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Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r16jHtdCuGc

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mabels big day
Feb 25, 2012


those are very fitting pics, to go along with the song.

Doctor Goat
Jan 22, 2005

Where does it hurt?
i think one of their albums had an apology to the band that actually did that in the liner notes

Tokyo Incident
Nov 1, 2011

relax

Wormskull
Aug 23, 2009

SunAndSpring
Dec 4, 2013

Pizzatime
Apr 1, 2011

Let's give a man his dues! For over a decade now, there's been a kinda-famous song about Zelda on the internet that many people believe was written and performed by System of a Down.
It wasn't.

The song, simply called "Zelda", was actually written (and sung) by a man named Joe Pleiman. It was released in 1998 on an album called Rabbit Joint, by the band of the same name. Neither of which had anything to do with System of a Down.

So how'd this modern internet fallacy come to be? Over ten years ago, the song was uploaded to Napster, in the wild days before the service was shut down and went straight. And it was uploaded simply as "SOAD - The Legend of Zelda", or "SOAD - Zelda". Given this was the early 2000's, many people assumed this meant it was performed by System of a Down, particularly given the similarities between Pleiman's vocals and those of System's Serj Tankian.

The track, which is drat catchy, thus snowballed, and from millions of people System of a Down were given credit for a song they had no part in. Poor Joe. At least he can see the funny side of it, writing on his own website that the 1998 album featured "the song 'Zelda' as unintentionally made famous by System of a Down".

To make up for it, you could go to Joe's site and listen to some of his (and his band's) stuff. In 2003, he was in a band called Splinter, which released an album called Hip Tanaka. Which is an awesome thing to do.

If you've somehow never heard the song, check it out below.

matrix ripoff
Mar 16, 2005

~~~~~~~
i only suck dick in self defense
~~~~~~~
and at the bookstore
~~~~~~~
Oh, videogames are for fags, are they? Would a fag listen to... System of a Down singing a song about The Legend of Zelda???

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Bored Online
May 25, 2009

We don't need Rome telling us what to do.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NfWbdgPEUa0

a.lo
Sep 12, 2009

Pizzatime posted:

Let's give a man his dues! For over a decade now, there's been a kinda-famous song about Zelda on the internet that many people believe was written and performed by System of a Down.
It wasn't.

The song, simply called "Zelda", was actually written (and sung) by a man named Joe Pleiman. It was released in 1998 on an album called Rabbit Joint, by the band of the same name. Neither of which had anything to do with System of a Down.

So how'd this modern internet fallacy come to be? Over ten years ago, the song was uploaded to Napster, in the wild days before the service was shut down and went straight. And it was uploaded simply as "SOAD - The Legend of Zelda", or "SOAD - Zelda". Given this was the early 2000's, many people assumed this meant it was performed by System of a Down, particularly given the similarities between Pleiman's vocals and those of System's Serj Tankian.

The track, which is drat catchy, thus snowballed, and from millions of people System of a Down were given credit for a song they had no part in. Poor Joe. At least he can see the funny side of it, writing on his own website that the 1998 album featured "the song 'Zelda' as unintentionally made famous by System of a Down".

To make up for it, you could go to Joe's site and listen to some of his (and his band's) stuff. In 2003, he was in a band called Splinter, which released an album called Hip Tanaka. Which is an awesome thing to do.

If you've somehow never heard the song, check it out below.



Whoa, cool. Thank you very much with that little bit of information, brother.

Scyther
Dec 29, 2010

Pizzatime posted:

Let's give a man his dues! For over a decade now, there's been a kinda-famous song about Zelda on the internet that many people believe was written and performed by System of a Down.
It wasn't.

The song, simply called "Zelda", was actually written (and sung) by a man named Joe Pleiman. It was released in 1998 on an album called Rabbit Joint, by the band of the same name. Neither of which had anything to do with System of a Down.

So how'd this modern internet fallacy come to be? Over ten years ago, the song was uploaded to Napster, in the wild days before the service was shut down and went straight. And it was uploaded simply as "SOAD - The Legend of Zelda", or "SOAD - Zelda". Given this was the early 2000's, many people assumed this meant it was performed by System of a Down, particularly given the similarities between Pleiman's vocals and those of System's Serj Tankian.

The track, which is drat catchy, thus snowballed, and from millions of people System of a Down were given credit for a song they had no part in. Poor Joe. At least he can see the funny side of it, writing on his own website that the 1998 album featured "the song 'Zelda' as unintentionally made famous by System of a Down".

To make up for it, you could go to Joe's site and listen to some of his (and his band's) stuff. In 2003, he was in a band called Splinter, which released an album called Hip Tanaka. Which is an awesome thing to do.

If you've somehow never heard the song, check it out below.


psymonkey
May 22, 2006

This post is full of pretty awesome holes. I like all the holes in this post.

Pizzatime posted:

the song was uploaded to Napster,

whoa whoa whoa if we're talkin about zelda songs uploaded to napster can we please bring the supreme original viral zelda song into the discussion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf62-8v_W-c

Dementedghost
Jan 7, 2010

Running 1.86 miles without dying is literally impossible
oh, He says sissy coward. I never heard that right until now.

Abandon
Nov 23, 2006
did anyone downlod any boards of canada tracks that werent really by boards of canada "back in the day"

Hoodrich
Feb 4, 2011

by Reene

Wormskull
Aug 23, 2009

MarioTeachesWiping
Nov 1, 2006

by XyloJW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejxyt5zYdps

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Zoq-Fot-Pik
Jun 27, 2008

Frungy!

Ms. Unsmiley
Feb 13, 2012

get that OUT of my face
Feb 10, 2007

Pizzatime posted:

Let's give a man his dues! For over a decade now, there's been a kinda-famous song about Zelda on the internet that many people believe was written and performed by System of a Down.
It wasn't.

The song, simply called "Zelda", was actually written (and sung) by a man named Joe Pleiman. It was released in 1998 on an album called Rabbit Joint, by the band of the same name. Neither of which had anything to do with System of a Down.

So how'd this modern internet fallacy come to be? Over ten years ago, the song was uploaded to Napster, in the wild days before the service was shut down and went straight. And it was uploaded simply as "SOAD - The Legend of Zelda", or "SOAD - Zelda". Given this was the early 2000's, many people assumed this meant it was performed by System of a Down, particularly given the similarities between Pleiman's vocals and those of System's Serj Tankian.

The track, which is drat catchy, thus snowballed, and from millions of people System of a Down were given credit for a song they had no part in. Poor Joe. At least he can see the funny side of it, writing on his own website that the 1998 album featured "the song 'Zelda' as unintentionally made famous by System of a Down".

To make up for it, you could go to Joe's site and listen to some of his (and his band's) stuff. In 2003, he was in a band called Splinter, which released an album called Hip Tanaka. Which is an awesome thing to do.

If you've somehow never heard the song, check it out below.


:goonsay:

Pizzatime
Apr 1, 2011


literally the first result of system of a down zelda http://kotaku.com/5885558/no-system-of-a-down-did-not-make-a-zelda-song-but-this-guy-did

Fellis
Feb 14, 2012

Kid, don't threaten me. There are worse things than death, and uh, I can do all of them.

get that OUT of my face
Feb 10, 2007

i'm not surprised that someone from k*taku wrote this dreck

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
DID WE AAAAAALL
LEARN DEFEAAAAT
FROM THE WHOOOOORES
WITH BAD FEEET

*something* EET
BEAT THE MEAAAAT
TO THE SWEEET
MILKY SEAAAAAAAAT


/deep

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Soral
May 30, 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiWYH3EZPzQ

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