THE PRODUCTION LINE | Lethal Company Song! | The Stupendium & Dan Bull
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- Опубликовано: 9 май 2024
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In ‘Lethal Company,’ employees explore a multitude moons in order to find scrap, risking their lives as they face deathly traps and are stalked by dangerous creatures. They must find enough scrap to meet the ever-increasing profit quotas of “The Company,” or else the employees may find themselves brutally disposed of…
But luckily this is all just a video game! Can you imagine any companies in real life having such a callous disregard for their employees mental and physical welfare? Allowing human suffering just so they can increase their profits?! Hoarding wealth and paying a pittance to those doing the actual labour?! I sure can’t think of any AMAZing examples ON the fly…
Well folks, we’re back to our usual video game songs! I loved the idea of a Lethal Company song, it seemed like the perfect game to add to the anti-capitalism bop collection. I wanted it to be a semi-spiritual successor to the Fine Print in terms of theme and message, even though I doubt it’ll achieve the same level of notoriety on TikTok.
It seems to be a pattern to do a collab with Dan Bull in the first half of the year, and who am I to break tradition? Big thanks to Dan, it’s always great fun to work with him (even though I deprived him of sleep a bit for this one… sorry Dan!)
And as always, many thanks to rest of the team for this one. Nick for another smashing set build, Paul for his fantastic filmography, Liz for her excellent editing, Benedict and Phoenix for their cracking costumes and prop-making prowess, and Benedict again for his awesome assistance on set.
Alliteration is fun. Wait! I mean… alliteration is amusing.
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Lyrics and vocals by The Stupendium & @danbull
Instrumental by @FreshyKanal, @Freeced @danbull and The Stupendium
Video by The Stupendium & Lizzy CJ
Shoot Coordinator: Lizzy CJ
Production assistant: @LawlessMarshall
Costuming and prop fabrication by @LawlessMarshall and Phoenix Toothill
Set fabrication by Nick Henderson
Mixing by @OxygenBeats
Kazaxaphoo performed by The Stupendium
Helmet 3D Print file by COSPLAYPLANET3D
Mask 3D Print file by Dungeons And Starships
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The Stupendium is a musician, animator and content creator, creating weird, wonderful and usually incredibly nerdy songs and animations. Join them on their journey to obscure, niche internet stardom! They have some pretty decent videos, wonderful facial hair and a great sense of discomfort describing themself in the third person. 
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LYRICS:
INTRO:
Steel, iron, nuts and bolts
Poor man’s gold in rusted vaults
Scrap, tin, wheels and gears
Shift by shift and year by year
Rod, beam, sheet and plate
Ironclad, you sealed your fate
All that shines shall fade in time
Welded put the day you signed
VERSE 01:
The production line
You better do your best, forget about sunshine
‘Cause you won’t see it where you’re going
And the only thing you know is
You won’t get to have your lunch on time
Or ever again, ‘cause every second you spend
That isn’t meeting an end that an executive penned
Is another debt that you render that’ll let them extend
Upon the length of your tenure where you’re ever condemned
Well, would you look at that, life’s coming thick and fast, I run and
Zig and zag amid the tat, pick and pack, bric-a-brac
Click and drag, mix and match, stick a stack in my sack
‘Til it could fill a skip of scrap then bring it back quick as a flash
We’re scrappy and resilient, we’re happy and we’re diligent
But that’s just if you’re listening to marketing transmissions
Contractually itinerant, a dastardly predicament
Entrapped within a system hauling scrap for the omnipotent
Voices in the radio that point us in which way to go
The base we’re excavating, what we’re paid and then the pay we owe
Uncertain of the purpose to the service that we’re slaving over
Purge the lunar surface of its worth to meet the daily quote
MAIN CHORUS:
Some of us are living to work
Some of us are working to live
Some of us are making while others are just taking
And some of us are dying to give
VERSE 02:
Whoop! Yay! Hooray! Another day at the office
Slaving away and generating the profits
Heading straight for the pockets of the laziest bosses
If it wasn’t for me then they’d be making a loss, it’s
A struggle working double shifts, selling my soul
So my landlord doesn't have to do any at all
I’m clearly very important while you’re merely a drone
Giving me steady employment just to dwell in a hole
That I can barely afford, belly unfilled like Oliver Twist
Begging for more, I don’t want to exist
No longer stomaching it, wanna be somebody different
But I’m stuck as it is, so stuff it, double my shifts
Rub out the family time in your diary, erase it all
They’ll only hire me if I’ll be reliably available
Yet I appear, clearly entirely replaceable
The irony’s I find it to be kind of inspirational
Anxiety’ll make you more inclined to reach a greater goal
Until you find me crying quietly against the wall
I miss my wife, I miss my kids
I miss my life, can’t live like this!
Perhaps for once if salary might rise in line with rent
We’d have the funds to rise and shine, not rise in line, content
To sacrifice our family lives to those on high, hell bent
On empires founded on the thousands drowned in the cement
PRE-CHORUS:
I am the very model of a model employee
I never leave my shuttle, can’t afford to pay those fees
My overtime does overtime, I work nine days a week
And I never hit that bottle ‘til it’s time to take a pee
MAIN CHORUS:
Some of us are making a killing
While some are barely making a living
Is a life worth saving without life savings?
It’s a 9-to-5, 25-to-life in prison
VERSE 03:
Lift off, tick tock, the big clock’s a-tickin’
Drift in, dropped off at the drop ship’s position
Sod tip top condition, a tip’s what you live in
Drop shipping top tip - “Tips will not be given”
With this cost of living what do lives cost?
Well, the customer ain’t fussed over the lives lost
We’re discounted, under the counter, half off
In stocks, at the gallows for the price drop
To rock bottom, ba-da-da-dum
Sing the jingle, give a whistle, here’s your lot, plod on
It’s official, sacrificial, sing the company song
‘Fore they bop the stop-button on your oxygen
Two guys moonlight on a new moon nightly
Tryna find loot like, “Ooh that’ll do nicely”
Lamp, cookie mold, jar, fish, stop sign
Pan, whoopie, gold bar, gift box, MINE!
No, mine!
NO, MINE!
[mine explodes]
Should you be hurt in our place of employment
It’ll be worse than a band-aid and some ointment
There isn’t a nurse with whom to make an appointment
There’s really just certain doom; painfully poignant
Each day tossed upon the scrapheap
Struggling to meet pay, care to mind the gap, cheap
Labour can be replaced when there are fatalities
Several men a week slayed, tumbling from the gantries
In what kind of dimension is debris so decrepit
Worth more than all the lives amongst the men you send to get it?
The minions paid a pittance from the millions you inherit
And then billed for the equipment ‘fore they get to spent the credits
SPOKEN INTERLUDE:
Have you had an accident at work that wasn’t your fault?
No, you haven’t
It absolutely WAS your fault!
MAIN CHORUS:
Some of us are living to work
Some of us are working to live
Some of us are making while others are just taking
And some of us are dying to give
We all bought the production line
We all toe the production line
We all march in production line
We all signed the production line
BRIDGE:
It’s a hell of a show, better the devil you know
Just another shift, try to keep a grip
Haven’t slept a wink and my vision starts to drift
We’re here to sell you your soul, next day and ready to go
Filling up the ship, just another trip
Maddened, on the brink, in no position to resist
The wheels of progress, they turn, so get ahead or go home
I got a quota to meet or else it’s over for me
And when my rota’s complete then I can hopefully leave
Just never question what burns to run the engines below
We were sold on a dream but now they won’t let us sleep
Take a moment to grieve and you’ll owe them a fee
VERSE 04:
My school careers adviser couldn’t be any nicer
She was just like, “Might as well give up and die, bruh”
It isn’t that likely we’ll experience retirement
When staying alive’s a minimum requirement
I’ve trained, I’ve tried, ‘til I’m strained, I’m tired
I’d trade my trade for a train driver’s
But I’m afraid that the end of the line
Isn’t a place I’ll arrive ‘til the end of my life
PRE-CHORUS:
I am the very model of a model employee
‘Cause I’m used to being toyed with by those far bigger than me
Painfully aware my fate to bear’s as cog in a machine
Just one more face cast off to space for products on a screen
FINAL CHORUS:
Production line
Production line
Production line
Production line
Production line
Production line
Production line
Production line
We all bought the production line
We all toe the production line
We all march in production line
We all signed the production line
Some of us are making a killing
While some are barely making a living
Is a life worth saving without life savings?
It’s a 9-to-5 25-to-life in prison
Some of us are living to work
Some of us are working to live
Some of us are making while others are just taking
And some of us are dying to give
It’s a hell of a show, better the devil you know
We’re here to sell you your soul, next day and ready to go
We all signed the production line
Now I have to play Lethal company to understand the references you’ve made. Great.
Edit: Not that it’s a bad thing :)
You're the Best ❤❤❤❤❤
1000 views in 5 minutes you really fell off stu
I hope you do more songs like these sort of music.
1hr gang
Corporate evil and Stupendium is a combo that can really never go wrong
True
Corporate evil and The Stupendium go together like Impressive Sets and The Stupendium, or On Point costuming and The Stupendium. It’s insane!
We work,to earn the right to work
At this point "Corporate Evil" just redundant
Mr house proves
"I am the very model of a model employee , cuz I’m used to being toyed with by those far bigger than me" is such an unbelievably raw line, it perfectly captures the mood of Lethal Company (not that the rest of the song doesnt- it all does!)
Also it might just be me, but that line is a bit sus no ?
@@MayoOverlordno it is not.
Pirates of Penzance?
Anyone else being reminded of the song of a certain modern major-general when hearing that line?
raw and makes sense since model could be interpreted as a miniature version of a real thing. Models like action figures get toyed with by humans much bigger than them. Not sure how obvious that was to people but it took me a second to get it.
Wait a minute... this isn't a song about Lethal Company ... this is just a song about real life.
"Ah, you figured it out! Would you like a cookie?"
-your brain, F:NV
I jest, but honestly stupes' songs.... stupend me with how much they contain secrets. Call me stupid, but i realied about 1 1/2 years after the remaster of "the second" that the title is a pun name.
@@noahhamilton5974 Wait until you learn that "Matter of Factories" is a pun on "Matter of Fact".
@@Vaprous did know that one.
BUTTT DID YOU KNOW IT IS A PLAY ON THE NAME OF HIS SONG "A MATTER OF FACTS"?
Every time someone makes something, it's about more than the idea. It's communication.
Start with something you feel so hard it grabs your bones inside your flesh, and it doesn't matter if its fanwork-- people will feel it whether it's your original story or another that inspired you.
Thats The Stups Experience for ya. :)
the way thier name tags doesn't have thier names on them and just says "employee' is such a good detail because in reality when you're at this kind of working environment you're just that, an employee to them you have no name, no personality, you're just there to make them money
2:00
It is also like this in the game, it basically your rank.
i love how very little of the song seems to actually involving life-threatening things (I.E. monsters) making it very clear that "hey this is about more than Lethal Company"
Well, yeah, it's barely a Lethal Company song. It's a Corporation Bad song with a very impressive Lethal Company set of visuals made for them to wear and interact with.
@@Kektus1I think it is very pertinent to Lethal Company. It just focuses more about the lore surrounding the Company than on the monsters.
I was actually kinda hoping for some more about the monsters lore or just some funny quips about them
It's only missing a line about the monsters in charge being worse than the monsters they find
@@madiz4228I mean the lore is that a giant monster “hires” them to find human scrap….for something, it’s less lazy bosses and more eldritch horror hires human to feed them as they slowly become insane or die
The dead emotionless stare as they did the dance is the face of men who worked months upon months for the company and just had enough after being struck by lightning for the 20th time.
I worked blue collar jobs (formally factory work, now I'm an electrician) almost all my life and every now and then you'll get an executive that would think that mandatory "fun" things like group dances or stretches would be more beneficial than a pay raise.
The workers all have that dead look in thier eyes as the foreman half-heartedly guides the guys through the motions so we can all get back to why we're there in the first place.
@@Mr.Sparks.173"If they are treat you like the money you make them, treat them like the money you get"
“lift off, tick tock, the big clock’s-a-tickin’, drift in, dropped off at the drop ship’s position, sod tip top condition, a tip’s what you live in, drop shipping top tip, [TIPS WILL NOT BE GIVEN.]” is so pleasing to the ears
How in the world do flip the words tip top so much and still make it absolutely fire....only stupes and dan know
Also the whoopy, gold bar (whoopi goldberg)
The amount of love and care you put into these music videos is insane
Thank you! 🧡🧡🧡
With the orange hearts that’s crazy
YOOO IVYCOMB?!
"And I'll never hit that bottle until it's time to pee." As someone who's heard horror stories about night shift, that line hits different.
Can I understand
@@05-04| It's a reference to Amazon, which was woking its warehouse employees so hard they didn't even have time to use the bathroom, and instead had to pee in bottles.
@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth when I first heard that lyric my first thought it was reference to fnaf song stay calm where Mike pee into a cup
@@GamerBendyI mean… yes’nt they both where referring to the same thing
@@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth No... I want to know @fawkespryde9183 horror story stuff
Can't believe they ACTUALLY built a space ship JUST for this music video!
I love the helmets
With this kind of funky beat, i’m surprised the beastly creatures didn’t join in the company approved dance.
Including "production makes me feel good" as a nod to Bustin' was genius.
Stupendium autocorrects to stupendous for a reason.
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Yea because theres a yter with that name
Because they are ✨stupendous✨ /hj
The Stupendous Stupendium.
Because that's exactly what they are 😊
I love how sarcastically the line "I'm clearly very important while you're merely a drone" was delivered
Also, I adore the emotion Dan brought to the role!!!!
5:17
“I’ve TRAINed”
“END OF THE LINE”
*gasp!
CHO CHO CHARLES BANGER SONF REFERENCE!!!
3:15 this is an amazing shot. What a genius way to pan to the second character.
"Mine" "No, Mine" "No, MINE" lmao.
Genius lyrics, genius set design, genius video.... GENIUS, as always. You and Dan have both outdone yourselves once again!
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Agreed!
Kaboom!
Yeah that part got me cracking.
@@ArianOlivopart 3: where's you father?
I love how this is literally not a lethal company song, it's just a corporate greed song with the guise of lethal company. Stupendium and Dan you only make bangers!
In the end, either works. The Company *is* just a walking code violation anyway. Or... whatever it uses to walk.
Right? It's literally just the world today...
The VISUAL was very Lethal company but yes, not really the lyrics... It works quite well though !
As much as Datastream, Fine print and other corporate songs were much more about real life horror than about their source games.
@@nnnn8029 Data Stream especially. That break where he lists all the shit they track, was literally taken straight from the list of stuff Facebook tracks
1:59
"My son will be turning 18 later this year and as i have yet to meet him, i humbly request that i might perhaps see him for half an hour to mark the occasion?...please?"
The details in the actual video are almost as good as the songs, BANGER
very minor detail, but I love how, in the credits, the beat for the backing track comes in just as Stupes thanks Freshy and Free for help making said beat.
wow, if i had a nickel for every time stupes and dan got together and made a song about a horror game with the word "line" in its name that had two alternate endings, i'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
This song also has an end of the line reference in it
I see Phineas and Ferb reference, I press like.
End of the Line has alternate endings?
@@GuyYouMetOnline When Dan Bull and The Stupendium collab, they always have different endings, so far.
If I had a nickel for every time stupes and Dan go to SPACE to engage in DANGEROUS TASKS in silly SPACESUITS. Oh yeah. alongside that. In one of the two alternate endings STUPES ENDS UP BEING THE BAD GUY....
I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but its weird it happened twice.
Stupes popped off with this one. I mean, anticapitalism and Stupes go hand in hand, but they really made a working class anthem. The day before this was posted, I was fired with no warning even though I worked more overtime than anyone else. This absolute banger is gonna be the fight song for a bit. The line "I am the very model of a model employee ‘Cause I’m used to being toyed with by those far bigger than me" COULD NOT have hit harder than it did today. All love Stupes. Keep doing what you do best.
I'm down here at the bottom with you, solidarity my friend, someday we'll claw the billionaires off their thrones
I hope you either A: get a proper wrongful dismissal claim going or B: get a better job and say “screw you” to the bosses.
I haven't played this game, but I don't understand why people complain that Stupendium and Dan Bull took a different path lyrically to not be so close to the original game. I love this! It's so deep, it's lyrically wonderful... AND THAT CHORUS IS SO CATCHING... AAAA!!! I LOVE IT!!
Sparked a genuine interest in the game, i have to try it.
Cool how the two best lyricists of nerdcore harmonize so daym well!
"its a 9-5, 25-to-life in prison" gotta be one of my favorite lines in this song :D i love this
that line reminds me of "ashes to ashes, 9 to 5" in the Death and Taxes song.
@@dallastexas1684 dang ur right.. nice
“I’m the very model of a model employee” both a reference to “The Very Model of a Modern Major General” AND Ad Infinitums line “The very model of a major general store”
Well played, Xir, well played
I dont understand but that sounds smart
0:18 for those who wanna replay the beginning a thousand times
Thank you very much
The mine line is genius it reminds me of the time my friends and I had like 500 dollars from one moon carrying it through the facility and someone yelled "MINE!" and we all blew up. Incredible song as always!
"I'd trade my trade for a *train driver's* but I'm afraid that the *end of the line* isn't a place I'll arrive 'til the end of my life!" That's SUCH a great little nod to the last song Stupes and Dan Bull have collaborated on AND I'M LIVING FOR IT!!
Bonus points for the spidery threat both times!
There's also a lyrical reference to Tune Into The Darkness at the end of the first verse.
Stupe's amidst all the heavy themes, I couldn't help but chuckle at the "Have you had an accident at work that wasn't your fault?" interlude. It's a clever nod to those ubiquitous workplace safety ads that always seem to pop up when you least expect them. Overall, a fantastic piece of music for THE COMPANY with layers of meaning and a sprinkle of humor to keep it all balanced. Stupendium/Dan Bull really nailed it!🔥
It's so real too, I had an injury at work that made my back useless for the next few months and all I got told was that I should have done better. Didn't even bother pursuing workers comp, I've never seen it given in my life
The "No, mine!" joke and the "No, it absolutely WAS your fault!" are genius, I don't have any other words 😂😂
Also I'm not sure if that's the same bell as in Don't Let The Bellhops Bite, but since the short about unreusable props I was thinking it could be used here (oh god, how expensive this video probably is...)
Something I just noticed are the beer bottles are the same ones from the Fallen London video! At least, I'm pretty sure they are!
@@ThatNameRightHere They do look similar, you're probably right, how did you even notice that! :D
Thank you for making these so upbeat. Some of these lines bring up some painful memories, but they're worth remembering. The energy definitely pushes it in a "laugh rather than cry" direction.
"Our empires founded on the thousands drowned in the cement" is my favorite line. Just upon hearing the opening tune did I know this was going to be a Stupendium hit
Its a beautiful line and extremely true. In the US we rarely hear about the hundreds of thousands of laborers from across the world were used like slaves and died building the dams and railroads not that long ago
The opening bit is stuck in my head so I just listen to the song to remind me that once I get out of school I get to work the rest of my life.
@Ag3nt-MC The more people that understand how bad capitalism is the closer we get to doing something about it
"Hell-bent on empires" because that's what corporate wants.
Stupendium and Dan Bull must've loved making this video for it to be 7 mins, and that was 7 mins deserved of my time.
And since there is a second version its a well enployed 14min of time
For me it's more like 42 mins
THEY DID IT! THEY REUSED THE LAMP!
What a fun little song with absolutely no real world implications at all. No siree!
YOUR SONG KEEPS THE COMPANY HAPPY.
This song just made me desire a Helldivers 2 song made by you both XD
You two work so well together for these kind of fun crazy games
If junes' monthly song isn't it THAT JUST MEANS IT'LL BE EVEN BETTER WHEN IT COMES OUT!
Deep rock galactic as well for the trilogy of fun multiplayer games
@@triggerhappy4199That would be great, DRG getting more recognition is always a good thing.
3d printing layer lines spotted, this brings me happiness for some reason
I've GOT to listen to the acapella so I can try to breakdown the production techniques in stacking those harmonies at 5:40. AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING
In the age-old tradition of shouting out lyrics that go hard, I gotta give love to "at the gallows for the price drop" and "just never question what burns to run the engines below"
Empires founded on thousands drowned in cement. Wow. It's so hard to pick just one line from this amazing work of art. It's so perfectly distilled "Stupendium talks corporate greed" that it's iconic, of course. But man. The hardness of these lines makes me think it'd sell better than the gold we're grabbing to hit quota. Platinum song indeed.
3:04 is literally EAR CANDY.
Also wanted to add that the set looks INCREADABLE. It's probably one of my favorite sets you've done by far with it being incredibly detailed!
Bravo to literally everyone who work on the video
the dead inside dancing is amazing
We love the Company *and* The Stupendium!
WE LOVE THE COMPANY
WEEE LOVEE THE COMPANY. THE COMPANY. THEEE COMPANY!
Not regretting being a patron for these kinds of bangers!
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Here, here!
I have never found a channel quite as effective at throwing verbal-flashbang lyrics at you as the stupendium. Incredible stuff as usual, we love it!
I feel like if I looked hard enough, I'd be able to find every line of this song in a comment saying it's their favorite. Which says a lot about how AMAZING this song is.
I gotta say, listening to it again i really love how the beginning of the song starts like a song sung by the masses, almost like a work song, that then refines into the personal singing - it feels like we're getting a view of the company as a whole before zooming in on two unfortunates!
I know what you mean. I really enjoy the work song at the beginning, I’d say it’s my favorite part! Don’t get me wrong, the whole song’s a banger, but I’m curious about what it would’ve sounded like if they stuck with the work song.
@@grimlockthetyrant4521 that's exactly what im thinking! that initial part set the bar so high for me, it is probably my new favourite verse in stupe's songs. i really wish we could get another song focused on that style
If you slow it down it sound like a kind of ipnosis
That dance at the end looks like it's a comandy mandated coreography that people were required to do, or else get a pay cut. Fun!
I’m only just now getting to this. 7 MINUTES LONG???? God damn Stupes
Love the detail of Dan forgetting to turn off the flashlight and has it in his pockets still on
Love the upbeat-ness of the song, and I dare say the flow is amazing
I swear, Stupes has mastered the, “Corrupt business, dystopian, evil ceo” type of song.
Stupes with a cute game about building your island and making animal friends: song about how landlords pressure you into horrible prices and are the worst people
Stupes with a game about a company killing their employees for not doing enough work: Dancing Time
The irony is that Tom Nook is arguably one of the nicest CEOs in fiction (at least in the newer games) and he gets villainized while everyone jokes about "for the Company" while it's one of the worst.
I love how it feels like you are getting more and more exhausted throughout the song.
When a song about a horror game applies to real life, you know life sucks.
I cannot with Dan's face when he says bruh behind stupes
1:42 This line has nothing to do with the game, and I could not be happier that it is in here, good work, guys! You truly went above and beyond your quota, and I hope you can afford a great luxury, like radio, or flashlights.
I greatly admire how the message of this song is even more thinly veiled than The Fine Print
The freaking produciton level in this oh my god, this all looks amazing
Pun intended?
Guess you could say stupes is running a good production line
The aesthetics in this video were great, the animations and costumes were amazing!
I love how their music is absolutely relatable and kick ass even if you haven’t played the game. Genius.
Yesterday in the supermarket someone pointed to my Stupendium brand hoodie (tm) and said “no I in team” and we both said “but theres con in economy!” And my friend put their head in their hands
What was your friend expecting? Adventure?
THIS SONG WAS SO GOOD, THE PRODUCTION VALUE IS THROUGH THE ROOM OH MY LORD
2:10 idk why "I miss my wife, I miss my kids, I miss my life, can't live like this!" got me LMFAO, all of this is amazing
Was looking a comment mention this lyric. Thank you friend
My two favourite tidbits of this are the nod to "The End of the Line", and the incredibly tired and lifeless dancing around the 6 minute 13 mark. So much fun. Great work, Stupes and Dan!
i love the 'model of a model employee' as, assumedly, a reference to 'model of a modern major general'
The way that Dan Bull and Stupendium never fail to deliver whether its working together or as individuals
I really like the easter eggs in the video
Like the REQUEST DENIED for meeting my son on his 18th birthday
Really helps underscore the depressing theme of the song
6:14 - Company mandated employee spirit enhancing activity time
Dude i cant stop replaying the beginning part its so well animated and sounds so good
WE ARE BLESSED, 7 MINUTES WITH HARD LYRICS AND LITTLE REPETITION, A NARRATIVE STRUCTURE, IT'S ALL SO GOOD.
OMG this was amazing and hilarious but was anyone else expecting this song to be about how much we love the company and it getting progressively darker?
“lift off, tick tock, the big clock’s-a-tickin’, drift in, dropped off at the drop ship’s position, sod tip top condition, a tip’s what you live in, drop shipping top tip, [TIPS WILL NOT BE GIVEN.]” Is extremely satisfying because Dan Bull and Stupendium are some of the best wordsmiths when it comes to rhyme scheme in the entirety of nerdcore. They have usage of the repeating, back to back i and o vowel sounds, with them generally following a pattern but sometimes deriving from it to add the variety in those lines. Also, they maximize the words by using all their dictionary and slang usages throughout those lines. for example, they use "tip" as in 1. tip/peak condition, 2. tips as in a location on a shape, 3. top tip/effectively, 4. [TIPS WILL NOT BE GIVEN] is an double entendre because they mean either they wont give help/advice, or as in the money donation. It's just astonishing how far they have come and how amazing they are at writing.
I love the "Production makes me Feel Good" nod. That was wonderful
Stupendium; I've gotta hand it to you.
Not only is this a rather good song ( Within your rather well-established niche of 'Evil Corporations' )
But, one of your last songs; Adequate Wordsmith to be specific, actually got me to start working on a project of mine.
While i have stalled for the moment, you did it; you got me to start- and that's more than i had before.
Thank you.
This-
This might actually be the catchiest song you’ve made. INCREDIBLY well done!
This, I like this. It's got that classic Stupendium/Dan Bull punchiness (hope I'm using that right), like the Fine Print meets Robocopyright! I don't know how else to say it, it's damn good!
Woken up with this song for the past 2 weeks, it falls right in my vocal range so I can belt it out without warming up and it kickstarts my day.
Thank you to everyone who made the song, and those folks who support this team's ability to continue making music!
This was such a fun one! I still appreciate how Stupes and Co make these songs about the games and their messages and themes, rather than just trying to pad time on referencing mechanics. Its why I'm glad to tune in each release!
I absolutely love the madrigal-esque quality the final chorus has in the ending. Again, Stupendium does not disappoint
Remember kids, the generation that mined and worked on the railroad had people that ran off and mentally broke down, the people who ‘manned up’ are the survivors, not the product.
Actually, once you look at it this way the attitudes of some old people make sense of “Bah! You kids just aren’t grateful!” This attitude is obviously wrong, people can still have problems without working more than 12 hours a day in the mines with no safety regulations. But if you don’t know how to see other people’s experiences and are like a potted plant who doesn’t listen to anyone then yeah, it makes sense. Every perspective is someone’s world. We are dictated by our own lives, it’s up to US to see through it.
this is already one of my new favourite songs (just like the rest of yours!), i can confidently say that this is an amazing song and pretty much exactly what i expected! the lyrics are excellent, the sets and costumes are accurate and high quality, another brilliant job Stupendium, you and Dan never fail to impress!
It's so depressing and upbeat at the same time! And addictive too! So, exactly like the game! I love it!
3:33 it do be like that.
Employee 1: oh that's mine!
Employee 2: Mine!
Employee 1: no its mine!
Employee 3 in the distance: you guys found something?
*distant explosion and radio cuts*
Always happy to see Stupe doing more corporate horror, but you've also done an incredible job making this just an actual decent workers anthem for amazon warehouses. Which I KNOW was intentional with that bottle gag. How long before you're just putting out actual labor union anthems stupe be honest?
You and Dan Bull collabing on a song never miss. And a song that is supposed to be a spiritual sequel to The Fine Print and it shows? My soul ascends.
I was listening to the stupendium originals playlist on shuffle when this came out, and let me tell you going from And Then I Prey to this is whiplash. the lyricism, production, visuals, and mixing are so much improved, but I could still hear the seeds in that old song of what was to come. an amazing journey you've made in these last seven years, and looking forward to seeing you make the inevitable third song with Dan Bull about a game set in space with alternate endings for each channel
the little "PRODUCTION MAKES ME FEEEEEEEEL GOOOOOOOOOD" thats mixed into the ending chorus is GOLD, amazing work fellas! :)
Stupendium...why is that intro so grand. You've hooked me, noteven a minute into the song
Stupendium and evil businesses with Dan Bull? you had me at the first beat!
I KNEW you’d make a Lethal Company song! lol
And of course it’s a banger, just like every other song you’ve made lol
5:20 HEY! That's a Choo-Choo Charles reference! 😂
Love the Gilbert and Sullivan references. Another one knocked out of the park Stupendium!
1:09
Darn corporate entities taking our life away. Not reading what we have signed up for.
Did you not read the company policy?
Wow?? Wasn't expecting a Lethal Company song, but great job on it!
Two of some of the greatest media song makers working together on “The Production Line!” Incredible
I love how rhythmically it's like the little nightmares one. Like a dialogue