The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 had a massive impact on my taste in music.
Need for Speed was that series for me. Pendulum, Justice, The Qemists, Junkie XL, Hyper, Madeon, Feed Me, Nine Inch Nails, Celldweller, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Noisia, Haezer… Man NFS had some killer soundtracks.
This but WipEout
Vice City for me.
What’s so great about Taylor Swift? Everyone talks about how “great” Taylor Swift is. Taylor Swift isn’t so great. She never got her picture on a bubble gum card. Have you ever seen her picture on a bubble gum card? Hmmm? How can you say someone is great who’s never had their picture on a bubble gum card?
- Lucy van Pelt
if I die before i wake… at least in heaven i can skate…
My brother’s friend died young when we were in school, and definitely played Tony Hawk.
My brother bought him this song for the funeral. Not sure if the parents appreciated/understood it, but it was a nice thing nonetheless.'Cause right now on Earth I can’t do jack… Without the man up on my back
It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime
What better place than here, what better time than now?
All hell can’t stop us now!
SKATE 2 had a totally banging soundtrack. No Swift. She has a terrible reach into the skate game history books.
I remember hearing WAR and The Clash while playing the demo - totally sold it for me
I still play Tony hawk soundtracks on Spotify in my car
S-tier soundtrack on THPS2, hard agree OP
How about need for speed most wanted 2005
I still listen to the THUG soundtrack, shifting away from the NOFX/QOTS/Bad Religion/Social Distortion bands I was into when I played as a teen, towards other songs I overlooked:
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Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
- Literally written during and about the Troubeles in N Ireland, fantastic punk/protest song.
- https://www.50thirdand3rd.com/stiff-little-fingers-suspect-device/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on6DxBgfsDY
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Smoke Blow - Circle of Fear
- My first foray into Kraut Rock. This whole German Angst album is pretty good.
- https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=6ruaKlr3Pms
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Mastodon - Crusher Destroyer
- Not their greatest song, but it defintely opened me up to their rest of their stuff.
- https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=5m4-5WSkJDg (this song gets good for exactly 30 seconds at the 1:00 mark)
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Assorted Jelly Beans - Rebel Yell
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This song used to irritate the hell out of me when I first heard it. Babyish, lazy, unfocused?
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As I got older, I started to appreciate the creativity and the many mood shifts within it. I count at least 5 distinct shifts. It’s a patchwork of several different songs squashed together brilliantly.
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Plus, try to match the tempo of the singer when he sings at 0:37:
The spotlight’s shining, heard you had something to say
The hourglass is pouring, your boring crowd fades awayIt’s harder than it sounds
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Wip3out did this to me
Someone please make a custom ROM of THPS2, but with all the songs changed to be AI-powered covers of the soundtrack by Taylor Swift.
Yeah. AI covers!
Edit. I completely missed that you said ai powered, lol. Fistbump
Is the same way, but with the Pikmin series
it’s not even on Spotify
(I haven’t been following for updates I just remember the headlines when she pulled it)
I know some of us don’t consider later seasons canon, but imagine hearing that from a little girl who hung out with Billie Eilish.
Pretty sure she was not born yet when the first one came out
