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  • Опубликовано: 27 окт 2019
  • Fallout's lore has one massive problem: the music hasn't changed in centuries. So Brian David Gilbert unraveled a totally new genre of music that should be heard in the wasteland.
    (SLIGHT SPOILER: If you'd like to hear more from the musician who helped create the end song, check out their stuff here: / @skatunenetwork )
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  • @IncredibleMD
    @IncredibleMD 4 года назад +6273

    "Did I just invent ska again?"
    ... How many times have you invented ska before?

  • @Spoon80085
    @Spoon80085 4 года назад +9316

    “It’s a fusion of jazz and funk, it’s called junk”

    • @arielle5752
      @arielle5752 4 года назад +74

      Perfect lol

    • @skellorelli2515
      @skellorelli2515 4 года назад +133

      Thank you Fender! 🤖

    • @mfC0RD
      @mfC0RD 4 года назад +168

      For those unaware, this line is from "Robots", that animation film.

    • @owenreynolds9599
      @owenreynolds9599 4 года назад +108

      "I play junk"
      "You play with your junk?'
      "Or crappy music?"
      "No, Jazz and Funk"

    • @KikinCh1kin
      @KikinCh1kin 4 года назад +53

      That movie is gold. I cant tell you how many times ive watched that

  • @intrepidmerc4346
    @intrepidmerc4346 3 года назад +7324

    “If you can carry a gun, you can carry a tune!” Can someone PLEASE make that into a 1950s communist propaganda poster

  • @arcanearts9656
    @arcanearts9656 3 года назад +1540

    The world is broken, but I have a trumpet.

    • @isaacsmith6964
      @isaacsmith6964 3 года назад +25

      and i have a clarinet like 30 more guys and we will have a band lol

    • @snicks34
      @snicks34 3 года назад +10

      I understood that reference

    • @Usual_User
      @Usual_User 2 года назад +4

      Sounds like an album

    • @kevinwillems8720
      @kevinwillems8720 Год назад +2

      @@Usual_User yeah, Jeff Rosenatock's Ska Dream

    • @calamaribowl8683
      @calamaribowl8683 7 месяцев назад +1

      *toot*

  • @joemontondo9113
    @joemontondo9113 4 года назад +3171

    BDG: "I'm gonna make a new Music Genre for Fallout"
    Me, early in the video: "Is he just reinventing Ska?"
    BDG: "Have I reinvented Ska?"

    • @ItsAlanK
      @ItsAlanK 4 года назад +3

      Yeah same

    • @Mad_Oph
      @Mad_Oph 4 года назад +39

      The second he said "pick it up" I was just like okay, so that's where this headed haha.

    • @samiaskyers172
      @samiaskyers172 4 года назад +22

      I had a feeling when he mentioned skanking

    • @wrong_reginald
      @wrong_reginald 4 года назад +12

      Same, and it was the moment he said "so, no pianos" and started talking about trumpets that I knew for sure - we were all in for it. BDG was reinventing ska.

  • @FiddlerForest
    @FiddlerForest 4 года назад +3811

    "totally new genre"
    Makes Ska.
    Seems legit.

  • @benpurdy7459
    @benpurdy7459 3 года назад +513

    Let's be honest. Johnny Guitar would have become the Wonderwall of the wasteland

  • @vickykitty9492
    @vickykitty9492 3 года назад +325

    The moment I heard ‘syncopated rhythms’, ‘marching band instruments’, and ‘unique dancing’ I knew immediately that this would just be Ska.
    And, you know what? I’m okay with that.
    Running through a wasteland trying to survive while warring factions and mutated horrors try to kill you. You get your weapon and you start bashing your enemies in the face to the wonderful beats of ska? Hell yeah!

    • @artistwithouttalent
      @artistwithouttalent 2 года назад +6

      I blame BDG for my war anthem being 2-Tone Army by the Toasters.

    • @kevinwillems8720
      @kevinwillems8720 Год назад +1

      @@artistwithouttalent 2-tone army fucking slaps

  • @AvaBruno
    @AvaBruno 4 года назад +36202

    the nature of humanity is just that every so often someone accidentally invents ska again

    • @cassun603
      @cassun603 4 года назад +817

      I can't believe I guessed it right for once.

    • @ryanshackelford5374
      @ryanshackelford5374 4 года назад +965

      We all make mistakes in the heat of passion Jimbo.

    • @castafiorept7309
      @castafiorept7309 4 года назад +468

      We are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past...

    • @maxhendrix8602
      @maxhendrix8602 4 года назад +225

      Best mistake ever

    • @kavimehta1516
      @kavimehta1516 4 года назад +297

      Did you know that Ska came before Reggae

  • @ianpeters1980
    @ianpeters1980 4 года назад +5006

    The "Pop Goes the Weasel" setup with a punchline 6 minutes later really flies under the radar here

    • @nicestpancake
      @nicestpancake 4 года назад +244

      No sERIOUSLY THAT SHOULD BE WAY MORE NOTICED OMFG I DIED I HAD TO PAUSE THE VIDEO, TED

    • @NerdySweets3
      @NerdySweets3 4 года назад +56

      @@nicestpancake whos ted and where are u hiding him

    • @Aelotyola
      @Aelotyola 4 года назад +13

      Time codes? I wanna experience this too T__T

    • @nicestpancake
      @nicestpancake 4 года назад +13

      @@NerdySweets3 Ted is fine.

    • @sleepyfurby
      @sleepyfurby 4 года назад +192

      @@Aelotyola 4:45 and 7:55!

  • @robertchristian4248
    @robertchristian4248 2 года назад +405

    2021: What is grief if not love persevering?
    2019: What is the star-spangled banner if not America's jingle?

  • @Jake_the_Nerdlax
    @Jake_the_Nerdlax 3 года назад +414

    We should start a petition for FO5 to have a ska-flavored gang that is voiced and looks like Brian, Jenna and Pat. Like the hockey gang in FO3, but you help them record their ska-song and get it on the radio.

    • @artistwithouttalent
      @artistwithouttalent 2 года назад +45

      Quest Added: THE WORLD IS BROKEN, BUT I HAVE A TRUMPET

    • @DougSalad
      @DougSalad Год назад +19

      the song should be Skallout War

    • @xubse
      @xubse 8 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@artistwithouttalentthat's some Tumblr level chaotic goblin thing to say

    • @erraticonteuse
      @erraticonteuse 29 дней назад

      Or in season 2 of the show!

  • @Pikapika-gc2pp
    @Pikapika-gc2pp 4 года назад +7127

    “If you don’t feel the brotherhood of steel, join the brotherhood of brass” is a line that slaps just so hard

    • @0axel078
      @0axel078 4 года назад +113

      Honestly thought he said grass, which works great, too.

    • @alalalala57
      @alalalala57 4 года назад +54

      @@0axel078 Now that's a xenophobic, technocratic order I'd join!

    • @bones3559
      @bones3559 4 года назад +65

      As a trombone player I support this message

    • @coriolis07
      @coriolis07 4 года назад +25

      Bones TROMBONE GANG RISE UP

    • @bones3559
      @bones3559 4 года назад +8

      @@coriolis07 *Angry dci gorilla noises*

  • @WingoEthan
    @WingoEthan 4 года назад +10930

    This was the last 'normal' episode before they started to revolve more around BDG's descent into madness, anxiety, depression, and existential dread. It's also the one where he invents Ska. This is not a coincidence.

    • @keylometers6342
      @keylometers6342 4 года назад +546

      Did you watch the sonic Bible episode? Or the Zelda Timeline episode? Brain hasn't been "normal" for a long time

    • @luigivercotti6410
      @luigivercotti6410 4 года назад +274

      @@keylometers6342 I would correct you, but in retrospect, I would be wrong.

    • @mono.isgtds
      @mono.isgtds 4 года назад +69

      Conclusion: ska is bandersnatch.

    • @dustinanderson6021
      @dustinanderson6021 3 года назад +114

      He literally peaked emotionally. There was nowhere to go but down.

    • @mysticmoondustt314
      @mysticmoondustt314 3 года назад +84

      brian was never the one doing the unraveling, HE *HIMSELF* was being unraveling this whole time

  • @kodeowen9575
    @kodeowen9575 3 года назад +65

    You missed one crucial detail.
    We are still very much listening to Tubthumping and no matter how many times you knock us down, we will always get back up again.

  • @rilken2326
    @rilken2326 2 года назад +133

    Wow this man knows a lot about music he should make covers of abba songs with the lyrics slightly changed to fit halloween villains

    • @alexdavis665
      @alexdavis665 2 года назад +4

      this man forced me into an abba phase, curse you bdg!!!

    • @ElliottR0se
      @ElliottR0se 10 месяцев назад

      I thought you were talking about The Merkins for a second but that’s Backstreet Boys, and if BDG truly has done the same thing but with Abba then i need to see this

    • @jxnx19
      @jxnx19 8 месяцев назад

      @@ElliottR0se ruclips.net/p/PLmLx_S4RsmA7vomqBVRFlpkL_TeBZRkmu&si=HKmPMp6VY7nSVDMZ
      there’s a playlist someone made

    • @BookWyrmOnAString
      @BookWyrmOnAString 3 месяца назад

      ​@@ElliottR0se he has :)

  • @ebolapie
    @ebolapie 3 года назад +11344

    "If you don't feel the Brotherhood of Steel, join the Brotherhood of Brass"
    ok but this line slaps, skallout for life

    • @Asmusei
      @Asmusei 3 года назад +140

      Still waiting for a Ska mod for Fallout 4...

    • @captainwilliams1325
      @captainwilliams1325 3 года назад +73

      yeah the song is in fact very good

    • @evantimm6053
      @evantimm6053 3 года назад +246

      It's a legit perfect ska lyric. Anti war pro dancing to brass instruments and just pretentious enough in it's barely concealed metaphor to have finished freshmen year at a small liberal arts school. Throw in the mildly obscure nerdy video game pop culture reference and this could just be considered the defining lyric of ska in 2020

    • @justintack5205
      @justintack5205 3 года назад +28

      This is still amazing. I came back to rewatch for a dose of happiness, and that line really grabbed me.

    • @Atherax
      @Atherax 3 года назад +24

      @@evantimm6053 ah but you forgot the whole thing was an obscure nerdy video game / pop culture reference

  • @negativeman7716
    @negativeman7716 4 года назад +4045

    Nobody:
    Every single bard: “if you can carry a gun, you can carry a tune”

    • @strangeduckling
      @strangeduckling 4 года назад +68

      WASTELAND BARDS

    • @gomjabbar6246
      @gomjabbar6246 4 года назад +37

      If you can shoot slowly, you can shoot quickly...is actually true in fallout

    • @CRT.v
      @CRT.v 4 года назад +14

      @@gomjabbar6246 I'm so glad Ling Ling survived the apocalypse!

    • @silicafrill2706
      @silicafrill2706 4 года назад +11

      the only acceptable way to read this is with gun and tune rhyming

    • @elementalturnip
      @elementalturnip 4 года назад +1

      As a bard, I can confirm.

  • @Jinrokh
    @Jinrokh 3 года назад +133

    Rewatching this episode, it's secretly a masterclass in foreshadowing.

    • @thewingedporpoise
      @thewingedporpoise Месяц назад +10

      2 minutes in he makes a joke about third wave ska and... it's incredible

  • @largeoctahedron
    @largeoctahedron 3 года назад +87

    Ok, but who else thought "the man was focused on beating you down, so we're gonna focus on beating you up"

  • @mightywurm
    @mightywurm 4 года назад +3125

    “That’s garbage, Todd” should be Bethesda’s slogan

    • @wheeler68
      @wheeler68 4 года назад +60

      Better than their current slogan, "Buy Todd's garbage!"

    • @kyletanking
      @kyletanking 4 года назад +10

      Wheeler no there slogan is it just works

    • @hussainbedair7676
      @hussainbedair7676 2 года назад +2

      @@kyletanking no it's you never know when you'll need another hand

  • @Leanimal
    @Leanimal 4 года назад +6175

    This man looks like he’s wearing a disguise.

    • @Sofissp26
      @Sofissp26 4 года назад +462

      i'm starting to believe bdg is always disguised as bdg

    • @ivyhoffman5053
      @ivyhoffman5053 4 года назад +179

      The mustache means he knows what he’s doing

    • @PandaXs1
      @PandaXs1 4 года назад +77

      his mustache has gotten bushier, that's for sure

    • @somewierdoonline2402
      @somewierdoonline2402 4 года назад +75

      He IS a disguise

    • @bloodreaver6097
      @bloodreaver6097 4 года назад +31

      I don't trust like that

  • @BillyCobbOfficial
    @BillyCobbOfficial Год назад +51

    In my head canon, I have a theory as to why the music had not changed. Around the 1960s, America invents a new audio format that is designed to be more accessible, easier to listen to, and ultimately sound a lot clearer than the vinyl records they had been using. The trade-off however is that these cartridges are not as durable and will deteriorate after say 100 years (or maybe are susceptible to radiation damage). These become the top new audio format for their ease of use and clarity, but of course after the war happens and the bombs drop all these cartridges are lost with time. Therefore, the only remaining recordings are the ones on the original vinyl format from the 30’s-60’s.

  • @msp654
    @msp654 2 года назад +54

    This video made me realize I can just. Make a fallout oc if I want. They don't have to be the protagonist I can just create some guys that exist in this universe. I'm not a smart person. Thank you for opening my eyes, Polygon

  • @josephspencer6375
    @josephspencer6375 3 года назад +6819

    As soon as I heard Brian say "syncopation" I knew the result would be ska. It's the only thing other than cockroaches to survive the nukes.

    • @IncoherentMoron
      @IncoherentMoron 3 года назад +243

      i called it when he mentioned "off-beats" and remembered that he already said 'third-wave ska' earlier, but damn that was still a ride

    • @Mytube6138
      @Mytube6138 3 года назад +45

      I heard syncopation and was hoping for djent. Big sad

    • @blakelowe1300
      @blakelowe1300 3 года назад +54

      I heard "One Step Beyond" and knew.

    • @charmurorayznable
      @charmurorayznable 3 года назад +56

      When skanking was one of two dance options...

    • @waterlily7343
      @waterlily7343 3 года назад +27

      As a good brazilian, when I heard "syncopation" I thought "samba" and "pagode". But what was I thinking, it was never going to be.

  • @TheOneTrueGhostyBoi
    @TheOneTrueGhostyBoi 4 года назад +3996

    “Thank god the bombs went off before Wonderwall” is top ten quotes of all time

    • @thatguy6577
      @thatguy6577 3 года назад +13

      Too bad we can invent it

    • @MarcusofMenace
      @MarcusofMenace 3 года назад +17

      I doubt wonderwall would have been made at all since it was supposed to come out in the 90's and the bombs dropped 80 years after that

    • @boundlessgaming6125
      @boundlessgaming6125 3 года назад +3

      @The Spanish Inquisition, no that guys point is that someone could’ve still thought it up and made it. And even if you think one person thought up wonderwall, no there were probably more people thinking of making it but they didn’t do it first so no one credits or even knows they did.

    • @williampark4753
      @williampark4753 3 года назад +6

      But the bombs dropped in 2077?

    • @Aydrenn
      @Aydrenn 3 года назад +1

      Brother?

  • @doomcookies
    @doomcookies 3 года назад +40


    Spend your life living in a vault
    and your mind begins to crack.
    And when you get outside
    there's nothing to welcome you back
    She found me passed out in a rundown shack
    with a NukaBuzz in my hand
    She picked me up as she slapped my face
    and said "C'mon, let's start a band".
    She said: Start the music. Pick up loot.
    Get off your ass.
    If you don't feel the Brotherhood of Steel
    join the Brotherhood of Brass
    She said: Start the new war never changes.
    That's a bore.
    You know we'll eclipse the apocalypse
    with a loud and brassy skallout war.
    Skallout war.
    Skallout war.
    Skallout war.
    Skallout war.

  • @potatomuffin7177
    @potatomuffin7177 2 года назад +28

    Dances not included in Fortnite:
    -Regency Era Quadrille
    -Skanking
    Looks like the list just got shorter

    • @emilysmith2965
      @emilysmith2965 2 года назад +7

      You can do a Regency-era quadrille in Fortnite?!

  • @Aedi
    @Aedi 4 года назад +2833

    "This sounds a lot like ska"
    "did I just make ska again?"

    • @asbestos-freecomedy
      @asbestos-freecomedy 4 года назад +19

      Bruce Greene hopes he did

    • @Feoral
      @Feoral 4 года назад +3

      @@asbestos-freecomedy I thought this too!

  • @racg174
    @racg174 4 года назад +1719

    i feel like the script for this was written backwards with the punchline of writing a ska song being the original intention all along

    • @Rick586
      @Rick586 4 года назад +351

      My guess is it started with the pun "Skallout" and snowballed into this beautiful mess from there.

    • @Baqon42
      @Baqon42 4 года назад +58

      You say that like it's a bad thing.

    • @byebyecitybyebye
      @byebyecitybyebye 4 года назад +69

      right? my eyes kept narrowing further and further as more and more ska references were sprinkled in

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 4 года назад +47

      2009Bandman
      [Polygon brainstorming session]
      Brian, fingers steepled: What if... Skallout?

    • @high-levelsimp2379
      @high-levelsimp2379 4 года назад +11

      Rhys, didn’t BDG already tell you to stop looking at his unravel notes?

  • @Omnicide101
    @Omnicide101 2 года назад +53

    Okay so obviously "If you don't feel the Brotherhood of Steel, join the Brotherhood of Brass" is a RAW line but can we just appreciate the sheer ferocious optimism of "We'll eclipse the apocalypse"?

  • @MoldyCr0w
    @MoldyCr0w 2 года назад +17

    4:26 being a stealth subtitle reference to a ska band (Madness, in this case).
    Magnificent.

    • @gorimbaud
      @gorimbaud 9 месяцев назад +2

      rewatching this vid after years and looking specifically for someone else who caught that one, high-five

  • @chrisvandergriff504
    @chrisvandergriff504 3 года назад +5293

    About ten minutes in, I was like, "No, I was there in the 90's. He can't be making ska again."

  • @AlexanderTheNerdling
    @AlexanderTheNerdling 4 года назад +2316

    I SAID TO MYSELF “IS THIS JUST SKA?” MOMENTS BEFORE HE DID

    • @Oreostes
      @Oreostes 4 года назад +25

      i knew it was coming from the beginning

    • @themightysven
      @themightysven 4 года назад +49

      I mean, as soon as he said trumpets and trombones really...

    • @Rick586
      @Rick586 4 года назад

      Same, dude XD

    • @victornochesavila6129
      @victornochesavila6129 4 года назад +9

      @@themightysven Exactly, it was a beautiful realization.

    • @tellmeimstupid1855
      @tellmeimstupid1855 4 года назад +7

      Idk I’m traumatized. Ska is the music of the heavens

  • @Jekler
    @Jekler 3 года назад +26

    I gotta say, I was not prepared for "The Brotherhood of Brass" and how amazing of a band name that is.

  • @SomeA-1
    @SomeA-1 2 года назад +27

    Skanking is in fortnite now
    Brian has both predicted and cursed us

  • @IronBridge1781
    @IronBridge1781 4 года назад +2109

    It's like my dad always said: "Eventually, everything turns to ska."

    • @LA-nx4fv
      @LA-nx4fv 4 года назад +26

      Everything eventually turns to scat

    • @g.e.9227
      @g.e.9227 4 года назад +4

      It all comes tumbling down tumbling down tumbling down

    • @marinarabandit
      @marinarabandit 4 года назад +6

      I desperately want to know the context for this

    • @eji
      @eji 4 года назад +2

      Is your father BRUCE GREENE?

    • @444aidan
      @444aidan 4 года назад +1

      @@LA-nx4fv skibidapabaopbabdbdee

  • @dexterbarlow-busch4127
    @dexterbarlow-busch4127 4 года назад +8394

    I'm just gonna say it:
    a good sea shanty hits all of the definitive purposes of music.
    Edit: I am so fuckin proud that I singlehandedly summoned the entire youtube sea shanty community to this single post. Lads, I'm impressed.

    • @dankit2548
      @dankit2548 4 года назад +420

      WAY DOWN SOUTH WHERE THE WHALEFISH BLOW

    • @HotCrossJuns
      @HotCrossJuns 4 года назад +200

      @@dankit2548 WAY DOWN IN FLORIDA

    • @dankit2548
      @dankit2548 4 года назад +97

      @@HotCrossJuns I knew there'd be a true hero in here somewhere 🤝

    • @RainbowDj7
      @RainbowDj7 4 года назад +225

      What do you do with a drunken sailor....

    • @dankit2548
      @dankit2548 4 года назад +177

      @@RainbowDj7 well there are several options of increasing severity....

  • @Aerowarrier
    @Aerowarrier 2 года назад +20

    I would absolutely join a gang called the “Brotherhood of Brass” that makes sure to have a band with them at all times to blast out tunes no matter what they’re doing, that would be so great

  • @frostfire6579
    @frostfire6579 7 месяцев назад +8

    14:30 dang that "if you don't feel the brotherhood of steel join the brotherhood of brass" line is just the best

  • @Elzilcho87
    @Elzilcho87 4 года назад +1640

    "Ska as a genre will never go out of fashion, because Ska is the base essence of all mankind's dreams and aspirations. As long as man lives, Ska can never die." - Bruce Greene

    • @bondjames5792
      @bondjames5792 4 года назад +8

      YES

    • @EskimoCreamKing
      @EskimoCreamKing 4 года назад +10

      What funhaus video is this from? I watch funhaus but don't recognise it

    • @cya6109
      @cya6109 4 года назад +4

      Dafouq is ska,is it like when cringy rappers make random sounds like ska ska ska ska

    • @jakejutras5420
      @jakejutras5420 4 года назад +33

      @@cya6109 no, it is a style of music that became popular in the 90's. Look up Reel Big Fish. Fusion of punk, reggae, and lots of brass.

    • @dinolandra
      @dinolandra 4 года назад +2

      @@cya6109 a mix of swing, reggae and punk

  • @elizasu7637
    @elizasu7637 4 года назад +2681

    headcanon: they stopped making new music after fnv because they discovered a pre war recording of big iron and couldn't top that

    • @andryuu_2000
      @andryuu_2000 4 года назад +22

      Brilliant comment 👏

    • @nicoharlan5703
      @nicoharlan5703 4 года назад +101

      The swiftness of the ranger is still talked about this day.🐴🐴🐴

    • @boxbo7926
      @boxbo7926 4 года назад +1

      Elizabeth Su best comment on the internet

    • @phodder
      @phodder 4 года назад +30

      𝑩𝑰𝑮 𝑰𝑹𝑶𝑵

    • @PuppyLove2468
      @PuppyLove2468 4 года назад +1

      What's big iron?

  • @General_Nothing
    @General_Nothing 28 дней назад +7

    The Fallout TV show clearly brought a lot of people back here.

  • @Lukasaske
    @Lukasaske 25 дней назад +4

    "Ska. Ska never changes"
    - Mr. House, probably

  • @miasmacaron
    @miasmacaron 4 года назад +1575

    Me: "He's just invented Ska again"
    Brian: "Did I just make Ska again?"

  • @crabPEOPLE2000
    @crabPEOPLE2000 4 года назад +2437

    he just called math rock garbage
    as someone who loves math rock he's correct and brave

  • @dragoncat9153
    @dragoncat9153 10 месяцев назад +6

    Glad that Chekhov's gun finally got a counterpart: Chekhov's ice cream truck

  • @alexandermeisner5463
    @alexandermeisner5463 Год назад +37

    You forgot that the Lonesome Drifter records new songs, depending on whether or not you do the Talent Pool quest.

    • @DerBruessler
      @DerBruessler Год назад +3

      True, that was my thought too

    • @DustySiren
      @DustySiren 7 месяцев назад

      womp womp

    • @SquidsMackenzie
      @SquidsMackenzie 7 месяцев назад

      You are referring to Home on the Wastes and Streets of New Reno.
      I would argue he doesn't create anything new and in fact the songs he plays are fully plagurized with wasteland words inserted.
      You might say that in the fallout universe he invented them, except the original writers of those songs exist in the fallout world as other songs by them make the radio.
      Therfore, I say he discovered obscure songs then swapped in wasteland names and stole credit for it. Meaning he did NOT write new music.

    • @MercuryIsDumb
      @MercuryIsDumb 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@SquidsMackenzieHe mentions remixes should exist in the apocalypse and it does because of the Lonesome Drifter

  • @peterrisser
    @peterrisser 4 года назад +2334

    “Skallout War” sounds like the theme song to a Fallout based sitcom.

    • @slimepunke
      @slimepunke 4 года назад +26

      Peter Risser that is because it absolutely is

    • @mrlazarus6778
      @mrlazarus6778 4 года назад +5

      And so close to Skeleton War too... Coincidence? I think not!
      Skeleton war = Fallout Great War confirmed

    • @WeaponOfMyDestructio
      @WeaponOfMyDestructio 4 года назад

      ska died when Canadians found out about it.

    • @nickknight8692
      @nickknight8692 4 года назад

      That's kinda the joke...

    • @casey6556
      @casey6556 4 года назад +4

      “Honey, I’m home!”
      “A settlement needs our help. I’ll mark it on your map.”

  • @rinarina6247
    @rinarina6247 4 года назад +2365

    “Do you think we would be complacent with eurotechno, synthetic pop, and *third wave ska*?”
    Oh Brian, your ability to foreshadow never ceases to amaze me.

    • @PopeGoliath
      @PopeGoliath 4 года назад +171

      Dont forget that skanking was one of the two dances that he said weren't claimed by fortnight. There's clues all over the place.

    • @nathantierney9577
      @nathantierney9577 4 года назад +72

      And there’s also him referencing rude boys

    • @Dabednego
      @Dabednego 4 года назад +44

      @@nathantierney9577 And the phrase "One step beyond"

    • @ozmarichardson6524
      @ozmarichardson6524 4 года назад +24

      Pick it up!

    • @commmander64
      @commmander64 4 года назад +3

      What is ska?

  • @KameronArcher
    @KameronArcher Месяц назад +6

    Ska is the cockroach of music in that it will thrive in a nuclear apocalypse

  • @cannabunnyol
    @cannabunnyol 27 дней назад +3

    I do enjoy how you shot down Third Wave Ska, then made a One Step Beyond reference, then re-invented ska again. Ska never dies.

  • @eji
    @eji 4 года назад +1889

    "Ska is actually long before Reggae. You know, Ska came before Reggae."
    - Bruce Greene

    • @Unch0sen1
      @Unch0sen1 4 года назад +36

      Came down just to find this comment.

    • @YuggetNugget
      @YuggetNugget 4 года назад +16

      God bless that brave boy

    • @ozmarichardson6524
      @ozmarichardson6524 4 года назад +1

      Lol. It did actually, but idk how ironic you're trying to be but dont let it dreams be memes

    • @sindraoffline3173
      @sindraoffline3173 4 года назад +1

      Is that true

    • @dilsdoes
      @dilsdoes 4 года назад +53

      if youll allow me to be a bit of a music nerd for a moment,
      while the statements "ska came before reggae/reggae came from ska" are technically true the dont exactly tell the whole story. in the current zeitgeist ska is synonymous with ska punk, which in and of itself is a derivative of ska, borrowing the fastpaced nature and melodic basslines of ska, which was a west indian genre that was essentially reggae but with a faster tempo. reggae came before ska /punk/ but ska came before reggae.
      sorry if this is over explainery, this is a really important distinction to me because i grew up in the west indies and didnt even know ska used to refer to a purely west indian genre instead of being shorthand for ska punk, and it was really interesting and kinda weird to find out.

  • @georgelister4866
    @georgelister4866 4 года назад +2411

    “War never changes but music should” is one hell of a quote.

    • @all_the_beans1
      @all_the_beans1 3 года назад +7

      until ska is reinvented

    • @av.punk.801
      @av.punk.801 3 года назад +2

      I'm gonna make a patch of that...

  • @SomeGlasses
    @SomeGlasses Год назад +10

    “Science may increase our longevity but art is what makes long life worth living”
    Brian man sometimes I doubt my choice to want to be a writer/director/video producer guy but these words just gave me all the confidence I need to keep going
    Thanks Brian

  • @YellowTissueBox
    @YellowTissueBox 3 года назад +16

    So sad to see BDG leave polygon, I'll follow him wherever he goes.

  • @angieyglesias7307
    @angieyglesias7307 4 года назад +1591

    halfway through the video: “it’s going to be about ska”
    bdg: mentions skanking
    me: “oh yeah, this is about ska.”

  • @chrisdray5325
    @chrisdray5325 4 года назад +1823

    This reminds me of how every so often nature will try to make a new crab. Ska truly is inevitable.

    • @rebeccahauer4406
      @rebeccahauer4406 3 года назад +102

      Skarcinization

    • @KetchupRocket
      @KetchupRocket 3 года назад +45

      Your words terrify but peak my curiosity

    • @SobiTheRobot
      @SobiTheRobot 3 года назад +39

      How often has nature tried to reinvent the crab?

    • @justmerc1642
      @justmerc1642 3 года назад +73

      @@SobiTheRobot Five times, at the last count

    • @chrisdray5325
      @chrisdray5325 3 года назад +47

      @@SobiTheRobot en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation

  • @jaxbeck9550
    @jaxbeck9550 2 года назад +10

    Ska is to musical evolution what crab is to biological evolution.

    • @nixel1324
      @nixel1324 7 месяцев назад +3

      Ska-rcinization.

  • @greylabcoat4208
    @greylabcoat4208 3 года назад +9

    "Information is transmitted verbally"
    Piper didnt like that

  • @SSVCloud
    @SSVCloud 4 года назад +3355

    "Did I just make ska again" is a punchline so good it almost killed me from coughing on my spit.

  • @cass1115
    @cass1115 4 года назад +980

    “Did I just make ska again?” -Brian David Gilbert, Safety Fan and Bureaucratic Wunderkind

    • @mayathomas8934
      @mayathomas8934 4 года назад +35

      Cassie Woodard thank you for addressing him as such

    • @pharaohbubbles1547
      @pharaohbubbles1547 4 года назад

      @@mayathomas8934 goddamn you I was LITERALLY about to say that

  • @yurigouveawagner9432
    @yurigouveawagner9432 3 года назад +6

    this episode has probably the best take on videogames i've ever seen. it makes so much sense.

  • @StickJock819
    @StickJock819 3 года назад +6

    This video is over a year old and I still haven't seen a mod adding BDG's evolved new world music as a custom radio station in Fallout 4.
    I'm going to have to see what I can do to correct this.

  • @Draukagrissah
    @Draukagrissah 4 года назад +1658

    If no one makes a ska band named "Brotherhood of Brass" after this then there is no justice in this world

    • @genderenigma8276
      @genderenigma8276 4 года назад +43

      I can play keyboards and percussion. But we're kinda quarentined...where do I sign up?

    • @egg9206
      @egg9206 4 года назад +30

      I sing and I can play trumpet decently well. First rehearsal after the shutdown ends?

    • @felixc543
      @felixc543 4 года назад +29

      @@genderenigma8276 I love that this has resulted in enough bored ppl rewatching videos and reading comments that you already have a reply

    • @thebrokenmirror5343
      @thebrokenmirror5343 4 года назад +4

      I have done a ska performance on Beale street in downtown Memphis at B.B. Kings. Guitar and Vocals.

    • @ladymilliejean4166
      @ladymilliejean4166 4 года назад +15

      i can play keyboards and the guitar. i can also sing violently

  • @canaancasey1715
    @canaancasey1715 3 года назад +3470

    "Those time signatures only belong in mathrock, which is to say, in the garbage"
    Why must you hurt me like this, Brian.

    • @mr.nazareth4501
      @mr.nazareth4501 3 года назад +72

      I know right? Shit hurted

    • @Hevvvyyy
      @Hevvvyyy 3 года назад +39

      No wonder it gets some hate because nobody likes math

    • @mixedexplosion3114
      @mixedexplosion3114 3 года назад +87

      Isn't one of his own songs (see the day) in 7/4?

    • @charliefranklin8523
      @charliefranklin8523 3 года назад +16

      @@mixedexplosion3114 Came here to say this

    • @cityfey
      @cityfey 3 года назад +37

      @@mixedexplosion3114 to be fair, he's a math-user himself. also a massive nerd.

  • @icegod4849
    @icegod4849 Год назад +3

    4:48 Brian, thank you so much for talking about Ice Cream Truck music. Whenever I hear it, I am filled with nostalgia and want to cry and I'm glad to see that my feelings are reassured.

  • @tempesttossed6029
    @tempesttossed6029 4 месяца назад +2

    Quick nitpick 20 seconds in: they did make new music in FO4. Daimond Radio has several original pieces from a songstress character named Magnolia. A few examples are Train Train, Man Enough, and Good Neighbor.

  • @witchduck2230
    @witchduck2230 3 года назад +4323

    "history repeats itself; first as tragedy, then as farce" - karl marx

  • @notjohnbruno4482
    @notjohnbruno4482 4 года назад +593

    “Did I just invent ska again?” is a sentence that no comedy routine or joke could ever top. We should all just top making jokes because BDG has ascended to become the King of Comedy

    • @eskidz
      @eskidz 4 года назад +4

      I agree, but I assume you meant "we should all just STOP making jokes"

    • @IrismonoYT
      @IrismonoYT 4 года назад +6

      @@eskidz he means we must move to a form of comedy higher then making jokes, only then can we hope to stop global BDG takeover.

    • @harleyjohnson2913
      @harleyjohnson2913 4 года назад

      big aristocrat energy

  • @azariahazariah4493
    @azariahazariah4493 Год назад +5

    In Fallout: New Vegas, you can recruit a man by the name of the Lonesome Drifter to play music at the Tops Casino. The songs that he plays were made specifically for the game and reference many post-war things such as Fire Geckos and Super Mutants. The songs are country/folk ballads about the Mojave Wasteland, New Reno (a location in fallout 2), and the singer was, (I think) Josh Sawyer, the lead developer of FNV.

  • @speckofdignity2487
    @speckofdignity2487 3 года назад +4

    7:39 ... 7/4 you say? Like, I don’t know See The Day from a certain RUclips series with music composed by a guy named Brian David Gilbert??

  • @VekErro
    @VekErro 3 года назад +3181

    I would argue that all the artists in the fallout universe just became raiders. They're *very* particular about the placement of body parts and blood splatters around their lairs. It's all very feng shui.

    • @eansba88-
      @eansba88- 3 года назад +156

      The raider radio from fallout 4s dlc features new... awful, but new music.
      Its along the lines of punk/rock and roll... but more single guitar and screamy.

    • @kevinwillems8720
      @kevinwillems8720 3 года назад +106

      @@eansba88- I mean that just sounds like folk punk.

    • @eansba88-
      @eansba88- 3 года назад +36

      @@kevinwillems8720 you know, youre not wrong actually. Lol.

    • @ryanmartin4602
      @ryanmartin4602 3 года назад +24

      Come on down to Pickman's Gallery

    • @thecomfyshirt
      @thecomfyshirt 3 года назад +68

      This is an excellent point!!! Look at the super mutants… it’s just a mess of guts and body parts strewn about randomly. Then look at the raiders; intentional placement. Aesthetic principles are definitely applied. Art isn’t dead, it’s simply devolved into different mediums

  • @acoolusername
    @acoolusername 4 года назад +1989

    I never want to enter “the mindscape of Todd” ever again

    • @stanconnorstan4266
      @stanconnorstan4266 4 года назад +7

      Well if you're a fan of Sondheim then you already have

    • @pedroscoponi4905
      @pedroscoponi4905 4 года назад +4

      We all say that now, then 2041 comes along with TESVI...

    • @majorevangelism
      @majorevangelism 4 года назад +5

      I just learned Magnolia was a synth.

    • @ceoofmilk2756
      @ceoofmilk2756 4 года назад +1

      Bts sucks

    • @peanutbuttercracker1
      @peanutbuttercracker1 4 года назад +3

      Yeah I'd rather enter the mindscape of Club Penguin user Floppyfeet

  • @JBaum55
    @JBaum55 2 года назад +8

    I have to womder if BDG created this video knowing the punchline would be that he invented ska, or if he venuinely thought about how the new genre should sound and realized it's essentially ska.
    It's amazing either way.

  • @andlevi31690
    @andlevi31690 25 дней назад +4

    Revisiting this after the Fallout show has been released, and though the show is critically acclaimed, they should have added some ska to the soundtrack

  • @mudkip7251
    @mudkip7251 4 года назад +1396

    “That’s garbage Todd!”
    -BDG 2019

  • @mpsmith9913
    @mpsmith9913 4 года назад +678

    “Making all of your friends call you by a nickname you gave yourself”
    ACTUALLY BDG if you recall in the first episode of this season you specifically stated that we are not friends, thus negating this callback and breaking my heart into tiny pieces

    • @vtario5
      @vtario5 4 года назад +76

      it's okay, he was probably just talking about his co-workers. we can be safe in the knowledge that we do not matter

    • @Bustermaniax
      @Bustermaniax 4 года назад +1

      I started reading this comment the exact moment he said that...nice timing xD

    • @GoblinModeKnives
      @GoblinModeKnives 4 года назад +22

      he also said he wasnt gonna damce anymore. that was a lie. keep hope alive in your heart lol

    • @racecarcar499
      @racecarcar499 4 года назад

      @@GoblinModeKnives yeah absoulutely #BDGisoverparty

  • @Rebateman
    @Rebateman 8 месяцев назад +3

    Yes, our culture still revolves around Barbie Girl.

  • @TheDarkSatirist
    @TheDarkSatirist Месяц назад +2

    This one video put more thought into the world building of the fallout universe than Bethesda ever did

  • @0BucketMask0
    @0BucketMask0 3 года назад +1947

    My half asleep mother heard "if you don't feel the brotherhood of steel then join the brotherhood of brass" and mumbled "whoever wrote that line is definitely Irish" and since I'm figuring it was written by Brian and Patrick, whose five names are all Irish, she was right lmao.

    • @leeblock9573
      @leeblock9573 3 года назад +165

      David is technically from the Bible, but it's Anglicized, and also the remaining 80% of their names are Irish, so your point still stands.

    • @0BucketMask0
      @0BucketMask0 3 года назад +50

      @@leeblock9573 that's actually a cool little thing to know, thanks!

    • @hurgleflurp6089
      @hurgleflurp6089 3 года назад +184

      “five irish names” has got to be a band or something

    • @artistwithouttalent
      @artistwithouttalent 2 года назад +69

      @@hurgleflurp6089 _Did you mean_ *Dropkick Murphys?*

    • @jobRobbemond
      @jobRobbemond Год назад +13

      @@artistwithouttalent Did someone say DROPKICK MURPHY?!
      My good pal, you are required to tell me your favorite song!

  • @Relfar2
    @Relfar2 4 года назад +1422

    "If you can carry a gun you can carry a tune."
    Truely inspirational. Like trench warfare the musical level inspiration.

    • @lucassmart1473
      @lucassmart1473 4 года назад +6

      I'm already creating my next character entirely around this line.

    • @Generalfoley
      @Generalfoley 4 года назад

      We already got marching songs, I can roll with it.

  • @mh752
    @mh752 Год назад +1

    4:25 rewatching this for the 3rd time and only now just picked up on the "one step beyond" reference. Nice one BDG

  • @Camurgladius
    @Camurgladius 3 года назад +3

    Side-note: there are actually a handful of, if not new songs, at least remixed/lyrically altered songs, in Fallout New Vegas specifically--Green Clouds & Dust Whirls, Streets of New Reno, New Vegas Valley, and Home on the Wastes. All adapted/sung by Joshua Sawyer as the in-universe characters Bruce Isaac and the Lonesome Drifter.

  • @MsCunningLinguistic
    @MsCunningLinguistic 4 года назад +909

    "Do you think our culture would really linger over Barbie Girl?" as a Norwegian i feel called out by this and I do not appreciate it
    [edit: how the fuck did this get almost 1K likes in twelve hours lmao]

    • @thewingedporpoise
      @thewingedporpoise 4 года назад +21

      Personally I'd prefer tubthumping

    • @k4eru20
      @k4eru20 4 года назад +10

      i dont have any reason to justify liking barbie girl by aqua but i also feel called out

    • @kevinanderson2540
      @kevinanderson2540 4 года назад +28

      Don't worry, pretty sure long after the bombs drop people will still be humming Take On Me as they're being chased by mutants.

    • @orijimi
      @orijimi 4 года назад +6

      @@kevinanderson2540 Or "What is love? Baby don't hurt me.".

    • @zotaninoron3548
      @zotaninoron3548 4 года назад +2

      Ooooaaaaooo Ooooaaaooo.

  • @Chris_W.
    @Chris_W. 4 года назад +809

    "If you can carry a gun, you can carry a tune." - US Army Marching Band Motto

  • @KegaB3
    @KegaB3 2 дня назад +1

    "war never changes, but music should!" Is such a banger line

  • @equalmonkey4821
    @equalmonkey4821 Год назад +2

    Much like how crustaceans keep evolving into crabs, we keep reinventing 3rd wave Ska.

  • @iamrutabaga7761
    @iamrutabaga7761 4 года назад +962

    Trashes on 3rd wave Ska at the beginning: I feel personally attacked.
    The moment he says "Pick it up": This man is a comical genius.

  • @Ashley-ou1nr
    @Ashley-ou1nr 4 года назад +651

    "Thank god the bombs fell before wonderwall" has the same but opposite energy as "Thank god glee finished before X song came out"

  • @AleZayas
    @AleZayas 3 года назад +8

    Now I want to go to a ska concert with Jenna after watching those moves!

  • @mesachi0640
    @mesachi0640 3 года назад +4

    High key the ska was a bop

  • @picklejho69
    @picklejho69 4 года назад +838

    "Thank god the bombs went off before Wonderwall"
    Never have I heard a more relatable statement leave this man's glorious moustachioed lips.

    • @the_original_Bilb_Ono
      @the_original_Bilb_Ono 4 года назад +9

      No more of those chords with the wrong strum pattern with a cappo because Barre chords are too difficult for him with someone singing "today is gunna be the day..." Completely out of key while teenage girls clap. - I can live with that.
      Although honestly I think that joke is no doubt dated, much like smoke on the water jokes and stairway to heaven jokes. I don't believe I've heard anyone play wonderwall on guitar irl except me. Even in the early 2000s.

    • @picklejho69
      @picklejho69 4 года назад +5

      @@the_original_Bilb_Ono As someone who worked for far too long in the hospitality industry, I have heard it far too many times and now bleed from my ears at the simple mention of Noel Gallaghers name.

    • @dsproductions19
      @dsproductions19 4 года назад +1

      @@the_original_Bilb_Ono I had to play Smoke on the Water nearly every year in high school orchestra in the early 2010s, and even Stairway to Heaven once or twice. Might not have been on the guitar, but it's not exactly a dated reference.

    • @junebunchanumbers
      @junebunchanumbers 4 года назад +1

      @@the_original_Bilb_Ono Earlier this year I agreed to teach a friend guitar and literally the only thing she'd learned was the verse from Wonderwall (sans capo).

    • @Minumer
      @Minumer 4 года назад

      I dunno, there was a lot of 'could've been worse' during the BOTW one.

  • @muffindubs725
    @muffindubs725 4 года назад +839

    We finally have a mashup of young bgd hair and dad bdg mustache and it feels like this is what my life was leading up to

    • @Rick586
      @Rick586 4 года назад +24

      BDG is looking like he fell out of the 70s. I love it.

    • @olivergosztonyi6552
      @olivergosztonyi6552 4 года назад +25

      Ah yes, Brian Gavid Dilbert

    • @heyitshollis9278
      @heyitshollis9278 4 года назад +1

      I was deadass thinking this

    • @leoseling4413
      @leoseling4413 4 года назад

      Perfection

    • @muffindubs725
      @muffindubs725 4 года назад

      Olcsiver it’s taken me a week to notice this and I’m dying

  • @deanc9195
    @deanc9195 Год назад +1

    Came back to this and the amount of foreshadowing is masterful

  • @Xstacy
    @Xstacy 8 месяцев назад +1

    This is why the ost for Fallout 1 and 2 where so great. They carried with them the actual weight of the post apocalypse. Bethesda just looked at the intro's and was like "This is what the ENTIRE wasteland must listen to."

  • @zoeduboismusic6944
    @zoeduboismusic6944 4 года назад +658

    *I shall only refer to the American Anthem as “America’s Jingle” from now on.*

    • @janesmith1840
      @janesmith1840 4 года назад +6

      I mean, it's not wrong

    • @xptaco2298
      @xptaco2298 4 года назад +2

      Its still an Anthem. Jingles are different

    • @theshamanite
      @theshamanite 4 года назад +4

      @@xptaco2298 An anthem can still be catchy like a jingle. It means different things for different people.

    • @marcuscrews8344
      @marcuscrews8344 4 года назад +10

      @@theshamanite Also, it hurts America's feelings, so I'm 100% using this.

    • @theshamanite
      @theshamanite 4 года назад +1

      @@marcuscrews8344 Same.

  • @rabbit6546
    @rabbit6546 4 года назад +1005

    bdg: trumpets and trombones
    me already seeing ska on the horizon: oh no

    • @katie5822
      @katie5822 4 года назад +58

      you: oh no
      me, an intellectual, raised with my dad’s obsession with Madness: OH HELL YES

    • @raccoonboi4225
      @raccoonboi4225 4 года назад

      Time to skank

    • @Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat
      @Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat 4 года назад +4

      @@katie5822 me a confused but excited person: OH NYEOAH

  • @DandyBlobber
    @DandyBlobber 29 дней назад +2

    The thing is the culture in the fallout is basically halted once it hit the 50s, even in 2077 everything has a similar feel so I feel like that if new music was made after the bombs it would still have a 50s feel as that’s all they have to imitate, or even if we got music that was made just before the bombs dropped it would still feel 50s.

    • @adamcarr1387
      @adamcarr1387 28 дней назад

      Yeah that's lore made to explain the fallout style, which is 50s scifi. But in reality no culture would ever create 0 new music in hundreds of years

  • @samikami3206
    @samikami3206 2 года назад +1

    I watch these videos over and over, and his hair moving gets me every time. It’s all messy when he gets angry, then the next calm shot he’s perfectly fine.