tener más likes por todas esas referencias
Posting this here since most see this version first, the Animation is Stellar, but because of how the song works it misses the Second part, the Part that challenges the first leaving you with a hopeful outlook at the end.
Timestamps for the original song
2:41 here to really expand on sonic's now lost of he used to be, theres another speed demon Born with his power, Another Sonic you may say, Young and imature and a Fan of the same character.
I originally wanted to also make him a Hedgehog to expand on that front, like his past not only him choosing to be affected by it but also being faced litterally by someone who has what he cosidered his. an armadillo would work better now I think, putting into reference how Mighty was a Sonic Pallate swap, and just way more niche, I'd imgine in the this future he's working with knuckles in conctruction, doesn't need a hat because of his hard shell.
So in these scene both are going into their own destenations, Sonic delevring his Chillidogs for Rings Paid, and our oc(Do not Steal) that represents sonic's past self going to school, they hit a crossing point 3:03 where sonic Surpsried in meeting someone else who can match his speed, like Shadow, but is way Younger.
and (I'll call him T) T Surprised in meeting his Favorite Hedgehog, Both fall but T is able to cacth himself, while sonic Springs from car to car until hitting the Ground 3:06. T comes to his aid above him, while sonic's crushed most of his Chillidog deliveries and Soul crying on the floor 3:09.
T helps Sonic get Up, holding hand and grining while sonic is still in desmay 3:16, sonic looks at the sky to see stars then stares down at T 3:17, he grins, packs up whatever chilidog wasn't destroyed, and prepares with T, to go at his pace arms together 3:21-3:25
3:31 overtime moves through faster and faster slowly gaining speed, failing first order, then moving on to the next getting better and better, while T is Scraficing his school to bring Sonic from his Lowest.
overtime sonic starts excerising, eating what AMY cooks and Giving her more affection, and gains higher Ranks for stages(He gained a C Rank thats a 1/1000 he's getting better!) has a happier Attetude like he used to, a Smile against the Harsh World. his friends can feel this while he passes, pushing them to find what they want out of their own Lives 4:14 until sonic and T meet paths again and see two people about to get his by a two cars, they do what they do best, Save their World.
Somehow they still made Sonic feel like Sonic even though he's supposed to be a depressed 30 y/o. Like, at the end where he still shows off his, sorta roughed up but still cool, skills and charm which makes the girls swoon over him instantly. Peek Sonic.
@Nigel Stoney I guess somebody didn't watched the animation and just listened to music.
@Nigel Stoney Age is also mental thing. Some people act old in their 20s. Some "old" geezers are still bright and kicking as ever
Honestly, I don't blame Sonic. He's saved the world a whole bunch of times, and if we're counting the comics, an *infinite* amount of times in an *infinite* amount of universes.
He's worked hard, and it's only gonna get worse...
...unless something goes right in his Frontiers debut.
Actually, how COME he doesn't have enough rings? He's found millions over his games, a couple thousand shouldn't be that bad.
*And fuck the guy who orders his food across a city to get it within 15 seconds only to pay 4 rings.*
Ring Taxes, of course.
every ring he had got taken by taxes and of course, now there's no rings around anywhere because the society have them, no ring boxes either, the only ones that could give rings are the giant rings that god knows where would appear now and the legendary "S" box (super box)
@The Proanimator He's too fast, he outruns the IRS.
...or used to.
F ranks him even
Sonic has a crippling gambling addiction.
I love this song and I translated it into Japanese even though there aren't many japanese comments. I hope you like it.
かつて俺は音速のヒーローだった。
なのに、過去の栄光に足を取られて今じゃ音速なんて出せやしない。
ウィキペディアでは未だに15歳なんて書かれているけど、グリーンヒルってどんなだったっけ。
録音テープのように、時を巻き戻すことなんて出来ない。
リングが無くなったのはいつからだろう。
ブルーな毎日。世界を救ったところで家賃が払えなけりゃ意味がない。
痛みから逃げるように全速力で走る。
けれど囁きが聞こえるんだ。
もうすぐ30になる。もうすぐ30になる。
簡単なカーブすら曲がりきれない。
生きて学べだって？
30になっちまう。30になっちまう。
ま、ぼちぼちやっていこうぜ。
あいつらともすっかりご無沙汰してる。一人は子どもの世話で連絡をよこしやしないし、もう一人は「仕事でそれどころじゃない」だとさ。
ドリームキャストの埃を払って冒険に出かけよう。カエルくんを探して胸焼けするくらいチリドッグを食べて。
ああ、そろそろハンマーを掲げて妻が帰ってくる。
ブーストをかけてボーナスポイントを稼ぐんだ。
だけど医者が言ったんだ。「あまり関節に負担をかけないように。」
痛みから逃げるように全速力で走る。
けれど囁きが聞こえるんだ。
もうすぐ30になる。もうすぐ30になる。
昔はオープンな心の持ち主、今じゃ開胸手術を受ける患者。
30になっちまう。30になっちまう。
ま、ぼちぼちやっていこうぜ。
レールを変えたところで何も振り切れやしない。
30になっちまうんだ。
現実はあの時の暴走トラックのように追いかけてくる。
でももう運は使い切った。
30になっちまうんだ。
もはやエスケイプする場所もない。
かつての失敗が俺を苦しめる。
今さら気づいた。人生は終わりのない挑戦なんかじゃないってことを。
それでも変化を受け入れて、俺は俺らしく、自分のペースで進むんだ。
MRIの結果が来たけど怖くて見れない。なんたって
もう30になっちまうんだ。
痛みから逃げるように全速力で走る。
けれど囁きが聞こえるんだ。
もうすぐ30になる。もうすぐ30になる。
簡単なカーブすら曲がりきれない。
生きて学べだって？
30になっちまう。30になっちまう。
ま、ぼちぼちやっていこうぜ。
30になっちまう。30になっちまう。
ま、ぼちぼちやっていこうぜ。
30になっちまう。30になっちまう。
全力で突っ切れ。
I love the big Jazz Jackrabbit plush at the end
1:08 I really appreciate the "yeah yeah yeah!" here. Brings me back to Live And Learn
Also the line following it. "No time to live, no time to learn"
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I really like this moment 0:58
So coll" Yeeeeyeah! "=)
Literally a call back to it. And at the end, you can hear the main riff
Honestly, this song perfectly embodies the sad state of sonic of once being on the top then falling from grace.
Actually bs,there wasn't any grace.
who knows, maybe one day something would happen, something that will change everything...
@@JuanRamirez-fc8ou maybe...sonic being bought by a more competent company?
Life is full of possibilities. Between the IDW comics, the positive movie reception, and even the new comic writers being brought in to help produce the next game, we might just be in the midst of a renaissance of the franchise.
@@SuperSaiyanD48 maybe, there are endless possibilities and I am not apologizing for the pun.
The ending of the full song really hits different after frontiers
Damn cool, love crush 40 songs since the 90s. Thx 😊 🙏 goodness you still kick ass
Wow, that's some good animation.
I agree. I think the animation is really awesome
Yes
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@@AxxLAfriku youre still going? come on man its been actual years
I'm honestly surprised that Crush 40 managed to return for fan projects, despite no longer being hired to do the soundtracks for official Sonic media.
They did come back for the 30 anniversary sympathy
He ( it's only Johnny here no Jun) does new Sonic songs quite frequently in 2022_2023 Crushing Thirties was actually just the beginning
When I realised it was him I suddenly enjoyed this even more than I did already.
Also even more respect for Johnny Gioeli
I like how you guys snuck in a few Exterminatus Now cameos in the credits. And Klaymen, which I absolutely didn't see coming!
Astonishingly good piece of work from everyone involved, way to go!
Hey someone who also knows exterminatus now!
Exterminatus Now was a truly special comic.
I’ve been ignoring this video for a while and wow I regret it. This is amazing, I enjoyed every second of this!
Man, I love Crush 40. And not only you managed to nail the vibe of their songs, you also got the vocalist to take part.
I feel like sonic could be semi decent at a delivery job, just he has to *not* break the sound barrier and mess up whatever he was hired to deliver
and fix his back.
Sonic turned 30.
Feeling old yet?
I just noticed that there is a reference to the phrase "Gotta Go Fast", which was changed to " gotta take slow "💀
People born in the mid 90s are definately feeling this one.
meeee i'll be 30 in 2 years help i started off playing sonic at 7 years old
Especially when you factor in what reflections of real-life situations are depicted here:
* Sonic stuck broke and in an unhappy marriage with Amy, who's "tsundere" attitude only seems to have gotten rougher as she's gotten older.
* Knuckles is a drunk construction worker. (Seriously, why won't ANYONE pay him enough to just let him keep an eye on that Master Emerald and Angel Island?!)
* Tails stuck in a dead-end office job with Cream and Cheese (who appears to have evolved into a regular Hero Chao by this point) as his secretaries.
* Big the Cat is some kind of corporate bigwig (pun intended?) who spends his downtime playing the classic Sonic games.
* Silver seems to be in some kind of therapy session with the Chao Doctor from SA2 (and only hanging onto his sanity by his fingertips?)
* Shadow is Sonic's drinking buddy (and judging from the nametag on his shirt seems to have employment of some kind).
* Eggman is in semi-retirement as a casino magnate and possibly with a gambling addiction, all those years of failed plans and frustrations finally having broken his will to conquer the world.
I was born in 76….I’m well beyond my 30s :(
I was born in the late 80s, and I'm not feeling it.
I think you mean mid 80s, or early 90s. I was born in 92 & am still not 30 yet
I love the fact that Big out of all characters, is the one who's in the best position and is probably the most financially stable.
His «Living in Paradise» weren't empty words after all.
What do you think he did offscreen?
Of course Big would become a corporate fat cat, since he was always two-thirds the way there already
@@Abdega lmaooo that’s actually so smart
Tails might be doing well financially, but the work's just really high strung and tough.
Dude I freaking love this song, feels like crush40 celebrating sonics 30 years
Revisiting this makes me so Happy
Okay this is sooooo cool!!
Wow, hasta parece oficial xd
@@maxiquiza3687 bueno fue cantado por el wey de crush 40
A Letter for Sega, without doubt.
Ps: Te adoro Sergi
¿¡Podria esta cancion ser mejor?!
Sergiii 😃
as much as the music slaps we also need to give a standing fucking ovation to the animation team. the sheer amount of thoughtfullness, gags, references and overall care in every single scene is astounding. godspeed to everyone involved
Shout it for the back!
So much passion from both sides
This has so many references and Easter Eggs here:
0:31 Amy has her Hammer as a Tattoo
0:40 The food stand that shall not be named has Doge as its logo.
0:42 Old Man Owl as the Chilly Dog Cook
0:55 You're Too Slow!
1:02 Sonic Ice Cream Bar Reflected in Water
1:10 Dark Super Sonic Transformation Reference
1:23 Amy's Rolling Pin Colored after Her Hammer
1:26 JoJo's Reference
1:33 Possesses Amy from Sonic X (The Teeth)
1:36 Another JoJo's Reference (To Be Continued)
1:43 It's No Use! (A bunch of other small references to other things scattered around room here)
1:44 Cats from Lone Digger in Background and Vault Boy as Bartender
Omg I love this!!! ❤❤❤ they should make it more of this
Man, a part of me will always love Crush 40. Can't wait to see what happens at Sonic's 40th
Crushing 40s by Crush 40
@@greatwavefan397 racing forward on my mind
crushing 40 all the time
0:47 The fact they made Tails looks like the Charles Jones Meme from Coraline is amazing.
Ya ganaste la partida pa
@@Mkmasterlinkuei ?
Lol
I grew up with the blue hero am now 56 and still seeing him with new designs of soinc best game I ever played ❤
I love how this song really represents Sonic being in a low point after his earlier successes. Pretty accurate to the current state of the franchise
Shut up bro.
@@_cloverking2032 someone's a little bit of of a grouch >:(
Being a little bit of a sussy baka perhaps
@@thisisacomment. nono , he got a point
I personally don’t agree, sonic still has a bunch of great games and a sequel to his very successful movie coming out soon.
I love how the reflection in the puddle at 1:01 is just the Sonic Popsicle. XD
Based observation
actually it's sonic boom. Probably the WII U sonic boom games xD
@@boyothebozo no, it is the sonic popsicle
Nice eyes lmao never noticed. Brings me back to going to an ice cream truck getting them goofy things. Good times.
@@SpIattle it's both, you can easily see the brown scarf.
30 years and Sonic is still going strong and fast!
The animation style resemble Sonic Mania Adentures and cutscenes from Sonic Origins.
Amo a Sonic y esta calidad de animacion y diseños increibles de los personajes son como un un cumplido para este erizo y sus amigos, sin duda el video se tiene merecido tantas vistas
I can't be the only one who thinks this looks like a genuine official TV show opening or movie quality passionate work that looks professionally awesome in its own right.
Yeah we also got the captions in so many other languages now, it's on its way of becoming more official haha!
Master Chief you mind telling me what your doing in these comments
@@bluespidergaming7719 Sir, finishing this fight.
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@@masterchief9177 We need to get you, this blue rodent, Mario, and Ratchet somewhere for a conference meeting at some point or another.
Tails legit looks like he's about 4 seconds away from ending it.
If I remember correctly, he’s at least five years younger than Sonic, so he’s 25 here
Tails looks like he fucked his gaming career when he was 20 lol
@@connormclernon26 He's 8, while Sonic is 15.
That makes him 23. God life has been harsh to him.
@@conic2721 BUT there Generations with Sonic Birthday, so Sonic is 16 years old, and 1 moment, Tails was 8 age old in Classic Sonic, you want to say when Sonic and Tails met, Tails was 4? So Classic Tails with 4 years old can drive Sonic Airplane? :D
@@forteexe1335 The only one who aged more than a year is Amy. Classic is 8 and modern is12.
Nice "what if" scenario on what's possible if Sonic gave it up & great beat as expected. Just purchased the song & love it to the end! However, as I know Sonic with what he's been through even if it was to happen, Sonic always finds a way to get back on track & doing what he loves & does best!
1:23 damn dude little high for Amy's dress to fly up just from turning around? lol
i'd legit watch an entire show with this premise
I mean you can just watch most people IRl And get the same experience
@@hobomike6935 true but most people irl aren't sonic
I don’t need the state of my favorite video game franchise to be pain-stakingly recited to me through a show.
I know I’d watch it but I don’t want to…
Kobra Kai kinda has that
There's a series on TH-cam called "Sonic for hire" and it's exactly this as a show
No matter how many years pass, Johnny Gioeli will always make the most amazing Sonic songs! That'll never change.
Nobody talking about how Big won BIG in the end and tails was working for a fine Cream and Cheese😅
Sonic should be paid more for his speed
This is the greatest song ever.
it's up there for sure
why sonica I miss the old videos man
This is the greatest comment ever
A CERTIFIED SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG?!
its so sad that steve jobs died of ligma
0:38 That line, Sonic running of the house, putting on his shoe. Don't know why I love it so much, I could rewatch it 100 times :)
Ik what u mean
I agree
the way the animation syncs with the music makes it 100x better fr
To clean
@@JustDarkFire when he busts the door open, hops, and dashes I see it now XD
I would love to see more of this world. Looks pretty neat to see the "after all is said and done".
Almost a year later and this is still a masterpiece
This was EXCELLENT. All the little references, the sound of the music, the style of the animation... And the existential crisis that I feel right now.
If you're having your rough thirties, at least make sure there're enough references in there~
I feel like people just have an existential crisis every 10 years, starting at 20. And the feeling of being ever closer to the grave only gets worse.
@@ManoredRed We're closer to death every day, but we don't know how close.
"No matter how fast i run, i cannot run away from the pain."
-Sonic
Here's to another 30y kings
😕
-IDW Sonic
Sonic can actually end it all and run away from the pain. He goes upstairs to the bathroom, lock the door, and put this 🔫 to his head. The pain would go away immediately.
@@PsychoJXS1 uh-
Ok
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Holy crap 1:42
Is that Freddy Fish? Man that brings back memories...
We need this song to be official! I've watched this so many times! I LOVE THIS SONG! Nice work!
Why would Sega make official a song about how their number one franchise sucks?
Johnny Gioeli can make any song sound better. Glad it’s already good.
1:10 also the Sonic X reference gives this an automatic A+
Another thing: So many Sonic parodies get Sonic so wrong or use him as the butt of a joke. Here, him and Amy still feel in character, despite being older versions of them.
A man of culture. *handshake*
Wait, which Sonic X episode is that referencing?
@@kirbmaster575 Dark Sonic.
@@blockmanvideo5635
Oh, you're right, the pose is near identical to the one Sonic makes when transforming into Dark Sonic. Weird how they would reference something that only showed up for 30 seconds in one episode of a Sonic TV show, but hey, I'm not complaining.
@@kirbmaster575 also tails is a reference to the Coraline dad meme.
This is gonna be extremely nostalgic, just give it around 8 years, and you got a classic in your hands.
One day this song will be crushing in their 30s
And someone from the future is gonna see this comment in 8 years.
I'll see you in 8 years brother.
Let's see if we can see this again in 8 years then.
@@fatiyahe the person is apparently 54
I thought this was just a song and that illustration there, it's a whole fucking animation, this is so cool.
Oh this was Awesome! I geeked out at some of those background characters too, I recognized Cristal and Jade from ChibiJenHen and Freakin the characters from the online comic Exterminatus I read as a twenty somethin yr old!!? Oh man that took me back to some fun times lol Great Work!