Sonic Speed Demon - A Michael Jackson & Sonic The Hedgehog Tribute [2019]
686It’s a week late, but here’s a special mashup for the 10th Anniversary of Michael’s passing. I would have had it out sooner if work & overall life didn’t get in the way
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It’s been 10 years since the world lost The King Of Pop. It honestly felt like only 5 to me, it’s that surreal to me. Since then, I have been making MJ videos most of them being Sonic mashups. Every year from 2015 onwards I’ve been making special Sonic & MJ tributes as Sonic’s birthday of & Michael’s death is only 2 days apart. Plus, MJ had a huge influence on the Blue Blur, right down to his inception as well as the music in Sonic 3.
This mashup idea wasn’t new - I had this floating around for a year or so. The trouble is, there wasn’t a clear acapella of Speed Demon available anywhere. Only recently though, I was told about a website called PhonicMind, which allows anyone to gain an instrumental & acapella split from any song (to various degrees of success). It does ask the user to make an account & pay for the service, so I only used the 30 second free preview options for small bits of specific songs. With the Anniversary date coming up, I decided to bite the bullet & use it for 1 track. The cool thing is, is that it isn’t a monthly subscription thing that I feared it would, which means I have no issue using it again for future projects.
Since this is a special mashup, I wanted to include at least 2 minutes of Al Sharpton’s eulogy in this, in the beginning & ending of the core mashup. This isn’t just an exclusive segment for the video, but it’s part of the song too. 2019 wasn’t a kind year to Michael. At the turn of the year, a certain “documentary” reared it’s head for the world to see. It has been challenged & had major parts debunked for months now, yet the media continues to lap the “documentary” up without question (at least in the US & UK). I feel like nothing has been learnt from the past trials - Michael has been cleared of all charges, yet there are people out there who just don’t care. I’ve even noticed for a few years now, then whenever Michael’s birthday or late June rolls around, sensational headlines pop up when Googling the man. Of course they would make them at those times. I don’t buy it, many people don’t buy it.
Despite all this, this video is not targeting them (I have a mashup in the works that probably does though). In fact, this is my way of saying Thank You to MJ, Thank You to Sonic. Thank you to the Icons who inspire me.
I also heard about the passing of Desmond Amofah (a.k.a., Etika) on the same day as Michael's Anniversary. I've only seen a few of his videos, but I know how much he had an impact with the online community (I wasn't aware until now that he has was an old staff member on The Sonic Stadium) Because of this, I wanted to make a cameo of Etika near the end of the (core) mashup, him jamming to the boys - Rest In Peace man!
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Fan Art Used:
"MJ Tribute: Sonic Moonwalker 2"
~ Metal-CosxArt
https://www.deviantart.com/metal-cosxart/art/MJ-Tribute-Sonic-Moonwalker-2-197693873
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Tracks Used:
“Prelude for Temporal Duality”
~ Syllix
[Sonic CD: Temporal Duality]
“A World in Motion [Sonic Boom]”
~ DusK
[Sonic CD: Temporal Duality]
“Speed Demon”
~ Michael Jackson
[Bad]
"Sonic Boom ~ Ending [Instrumental]"
~ Spencer Nilsen
[Sonic CD]
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