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Japan's Top Five Features Mario Inspired Beat

Posted by Zonk on from the we-be-hooked-on-the-brothers,-huhhhh dept.

News.com has up a short piece on a tune that's heading for number one with a bullet on Japan's pop music charts. The song, B-Dash, is a techno piece that heavily uses samples from the original Mario Bros. game. From the article: 'B-Dash' became a national hit after it aired on FM radio, and its popularity was further strengthened after it appeared on TV. The song has continued to stay in the top-10 rankings for the past month; last week, it ranked in sixth place. 'B-Dash' has sold a total of 196,000 CD singles in Japan to date."

42 comments

  1. Torrent by billybob · · Score: 1

    someone put up a torrent link :P

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    1. Re:Torrent by osrevad · · Score: 1

      Here's the eDonkey link.

    2. Re:Torrent by override11 · · Score: 4, Informative

      Or just click to listen here: http://marshal.proc.ru/mp3/B-DASH%20-%20Sunday%20m onday.mp3

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    3. Re:Torrent by override11 · · Score: 1

      (wondering if I have the wrong song, has anyone else heard the 'mario' song?)

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    4. Re:Torrent by bikochan · · Score: 1

      I still prefer SID Metal :)
      "The Great Giana Systers" and "Sidology" by
      Machinae Supremacy.
      http://www.machinaesupremacy.com/

      btw: "The Great Giana Systers" was a Great Mario Clone on the C64.

    5. Re:Torrent by rsmith-mac · · Score: 1

      It's not the right song; that's "Sunday Monday" by the band B-Dash.

    6. Re:Torrent by |/|/||| · · Score: 1
      I echo the request for a torrent. What's the point of the article if I can't hear the song?

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    7. Re:Torrent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I found two torrents, one has one seed, the other has none...

    8. Re:Torrent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      They also have some of their tracks in the dance game "In the Groove."

      http://inthegroove.biz/

  2. Here's hoping... by game+kid · · Score: 1

    ...that Nintendo won't sue these Tongari guys so hard, they'd beg for a B button to dash out the country.

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    1. Re:Here's hoping... by LordEd · · Score: 1

      That depends on what the sampling laws are in Japan. Not all countries follow the same model as the US.

    2. Re:Here's hoping... by jdubois79 · · Score: 1

      The song's been out for a while, and there is no sign of it slowing down. Nintendo hasn't done anything about it, and I assume it has to do with the laxer parody laws that they have here. As they are not selling a video game called Super Mario, and are instead paying homage to it, I BELIEVE that it is not an issue legally.

      The B track on the single is great. It's just a techno loop of "My glasses are broken" for most of the song, and then at the end "No they're not!"

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  3. Argh! by o0zi · · Score: 1

    Noooo! It's like the UK Crazy Frog, but Japan-style!

    1. Re:Argh! by Gnulix · · Score: 1

      Actually, the guy who does the frog "voice" is Swedish.

  4. Obligatory Mario Song by MagicDude · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do the Mario!
    Swing your arms from side to side
    Come on it's time to go
    Do the Mario!
    Take one step
    And then again
    Let's do the Mario
    All together now!
    You got it!
    It's the Mario!
    Do the Mario!
    Swing your arms from side to side
    Come on it's time to go
    Do the Mario!
    Take one step
    And then again
    Let's do the Mario
    All together now!
    Come on now!
    Just like that!

    1. Re:Obligatory Mario Song by ike6116 · · Score: 1

      I still have a VHS of The Adventures of Zelda with two episodes of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show. I wonder if those actors killed themselved / got coke habbits or if they moved on to other work?

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    2. Re:Obligatory Mario Song by ElectricBrain · · Score: 2, Funny

      They're looking in another castle.

  5. ok so i downloaded it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    and it sucked big time.

    1. Re:ok so i downloaded it. by brilinux · · Score: 1

      ... Then it must have the potential here in the US too!

  6. Q-Bert by jericho4.0 · · Score: 1

    DJ Q-Bert does an awesome remix of SMB.

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    1. Re:Q-Bert by I(rispee_I(reme · · Score: 2, Informative

      Also, there's an excellent freestyle on Soulseek featuring Sage Francis and DJ Roux, with DJ Roux spinning Mario beats. And while I can't think of the name, The Dayton Family (Rap Personas Most Hard) has a track that is a medley of all the Mario music: Over- and underworlds, water, star, and dungeon.

  7. Taking Bets... by binaryspiral · · Score: 1

    How long until a Nintendo lawyer jumps up and smashes a [?] and grabs the magic mushroom of large lawsuit?

  8. Locally... by JabberWokky · · Score: 1
    Among the people I knew when the game was initially popular, it was called B-Run. Is it now (in the homogenizing manner of the web) universally referred to as B-Dash?

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  9. B-Dash extra by ElVaquero · · Score: 1

    There is also an extremely popular punk group in Japan named B-Dash. They recently released a best-of compilation (to give some sense of the long progress of their career).

  10. Top Five?! by Seumas · · Score: 1, Informative

    If it's in sixth, how is it in the top five?

    1. Re:Top Five?! by rudy_wayne · · Score: 0

      Whyy is this modded at "-1"?

      This is a legitimate question. How can it be in the "Top Five" if it is in 6th place?

    2. Re:Top Five?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Probably modded down because it's not a legitimate question for anyone with basic comprehension skills. It reached the Top Five and that's the news. It is still popular, currently remaining in the Top 10 at number 6, which is a "what's happening now" addendum to the news.

  11. You want ice cream cone? by Metaphorically · · Score: 1

    Can't beat Mario Twins, and it's been around for years.

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  12. Lyrics by jdubois79 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here are the lyrics.
    Please forgive my crappy english.

    Just a little too fast. B-DASH!
    You'll fall down a hole. B-DASH!
    You'll jump on a turtle, B-DASH!
    You'll go through a pipe to an underground room, B-DASH!
    You can breathe underwater! B-DASH!
    You can jump off a mountain! B-DASH!
    Maybe you're using Mario a bit much.. B-DASH!
    Luigi's going to start pouting... B-DASH!

    Faster than you can imagine, Mushroom Kids run onto the scene
    It's the age of Jumping on turtles, bet you didn't do this when you were a kid! (a little different, but ah well)
    Collecting coins is just my hobby. It's the value of the 50s
    We were allowed to break the blocks, but now we'd have lawsuit on our hands.
    Awww! Mom!
    Awww! You pulled out the plug!
    Awww! Mom! I just cleared the level!
    Stop using the vacuum cleaner!

    Just a little too fast, B-DASH!
    You won't get the fireworks, B-DASH!
    You'll get all the coins, B-DASH!
    You'll eat mushrooms, B-DASH!
    Just a little too fast, B-DASH!
    You won't be able to stop, B-DASH!
    You'll run through the sewers, B-DASH!
    The princess is fake, B-DASH!

    Riding a fluffy cloud in the sky, thinking of all the people below.
    25 minutes in the sea, it's a new diving record
    Diving into pipes just my hobby. Pick up the coins for luck.
    I just love picking flowers, it's my god given right.

    Awww! Dad!
    Awww! Don't change the channel!
    Awww! I was at a good part!
    You watched sumo yesterday!

    Duck and jump there and you'll be kinda surprised.
    Run really fast,duck and jump. You'll be pleasently surprised.

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  13. "Zombie Nation" by Kernkraft got there first by Andy_R · · Score: 1

    This track reached no.2 in the British charts about 5 years ago, and pretty much consisted of one riff sampled from a Commodore 64 game ("Lazy Jones") with a heavy drum beat added.

    The C64's SID chip has something of a cult following, and has been turned into a musical instument in it's own right by these guys

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    1. Re:"Zombie Nation" by Kernkraft got there first by radish · · Score: 1

      The Tetris song was a huge hit in the UK long before that - maybe 15 years ago? I forget exactly. It was around the same time it came out on original GameBoy.

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  14. Lou Albano by Cadallin · · Score: 1
    Lou Albano was the Actor who played Mario on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Amazingly it didn't kill his career, such as it was. Lou Albano was a Pro Wrestler in mid-eighties and has continued to have minor film/TV spots since the Super Show.

    His IMDB page:

    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0016304/

  15. It's everywhere... by wickedj · · Score: 1

    I was in Japan about 2 weeks ago and they were playing it everywhere. In the elevators, in the department stores. It was blaring in the streets of Akihabara. We even heard it out in the country in some old samurai town called Takayama, in a traditional restaurant.

  16. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 1

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  17. "Humor" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    "B-Dash" uses sampled music from the original "Super Mario Bros." game released by Nintendo in 1985 and fuses it with techno beats and humorous lyrics such as "the princess might be a fake," "you might be using Mario too much" and "Luigi might get sulky."


    Oh god the hilarity.
  18. *Super* Mario Bros. by mrbobjoe · · Score: 1

    The game in question was Super Mario Brothers, featuring Koji Kondo's excellent themes. Mario Bros. music was some classical piece I don't remember the name of.

  19. The memories... make them stop... by benjamindees · · Score: 1

    From the we-be-hooked-on-the-brothers,-huhhhh dept.

    Somehow I have a vague recollection of hearing that somewhere before... but whatever editor remembered it should definitely seek help.

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  20. Listen to it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You can hear a clip of the song here: here

    Sorry, it requires RealPlayer (but does feature a dancing sheep if that's your thing...)

  21. ObLink by Headcase88 · · Score: 1

    OverClocked Remix has tons of vg remixes, and they're available for free (legally).

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  22. I have Pac Man ferver! by LWATCDR · · Score: 1

    Sorry just rembering the other Video game hit.

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  23. Torrent by kagaku · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_beta/index.php?p age=details&id=5258

    You'll need to register, but there are seeds.

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  24. FAKE. MOD DOWN THE PARENT (nt) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    FAKE. MOD DOWN THE PARENT