Elec Man’s Journey - a podcast by Drew Mackie & TableCakes Productions

The third installment of Singing Mountain’s look at how VGM interacts with mainstream music focuses on the Elec Man theme from the first Mega Man game. It sounds a lot like a track by Journey, but also like likes from REM, Cheap Trick, Bon Jovi, Human League and more. What’s going on here? I talk to some songwriters about why this one melody might seem to be a 1980s mainstay. Listen to all the installments of Singing Mountain’s VGM+POP series: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/playlist-vgm-pop-music-singing-mountain This episode's page, with notes, sources and that weird Journey album art that looks curiously like Mega Man: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/62-mega-man-journey The robots episode of Super Marcato Bros.: http://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2019/2/24/episode-358-robots The GTV episode about the Elec Man theme: https://youtu.be/7GSx_0yMuXo Karl Brueggemann on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcatobros Analise Nelson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lalalanalise Nick Loiacano on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bionicbroadcast Cover art designed by Jude Buffum, pixel artist extraordinaire: https://judebuffum.com/ Track listing: 0:11: Bomb Man / Mega Man / Manami Matsumae 1:50: Cut Man / Mega Man / Manami Matsumae 4:02: Elec Man / Mega Man / Manami Matsumae 6:11: Faithfully / Journey 7:10: Fire Man / Mega Man / Manami Matsumae 8:28: Guts Man / Mega Man / Manami Matsumae 9:55: All the Right Friends / REM 11:15: Way of the World / Cheap Trick 11:53: Marianne / Human League 12:21: Change / John Waite 12:42: She Don’t Know Me / Bon Jovi 13:14: On the Edge / AWOL 13:58: Back to ’80s / High NRG Man featuring Domino 14:23: Never Surrender / Giant 14:49: Follow Your Heart / Sunstorm 15:15: Every Priase / Hezekiah Walker 15:44: M.A.S.K. Theme / Shuki Levy 16:18: Steal My Girl / One Direction 17:03: Select Screen / Mega Man / Manami Matsumae 17:35: Runaway / Bon Jovi 17:54: Ice Man / Mega Man / Manami Matsumae 19:38: Main Theme / Space Harrier / Hiroshi Kawaguchi 21:27: Wily Fortress 1 / Mega Man / Manami Matsumae 24:01: Wily Fortress 2 / Mega Man / Manami Matsumae 26:34: Ending Theme / Mega Man / Manami Matsumae 29:39: Elec Man / Mega Man: Powered Up / composed by Manami Matsumae but arranged by Toshihiko Horiyama View all show notes and cited sources here: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/59-eternal-champions-bone-thugs Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com

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