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Still Around (Parody) by chama

Still Around (Parody)

chama

About
Still Alive was a cult hit made by Jonathan Coulton for the ending sequence of the game Portal. I was looking for a song to parody for the third installment of the Raki News show, and played through the game, only to land at this song and instantly found what I was looking for! And with the added irony that the episode would then start with what people would perceive as end credits.

Making the arrangement was quite straightforward. It just meant listening to the original... quite a few times (I had a savegame JUST before the end of the game and I've played through the ending way too many times now :) ).

Then I sequenced everything as similar as would do. Of course, it doesn't sound exactly the same. For one, I forgot to add one of the guitars, and the drums were never quite finished, but this will do. For the distorted guitars, there was just no chance I could do that with a sequencer, so I took help of Euza Raa, much to the improvement of the song.

The post-processing of Myrr's voice doesn't sound all that natural in this song, but given that "Still Alive" was made with a computerized voice, I don't think people will expect "Still Around" to sound completely natural either. I don't worry about it. :)

Release date: Jan 2009

Lyrics
This was a blunder
I don't know why I joined Raki News
It's hard to be around when they are yelling

Yet I am here now
We do what we want because we should
For the good of everyone
Except the ones who ain't us

And for you who cried that we were off of the air
And you didn't get news that were both balanced and fair
Shout your hip-hip-hooray
At the end of the day
We're the Raki who are still around!

My boss, always angry
Yelling at everything that moves
Nothing ever good enough for his taste
And poor little Soundie
Making his little magic toys
Always craving coffee, but
He's never getting a break

Now we're back in business telling stories and news
And we're for opinions that are sharing our views
We will never deceive
We report, you believe
We're the Raki who are still around!

I cannot leave them
Not if I have hopes to be a bard
Maybe I can find another station

Voyages of Vanguard
That was a joke, ha-ha, fat chance!
That would be like Halfling News
We know, the pie is a lie!

Look at me, still talking when there's news to be told
Skewing viewpoints, stories that'll never get old
And for all that you know
It's a never-ending show
We're the Raki who are still around!

And believe me, we are still around!
Selecting news and we are still around!
Neglecting views and we are still around!
Rejecting clues and we are still around!
Expecting booze and we are still around!
Still around!
Still around.

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    XD Very nice work i like it.