This is an interesting early (May 2011) effort by PinkiePieSwear (now called Matt R). It takes the show's first real blockbuster song and gives it a gentle opening that becomes a relaxing, dreamy remix. This is punctuated with sounds that could easily represent the drips of melting snow. The accompanying "video" is no more than a still image of the night sky, though that fits with the "late again" motif. Should you want HQ goodness, you can buy the track for $1 on PPS's Bandcamp.
No. 63 doesn't meet the criteria to be featured, so I'm skipping it.
The most likely song you know by d.notive is "Vicious Lies", but that's not from 2012 so we'll say no more about it now! This track is considerably less well known, though it ended up on the same album (The Fantasy). It's a catchy bit of mildly distorted electronica, told from the point of view of Tank and relating to the events of "May the Best Pet Win!" in S2. Mildly silly lyrics, but never mind. You can get it in HQ on a name-your-price basis on d.notive's Bandcamp. As for the artist himself, it's several years since his last Pony upload, but he's uploaded plenty of other stuff to YT since then.
Now here's a real piece of fandom history: this is the very first brony song by BlackGryph0n, who is of course still around in the fandom, often duetting with Michelle Creber. "Take Me to Equestria!" isn't a bad debut at all, with a somewhat 1980s feel to it and some pleasant lyrics wrapped around with a magical repeating theme. The one I've embedded is the original 2011 release – there's a more polished 2012 remix. That's unlisted, but since BlackGryph0n himself links to it in this video description it's hardly a secret. Also in the description: a TinDeck download link. Now there's a blast from the past! Sadly with that gone, I can't find any HQ versions.
Next time: into the fifties, and all I can really say looking at the next post's tracks is "They're a real mixed bag!"
Huh. That first one confused me, because Makkon also did a track called "Winter Wrap Up (Late Again)" (which I have a remix of, making it even more confusing <.<).
ReplyDeleteWow, and I thought BlackGryph0n's first song was "Proud to Be a Brony". It was the first of his I heard, anyway!
Most things about the 2011 fandom confuse me, really. If I ever do a 2012/13 versions of this, I should have (a little) more idea what I'm doing. :P
DeleteI'd only very vaguely heard of "Take Me to Equestria!" before; like you, I would have guessed "Proud to be a Brony" was the guy's debut.