"I Wanna Take You For A Ride" (MvC2 character select screen music) has been expanded into a full song by the 8-Bit Big Band

[BreakAtmo]

View: https://youtu.be/sSBjMyeWrsA?si=C49wEF2PQHCc0nyO

I honestly don't have too much to actually say other than "This totally rips and is surprisingly adorable" - I just wanted as many people to see/listen to it as possible, because I think it's great. And if you don't believe me, believe a trusted authority on the matter:


View: https://twitter.com/maximilian_/status/1760054029252698498?t=sBaXk2nhqsgmdKDP-I_fRQ&s=19

#FREEMVC2

 

[y2kyle89]

Try to keep up

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Great song, nice share :]

Can you imagine if they reveal a MvC4 to be pixel art.

 

[AvianAviator]

8 Bit Big Band is a stellar cover band. They also expanded upon Mordin's "scientist salarian" to full length.


View: https://youtu.be/UxVekZRIWyg?si=byLu9_F5XCTjGapX

 

[Shig]

*you're
*you're
*you're
*you're
*you're
*you're
*you're

Is them getting that wrong in the captions the whole video supposed to be a reference or something?

 

[Jarmel]

8 But Big Band is a stellar cover band. They also expanded upon Mordin's "scientist salarian" to full length.


View: https://youtu.be/UxVekZRIWyg?si=byLu9_F5XCTjGapX

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that is amazing holy shit

 

[BreakAtmo]

8 But Big Band is a stellar cover band. They also expanded upon Mordin's "scientist salarian" to full length.


View: https://youtu.be/UxVekZRIWyg?si=byLu9_F5XCTjGapX

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Of course, it had to be them. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.

 

[Patitoloco]

The song is great, but man, those invented lyrics are quite terrible lol

 

[DimitriLH]

Great song, but lyrics do be a tad bit too cheesy. Needs to be more subtle if your going for references.

Great listen though!

 

[Beyond Finality]

I actually played this game and always liked the Character Select Music. This is nice.

 

[Voytek]

8 Bit Big Band is a stellar cover band. They also expanded upon Mordin's "scientist salarian" to full length.


View: https://youtu.be/UxVekZRIWyg?si=byLu9_F5XCTjGapX

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This is hilarious.

 

[eso76]

They are consistently awesome

 

[BreakAtmo]

Great song, nice share :]

Can you imagine if they reveal a MvC4 to be pixel art.

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Ugh, that would be so cool. But I don't think it will happen. Honestly, I think the best idea for MvC4 would be for them to take UMvC3 and build on it - improved visuals in the same style, more characters and more SP content. For pixel art I'd take just an MvC2 re-release - maybe even with that concept of points-limited teams based on tier in ranked matches.

 

[Blue_Toad507]

It may be cheesy but the whole damn MvC2 OST is cheesy. Great cover.

 

[BreakAtmo]

It may be cheesy but the whole damn MvC2 OST is cheesy. Great cover.

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Agreed. Gloriously unsubtle cheese is exactly what I want from something like this.

 

[WyLD iNk]

That was far cooler than it had any right to be.

 

[HardRojo]

It would absolutely make for a killer credits song for an eventual MvC4. Imagine getting the game, messing around a bit, going through arcade mode for the heck of it and this plays… damn!

 

[Ernest]

Couldn't select my characters fast enough to get away from that fucking song.

 

[TheDinoman]

It would absolutely make for a killer credits song for an eventual MvC4. Imagine getting the game, messing around a bit, going through arcade mode for the heck of it and this plays… damn!

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The credits should also just straight up include a big dance party featuring all of the playable characters

 

[poptire]

I smell another Grammy

 

[uuddrlrl]

The original was already a full song, imho; it was the perfect length for what it is.

This expanded cover better feature in MvC 4! (with the iconic original too, of course!)

Also, the animation had some SF3: 3rd Strike characters (tss tss, get those OUT of my MvC 2 footage), due to wanting to match with the lyrics about Evo moment 37.

 

[Jarmel]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP8JgWd6TW0&ab_channel=The8-BitBigBand

Been listening nonstop to this.

 

[xewind]

That was great lol

 

[harz-marz]

Wow this is so slickly done!

 

[Vincent Grayson]

I spent so much time playing this game at the arcade in my local mall that the song is forever in my brain. Love this expanded version.

 

[onpoint]

The song is great, but man, those invented lyrics are quite terrible lol

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I love this song and appreciate this band but the lyrics made me turn it off right away.

 

[Puddi64]

I've loved 8BBB since I learned about them from this very forum a few years ago or so. The lyrics they added to this are indeed cheesy but why does that have to be a bad thing? They're tongue in cheek and I think work well with this version. The EVO moment 37 reference is totally out of place though. Either way, very fun song and this band deserves so much more attention.

 

[JBoogieG]

Heard this awhile ago. The song is neat and I enjoyed it but the fact meme lyrics are definitely gonna make people bounce off, haha.

 

[SlasherMcGirk]

The vocal's are great and the band is fantastic but the lyrics are total garbage.

 

[Dreavus]

That was super fun, I love that little spotlight on the tenor sax as a call back.

Lyrics could use some work. General video game stuff like "we have extra lives" and "be my player 1" doesn't do it for me, but that that "touch of death" line was pretty good lol.

I'm kinda here for the cheese though so whatever.