The Bioshock Infinite Song - Brentalfloss
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2014
- What if that wacky barbershop quartet from Bioshock Infinite sang a wacky song that summed up the game?
Get the song from this video wherever digital music is sold/streamed!
Also, I MADE A PARTY GAME FOR CONSOLES! It’s called "Use Your Words," it’s now available for all current consoles/Steam, and it’s fun! More info at linktr.ee/useyourwordsgame
Special thanks to Wayne Ernst for helping me get started with the barbershop arrangement!
Check out my entire discography at brentalfloss.bandcamp.com
I'm also on Twitter! / brentalfloss
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LYRICS:
I had never seen a city in the sky before
Floating like an angel in the blue
I'd never felt this time-distorting high before
Until the day that I met you
And a one, and a two, and a one, two, INFINITE!
Let's begin another story on a shadowy sea
With a bulky beacon beckoning mysteriously
Take a journey to a wacky town and start to explore
Is it me or have we sorta done this all before?
Now let's stroll through the heavens like aristomocrats
To the sound of white supremacists in fancy blue hats
Yes, the segregated toilets, how they shine like the sun
Ain't freedom grand? Ain't we got fun?
No, the white man's burden isn't chappin' my hide
Whenever you are by my side
Because you opened a tear in my heart (dear lady)
opened a tear in my heart...
When I came to the sky, who'da thunk it that I... would find a pal?
(platonic pal)
But then you opened a tear in my heart (dear lady)
opened a tear in my heart...
For better or worse, across the whole multiverse,
you will always be my gal
Latch upon the frightening public translocation machine
And we'll interrupt the story for a gunslingin' scene
Keep your eye upon the sky 'cause there's a pigeon from hell
Will we make it out alive? Various times will tell
I ain't hep to the Vox and their anarchy jive
I'll swig a jigger of a vigor and I'll burn 'em alive!
We'll see a whole lotta things we simply don't understand
In this Tea Party Fox News Disneyland!
Even a hook to the face couldn't slow down my stride
Whenever you are by my side
Because you opened a tear in my heart (dear lady),
opened a tear in my heart...
Gotta pay back a debt and little darlin' you bet,
ya bet I shall (Pay it back I shall)
Oh yes, you opened a tear in my heart (dear lady),
opened a tear in my heart...
In every single branch of that causality tree
There will always be a you and there will always be me
So even at the bottom of the deep blue sea...
You will always... be my gal!
(Always be my gal)
My gal! - Hry
Brent Black is an adorable nugget man
hey JonTronShow any new videos?
even jon got this video late in his subscription box
What a coincidence. I just saw your Food Fight video, where Brent was Mr. Clean. Talk about a small world.
gingervampireFTW the internet is a blessing when it comes to this stuff
Isn't Elizabeth supposed to be Booker's daughter? I was kinda confused by the story to be honest...
There's always a man. There's always a city. There's always a lighthouse.
Bring us the girl, wipe away the debt. Prepare for unexpected consequences. Don't trust the skull. Evil finds a way. That is not my name. I am SHODAN. We are Groot. I got balls of steel. That escalated quickly. Ice cream. Ovaltine.
@@Egalitariat-likesecretariat Hahahaha what a story Egalitariat. Anyway hows your sex life?
@@Greendalewitch Real clever and original. *Very* creative, I'm sure you've a future.
with this, i think there a underground city one in the artic, space anything that could support the word of that times well maybe not space
That sounds like it could be a philosophical quote.
I was waiting for "Wait what do you mean I'm your dad"
Took me 9 years to realize im my dad
"In this Tea-Party-Fox-News-Disney-Land." Yep, that line. That line right there. Pure gold.
I stg!!! This song is so lit!!!!!
I literally brought the entire Bioshook series because of this song
2:25 dat Smooth McGroove parody XD
I always loved this song as a kid but now revisiting it as an adult and finally being about to understand the lyrics just adds an extra layer of excellence to it.
The beauty of brentalfloss
"Pigeon from hell."
"Keep an eye on the sky!"
"And a 1 and 2 and 1 2 infinite"
+Mint℠ "Latch upon the frightening public translocation machine" *random* *person* *screaming* *in* *the* *background* XD
Riggbone YOU HAD ONE JOB.
Ahahah... I loved this !
"In this Tea Party Fox News Disneyland!"
Brent, Why Do You make the best Lyrics?
I think he also just described florida.
This definitely holds up to how good your other Bioshock song was! Kudos! :D
Creeps!
Creeps! i didnt know you were a Brentalfloss fan
Hey I'm subscribed to you!. :D
Wtf creeps the hell you doing here
CreepsMcPasta i love your story
"Because you opened a tear in my heart... You will always be my gal"
And that, brothers and sisters, is the whole bunch of bittersweet feelings Bioshock Infinite and especially our dear Elizabeth makes you feel after finishing the game.
She grows on you doesn't she? Our little girl. Dem manly feels.
True
I was to busy figuring out the plot to realise it but your right odd it's not thrown at you its a feeling the player has and it's not forced on him/her wow
I just completed Bioshock Infinite, and of course this video was the reason I bought it (along with cave story and Phoenix Wright). Even when your songs are mainly parody, they have advertising qualities.
I swear, the first game company to hire you will have the best sales.
I still have this song memorized. That’s how good this is
Me too!
That Smooth McGroove reference.. ;)
Kuronosa did he forget to fill in the green screen?
R. pizzamonkey And the rainbow hat
R. pizzamonkey And the rainbow hat
Nice gal you got there, Booker...
Real shame if she were your daughter! >:-)
Hexates that was the writers
Hexates they just had to do it xD
" platonic pal "
I fell like this is a serius spoiler of the story, buy i am gonna think it's not
@@almorium6216?
Bruh, 7 years ago I didn't even know that Bioshock existed, I was too young. I am just saying that you could at least put a warning to tell one of the fucking endings lmao
WHY DO YOUR SONGS HAVE TO BE SO DAMN GOOD!?!? There so good I have to turn my headphones all the way up and then my family is screaming for me because I can't hear them! Brent you make songs that are amazing!
EdFan 287 Thanks! :)
brentalfloss What is the song at the very end of the video, please ?
Ocsword The good old USA - Byron G. Harlan (1906)
BookerDewitt yeah thanks, just found it recently ^^
Thanks to everyone who has liked my post! :)
I like short, fat, barbershop Brent
My girlfriend, not so much.
brentalfloss It's a catchy song until you realize that Elizabeth is Booker's daughter.
MrWooper96 the context of the song can be taken multiple ways. even so, the words "Platonic pal" are used.
MrWooper96 SPOILERS MAN!
I like skinny, tall, barbershop brent
Relistened now I've played through the game, and now I super love it even more.
"Pigeon from Hell."
Okay, that made me choke on my beer and black out :P
She really did opened a tear in my heart...Elizabteh is one of those characters you just annot hate no matter what happens.
Wait a minute is he singing in harmony WITH HIMSELF?!?!
Multiverse theory. Infinite universes = infinite brentalflosses.
Constants and variables
There is always a brent
There is always a channel
Brent + Barbershop = WIN!
Loved it! :)
PS: Could you please also post just the vocals of this cover?
Well, the instruments are there to mask the swiss cheese vocal arrangement :) It was a first attempt at barbershop for me, and without the instruments it would be even more obvious, haha :)
brentalfloss You have a great voice for it and your arrangement was bouncy, I hope you'll give it a shot again!
I absolutely agree, also I would like to see smooth mcgroove with them. And I loved the reference to mcgroove with frankie!
So many music youtubers! Julien Brent and Smooth I am already subscribed to all lol
brentalfloss
Could you post just the music, then?
2:19 nice reference to smooth mcGroove
ikr
1,2 1,2,INFINITE!!
u is copyright clim
I've never even played a Bioshock game, but this song is too darn catchy.
+fed0ra7 Trust me, Infinite's the worst.
+Rampant Mouse I liked Infinite
Connor Parks It's a good game on it's own, but it shouldn't be connected to Bioshock 1-2.
+fed0ra7 Would you kindly play to? ;)
+Rampant Mouse like it or not, Infinite is canon and is intrinsically tied to the first game through Burial at Sea. If anything, Bio 2 is the least connected of the games though it's certainly still quite good.
Am I the only one who caught your smooth mcgroove reference?
Definitely not, friend
No, other people did
I saw it. The 8 frames and an animal in one of them
Soupster22 that would be it
2:18
Ha, SmoothMcGroove reference. Nice. Also, love the barber shop feel! Best one by far.
This is absolutely my favourite brentalfloss song. It's just perfect.
This video really helped me understanding the end without spoiling too much.
She's his daughter...
SimplyPineapple ? I was rather saying I understood the concept of multiple Elizabeths and why [SPOILER]
Booker had to be killed, before all events can be triggered, the reason why all other Elizabeths disappeared. Because she could never become Elizabeth, as she never existed as Booker has been killed, before she becomes Elizabeth/ is born. The end isn't too clear, because in fact even being in a whole other universe, the Comstock in the Raputre universe couldn't have stolen Anna if Booker was killed before (he could have never born Anna, therefor Comstock couldn't be responsible for killing Anna, therefor the Comstock in Burial at Sea couldn't exist).
The 19th Fighter OH so you do understand everything...It is a confusing plot...
SimplyPineapple I think the only person fully able to understand the plot is the "maestro himself"/the storywriter.
The 19th Fighter amen
Welp, looks like I'm gonna be buying this song from you as well, Brent. Excellent job!
Thanks, your highness! :)
brentalfloss what about bioshock 2? you didn't write a song about that one...just saying
***** That game doesn't count
***** True, but I always play Bioshock for the story, the combat I don't care that much about.
Just finished bioshock infinite again after all these years and remembered this song from my childhood. Thank you.
You totally just Smooth McGroove'd at 2:23
If only it were a cat instead of a dog. I'm still praying for a Brent 'n Smooth team-up one day.
Matthew Allen
I could see it. Matter of fact, I'd love to see this song redone live with Brent, DemonTomatoDave, Smooth McGroove...and one other. Not certain who should take the fourth part. Any suggestions?
DjOver9000
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Can someone tell me what the last old melody/song that starts at 3:14 is called. I’ve been looking everywhere for it can’t seem to find it.
Did you ever find out?
Take a journey to a wacky town and start to explore
And soon you'll know that your daughter has been Rule 34'd :D
Jorrdi Jabob what is 34
Piggy Playz And Reacts!
Google it woth safe search off
Jorrdi Jabob Sweet, nice meme fam
Damnit. Damn. It. Goodbye Elizabeth's purity
+review Bro Also rule 34 is the rule that anything that can be imagined exists as porn or the interwebs...
2:10
Ouch, Floss! Oh well, it's all in good fun. :)
Well that was disturbingly... romantic considering who Elizabeth is...
At least he said "platonic pal". (But yeah, it was weird at first.)
+StabbedMeat it wasn't weird because we didn't know she was our daughter
Ya calm down guys. Seems like your right hand has ptsd
@christophermccoy151 she's not MY daughter, she's booker's so I'm fine lmao
2020 and its still one of the best things I've ever heard
Now I know why I clicked on "The Bioshock Song". He has asked me kindly.
Ha ha! That’s a reference!
Brent, I think this is one of your best "with lyrics", I listen to this daily haha
2024 I'm still listening to this melody
This is a certified hood classic
is 2:19 supposed to be something related to smooth mcgroove?
I mean the arrangement of cameras and the obligatory pet in front of the mic?
If I'm wrong don't hesitate to correct me :D
had the same thought :D
There are many people on CZcams that do music in the same way as smooth mcgroove (was it acapela?) And they just divide the screen to let us see him doing all the voices.
In the end maybe the cat is a reference to smooth :)
Marco Frascadore sorry dog xD
I thought so too.
Oh it totally is a nod to McGroove, although I wonder if it's more of a jab?
I still love this song after years.
feeding the algorithm, feeding the alogithm for one of my most favorite creators
"In this tea party, Fox News Disneyland" fucking killed me
Can I buy a copy of this sheet music from you? Like, a copy with all the voice parts in it? I REALLY want to sing with with a couple of people.
I just replayed the game for the first time since it's release. I was like 14 at the time, and the story was absolutely lost on me.
Having played it now, as well as the Burial at Sea DLC. I think Bioshock just as a whole might be in my top 5 games of all time, it's just SO good
Its my number 2 game now honestly (my first favorite is digimon story cyber sleuth)
2:18 Dat Smooth McGroove parody
+Jacob Wollman I DIED
It even had the cute animal
Nice reference to SmoothMcGroove.
wasn't a fucking reference dipshit. Thats a very commonly used format in acapellas
Well someone's overreacting 3:(
totalgamer460
not the 'bringing my cute , plack furred pet into frame for one of the video views" part
Definitely smooth reference . sorry
This deserves an award oh my god it's so so good to feel a triffle of happiness in a bioshock fan made song! Love it just as much as "dream of the sky", well maybe a bit more because of the happy yet sad tone of the song. A beautiful "goodbye" to bioshock.
even 8 years later I can’t get over how amazing this song is
There's something about "in every branch upon the old causality tree" that gets me
That Smooth McGroove bit. O__O
Nice Smooth McGroove reference.
Another masterpiece Mr. Floss! Keep listening to it over and over cause it's stuck in my head now. Now going to go buy it.
This is so fantastic. You can really here and see the work that you have put into the video. For someone's first attempt at barbershop it sounded really great. Thank you for the video!
2:18
Gotta love Smooth McGroove
...lol
It isn't a cameo because he didn't actually appear in it. I know what you mean though!
Farfetchd2 "Homage" is the word you're looking for, I believe. :D
I know right? And he put a dog in it instead of a cat. XD
EternalDiarrhea I know, my comment was aimed at the original poster who used the word cameo.
That was a cool tribute.
Tú muy bien Mox ! Un gran juego ! !!
whatdafaqshow that moment when whatdafaqshow comments here! Dude love your videos lmao
You should do more songs like this! Loved the style and how good the lyrics are!
Love the arrangement .. you are the best as usual
What do you get when you combine Shia Labeouf and Booker DeWitt?
Booker DO IT
I'm sorry, I couldn't sleep until I made that joke.
+Magenta Mage DO IT. KILL HIM. Not Booker though, he's a swell guy.
That's also the combination of Booker and Palpatine. Though it's spelled something like this.
Booker dew it.
***** "Good, let the hate flow through you.. and now open that tear, I need 7 more hot-dogs."
1:10 omigod the brentalfloss on the right
he is love
True
Loved the smooth mcgroove reference
Definitely buying this one, a superb composition brent!
Please god, Brent, write a musical!!!
He has
set god ofchaos what? when?
puffnisse Moulin Rouge review, and Les Miserables review, in co with Nostalgia Critic and NChick.
puffnisse
brentalfloss.bandcamp.com
puffnisse
3 as far as I know :P 2 on bandcamp :)
2:26 DOGGY!!!
Best one in a long time, Brent! I love your original compositions.
Excellent work! Barbershop with yourself is just genious!
Loved the callout to Smooth McGroove...
Any game that includes barbershop is ok with me.
It’s like New York but with dimensional rifts in space.
Ive been wishing for you to do this for a while! And you did not dissappoint! Great job!
One of my favorite bands called Twenty One Pilots just released a song called Tear in My Heart
SPOILER ALERT: YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
But... she's his daughter.
He does specify that she is his "platonic pal" in this line here:
"When I came to the sky, who'da thunk it that I... would find a pal?
(platonic pal)"
SPOILER ALARM!!
Jordan3D BUT He's doesn't know that yet. So it doesn't matter :D Also what's with the commas?
Rick Barnes I typed it during the night in a pitch dark room, and didn't notice until the next day that they were commas, and I don't know how to edit a comment from the notifications, so...
Jordan3D Okay, okay. I couldn't have possibly known that.
Excellent as ever, Floss. Oh, and I loved the little Smooth McGroove moment there (cute puppy FTW).
im in love with a cappella, barbershop and this game. well done, sir.
Would you kindly...make a bioshock 2 song
"tea party fox news disneyland" lol
Oh yeah, I've been waiting for this! Thanks, Brent!
Brilliant Work Brent! Thx for all the effort you put into your videos and music! :)
Bring us your daughter and pay back the debt.
But we want your daughter to give to yourself! =)
So it's right.
Actually it is said "Bing us the girl and wipe away the debt"
I knew someone was going to comment on that
Bing? Come on now, even comstock uses google.
This song got me into watching a Let's play of Bioshock 1 and 2.
The guy who played it actually kinda sucked lol.
Perfect! It's awesome. Also, those sound effects.
Duuude this turned out so well!!! I was excited for this way back when you mentioned working on it at Fan Expo Vancouver, and I'm happy to see you totally delivered. Nice!
I can dig it.
I'm addicted to this song.
Oh my gosh...
That's actually a cute song though... And I can totally see you singing that everywhere... xD
Kristina Fedorov i usually sing it in my mind
William Shelleen That's a good idea. :)
This is great! Keep up the good work!
I swear I listen to this and the first Bioshock one at least once a month and have for a while now lol. I love these so much.
Que buen juego por la chucha
Don't buy this! Buy the triple pack! It's much cheaper!
Are you new to Steam?
***** Yep
NiallTheAwesome You have to know this game was before the summer sale.
***** i know
This song shows really the quality of brentalfloss.
I can only imagine how long he needed for that song.
Keep it up :D
I love quartets and I love Bioshock Infinite. Two great tastes that taste amazing together. Thank you Brent for this awesomeness!
I LOVE THIS.
Well, except for the weird gimmick at the start of just recording your voice over and over. that's a dumb idea who does that.
Seriously though, I love this one.
Dave its a barber shop choir. They sing like that bro. Check one out on youtube. Also i'm not trying to be a smart ass.
DemonTomatoDave You have no idea what a barbershop quartet is do you?
This may help:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbershop_music
lunavixen015 foxandro It's a joke, Dave do this all the time in his songs, look for the Dark World theme he did The Theme from the Dark World or even the Mario Land with lyrics Super Mario Land WITH LYRICS - brentalfloss
I don't think he has any idea what a quartet is, OR the type of intro you favour, OR a decent grasp of irony.
And when you find out who she is you'll feel reeeeeaaaallly dirty for perving on her.
I am not Booker, so...
Depends on the fetishes of the player really for that one.
Awesome as usual!
I just loved that quartet you did. Hard to believe it was all you.
Was anyone else who never played this game surprised how it dives into racism.
You realize Elizabeth is Booker's daughter right?
Shhh, it's okay. Just let it happen.
He said somewhere near the beginning 'platonic pal' and you really don't learn the whole daughter thing until the end and I've seen a bunch of people be like yeeah I'm gonna get some aren't I and then they have to take a shower when they figure out she's his daughter
but she isn't Brents daughter.
Ever heard parents say "That's my girl!" ? in my opinion this would be a cute song for your daughter :D
TooMuchTenacity ImAStealthyNinjaPwn Eh... just sayin' incest hentais are your friend. Pretty awesome, I must saaay.
another well done song brent infact i think this one is my new fave
This is so great Brent