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Is Still Alive (Kingdom Hearts) the most iconic song in gaming history...
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Dusk Golem
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I know they mean lyrics, but I mean that's actually the most iconic song in all of gaming. For lyric songs most people who aren't into games wouldn't even know that they're from games unless they played the game or someone told them, so most vocal songs don't get associated with games like that.
People saying Still Alive are probably right since that really got exposure even outside of gaming, but the problem is that the vocal songs often lose their ties strictly with games outside of gaming circles.
LordRaptor
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Yeah, the obvious selection is Still Alive, but Baba Yetu has transcended being "a videogame song" and won grammys and gets regular airplay on radio stations and shit
Inferno313
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Triforce141
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Would the Pokemon theme song count, or the anime is out of the question?
hokagespit
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Mr. Poolman
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I think I've never heard Simple and Clean until today. I'm not impressed.
That title remains with Still Alive from Portal.
That title remains with Still Alive from Portal.
MisterHero
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Super Mario Bros. Super Show rap is the true form of the Mario Bros.
Hooked on the brothers the brothers the brothers, etc.
Also Do the Mario tbh
Hooked on the brothers the brothers the brothers, etc.
Also Do the Mario tbh
That Still Alive video was posted 9 years ago when Portal came out and that Simple and Clean video was posted 3 years ago.
JimJamJones
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The only true answer is Escape from the City.
Mineshaft_Gap
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I love portal and I love "still Alice" but let's not kid ourselves. It doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of being iconical compared to One Winged Angel.
I'm not a FF7 fangirl. I'm really not, but One Winged Angel is the correct answer and there isn't an argument to be had.
I'm not a FF7 fangirl. I'm really not, but One Winged Angel is the correct answer and there isn't an argument to be had.
yep
MisterHero
Super Member
Sonic Boom also
Sonic Booooooooom
It's a super sonic flight, gotta keeo it going!
Sonic Booooooooom
It's a super sonic flight, gotta keeo it going!
Lights and Waves
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Agreed.
Inferno313
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I just had to do it once. My purpose here is doneI'm going to end up quoting myself all night.
True, given the irony that that was the response, I can only say carry on.
Gai Murakumo
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Either Snake Eater or Still Alive for me is the most iconic.
Mr. Poolman
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Is this real life? or is this fanta sea?
DangerStepp
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Joke post?
Vulcano's assistant
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Using just two colors is enough for people to make and understand Portal references. Portal is as identifiable as any game ever got.
RichiRamjag
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Wife loves the Mree version. Great song overall
Still Alive is iconic, maybe One Winged Angel is iconic, but that KH song definitively isn't.
For those who had an amiga these are iconic
Sensible Soccer
Cannon Fodder
For those who had an amiga these are iconic
Sensible Soccer
Cannon Fodder
I mean, KH has fucking Mickey Mouse in it, so of course it would win easier recognition on a general level.
Music wise though, Simple and Clean has never broken out past big fans of the series.
LordRaptor
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I'm pretty sure if you show random people on the street a screen of KH3 with mickey in it, if they even recognsise it as coming from a videogame theyll assume its from Disney Infinity
"I won a ticket for Iraq"
I know way more people who have played KH than have touched a Portal game. Maybe it's a generational thing idk.
Omegasquash
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Simple and Clean is the reason I stopped listening to game music radio for awhile. I can't stand it, but to each their own.
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I'm pretty sure if you show random people on the street a screen of KH3 with mickey in it, if they even recognsise it as coming from a videogame theyll assume its from Disney Infinity
Yeah, I mean, there's certainly iconic elements to the series, but it's stuff that was already incredibly famous. Plus maybe the keyblade. That's about it.
MooMilk2929
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I always thought Simple and clean sounded pretty mainstreamish. Something good enough for mainstream radio. The second game song with lyrics I like is I am the wind for Castlevania SOTN.
The moment Kingdom Hearts inspires such fine arts like this one, we'll talk.
Holy. Shit.
Pai Pai Master
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Nah, it's Hikari.
Simple and Clean is definitively up there.
I feel like the theme from Bayonetta 2 is just so Bayonetta that it's pretty iconic too. If Bayonetta was bigger I'd say it was a shoo in but even despite being so thematically on point I guess I wouldn't consider it "the most iconic".
Even if it's a theme-song for the US Anime, in terms of sheer popularity, it unfortunately might be the Pokerap lol
I feel like the theme from Bayonetta 2 is just so Bayonetta that it's pretty iconic too. If Bayonetta was bigger I'd say it was a shoo in but even despite being so thematically on point I guess I wouldn't consider it "the most iconic".
Even if it's a theme-song for the US Anime, in terms of sheer popularity, it unfortunately might be the Pokerap lol
Even discounting reading the OP, half of you are failing to read the word 'song' in the thread title, or have a poor, 21st-century bastardized understanding of the word.
Should be a bannable offense, but that'd mean we'd have no one left on GAF!
to answer OP's question, no it's not
Escape from the City is more well known than Live and Learn.
Still Alive is way more well known than either of them.
Edit: thanks to memes pumpkin hill might also be more well known than Live and Learn too lol
At least we can all agree This Is True Love Makin' is the most iconic Capcom VS song
Galactic Specter
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NinjamicWZ
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Video has more views than Still Alive and far more than Simple and Clean. I think it's the winner.
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Video has more views than Still Alive and far more than Simple and Clean. I think it's the winner.
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