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Josh sings If We Survive

Podcast Episode where this was featured:  Legacy Music Hour Episode 231: An 80's Christmas. 

Game: Pro Mahjong Kiwame III on the Super Famicom

Track: "Expert Challenge Ending"

Composers:  Kazuo Oikawa, Tsugutoshi Goto, Koichi Ishibashi, Aka Ishibashi, Akiyoshi Saito

KVGM Presents the Last Christmas

Hammock sings Last Christmas (Part 2)

Lyrics and Singing:  Utopia Nemo
Game:  Sword of Vermilion
Track:  “Last City” 
Composer:  The Guch, AKA Hiro, AKA Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Originally aired on Legacy Music Hour episode 248, “The Legacy Bunch”

Nemo sings the Vermilions

Utopia Nemo sings Next-Gen Lover

California (Boarding on Time)

To the tune of: Aoi Blink, "House"

Music by:   Shinichi Sakamoto, Souichirou Harada
Lyrics by:  KeyGlyph

---

  My flight
  is boarding on time
  I left
  my winter boots behind

  Here I come
  California
  The palm trees and the sunshine

  Nightfall
  as altitudes rise
  Day breaks
  as we take to the skies

  Here I come
  California
  The palm trees and the sunshine

KeyGlyph sings California (Boarding On Time)

Greener Hill Zones (Toast)

to the tune of: Phantasy Star III, "Opening Theme"

Music by:  Izuho Numata
Lyrics and Vocal Stylings by: KeyGlyph & Sentimental in San Gabriel
Extra Lyrics Inspired by: Andrew DeWitt

---

  Rob F. Switch, you're leaving here
  Disappearing north up the coast
  Greener Hill Zones are awaiting you
  Everyone hopes it's true

  All the users far and near
  Gathered here to say our goodbyes
  With teary eyes we're saluting you
  And of course, Brent is too

  Keep the legacy alive
  NES and SNES and Mega Drive
  Chiki Boizz and friends alike
  Let's party it up tonight

  Let's go party, party baby, party girl!
  Let's go party, party baby, party girl! ...

  Let's forget the president!
  Let's go have some cake instead!
  Donuts, french fries, pizza too!
  Everything's okay when I'm with you!

Sad Elephants

KeyGlyph and Josh sing Greener Hill Zones (Toast)

josh

KeyGlyph and Josh sing Obviously (You)

Pluto Baby (Good Ending)

To the tune of: Streets of Rage 2, "Good Ending"

Music by:   Yuzo Koshiro
Lyrics by:  Emily (Keyglyph)

---

  You arrived on the scene
  in the 30s, early February.
  Everyone took you underwing,
  but 2005 changed everything.

  I don't care what they say;
  Pluto baby, you're a planet to me.
  Michael Brown and the IAU,
  they did what they thought they had to do.

  How will children in grades K through five
  get our solar system memorized?
  Is this really what our kids deserve?
  What will eager mothers serve?

  Gustav Holst wrote a suite;
  Pluto baby, it was never complete.
  So the Eight put you on the shelf?
  Now you're king of the whole Kuiper Belt.

  If your ancient namesake has concurred
  to let you guard your own underworld,
  you'll be waiting with the final laugh
  when the next planet gets axed.

  I don't care what they say;
  Pluto baby, you're a planet to me.
  Let the Eight put you on the shelf!
  Now you're king of the whole Kuiper Belt!

  Dahdadah...

Classic Style

KeyGlyph sings Pluto Baby (Good Ending)

Pretty Please (The Pleading Song)

To the tune of: Wario's Woods, "Go!"

Music by:   Soyo Oka, Shinobu Amayake
Lyrics by:  Emily (Keyglyph), Brent Weinbach

---

  On the train with my headphones on my head
  Passed up music for some podcasts instead
  Legacy Music Hour
  you're brightening my commute
  (you always do)

  But my smile sometimes falters from my face
  when recalling you said you needed some space
  What can I do?  Our honeymoon days seem
  so long ago

  Pretty please, Legacy Music Hour
  why don't you come back to me?
  We'll have fun
  in the sun
  and we'll make some brand new memories!

  Maybe one day I'll peek at your home page
  and realize your last update date has changed
  Maybe we'll be estranged
  but ready to start anew
  (I hope that's true)

  Though I'm lonely without you here around
  no podcast has secured me on the rebound
  Just pound for pound, I'll never love them more
  than I loved you

  Pretty please, Legacy Music Hour
  why don't you come back to me?
  Reach out and
  take my hand
  and I promise you we'll be happy!

  Legacy Music Hour, it's hard to believe you're gone.
  Seems like just yesterday I was hearing your voice --
  Which is technically true; I was playing an old episode --
  But anyway?  Girl.  I need to know you're out there
  and thinking about coming home.  Come back to your boo.
  I'm beggin' you.

  Pretty please, Legacy Music Hour
  why don't you come back to me?
  Reach out and
  take my hand
  and I promise you we'll be happy!

  (Com'on guys.
  Pretty please.)

Streets of Shinobi II:  Revenge of Columns

KeyGlyph sings Pretty Please (The Pleading Song)

Sorcerer (I Got My Craft)

To the tune of: Wiz n' Liz, "Title Theme"

Music by:   Matt Furniss
Lyrics by:  KeyGlyph

---

  This [] LIFE [] as master-class sorcerer
  You think there ain't things to fear here?
  OF COURSE THERE ARE!
  Thought it was nonviolent as advertised?
  SURPRISE!
  My biggest fights are defined by gougin' eyes

  My tiny home and my humble cauldron bubblin' on
  my laundry, garden, and pets
  MY INDEPENDENCE, YES
  you think it's lonely but I've GOT MY CRAFT
  and you'll NEVER GRASP
  THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT

  [hah]

  Spell mixing is a work of art
  [] yeh []
  LET ME SHOW YOU MY ENORMOUS CHART
  Stayin' frugal with cash
  Results I gotta keep track
  can't be blendin' expensive stock
  JUST TO CAST CRAP

  I KNOW YOU'RE OVER THERE THROWIN' SOME SHADE
  'BOUT THE STATE OF MY FACE AND THESE ROBES THAT I MADE
  but it's [] cute you assume you've got strength in your spit --
  YOU WANNA TEST THE POWER OF WORDS AGAINST A WITCH, GENIUS?

  Sure, WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES; I know --
  I once scattered wabbits everyplace --
  but my masterful game and my MASSIVELY MAGICAL BRAIN
  saved the day -- SO STOP CRYING OKAY? -- AND HEY

  Y'know the dragon who was torchin' your gates? The giant
  pumpkins and clocks, demonic monsters and such?
  Well I was PASSIN' BY, had extra TIME AND LIVES
  and I
  THOUGHT I MIGHT
  AS WELL
  KEEP MYSELF OCCUPIED!

  [] LIFE [] as master-class sorcerer
  You think there ain't things to fear here?
  OF COURSE THERE ARE!
  Thought it was nonviolent as advertised?
  SURPRISE!
  MY BIGGEST FIGHTS ARE DEFINED BY GOUGIN' EYES

  My tiny home and my humble cauldron BUBBLIN' ON
  my laundry, garden, and pets
  MY INDEPENDENCE, YES
  you think it's lonely but I've GOT MY CRAFT
  and you'll NEVER GRASP
  THE importance [] of [] that

KeyGlyph sings Sorcerer (I Got My Craft)

Josh sings Legacy Music Hour

Game:  New 3D Golf Simulation: Waialae no Kiseki
Composer:  Yumi Kinoshita

Josh sings Coulda Shoulda Woulda Been Love

Game:  HAL's Hole in One Golf 
Composer:  Hirokazu Ando

Josh sings Baby Girl

Game:  Chi Chi's Pro Challenge Golf
Composer:  Masahito Miyamoto

Josh sings Be Here

Josh sings Cool Dad

Game:  True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach Golf Links
Composers:  Yumi Kinoshita, Shigekazu Kamaki, Yusaburo Shimojyo

Josh sings Dammit Girl

Josh sings Do You Do

Game:  New 3D Golf Simulation: Harukanaru Augusta
Composers:  Yumi Kinoshita, Hiroshi Morita, Shigekazu Kamaki, Yusaburo Shimojyo

Josh sings The Apartment

Josh sings Dungeon

Game Title:  Statts
Console: Genesis/Mega Drive
Track Title:  Dungeon Crawler
Composer:  Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Lyrics and Karaoke by:  UtopiaNemo 
Episode it Appeared On:  VGM Jukebox Ep. 62: Citrus Shower

Lyrics:
V.1
Got a Rock in my boot
Knapsack stuffed full of loot
Been trudging through this dungeon for days 
Enemies every which way
in the bottom of this maze
With no Magic flute 
What I wouldn't give for a teleport spell 
Have I seen this corridor before? I can't tell
They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions
But I swear the road to hell shares my present dimensions
(Pause, break into 3/4 cadence) Did I mention relentlessly endless random encounters deliberately swindling health blow-by-blow's growing old
HP dwindling low, it's a downer
Bludgeoning copious foes 
The gold that they leave helpeth me Relieve some of my woes
Desperation is growing, I know 
It's almost too late for escape,(enemy sound) another one? Here we go.....

Chorus
From the darkest pit of sufferin'
Came the beasts that roam this dungeon
They don't take to strangers tryin' to steal their treasure, best start runnin' 
They'll find you, bind you, splay you, flay you are the main course at this luncheon
You're the soup du jour! smelling pungent, spicy and delicious then nothin 'cause you're dead
 
V.2
Dead men tell no tales 
I think I'm next cause I keep taking 
Dead-end trails 
And I suspect 
That I failed 
To note the markers
Different colored patch of grass
a stone block that's darker
I need to try harder
Started out this quest as a hero
But I might end a martyr
Lost my partners, an esper and a thief 
Trying to save the king's daughter from the goblin chief 
I'm deep way over my head
I need lotsa relief 
Hot spring to recover health
And maybe wash my feet
Tots are muddy from this marsh,
boots lost beneath
Gotta keep sloggin through this bog can't stop to breathe
-'cause-(breath)
Manticores and hordes of orcs blocking every possible course, 
when it rains, it pours
In hindsight, it seems like an ill-fated romp 
what kind of sadist puts a dungeon in a swamp?

Chorus 2
Welcome to the chief's domain
We hope you're in the mood for pain
You're tromping through our swamp without permission, no need to explain
We know you're searching for the princess,
But your quest has been in vain
She was pungent, spicy and delicious...Just kiddin’! She's with us, 
But her wish is to remove you from this Game......(confused? Allow me to explain -abuse- ...it means DEATH)


Dungeon Crawler fun facts:
The "hot spring to recover health" line is a reference to Mother 3, which my son won from the first VGMJB giveaway contest). 
I messed up by saying "level 1", but "round 2", and didn't catch it until after recording. 
The sound effect right before I say "Another one? Here we go....." is the sound effect that accompanies a random enemy encounter in Sword of Vermilion. 
I wrote much of the song while driving. Yes, you read that correctly. 
I ate Zots just before recording. Have you had those? They are an old-school candy that fizz when you eat them. 
The Magic Flute, Manticores, and Espers were nods to the original Phantasy Star.

UtopiaNemo sings Dungeon Crawler Mix

Game Title:  Superlite 2500:  Custom Mahjong
Console:  Nintendo DS
Track Title:   BGM #5
Composer:   Success/Affect
Patron Name:  JT
Podcast Episode it Appeared On:   VGM Jukebox:  Thesis Defense: KJNG with JT

Lyrics:
You know I've lived a crazy life
filled with pain and filled with strife
But you can't get me down
I'll get back up and back in the ring

Well I learn from my mistakes
and I got just what it takes
to get back in the fight
set things alright
and win everything

Nobody's gettin' me down
Cuz I'll pull myself off the ground
And I've got the strength and the will to live forever

And I know that I can't do no wrong
Cuz I got a heart full of song
As long as I've got my mahjong
And play with the soul of a master

Nobody's gettin' me down
Cuz I'll pull myself off the ground
And I've got the strength and the will to live forever

*repeat*

SuperLite2500: Custom Mahjong

JT sings Nobody's Gettin' Me Down

Game:  Minna No Mahjong
Console:  Nintendo DS
Track Title:  BGM #5
Composer:  MTO
Patron:  JT  
Podcast Episode it Appeared On:   
VGM Jukebox, Thesis Defense:  KJNG with JT

Lyrics:  
You'll never be alone.  
You'll always have a friend by your side.  
You'll never be alone, 
cuz KJONG is there for you.

Minna No Mahjong

JT sings the KJNG Anthem

Track Title:  Cheers Theme (8-bit)
Composers:   Original Theme by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo, chiptunes cover by Human Daikon
Podcast Episode it Appeared On:   Thesis Defense:  KJNG with JT

Lyrics:
Making your way in the world today takes everything you got
Takin' a break with Josh and Keyglyph, sure would help a lot
Is there a song you'd like to play?
Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name
And they're always glad you came
You wanna go where people know
troubles are all the same
You wanna go where everybody plays your games.
You wanna go where people know
patrons are all the same
You wanna go where everybody knows your name.

Cheers Theme (8-bit)

JT sings Where Everybody Plays Your Games

Game Title:   Contra
Console:  NES
Track Title:   Jungle
Composers:  c: Kazuki Muaoka / a: Hidenori Maezawa and Kiyohiro Sada
Podcast it Appeared On:  VGM Jukebox

St. John sings 30 More Times For Bill -AND- Lance!

Game:  Sonic the Hedgehob
Track:  Green Hill Zone
Composer:  Masato Nakamura
Arranged for Kazoo and performed by JT

Sonic the Hedgehog

JT kazoos Green Hill Zone

Game:  Mahjong Sports Line
Song:  Track 10
Platform:  PC-98
Composer:  Kenichi Arakawa
Lyrics:  Animite

The grand race is done
You’re shadow and you raced the sun
Ran across the line
So many years of effort won
And now the stadium lights dim down
All the people have gone to their homes
And leave you wondering alone
Where do I go from here?

You move forward
Feel the wind arise, set sail now
Movin forward
Beating drums moving you there
You move forward
No regret in leaving what’s passed
Movin forward
Memory always is there

Get up off the ground
And wipe away that grass and mud
Don’t let this plateau
Chain you to a single spot
For you see there’s a bigger place
It’s the world and the whole human race
So you see there are many more
Finish lines to strive for

You move forward
Feel the wind arise, set sail now
Movin forward
Beating drums moving you there
You move forward 
No regret in leaving what’s passed
Movin forward
Memory always is there

Animite and JTs sing Move'in Forward

A Cosmic Thing (While We're Still Here)

To the tune of:  Sonic the Hedgehog, "Star Light Zone"

Music by:  Masato Nakamura
Lyrics by: KeyGlyph

--

  When we're all dead
  will we still have a way to think
  and reflect?
  Or is life 
  just a thing we experience
  to forget?

  And does it hurt
  thinking our memories may fade
  when we're dirt?
  Who will see
  all the things you meant to me?

  I'm not saying the things we do
  are not important
  I'm not saying the love we share
  is not a cosmic thing

  I'm just saying the time we have
  is so very fleeting
  Gotta give everyone your love
  while we're still here

  So while we're here
  in this once in a lifetime crush
  on this sphere
  let's create
  something beautiful that we'll watch
  disappear

  And when it's gone
  know the loss of the moment makes
  it more fond
  That's the way
  of mono no aware

  And I'm saying the things we do
  are so important
  And I'm saying the love we share
  is such a cosmic thing

  And I'm saying the time we have
  is so very fleeting
  Gotta give everyone your love
  while we're still here

  While we're still here

And You Always Will

Keyglyph sings A Cosmic Thing (While We're Still Here)

Game:  Dynamic Country Club
Title:  Practice Play
Composer:  unknown)


Lyrics

Do Say Hello

Don't say goodbye unless you wanted to see me cry
But do say hello if you see me outside of the show

Time takes us from our old spaces
But it can't change the feelings we shared

Don't close your eyes and tell me that it is the last time
But look in the sky and know that our love could always fly
 
Time changes the hue of cases
But it cant change the high scores we had.

Josh sings Do Say Hello

Game:  Chrono Cross
Track:  #3- Village of Arni
Composer:   Yasunori Mitsuda
Testimonial:  Animite

This was an audio testimonial that Animite had submitted to the VGM Jukebox that never got played before the podcast ended.

Chrono Cross

Chrono Cross - Village of Arni

Game:  3D Golf Simulation: Waialae no Kiseki
Console:  Megadrive
Composer:  Yumi Satake

Josh sings Coming Over

I don't know if anyone listens to this channel anymore, but long ago I layered multiple JT vocals over the original KeyGlyph vocal, yet didn't release it publicly.  Now that the whole world feels scary and uncertain in this pandemic, I thought I would put this out there to remember the beautiful cosmic thing we had.  Cheers to Utopia Nemo for reminding me of this song with a comment 2 months ago.

Keyglyph sings A Cosmic Thing (Too Many JTs Mix)

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