ReMix: Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix '4F73R M3'

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Well, it had to happen sooner or later. Before I get into describing MC and SGX's DDR ReMix further, I'd like to clarify our policy regarding DDR mixes and similar music that blurs the line between game music and commercial music. Essentially, as long as the piece being ReMixed was made specifically for the game, it's all cool. In the case of most DDR tracks, the songs existed beforehand and were simply picked up by Konami for use in the series. We won't accept ReMixes of such tracks, as they aren't really game music as much as they are commercial or pre-existing music that happened to be used in a game. Same goes for popular movie themes like Star Wars or tracks by punk bands used in games like Tony Hawk, etc. In this case, however, the song in question was written specifically for DDR and is "within bounds" so to speak. Which is a good thing because, despite some faults, SGX (with MC's assistance) has crafted an enjoyable mix that fans of the series will dig. He even raps, albeit through distortion and to fairly kitschy, slightly modified lyrics (true to form for DDR), and there's some speak-and-spell style synthesized voices, too. I actually had a speak-and-spell when I was little. I was curious and tried to take it apart, busted it entirely, then hid it behind a heat pump in the basement as I thought I'd get in trouble. We sold that house well over a decade ago, but I'd imagine it's still there, neither speaking nor spelling... but I digress: things intro with some tell-tale MC piano stylings then the beat comes in at around 0'18" with some string stabs, followed by the eventual introduction of the vocal. The ReMixer writes:

"This is a remix of B4U be Naoki from DDR. MC did me a favor and busted out the little (awesome) piano intro, and the rest is my doing. I modified the original lyrics a bit because the original song is at an almost twice as fast tempo, so some lines did not have enough syllables to keep the flow going. This mix started as an entry for a BEERmix competition (the thought of me rapping was an extremely hilarious/horrible idea to me) , but ended up having way too much potential for a real mix, so I decided to actually put some effort into this. I'm glad I did. "

You do kinda have to laugh a bit when you hear "SuperGreenX won't make you frown!"... but even if some of the enthusiastic, self-congratulatory lyrics have some cheesiness to 'em, there's musicality and energy to their delivery. GrayLightning opines:

"I don't think this is SGX's most technically savy mix by any means. The rap work as others have noted is... well, he sounds like a white boy :) But this is really the case of the sum being greater than the individual parts. Despite some of the issues cited, it's one of the most enjoyable ones I've heard."

I think I probably enjoyed his Panzer and Ecco 2 mixes both better, but this has an undeniable "guilty pleasure" fun factor to it, which I'd imagine is somewhat amplified for truer fans and participants of the DDR world than I. Godd stuff, check it out.

― djpretzel