Luna's Swing: A Swing (Electro Swing?) Song About Nightmare Moon :D

[FritzyBeat 26]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSOrXCi3EJ4

 

So, µThunder and I put together a Swing song a couple days ago for Nightmare Night. I spent a LOT of time on the lyrics and feel of this song, and Thunder REALLY nailed the instrumental. I'm actually super proud of it X3

 

Thus, I figured I'd share it here, see what y'all think~ Hope you enjoy =D

[Brony_B 128]

Wow FritzyBeat, this is really cool.  I'm going to have to listen to it a few more times.  I think you two did a great job.

The video part was a bit too bouncy for me but the song is awesome! 

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

Wow...this is totally my jam! Love the vocals, love how you ran some of the instruments in one of those filters that make it sound like an old record player. Nothing really to criticize...

[FritzyBeat 26]

Wow FritzyBeat, this is really cool.  I'm going to have to listen to it a few more times.  I think you two did a great job.

The video part was a bit too bouncy for me but the song is awesome! 

Haha, yeah it was a BIT bouncy XD But Gray Fur did a wonderful job with that poster.

 

Glad you enjoyed it =D

 

Wow...this is totally my jam! Love the vocals, love how you ran some of the instruments in one of those filters that make it sound like an old record player. Nothing really to criticize...

I credit Thunder with that genius idea ;3 I told him I wanted it to sound like some old-time swing music to fit with the story, and he really went the extra mile by adding the filters and stuff =)

 

Thanks again <3

[backpon 320]

I can almost hear Luna swinging her flank and singing this as she takes over equestria ! I could get into this   ... *proceeds to shake booty w/ Luna* YEP  I CAN

[HereComesTom 2,269]

I'll say here what I said in the YT comments:  this totally deserves an EQD front-page!  And I expect you'll have someone approach you about permission to do a SFM music video with this; this music is totally up there with Glaze's Nightmare Night!  (EDIT:  I forget who it was Glaze did a collab with for that song, but I know it was a collab...)

Edited November 2, 2015 by HereComesTom

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@@FritzyBeat,

 

Well that was the thing that made this piece a star piece. That really just upped the feel of the piece. Again, a really great job! We should collab sometime, I'm a composer too.  

[Grepper 3,193]

I listened to this when it first came out, and for some reason assumed that the swing in the title was referring to the swing of a swing set. I don't know why.

 

I'll say here what I said in the YT comments:  this totally deserves an EQD front-page!  And I expect you'll have someone approach you about permission to do a SFM music video with this; this music is totally up there with Glaze's Nightmare Night!  (EDIT:  I forget who it was Glaze did a collab with for that song, but I know it was a collab...)

Glaze collabed with MicTheMicrophone for that song.

[Gain 13]

Another great song from the two of you and another song added to my Ipod. 

[FritzyBeat 26]

I listened to this when it first came out, and for some reason assumed that the swing in the title was referring to the swing of a swing set. I don't know why.

Late reply is terribly late, I apologize, as I am not very active on here. And I SINCERELY apologize if posting so long after the topic has died is frowned upon here ;w;

 

But just to point this out, you're not actually wrong Grepper ;P The "Swing" in the title actually refers both to the swing music which Luna is singing along to, as well as Luna and Tia's swingset described at the beginning and end of the song. (You could also draw the conclusion that "Luna's Swing" also refers to the music being played at the ball when she reveals her identity as NMM in the lyrics).

 

I wanted to use the "tattered swingset" as a metaphor for Tia and Luna's friendship, how carefree and wonderful it was when they were younger, and how it slowly fell apart as time went on, and they drew further and further apart. The style of music (Swing) was chosen at the same time because I felt that a song about a swingset would work wonderfully as a swing song ;P BECAUSE REASONS *ded*

Edited March 4, 2016 by FritzyBeat

[Grepper 3,193]

Late reply is terribly late, I apologize, as I am not very active on here. And I SINCERELY apologize if posting so long after the topic has died is frowned upon here ;w;

 

But just to point this out, you're not actually wrong Grepper ;P The "Swing" in the title actually refers both to the swing music which Luna is singing along to, as well as Luna and Tia's swingset described at the beginning and end of the song. (You could also draw the conclusion that "Luna's Swing" also refers to the music being played at the ball when she reveals her identity as NMM in the lyrics).

 

I wanted to use the "tattered swingset" as a metaphor for Tia and Luna's friendship, how carefree and wonderful it was when they were younger, and how it slowly fell apart as time went on, and they drew further and further apart. The style of music (Swing) was chosen at the same time because I felt that a song about a swingset would work wonderfully as a swing song ;P BECAUSE REASONS *ded*

 

I forgot about this thread, but I didn't mind revisiting it and listening to the song again. :grin2:

From what I remember, I didn't understand or read the lyrics the first time, so I never made that connection.