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Gotta respect the ambition for sure!! It tries something different and that's very important! I was just fooling around and I'd love to actually play the game one day and redo the list to see what opinions changed
@@takarin64 In my experience it changes a lot. Drift for instance I avoided listening to for the first month or so but due to listening to it while playing I eventually grew used enough to it that I could appreciate the complexity of the lyrics and the character; and from that I grew to enjoy the music itself and now it's one of my favourites. This type of thing occured to varying degrees with a lot of the songs on GG OST for me. Also, you probably have, but if you did not, I implore you to listen to vocal GG tracks from older games. They're really good as well.
@@HappyLittleBoozer oh I didn't want to include those here to keep it short but I'll let you in on a little secret, I have been listening to heavy day and storyteller basically on a daily basis lmao
@@takarin64 your opinion changes less based on you actually playing the game and more on how many repeat listens you have for any of the songs. Necessary discrepancy and Drift sound way better the more you listen to it, but it's hard to enjoy the whole song from one listen,
Fun fact about Axl, who has out of the box, is that hes literally out of time. He has power to travel through time, but only very recently gotten any true control over it.
Ohh I didn't know about that!! That vocalized chorus sounds heavenly! Maybe "out of the box" is for how he can always go back in time for a fresh start, doing it again "out of the box"?? Very interesting
@@takarin64 Oh but he can't go back in time, he's been told by another time traveller (the only other one) that he *can* go back to when he was happy but it would obliterate the current timeline, leaving him the only survivor of that universe. Axl is such a good guy he can't bring himself to fix his own timeline at the cost of everyone elses timeline
Leo main here, Leo's theme is literally about how he had survivor's guilt and PTSD and how he led countless soldiers to their deaths. Rock Parade is about how Anji loves Baiken, Mirror of the World is about how she's thankful for other people's help in making her not pissed off at the world all the time.
@@takarin64 You've probably already been told, but the whole "society" part of armor clad faith is because Potemkin is an ex slave that couped his government
@@takarin64 Its okay those off parts are a bit weird without understanding Potemkin's character but once you do they hit hard as fuck, essentially he is an ex slave soldier experiment with a heart of gold, he was freed by his commander and helped overthrow his government but now he's starting to question it as he isn't seeing any real change in his society but he decides he has to continue on the path he has set for himself even if he doesn't see the fruits of his actions in his lifetime.
It's very good! Very inspired by progressive rock for sure, feels something dream theater would compose back in the systematic chaos days! And the chorus is amazing, Napoli's delivery is stellar too!
Mf really just dropped em all not heavy or consinstance songs to bottom tier out of personal taste and calls it objective, like, my man happy chaos did nothing wrong man like he just drifting 😢
one of my friends said it perfectly, once you hear the guilty gear songs more than once and you know whats coming it gets better somehow, not sure why, but it does
Yeah, absolutely! I'm sure this tier list would be very different if I knew the backstories, it's interesting to see how it changes when you actually know what's going on. Thought would be interesting to see someone with 0 GG lore knowledge react to the tracks face value. But i did feel every track is complementing the characters. That's why even though I have many shitty takes, I know this OST is an absolute masterpiece and I can't wait to revisit it one day!
Having Drift "objectively" into anything below A tier is a criminal offense. It's supposed to be whacky and inconsistent because that's exactly what Chaos is like. Literally the only peeve I have with this list.
Yeah the track is definitely fitting for the character from what I could tell, it's a very fun piece that catches you by surprise, all of the tracks are incredibly fitting
Finally someone understands how powerful the Testament theme is, I don't know why so many people put it so low on tier list, I feel it's a pretty dramatic and powerful song that presents the current state of the character well.
I believe it's because of the delivery and pronounciation of the lyrics that throws people of in a way that feels the wrong kind of wrong instead of a right kind of wrong if you know what I mean
About lyrics, actually all of them have meaning. It's just that most of them are related to lore and story in Guilty Gear, so it's hard to understand unless you know the story and lore Edit: btw, you should release full VOD. It's pointless to watch short video like that if we're talking about listening to OST in Guilty Gear. There are a lot of intricate details within each song
You're absolute right! It's interesting to see how much the understanding changes when you know the characters. This was meant to show the tracks at face value. ALSO! There's a video for the full vod if you're interested! : ruclips.net/video/4SxUmnSV5Ck/видео.html
Also in CloudDrop's videos, the lyrics for Goldlewis, Jack-O and Baiken's themes are just straight up wrong. Bedman's theme is incredibly dubious as it's mostly guesswork. Bridget and Sin might have some small mistakes here and there as well but it's harder to tell. P.S.: The Wiki has the more accurate stuff. Take those from season 2 with a grain of salt until official lyrics drop.
I'm at 11:00 and so far your tierlist is almost a carbon copy of what my thoughts on the music were back when I first got into it on release of Strive. What I didn't have back then though was the understanding of all the musical references - thank you for putting those in, I can barely believe how similar Hellfire is to Stone Cold Crazy.
Daisuke is a music lover for sure and you can tell how much love he put into every track. And yeah it's funny how you react to the tracks when you don't know the context of the characters they represent! I'd love to know which opinions would change after playing the game
The Town Inside Me is a really cool track, it's a blues track through and through, but disguised as pop. It makes sense though, his preferences are strongly towards the old school metal/hard rock stuff, so it's unsurprising he wouldn't like a bluesy-pop track.
I think that the beautiful thing about Like a Weed is how it plays into the two key figures that influenced Testament's life: Dizzy and Kliff Undersen. I also like how it plays into Testament being non-binary, with changing from male pronouns to female pronouns to male pronouns over and over again. The Town Inside Me also delves into Bridget's gender dysphoria (Feeling out of place, being stuck in a gray haze) and her finally accepting her true self. I think that's the beautiful part about Guilty Gear Strive. All of the character themes express their personality and their own struggles and triumphs very well. Even some of the more one-note characters are fleshed out in some form (Potemkin grappling with the fact that he may one day not be strong enough to protect Zepp, Leo dealing with major PTSD from fighting in the Crusades and watching many of his men die, Ramlethal overcoming the Universal Will conditioning her to believe that humans are inherently evil, etc.) so I don't really mind a few themes like Disaster of Passion and Perfection Can't Please Me if we can have some more themes like Like a Weed and Mirror of the World.
I think you're absolutely right, even though I went to the video with virtually no knowledge of the characters, I did feel like every one of them represented the character very well! Regardless of what I thought of the track
That's a very interesting point! Though I feel like it's how Daisuke composes tracks for Aisha, cause I like the quality of her voice, delivery is clean af and much of the times it's a great contrast from the low-end mixes of the heavy tracks. So if the Aisha effect exists, it's not her fault I'd say. It might just be how the tracks are composed around her. Excellent observation though!
Not gonna lie, I don't have a lot of knowledge on all the classic metal Guilty Gear references, so seeing you recognize sounds and pointing them out was really interesting to me! Great video bro
For Referance, Potemkin's theme (Armored clad Faith) is a scathing review of his home country before him and his friend staged a coup on the dictator, as for the I'm a fool parts, its his self doubts on whether or not he actually made change, but how he knows that he needs to have faith that future generations that will enjoy the fruits of there labor, so he needs to hope and pray. As for Zato, the end part talks about how he got all emotion stollen from him by his demon, but he can feel one emotion, he doesn't know what its is, but all he knows is that he gets when he is near millia, which is why he is willing to stay in her shadow. If ya have anymore questions about the lyrics and what they mean, just ask. hope ya enjoy this and this helps.
@@takarin64 it’s the same with every song, and some like Bridget’s (town inside of me) and jack-o’s theme (simpler things in life), are *heavily dependent on knowing the context. Like I said ask if ya have any questions
This video is seriously brilliant. Every similarity I picked up on you can name effortlessly, and you picked up on ones I hadn't even though I know the songs well. Ez sub sir! Would love more guilty gear ost content if you feel like there is more to do.
i love how you caught so many of the influences and references!!!!!! im a huge gg fan and music fan and those are one of my fav bits of this ost oh but trigger disrespect will not be tolerated. the laid-back beastie boys influence is such a cool contrast to the other character's themes
ive been watching tons of reactions to GGST ost but you are the first ive seen to pull up this ammount of refferences to other songs ngl, great reaction! just kinda sad how short the video/parts of the songs were
Drift, Zato's, and The Circle are definitely my top 3, I was a little bit sadge to see them relatively low but I respect it (also would've loved to see requiem make the cut, one of my favorites for sure and I'm always interested in peoples' opinion on it)
Yeah sadly I didn't say anything too relevant for me to include in the video. The VODs available if you wanna take a look, you can see the full reaction to all of them there. And honestly?? Some of the tracks grew on me, today, the circle would probably be S
The vod is in the description and has the full reaction to all of the tracks! I decided to compress the length of the video so it becomes more acessible
for the context of Armor Clad Faith, the character fought and overthrew the tyrannical government he and everyone in his nation lived in as a slave. Hence the mention of society and role of a clown being in the lyrics, as no one believed he’d be able to do such thing
An edited reaction with a totally "objective" opinion, musical references and an overall fresh take on the ost tierlist?? I like that, even if I find it criminal to rate Drift anything that isn't S. Overall good video dude, you have good taste and good music knowledge 👍
I respect your tierlist!!! pretty funny video too lolll, its sick to see someone put alone infection in s tier as its one of my personal favourites from the game. One reason for that is how its all brought together in the end!!
Not putting Let me Carve your Way in S tier is a crime but the rest of the tier list is rlly good- I love the The Circle appreciation cuz I really think it doesn't get the love it deserves
a while ago i just realized that axl lows theme mimicks suprisingly close to paradise city and now i cant unhear it. bro is just a one huge gnr refrence also giovannas theme is literaly sabotage by beastie boys
Let Me Carve Your Way is actually fitting for a character LIKE Zato-1. And actually hits harder if you've recently had yourself loss. Like, if you've lost a loved one or someone very important it's just...whoof... The song is more or less an psychological breakdown as Zato refers to that loss of emotions from when he was CLONED after his original body died twice. (First time was when the Parasite on him, Eddie (The literal SHADOWS HE USES) consumed him, then later when Millia, his FORMER LOVER, was forced to put him down in a mercy killing which actually put him down proper) The clone had all the memories but none of the emotional weight of them...EXCEPT when Millia comes into play, then it's all so clear (HE STILL LOVES HER DEARLY) but is willing to just act as the shadow if she isn't willing to start back up anything. 'Man who can make anything' is a reference to 'That Man' (Asuka) who had that nickname due to his incredible knowledge and capabilities with magic, being one of the creators of the Gears themselves. That last bit of the song is when Zato is finally calming down and getting to the set of memories that just make him feel again. The song is one of the longest on the OST and you will NEVER hear that last bit during a match because match timers are too short and fights don't last that long. So it usually is left to sucker punch you if you're just listening to the OST by itself or if you're doing practice and Let Me Carve Your Way is the track playing in the background. Hellfire is basically Leo basically demonstrating SURVIVOR'S GUILT. It reveals that the reason he's in the fight right now? It's that he fucking WANTS YOU TO KILL HIM. He's just not gonna LET it happen, it'd be a disservice to the men who'd died under his command. It's literally why he's strongest when he's in the stance where he's got his back to you, as if saying 'Kill me, I fucking dare you!' Drift is as Chatoic as Happy Chaos himself, it every bit shouts his (Startlingly positive) brand of Nihilism, namely that since nothing is all that special? It's ALL so beautiful! Moreso pronounced during his bit where he just goes full Disney Princess. Mirror of the World is basically Baiken's Story, one of a very limited amount of people in the world of Guilty Gear: Japanese. She lost her home, her family, etc. And grew hateful, wanting to murder 'That Man', the start of the song is a discordant attempt to do the Buddhist prayer of Enlightenment, only becoming more meaningfully complete by the end with her new lease on life both because of her experiences (and knowing folk like Anji and kind of adopting Bedman's Sister, which is forcing her to heal and grow). Thus the lyric of her being a Time Exile and it being refuted by the end of the song.
Nah mate, you didn't call Drift C tier, I know it's a difficult song to keep up with and it breaks a lot of conventions so brain feels uncomfortable while listening to it for the first time but listen to it few more times, your brain will get used to the chaos and you will be able to hear actual beauty of it. (Which is oddly thematic to the character)
A lot of the songs become worlds better once you know the backstory of the character it correlates to. For example Leo whitefangs massive amount of survivors guilt, or fausts song being about his mental journey through losing a young patient during one of his surgeries.
did you uhh... come back to this yet after learning each characters' story? i'd love to see an updated list where you finally know the backstory of each character to see if there's any changes to the list
Wow, there’s a lot of western rock references in these themes, I wonder if there was a precedent for it from the guy who named one of his characters Axl Low?
respect for putting pottemkins theme B tier. Probably the most consistent S tier. as for the lyrics, you really just gotta know the haracter. He is not a joker at all. He do his job beliving in the people he serves beause he know thats the best he can do to help other. But he is still unsure if thats whats best for his country. a lot more deep but thats the part of his story his theme is based on.
I think the reason some tracks hit hard for you and others dont is because every track is carefully curated for its character. Their quite literally one to one with their character. Some characters are canonically at their best, making their themes less hardcore, while other characters are really deep into suffering, which is why they have so much grunge and anger in their osts.
I’m surprised by how many influences you picked up in the tracks. I think the guitar riff for the verses of Rock Parade sound really similar to American Idiot. Also, I think that Crawl had a lot more old school trash inspiration like Metallica and I’ve heard Kiss of Death described as biker metal. Idk if that’s a real thing tho.
Ngl I find watching him react to guilty gear as a whole really fun, his knowledge is so patchy, he knows inconsistent amounts, albeit decent amounts, and just thought johnny was a deez nuts joke lmfao. (may's theme really fits, but that demon deserves C tier.)
A few of these songs feel har dro evaluate because they like to tell the story or mental of the character. Drift is a rough comparison, but I think it reflects Happy Chaos's mental after decades of insanity.
Yeah I understand and I feel like it's very cool that they do that. I tried to give the perspective of someone who doesn't know the characters to show how the songs stand on their own, it's a cool experiment. Maybe one day I'll get to know the backstories and evaluate the songs differently!
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ALSO! bear that this is just the opinion of someone that doesnt know the characters and is just listening to the songs at face value. No, its not "objective" lmao its all just my uneducated opinion haha much love ❤
Play the hero IS the best song but in no way is A Town Inside Me the single worst song, you didn’t even listen to it bro :(
@@nijiiro2134 maybe I'll go back to it one day 😭
you are so damn underrated!!!
@@cryo7847 trying my best over here 😭
@@takarin64 Trigger is good and you're wrong for thinking it isn't. Have you not heard Sabotage by The Beastie Boys?
Drift is an S for the balls to make a song like Drift.
Gotta respect the ambition for sure!! It tries something different and that's very important! I was just fooling around and I'd love to actually play the game one day and redo the list to see what opinions changed
@@takarin64 In my experience it changes a lot. Drift for instance I avoided listening to for the first month or so but due to listening to it while playing I eventually grew used enough to it that I could appreciate the complexity of the lyrics and the character; and from that I grew to enjoy the music itself and now it's one of my favourites.
This type of thing occured to varying degrees with a lot of the songs on GG OST for me.
Also, you probably have, but if you did not, I implore you to listen to vocal GG tracks from older games. They're really good as well.
@@HappyLittleBoozer oh I didn't want to include those here to keep it short but I'll let you in on a little secret, I have been listening to heavy day and storyteller basically on a daily basis lmao
Drift is an S because it absolutely bangs.
@@takarin64 your opinion changes less based on you actually playing the game and more on how many repeat listens you have for any of the songs.
Necessary discrepancy and Drift sound way better the more you listen to it, but it's hard to enjoy the whole song from one listen,
He gave Armor Clad Faith a B! BUSTER HIM BOYS!
A H might be more suiting for rating this song B.
*HEAVENLY POTEMKIN BUSTAHHHHHH!!!*
B stands for buster
→↘↓↙←→P
B stands for "but i wont turn my back on life"
Fun fact about Axl, who has out of the box, is that hes literally out of time. He has power to travel through time, but only very recently gotten any true control over it.
Ohh I didn't know about that!! That vocalized chorus sounds heavenly! Maybe "out of the box" is for how he can always go back in time for a fresh start, doing it again "out of the box"?? Very interesting
@@takarin64 Oh but he can't go back in time, he's been told by another time traveller (the only other one) that he *can* go back to when he was happy but it would obliterate the current timeline, leaving him the only survivor of that universe. Axl is such a good guy he can't bring himself to fix his own timeline at the cost of everyone elses timeline
@@justv7536 yoooo i see!! Damn that's actually very cool!!
Leo main here, Leo's theme is literally about how he had survivor's guilt and PTSD and how he led countless soldiers to their deaths. Rock Parade is about how Anji loves Baiken, Mirror of the World is about how she's thankful for other people's help in making her not pissed off at the world all the time.
Anji just like me fr 😭
Bro the lyrics to armor clad faith is one of the best things about the song 😂
real
I think it's my hottest take on the list, I hope it grows on me 😭 cause I know how people like it!
@Takarin64 Trust me man whenever "I'm a fool" hits it is perfect for the character
@@takarin64 You've probably already been told, but the whole "society" part of armor clad faith is because Potemkin is an ex slave that couped his government
@@takarin64 Its okay those off parts are a bit weird without understanding Potemkin's character but once you do they hit hard as fuck, essentially he is an ex slave soldier experiment with a heart of gold, he was freed by his commander and helped overthrow his government but now he's starting to question it as he isn't seeing any real change in his society but he decides he has to continue on the path he has set for himself even if he doesn't see the fruits of his actions in his lifetime.
Let me carve your way is a masterpiece for me, its just so good
It's very good! Very inspired by progressive rock for sure, feels something dream theater would compose back in the systematic chaos days! And the chorus is amazing, Napoli's delivery is stellar too!
I think the reason it is considered top tier for me and a lot of others is THE ENDING BRO. That slaps so hard.
@@MayonakaXY i get chills everytime i listen to it
Mf really just dropped em all not heavy or consinstance songs to bottom tier out of personal taste and calls it objective, like, my man happy chaos did nothing wrong man like he just drifting 😢
He's got a nice groove going on for sure!
fragile masculinity be like
happy chaos blew up japan, he most certainly did something wrong
@@Pink_Jesus he's just a little goofy
@@Pink_Jesus So did USA
Watching this tierlist made me drink paint for real. All of them are S+ respectfully. AND ALSO THE TOWN INSIDE ME AT D, what the hell man
i cried
He doesn’t like the female characters songs lmao. Jacko’s is underrated af
It started off alright but then he started hurting my ears and eyes wtf man
He can't stand anything that isn't going at115 ,bpm
one of my friends said it perfectly, once you hear the guilty gear songs more than once and you know whats coming it gets better somehow, not sure why, but it does
I truly agree I've changed my opinion on a lot of these so far already
Roar of the spark respectfully gatekeeping A tier
A very hard job to do!! Lots of them wanted a piece of that S tier cake!
Bro really put armor clad faith in b tier, you have to know his backstory and intentions to fully understand his character😭
Yeah, absolutely! I'm sure this tier list would be very different if I knew the backstories, it's interesting to see how it changes when you actually know what's going on. Thought would be interesting to see someone with 0 GG lore knowledge react to the tracks face value. But i did feel every track is complementing the characters. That's why even though I have many shitty takes, I know this OST is an absolute masterpiece and I can't wait to revisit it one day!
@@takarin64 I'm just gonna say if you mix up his backstory with his theme he's one of the saddest but most hopeful characters of the game
Having Drift "objectively" into anything below A tier is a criminal offense. It's supposed to be whacky and inconsistent because that's exactly what Chaos is like. Literally the only peeve I have with this list.
Yeah the track is definitely fitting for the character from what I could tell, it's a very fun piece that catches you by surprise, all of the tracks are incredibly fitting
@@takarin64 Weirdly enough i like to listen to it randomly, i seriously think it's a good song even without a character or meaning behind it.
@@kaz7886cause it is
Finally someone understands how powerful the Testament theme is, I don't know why so many people put it so low on tier list, I feel it's a pretty dramatic and powerful song that presents the current state of the character well.
Its my favorite same with ramlethals theme
for me, it just needed time to grow on me
I believe it's because of the delivery and pronounciation of the lyrics that throws people of in a way that feels the wrong kind of wrong instead of a right kind of wrong if you know what I mean
Because I don't like how it sounds. It's not my least favorite though
@@tristankadow3756 not really? The pronouns are showing internal conflict. We assume by the end of the track they’re at peace with being nobinary
About lyrics, actually all of them have meaning. It's just that most of them are related to lore and story in Guilty Gear, so it's hard to understand unless you know the story and lore
Edit: btw, you should release full VOD. It's pointless to watch short video like that if we're talking about listening to OST in Guilty Gear. There are a lot of intricate details within each song
You're absolute right! It's interesting to see how much the understanding changes when you know the characters. This was meant to show the tracks at face value. ALSO! There's a video for the full vod if you're interested! : ruclips.net/video/4SxUmnSV5Ck/видео.html
@@takarin64 Yo, that's cool that you understand the whole "lore matters" thing. Also, thanks for linking VOD 👍
Also in CloudDrop's videos, the lyrics for Goldlewis, Jack-O and Baiken's themes are just straight up wrong. Bedman's theme is incredibly dubious as it's mostly guesswork. Bridget and Sin might have some small mistakes here and there as well but it's harder to tell.
P.S.: The Wiki has the more accurate stuff. Take those from season 2 with a grain of salt until official lyrics drop.
Town inside me at D tier is diabolical
Wait until you watch the vod and realize he literally skipped over the entire song bc a chat member said it was "rat poison to the ears"
I'm at 11:00 and so far your tierlist is almost a carbon copy of what my thoughts on the music were back when I first got into it on release of Strive. What I didn't have back then though was the understanding of all the musical references - thank you for putting those in, I can barely believe how similar Hellfire is to Stone Cold Crazy.
Daisuke is a music lover for sure and you can tell how much love he put into every track. And yeah it's funny how you react to the tracks when you don't know the context of the characters they represent! I'd love to know which opinions would change after playing the game
Pretty good reaction, nice editing, pretty funny music comparisons. Good video.
My girl brisket
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All the instruments slowly chiming in as she gets more confident in herself is what does it for me
I listen to the town inside me and then i cry
Literally everytime he heard a woman singing ew instantly went "eww what is this anime shit" lol
The Town Inside Me is a really cool track, it's a blues track through and through, but disguised as pop. It makes sense though, his preferences are strongly towards the old school metal/hard rock stuff, so it's unsurprising he wouldn't like a bluesy-pop track.
@@snyderplayz9442 or he just heard the music itself being way different than the ones with male singers, in case you didnt notice that trend
@@snyderplayz9442 love the subhuman self: 🗿
YOU PUT THE TOWN INSIDE ME IN D? I'M CRYING
The moment you know Potemkin’s backstory ironclad faith lyrics make perfect sense
perfection, town and disaster being so low pains me greatly, high-key the best songs in the game
I agree with disaster only because I have been traumatized by May mains
I agree only with The Town Inside Me, because the lyrics resonate with me as a person, as does Bridget herself.
Town may be my least favorite song honestly
@@LordlyWeeb Then respectfully you are an uncultured person
I think that the beautiful thing about Like a Weed is how it plays into the two key figures that influenced Testament's life: Dizzy and Kliff Undersen. I also like how it plays into Testament being non-binary, with changing from male pronouns to female pronouns to male pronouns over and over again.
The Town Inside Me also delves into Bridget's gender dysphoria (Feeling out of place, being stuck in a gray haze) and her finally accepting her true self.
I think that's the beautiful part about Guilty Gear Strive. All of the character themes express their personality and their own struggles and triumphs very well. Even some of the more one-note characters are fleshed out in some form (Potemkin grappling with the fact that he may one day not be strong enough to protect Zepp, Leo dealing with major PTSD from fighting in the Crusades and watching many of his men die, Ramlethal overcoming the Universal Will conditioning her to believe that humans are inherently evil, etc.) so I don't really mind a few themes like Disaster of Passion and Perfection Can't Please Me if we can have some more themes like Like a Weed and Mirror of the World.
I think you're absolutely right, even though I went to the video with virtually no knowledge of the characters, I did feel like every one of them represented the character very well! Regardless of what I thought of the track
I agree with the “Like a weed, naturally, as a matter of course.” ranking (no bias wdym)
Based.
Drift, Armor-Clad Faith, Let Me Carve Your Way, and especially Town Inside Me are *_CRIMINALLY_* low
Some hot takes here and there but loved how you identified all the references in the songs (Daisuke loves doing that) Nice job
Hell yeaaah Respect for putting like a weed in S tier that sound is weird but rocks ya right in the feels
I was legit crying after that, the lyrics are beyond spectacular!
Man you pointed out a lot of musical references that I wouldn’t have caught normally
people when the guilty gear isn't a single long hard rock song that sound exactly the same it's whole lengt: 😡
bro literally found all the samples of GGST OST LOOOOL
i swear its the AISHA effect. your firat listen you hate her songs then after repeat listens it becomes top tier.
That's a very interesting point! Though I feel like it's how Daisuke composes tracks for Aisha, cause I like the quality of her voice, delivery is clean af and much of the times it's a great contrast from the low-end mixes of the heavy tracks. So if the Aisha effect exists, it's not her fault I'd say. It might just be how the tracks are composed around her. Excellent observation though!
Still not a fan of Jack-O's theme.
14:41 Testament has such a good theme dude. It’s probably my favorite in the whole game
Not gonna lie, I don't have a lot of knowledge on all the classic metal Guilty Gear references, so seeing you recognize sounds and pointing them out was really interesting to me! Great video bro
For Referance, Potemkin's theme (Armored clad Faith) is a scathing review of his home country before him and his friend staged a coup on the dictator, as for the I'm a fool parts, its his self doubts on whether or not he actually made change, but how he knows that he needs to have faith that future generations that will enjoy the fruits of there labor, so he needs to hope and pray. As for Zato, the end part talks about how he got all emotion stollen from him by his demon, but he can feel one emotion, he doesn't know what its is, but all he knows is that he gets when he is near millia, which is why he is willing to stay in her shadow. If ya have anymore questions about the lyrics and what they mean, just ask. hope ya enjoy this and this helps.
Damn thank you!! That was very insightful actually! Yeah kinda makes you look at the songs in a different light.
@@takarin64 it’s the same with every song, and some like Bridget’s (town inside of me) and jack-o’s theme (simpler things in life), are *heavily dependent on knowing the context. Like I said ask if ya have any questions
I instantly subbed when I saw Mignonne by Taeko Onuki in the background, 4:00 AM is one of my favorite songs ever. You have great music taste my guy
It's such a good albummmm, what a gem, I'd love to have the opportunity to talk more about it in the future
8:33 Nah you thought you could sneak that past us. WHAT DO YOU MEEEAN BY THAT?
Let Me Carve Your Way in anything but S is criminal and The Town Inside Me in F is literally deranged
I grew up with my parents playing living on a prayer on loop. Small wonder i love roar of the spark so much
This video is seriously brilliant. Every similarity I picked up on you can name effortlessly, and you picked up on ones I hadn't even though I know the songs well. Ez sub sir! Would love more guilty gear ost content if you feel like there is more to do.
Bro your references are spot on!
Thank you! It's cool that many of those references stand out, makes it all the much more fun to listen to them
i love how you caught so many of the influences and references!!!!!! im a huge gg fan and music fan and those are one of my fav bits of this ost
oh but trigger disrespect will not be tolerated. the laid-back beastie boys influence is such a cool contrast to the other character's themes
It's definitely very fun to listen to!! I can't wait for more characters to come out so there's more new music to hear!
I love all the musical similarities to other songs you pointed out.
I can't wrap my head around some of these being B or lower, but Out of the Box being A. I guess we just wouldn't get along musically, but that's okay.
ive been watching tons of reactions to GGST ost but you are the first ive seen to pull up this ammount of refferences to other songs ngl, great reaction! just kinda sad how short the video/parts of the songs were
Drift, Zato's, and The Circle are definitely my top 3, I was a little bit sadge to see them relatively low but I respect it
(also would've loved to see requiem make the cut, one of my favorites for sure and I'm always interested in peoples' opinion on it)
Yeah sadly I didn't say anything too relevant for me to include in the video. The VODs available if you wanna take a look, you can see the full reaction to all of them there. And honestly?? Some of the tracks grew on me, today, the circle would probably be S
@@takarin64 having tracks grow on you is a great feeling. had that happen for both Goldlewis's theme and Jack-O's
amazing, a gulity gear music video that only has small tidbits of the actual songs
The vod is in the description and has the full reaction to all of the tracks! I decided to compress the length of the video so it becomes more acessible
Wait... What about Necessary discrepancy and Requiem?
high quality content, nice eddits, hope you will get lots of views
Thank you so much!! Truly appreciate it!
9:15 bro he died and literally has no emotions cut him some slack.
Oh my God I'm so glad someone else pointed out the huge Full House vibes in Out of the Box lmao it's so uncanny. Love that song tho
for the context of Armor Clad Faith, the character fought and overthrew the tyrannical government he and everyone in his nation lived in as a slave. Hence the mention of society and role of a clown being in the lyrics, as no one believed he’d be able to do such thing
Mirror is 100% S for me. I don't think it has any weak parts.
An edited reaction with a totally "objective" opinion, musical references and an overall fresh take on the ost tierlist?? I like that, even if I find it criminal to rate Drift anything that isn't S. Overall good video dude, you have good taste and good music knowledge 👍
Appreciate it a good bunch! Hoped it was a nice experience! Yes it's totally """objective""" hahahaha!
I respect your tierlist!!! pretty funny video too lolll, its sick to see someone put alone infection in s tier as its one of my personal favourites from the game. One reason for that is how its all brought together in the end!!
Oh yeah alone infection is amazing, the lyrics are super aggressive, really gives in to Faust's vibe
I love the cat in your profile picture :) very cute and makes me happy
Such a wide breadth of musical knowledge
Thank you! I try to listen as many different types of music as I can, it's fun to deconstruct music like this!
Best ost tier list I’ve scene for sure
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Not putting Let me Carve your Way in S tier is a crime but the rest of the tier list is rlly good- I love the The Circle appreciation cuz I really think it doesn't get the love it deserves
Man!! and imma be honest, it grew a lot on me, can't get it out of my head, it's got the best chorus out of the entire OST so far
Bro has the hottest takes
Don't let bro cook he overcooks
Just let me cook ONE MORE TIME
homie actually put Disaster of Passion in C tier
he knows to bully May mains so he gets my sub
Alone Infection for the win.
Thanks for these song reccomendationsss
All good! I hope to do more of these so I can share more of the music I love! It feels great to see everything connecting when it comes to music!
No way he put Town Inside Me that low.
May, Happy Chaos and Bridget were done dirty but this video is great
a while ago i just realized that axl lows theme mimicks suprisingly close to paradise city and now i cant unhear it.
bro is just a one huge gnr refrence
also giovannas theme is literaly sabotage by beastie boys
also also circle makes me fucking cry.
Disaster of Passion not S tier, Trigger and Drift at C??? Man's is burying me v_v
but great music reference knowledge though.
Let Me Carve Your Way is actually fitting for a character LIKE Zato-1. And actually hits harder if you've recently had yourself loss. Like, if you've lost a loved one or someone very important it's just...whoof...
The song is more or less an psychological breakdown as Zato refers to that loss of emotions from when he was CLONED after his original body died twice.
(First time was when the Parasite on him, Eddie (The literal SHADOWS HE USES) consumed him, then later when Millia, his FORMER LOVER, was forced to put him down in a mercy killing which actually put him down proper)
The clone had all the memories but none of the emotional weight of them...EXCEPT when Millia comes into play, then it's all so clear (HE STILL LOVES HER DEARLY) but is willing to just act as the shadow if she isn't willing to start back up anything. 'Man who can make anything' is a reference to 'That Man' (Asuka) who had that nickname due to his incredible knowledge and capabilities with magic, being one of the creators of the Gears themselves.
That last bit of the song is when Zato is finally calming down and getting to the set of memories that just make him feel again. The song is one of the longest on the OST and you will NEVER hear that last bit during a match because match timers are too short and fights don't last that long. So it usually is left to sucker punch you if you're just listening to the OST by itself or if you're doing practice and Let Me Carve Your Way is the track playing in the background.
Hellfire is basically Leo basically demonstrating SURVIVOR'S GUILT. It reveals that the reason he's in the fight right now? It's that he fucking WANTS YOU TO KILL HIM. He's just not gonna LET it happen, it'd be a disservice to the men who'd died under his command. It's literally why he's strongest when he's in the stance where he's got his back to you, as if saying 'Kill me, I fucking dare you!'
Drift is as Chatoic as Happy Chaos himself, it every bit shouts his (Startlingly positive) brand of Nihilism, namely that since nothing is all that special? It's ALL so beautiful! Moreso pronounced during his bit where he just goes full Disney Princess.
Mirror of the World is basically Baiken's Story, one of a very limited amount of people in the world of Guilty Gear: Japanese.
She lost her home, her family, etc. And grew hateful, wanting to murder 'That Man', the start of the song is a discordant attempt to do the Buddhist prayer of Enlightenment, only becoming more meaningfully complete by the end with her new lease on life both because of her experiences (and knowing folk like Anji and kind of adopting Bedman's Sister, which is forcing her to heal and grow). Thus the lyric of her being a Time Exile and it being refuted by the end of the song.
Imma be honest chief, it shouldn't be surprising that the Japanese franchise has some "anime" songs in its soundtrack
Did he not realize that "Who do you fight for?" has the Vocal structure of Come Together?
Nah mate, you didn't call Drift C tier, I know it's a difficult song to keep up with and it breaks a lot of conventions so brain feels uncomfortable while listening to it for the first time but listen to it few more times, your brain will get used to the chaos and you will be able to hear actual beauty of it. (Which is oddly thematic to the character)
Im so glad you pointed out that perfection cant please me is just dont stop me now i felt insane for so long
Most of these songs lyrics make sense if you know the characters lore.
A lot of the songs become worlds better once you know the backstory of the character it correlates to. For example Leo whitefangs massive amount of survivors guilt, or fausts song being about his mental journey through losing a young patient during one of his surgeries.
did you uhh... come back to this yet after learning each characters' story? i'd love to see an updated list where you finally know the backstory of each character to see if there's any changes to the list
Not yet! I'd like to eventually do it though, seems like a fun idea!
1:35 glad to know i'm not the only one hearing living on a prayer
bruh, you knew so many references to the songs, nice!
Im surprised u didnt mention the come together refrence for Nagoriyukis theme
Omg I TOTALLY HEAR IT!! Daisuke is a genius! Hahaha
@@takarin64 i didnt notice at first too. Its put nicely in
i live for music react content and this was excellent, ty steamer man
I really wanna do more, maybe SF6 character themes??? Could be fun!
Sorry if can I ask for the intro song's name? I heard this song for a while but lost track of it but now I found it here, thank you
It's Mewmore's remix of MvC2's Clock Tower!: ruclips.net/video/ZR6liu10mDM/видео.html
@@takarin64 Thanks again
I was expecting you to point out how nagoriuki's theme sounds like the beetles
Yeah, really missed that one, this OST is a love letter to rock music in all their forms, I got some, missed some
I am so weak for plinging noises in music (especially rock/metal) and ky's theme had me on my knees, absolute S tier for me
Wow, there’s a lot of western rock references in these themes, I wonder if there was a precedent for it from the guy who named one of his characters Axl Low?
finnaly a good tier list video
Finally, a good comment!
Alriiiight, imma go sub, bro knows his shift
Aight bro, you know i got u
Dude you can tell what drift is all bout based on the fact the character it was written for is literally named Happy Chaos
Half the songs I'm like "hell yeah mate good choice" and the other half like "How fucking dare"
the best reaction i have seen so far
Appreciate it! More soon!
huge respect for putting Testament's Theme on S tier
but the others...😭😭
We can't have it all, can we? :(
@@takarin64 fair enough
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The ending of Armor-clad Faith makes it S tier for me..... I also play Potemkin
missing the best part of rock parade is CRIMINAL
Drift and Mirror of th World not being S tier is actually criminal. A war crime, even. Throw this man in the slammer.
You're not alone! Didn't know people liked drift that much 😭
6:10 if you know potemkim lore and how he was a slave and a revolucionary for his people it makes the society part a little least weird
respect for putting pottemkins theme B tier.
Probably the most consistent S tier.
as for the lyrics, you really just gotta know the haracter. He is not a joker at all. He do his job beliving in the people he serves beause he know thats the best he can do to help other. But he is still unsure if thats whats best for his country. a lot more deep but thats the part of his story his theme is based on.
I think the reason some tracks hit hard for you and others dont is because every track is carefully curated for its character. Their quite literally one to one with their character. Some characters are canonically at their best, making their themes less hardcore, while other characters are really deep into suffering, which is why they have so much grunge and anger in their osts.
The more I watch I worse your opinions get, it's amazing
I’m surprised by how many influences you picked up in the tracks. I think the guitar riff for the verses of Rock Parade sound really similar to American Idiot. Also, I think that Crawl had a lot more old school trash inspiration like Metallica and I’ve heard Kiss of Death described as biker metal. Idk if that’s a real thing tho.
Ngl I find watching him react to guilty gear as a whole really fun, his knowledge is so patchy, he knows inconsistent amounts, albeit decent amounts, and just thought johnny was a deez nuts joke lmfao. (may's theme really fits, but that demon deserves C tier.)
8:56 Zato holding a sandwich that eddie wants
A few of these songs feel har dro evaluate because they like to tell the story or mental of the character. Drift is a rough comparison, but I think it reflects Happy Chaos's mental after decades of insanity.
Yeah I understand and I feel like it's very cool that they do that. I tried to give the perspective of someone who doesn't know the characters to show how the songs stand on their own, it's a cool experiment. Maybe one day I'll get to know the backstories and evaluate the songs differently!