Elan's music

[doodthedud]

it's probably been discussed before, but I wouldn't know where to find it if it has...

Does anyone know/have any idea what tune Elan's little songs are to? His "motivational" songs where he repeats the word 4 times and then has the little sentence?

[Dr.Epic]

Not sure. There isn't really a way to find out. Rich only told us the tune Buddy Roy was sung to.

[Swordpriest]

It may be a bit like Cacophonix the Bard from the Asterix comics -- there's no tune, just pain for the listeners! :smallbiggrin:

[Maquise]

For some reason, I always think it's daisy bell.

[Mauve Shirt]

I hear it as C - E - G (rest) A-G-A-G-A - G

[Thor Person Guy]

I seem to hear it as, "Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate's life for me!" :smallconfused:

[faustin]

For a moment, when I saw this thread I just imagined Elan singing as The Music Meister of Batman the Brave and the Bold.

[Goosefarble]

For a moment, when I saw this thread I just imagined Elan singing as The Music Meister of Batman the Brave and the Bold.

And for putting that tune in my head you will suffer in the ninth ring of hell.

[zimmerwald1915]

I imagine the Mexican Hat Dance.

[Zmflavius]

For a moment, when I saw this thread I just imagined Elan singing as The Music Meister of Batman the Brave and the Bold.


And for putting that tune in my head you will suffer in the ninth ring of hell.

BTW, siggied.

[Keinnicht]

I always hear it as Row, Row, Row Your Boat, even though the number of words isn't usually right.

Row, row, row your boat

Bluff, bluff, bluff the stupid ogre!

[KillItWithFire]

I always hear it as Row, Row, Row Your Boat, even though the number of words isn't usually right.

Row, row, row your boat

Bluff, bluff, bluff the stupid ogre!

Same here, and you're right the last bit usually rolls off feeling clunky and rushed.

[Felixc-91]

I always hear it as Row, Row, Row Your Boat, even though the number of words isn't usually right.

Row, row, row your boat

Bluff, bluff, bluff the stupid ogre!
i support this theory. it works well for the beginning of many of his songs. bluff, bluff, bluff, shoot, shoot, shoot, deny, deny, deny, etc.

[Dr.Epic]

I always hear it as Row, Row, Row Your Boat, even though the number of words isn't usually right.

Row, row, row your boat

Bluff, bluff, bluff the stupid ogre!

Yeah, I hear it like that too.

[blackjack217]

same row row row your boat it is.

[MoonCat]

I always hear it as Row, Row, Row Your Boat, even though the number of words isn't usually right.

Row, row, row your boat

Bluff, bluff, bluff the stupid ogre!

That's how it always sounds to me, and to at least one of my friends who reads OoTS

[grimbold]

I imagine the Mexican Hat Dance.

YES
that is totally elan
you win zimmerwald

[Bulzeeb]

I always read it as a two-line song, with the first repeated word rising in pitch each repeat, so as to produce an inspiring effect. The second line is in some random tune, not really clear on that one.

[Shpadoinkle]

I always thought it was to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat." The idea that it was any other tune never even crossed my mind.

[Raging Gene Ray]

I've never thought of Row Row Row Your Boat...seems pretty obvious now that I think about it...it's impossible to communicate the tune I hear over the forums...I'll just say that it increases the tempo.

BLUFF, BLUFF-BLUFF thestupid oooooo-gre! Complete with twitching on every syllable.

[AsteriskAmp]

I also hear Row the Boat, that or that one about Rowers on the Volga River

[Claudius Maximus]

I've never actually taken it as a song. To me he just sort of shouts it.

[Thor Person Guy]

Um, I just went to check, and the example you're all citing (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0004.html) has four "bluffs", not three.


I seem to hear it as, "Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate's life for me!" :smallconfused:

[Morquard]

It's always 4 times that he repeats the first word. His mother also sung "serve" 4 times. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0050.html)

Hower, I guess it's possible that the first three words coincide with the Rows, and the fourth repeat already is played to the tune of "your boat..."
Bluff, Bluff, Bluff, (now really fast) Bluff the stupid ogre

It's possible his mother had messed up the song like this and Elan learned it from her, and never was able to shake the habit, even though he knows its wrong.

Edit: have to correty myself, there's at least one instance where he's only singing it three times (all other times I found he's been singing it four times though):
Clot, Clot, Clot my bleeding arteries! (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0006.html)

[Cizak]

Row Your Boat here too, even if it doesn't always fit. But yeah, that's the "main" melody I hear.

[AshesOfOld]

I agree with Thor, A Pirate's Life would fit a lot better. Though I didn't here it as that, I sort of just made up my own tune. Sounds like a kid's song in my head.

[Mr. Snuggles]

Bluff, bluff, bluff, bluff the stupid ogre!
Brave, brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin!

Same melody.

[mucat]

I believe Rich once stated (a long time ago, during the Dungeon of Dorukan arc) that Elan's standard tune is a cross between "Row, row row your boat" and "Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin."

[MoonCat]

And everyone knows "it's not a gaming session until someone quotes Monty Python. ":smalltongue:
(cookie to anyone who off the top of their head can tell where that was from.) Yay self-reference!

[Bongos]

And everyone knows it's not a proper gaming session until someone quotes Monty Python. :smalltongue:
(cookie to anyone who off the top of their head can tell where that was from.) Yay self-reference!

Loaded Dice?

[MoonCat]

Nope, sorry. I have put the area I'm referring to in quotes, and removed a word I had accidentally added. Sorry if I caused confusion with the extra word!

[Raistlin1040]

This question used to bother me because it soundes like Row, Row, Row Your Boat, but it never worked. A Pirate's Life works and I am pleased to have found the tune.

[squidbreath]

it's that oots strip with the long tailed orange cat! - the no weapon one, whichever that is.

[MoonCat]

Yes! The parody of the cheese shop sketch no less,
A cookie for squidbreath!
EDIT: Hey! that rhymed!

[doodthedud]

I honestly imagined the repeated word building up, then a little descending tune for the line after.

[Cizak]

And everyone knows "it's not a gaming session until someone quotes Monty Python. ":smalltongue:
(cookie to anyone who off the top of their head can tell where that was from.) Yay self-reference!

Gimme my cookie!

[MoonCat]

Sorry Cizak, squidbreath won.

[Thor Person Guy]

Getting back on topic, I had an epiphany a little while ago. Instead of the "Row, row, row..." part of the tune, maybe it's using the "Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily..." part.

Just a thought.