a cover of Sburban Jungle, from Homestuck, created for "a video about Homestuck". • a video about Homestuck / hbmmaster conlangcritic.bandcamp.com seximal.net / hbmmaster / janmisali
I strongly believe they could explain it, but their video would end up being two and a half hours long like Sarah Z's was, and I don't think that's their style.
The thing about Homestuck is that it's actually very easy to give a high-level overview, but difficult to contextualize what people liked about it (and consequently other reactions, and reactions to reactions, and so on) without going into a much deeper dive.
Even when I try to forget homestuck, I can't forget this very music, the one that flipped the switch inside my head and turning homestuck from "weird nerdy shit" to "fuckin hype adventure"
Damn. Just realizing how much Homestuck really impacted me. As someone who grew up with a sister who was obsessed about it, it's honestly impressive. My fascination with alchemy, combination, evolution, my deep-seeded need for vast, complex, sprawling worlds, being almost at home in unreality experiences. Each time I listen to a Homestuck song, something about it, something in the music, makes me just... well, introspect. About everything I've done so far. It's nostalgia from a different world. Honestly, just, wow. That's all I can say.
@@aturchomicz821 read it last year and this year, would have been too young at the time it came out sadly. i just wish my friends had read it too lol, maybe ill eventually meet a fellow homestuck irl
This slaps. Everything I know about homestuck comes from video essays or its vague reputation as "that really complicated webcomic that is universally hated, especially by the people who love it" but I know a banger when I hear it!!
It is my sincere pleasure to inform you that essentially all homestuck music is just fucking fantastic. No asterisk on that. No strings, no caveats. HS itself is very complicated. How uniformly fantastic it's soundtrack is, is not.
Homestuck is fine until act 6, and I wholeheartedly recommend the first half of the comic. Problem is you're just so committed by the end of Act 5 Act 2 that there's no way you just don't read Act 6. And there are good things in it, but man the writing quality falls off the second you hit act 6. Like I thought it would be a slow burn to shit town, but no it's immediately unenjoyable to read. Real shock to the system after the first half blows your mind to Saturn and back.
@@CraftyChicken91 It's worse if you trick yourself into thinking you like Act 6 like I did. Then you go back when you've finished the comic and ask yourself, "Where did Act 6 set itself up for failure? When did Act 6 go past the point of no return? When did Act 6 'get bad'?" And then a month later it hits that it was bad from the beginning of the act and your only real enjoyment from it was rare nuggets of actually good writing sprinkled scarcely to keep you reading.
I'm a bit excited because this activates the part of my brain that releases seratonin whenever I see/hear Homestuck. Also I like how the title manages to be the same number of letters with or without the typing quirk... Jungle Djuqgl is a valid troll name.
the fact that he even included the song in a seperate youtube video. holy shit this takes me back. so much care went into both postings and as he so incredibly managed to articulate, it is remarkably difficult to put into words the breadth of feelings i have about homestuck as a work. on the one hand it is innovative storytelling and character diversity, anti-narrative and shamelessly experimental in a way that was refreshing, compelling, and intense. on the other hand, we have everything jan misali discussed at the end of his video and more. there were a lot of decisions made in creating that work that were /not/ ok. homestuck is an amalgam of all of these things and it simply cannot be boiled down to any one category in /any/ field of discussion. i think that fact alone places it in a special place for me, despite the issues i have with it and the fact that i wouldn't recommend it to anyone starting now. thank you, jan misali. this comprehensive revisiting was something that i didn't know i needed, and it gave me catharsis that is difficult to capture in a youtube comment from a stranger. i genuinely look forward to your next exploration and inconsistent info dive. I love them.
This is the song that started the insane compliations in the plot where everything was a time loop and there were 2 multiverse doing that shit at the same time.
@@StrangeGamer859 The ending of Homestuck wasn't really all that bad. It was the stuff _leading up_ to the end that sucked (That is, Act 6). I'm of the opinion that Homestuck's ending is fine how it is and it never needed an epilogue, much less an entire sequel comic.
God this makes me feel emotions, Homestuck literally took up most of my formative years growing up, my friends make fun of me for it, bc while everyone else was having emo phases or whatever, i was a DEEP Homestuck. And honestly, flaws and all, i don't regret it. Homestuck gave me some of my closest and deepest friendships, taught me how to draw get better with conceptualizing art (which i do as a job now), helped me discover myself, and essentially made me who i am today, almost 100%. There were a lot of things wrong with it, i don't deny, but if i didn't discover it, i don't even think I'd be the same person. Homestuck is in my blood now i stg. Idk if anything will be as notorious (infamous) as Homestuck again, as it was definitely at an interesting point in the internet, but i doubt anything would be able to even try and be the exact same, impact wise. But anyways, i appreciate the video you made, it made me smile, and this one was just icing on top of the 7 layered cake in the shape of poo 💞
Sburban Jungle was always one of my favorite Homestuck songs - its one of the few I still listened to after I got out of my Homestuck phase. I think the only Homestuck song that I listened to more than Sburban Jungle (besides Megalovania, obviously) was Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse.
@@Ruminations09 As someone who has read Homestuck, no it doesn't. Nothing makes sense in context in Homestuck act 6. What the fuck are you talking about.
Watching after watching your video about Homestuck, was able to understand that the title meant "Jungle" before I read the description, am very proud of myself.
Rest In Peace George Buzinkai, composer of Suburban Jungle. Their music impacts me to this day. Edit: seems Michael Bowman did this one, but Buzinkai’s influence is far reaching.
@@Penultimeat it's actually documented quite well. There's two whole wikis, the bandcamp lists the artists for each track, and the Unofficial Collection credits every musician when an animation is played. Buzinkai was the artist behind Homestuck's _other_ famous amazing song, Doctor.
So, jan Misali is into Homestuck. That explains everything. No, really, it explains a lot about his way of thinking and analyzing stuff. You gotta have a really huge brain and unorthodox way of thinking in order to understand Homestuck.
Especially since there is no reason for people in general to get into or convenient way to access Homestuck. Yes, the website exists but it might as well be dead.
Nice remix! I'm glad I didn't read past uh... The part after cascade with the new universe, because god damn those parts you mentioned sound horrible. I wish there was a game with the alchemy mechanics though...
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ITS WAW
IT'S THE PHOENICIAN LETTER WAW THE ANCESTOR OF THE LETTER W HOLY CRAP WHY DID IT TAKE ME SO LONG TO GET THAT
Why am I not surprised to see you here?
:O!!
You still exist?
Thank you for continuing existence.
sad that you stopped making videos :(
good luck in life
"xidnaf" is a valid troll name
oh hey it’s the guy from the thing
You know Homestuck is.... something when even this guy can't fully explain it
It sure is a thing for certain.
I strongly believe they could explain it, but their video would end up being two and a half hours long like Sarah Z's was, and I don't think that's their style.
Misali is perfectly able to explain homestuck. He simply chooses not to.
@@larsoverwick we mortals are not ready for it
The thing about Homestuck is that it's actually very easy to give a high-level overview, but difficult to contextualize what people liked about it (and consequently other reactions, and reactions to reactions, and so on) without going into a much deeper dive.
a Vriska?? in MY Homestuck video essay?? It's less likely than u think.
I love the “here’s tree” reference
I hadn't seen that!
Truly a legendary callback
@@jr637-1 i feel really bad for all the new people to their videos
@@tamale413 who says you can't watch old videos
did you know here's tree is an anagram of three seer
and that homestuck has:
rose, seer of light
terezi, seer of mind
kankri, seer of blood
The pure terror when I saw this in my feed. Great cover BTW, this was always one of my favorites from the soundtrack.
Even when I try to forget homestuck, I can't forget this very music, the one that flipped the switch inside my head and turning homestuck from "weird nerdy shit" to "fuckin hype adventure"
no way,you cant fight the homestuck
The number of comments using “the terror I felt” as an EXACT PHRASE is hilarious.
I think one of them literally copy pasted my comment and google translated it, it's so weird lol
Damn. Just realizing how much Homestuck really impacted me.
As someone who grew up with a sister who was obsessed about it, it's honestly impressive. My fascination with alchemy, combination, evolution, my deep-seeded need for vast, complex, sprawling worlds, being almost at home in unreality experiences. Each time I listen to a Homestuck song, something about it, something in the music, makes me just... well, introspect. About everything I've done so far. It's nostalgia from a different world. Honestly, just, wow. That's all I can say.
Yup coudnt be me, born a few years too late to experience Homestuck Sadge
"unreality experiences"? Deeply curious for some examples beside homestuck, sounds like something I would be interested in!
@@petemagnuson7357 It's not really similar to HS, but I feel like Serial Experiments Lain gives really strong unreality vibes.
@@aturchomicz821 read it last year and this year, would have been too young at the time it came out sadly. i just wish my friends had read it too lol, maybe ill eventually meet a fellow homestuck irl
Wtf is Homestück
This slaps. Everything I know about homestuck comes from video essays or its vague reputation as "that really complicated webcomic that is universally hated, especially by the people who love it" but I know a banger when I hear it!!
It is my sincere pleasure to inform you that essentially all homestuck music is just fucking fantastic. No asterisk on that. No strings, no caveats. HS itself is very complicated. How uniformly fantastic it's soundtrack is, is not.
Homestuck is fine until act 6, and I wholeheartedly recommend the first half of the comic.
Problem is you're just so committed by the end of Act 5 Act 2 that there's no way you just don't read Act 6.
And there are good things in it, but man the writing quality falls off the second you hit act 6.
Like I thought it would be a slow burn to shit town, but no it's immediately unenjoyable to read.
Real shock to the system after the first half blows your mind to Saturn and back.
@@CraftyChicken91 It's worse if you trick yourself into thinking you like Act 6 like I did.
Then you go back when you've finished the comic and ask yourself, "Where did Act 6 set itself up for failure? When did Act 6 go past the point of no return? When did Act 6 'get bad'?"
And then a month later it hits that it was bad from the beginning of the act and your only real enjoyment from it was rare nuggets of actually good writing sprinkled scarcely to keep you reading.
i liked act 6. it felt like a deconstruction of the first half of the comic
I'm a bit excited because this activates the part of my brain that releases seratonin whenever I see/hear Homestuck.
Also I like how the title manages to be the same number of letters with or without the typing quirk...
Jungle Djuqgl is a valid troll name.
You get hungry when you see it?
@@aturchomicz821 yeah.
Covers of songs from webcomics, done by UA-camrs with a series on conlangs is now my new favorite genre of music.
I want to know your top 5 in the genre then
@@FlatlandsSurvivor This one.
I subscribed because of that one rhythm heaven video and let me tell you, the fucking terror I felt seeing this in my feed was astonishing
This is the original comment. The bribe guy was abusing the checkmark to gain likes
@@BamsyTheSergal And they got 4 times more likes, just because they were verified.
@@tweer64 yes thats exactly why they do it
Sburban Jungle is a bop, but also it fills me with so much anxiety. This cover fills me with even more anxiety, congratulations
The thumbnail alone has taken years off my life. How dare you. Looking forward to the video.
the fact that he even included the song in a seperate youtube video. holy shit this takes me back. so much care went into both postings and as he so incredibly managed to articulate, it is remarkably difficult to put into words the breadth of feelings i have about homestuck as a work. on the one hand it is innovative storytelling and character diversity, anti-narrative and shamelessly experimental in a way that was refreshing, compelling, and intense. on the other hand, we have everything jan misali discussed at the end of his video and more. there were a lot of decisions made in creating that work that were /not/ ok. homestuck is an amalgam of all of these things and it simply cannot be boiled down to any one category in /any/ field of discussion. i think that fact alone places it in a special place for me, despite the issues i have with it and the fact that i wouldn't recommend it to anyone starting now.
thank you, jan misali.
this comprehensive revisiting was something that i didn't know i needed, and it gave me catharsis that is difficult to capture in a youtube comment from a stranger.
i genuinely look forward to your next exploration and inconsistent info dive. I love them.
just realized my icon on this account is STILL terezi walloping shit with her cane after all these years. fuck.
@@owenorceater7845 based
Yes, this sounds like a Homestuck
Memento mori
No clue why people are terrified of this. It slaps and that's that
It makes people afraid that they are going to think about Homestuck again and remember how bad the end was
This is the song that started the insane compliations in the plot where everything was a time loop and there were 2 multiverse doing that shit at the same time.
@@StrangeGamer859 The ending of Homestuck wasn't really all that bad. It was the stuff _leading up_ to the end that sucked (That is, Act 6). I'm of the opinion that Homestuck's ending is fine how it is and it never needed an epilogue, much less an entire sequel comic.
I feel like I'm getting nostalgia for media I never consumed.
This upload shot me in the head 10 seperate times, thank you!
Based🥺
Now this is the jan Misali we know and love...
Were all homestuck during quarantine
seeing this video on my feed made me feel indescribable dread
Sburban Jungle is an amazing track.
Still in shock but you know I’m here for it
Yes, this is what we all needed
Such a nostalgic song; it's must have been almost a decade and a half since I first heard the original. Really like this cover, too!
The meteor be like: H E R E S T R E E
Djuqgl to you too, jan Misali
God this makes me feel emotions, Homestuck literally took up most of my formative years growing up, my friends make fun of me for it, bc while everyone else was having emo phases or whatever, i was a DEEP Homestuck. And honestly, flaws and all, i don't regret it. Homestuck gave me some of my closest and deepest friendships, taught me how to draw get better with conceptualizing art (which i do as a job now), helped me discover myself, and essentially made me who i am today, almost 100%. There were a lot of things wrong with it, i don't deny, but if i didn't discover it, i don't even think I'd be the same person. Homestuck is in my blood now i stg. Idk if anything will be as notorious (infamous) as Homestuck again, as it was definitely at an interesting point in the internet, but i doubt anything would be able to even try and be the exact same, impact wise.
But anyways, i appreciate the video you made, it made me smile, and this one was just icing on top of the 7 layered cake in the shape of poo 💞
Wow you really can tell i read Homestuck 6 times over by the way i type 👁️👄👁️
Jan Misali is a mystery. And I intend to find the solution
jan mystery
@@incorporealnuance Jam Mystery
@@incorporealnuance isn't that basically calling yourself Mr. Mystery
This reads like threat
@@mercylessplayer good. I intend for it to be
dude yes the "here's tree" rep in the cover art
Sburban Jungle was always one of my favorite Homestuck songs - its one of the few I still listened to after I got out of my Homestuck phase.
I think the only Homestuck song that I listened to more than Sburban Jungle (besides Megalovania, obviously) was Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse.
as someone who hasnt read or consumed homestuck i sincerely ask: what the fuck is that title?
@@lukaluquetti It makes sense in context
@@lukaluquetti act 6
@@Ruminations09 As someone who has read Homestuck, no it doesn't. Nothing makes sense in context in Homestuck act 6. What the fuck are you talking about.
sina pali e kalama musi pona. o awen pali e ijo.
My fav. thing is youtubers who make the most confusing variety of content. You and Atomic Shrimp are both fantastic
Watching after watching your video about Homestuck, was able to understand that the title meant "Jungle" before I read the description, am very proud of myself.
are we going to get a video where you explain your typing quirk in depth
Which typing quirk?
Or you just meant that in a Homestuck way?
for velar nasal, for an open back vowel, for a dental fricative
@@cellularautomaton. also "9" for voiced dental fricative
it uses q x 0 9 the way they're used in vötgil and iqglic orthography
and there i go. off to re read homestuck for the third time
this is the oddest channel ive ever encountered and it makes me happy I subscribed
i have no idea what a home stuck is but this is groovy
I now want to read your adventur
yoooo jan misali makes fire music
They're on spotify too!
I love this so much
Time to go listen to vol. 1-4 again I GUESS
mfw vol. 1-4 doesn't exist anymore officially cause for some godforsaken reason viz mashed 90% of the albums together with another one
@@cognitiveAfflatus and in the process removed the custom cover art for each song!
@@cognitiveAfflatus excuse me they did WHAT
Love the horns added to the poster of your pfp
Rest In Peace George Buzinkai, composer of Suburban Jungle. Their music impacts me to this day.
Edit: seems Michael Bowman did this one, but Buzinkai’s influence is far reaching.
unending respect to George Buzinkai but Sburban Jungle was written by Michael Guy Bowman
Damn, really? In my defense, this stuff isn’t really centrally documented
@@Penultimeat it's actually documented quite well. There's two whole wikis, the bandcamp lists the artists for each track, and the Unofficial Collection credits every musician when an animation is played.
Buzinkai was the artist behind Homestuck's _other_ famous amazing song, Doctor.
Literal shivers down my spine, it's so good
as a lover of this track back in the day, this was a joy to hear in the video. amazing work as always
when that 2010s nostalgia hits
this is... so much work. its incredible, love the cover
Love the sounds
ohmygoddd this is my fave homestuck track and this cover is so good :D
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Hey jan Misali, just letting you know you're my fav youtube channel and the first I recommend. Love your work :)
This HITS!!
i felt a shiver run through my body when i saw that notif...
good job
I'm shaking and crying right now
Djuqgl
Rip homestuck
banger as always
been a while since i heard a solid homestuck remix, lovin it
goddammit jan Misali i thought i couldn't love you more after that Caramelldansen video, and yet here you go
being the most immaculate :D
Ngl, I usually don't like your music posts. But this, is one works for me.
This song is actually what made me start reading homestuck like 5 years ago. Love this ❤❤
man i didnt know how much i missed home stuck music til this exact point
thanks i guess?
I cannot escape this damn comic
thank you
I LOVE THIS
the troll jan poster in the background is 👨🍳💋👌
So, jan Misali is into Homestuck. That explains everything.
No, really, it explains a lot about his way of thinking and analyzing stuff. You gotta have a really huge brain and unorthodox way of thinking in order to understand Homestuck.
The Rick and Morty Copypasta but real?😳
@@aturchomicz821 with its fakeness attribute dropping at a concerningly fast rate
If you read Homestuck your stamina fluid measuring the amount of stamina you have to tackle difficult topics has the highest viscosity ever.
Oh I thought they had something else for today but I guess it's just some of the music
oh hey i missed this
... yup, this can go in the favourites playlist
awesome cover
Very good.
There's another for my playlist!
oh yeah this is what i subbed for. i felt the homestuck vibes.
just realized the title is "Jungle" in Iqglic
i've caught almost all of the references (especially with Boogs' commentary) in the video now, but i still don't know the significance of the sprite
Epic song
What a bop
isn't it a little late for you to be having your homestuck phase
nah
Why yes, yes it is.
Especially since there is no reason for people in general to get into or convenient way to access Homestuck. Yes, the website exists but it might as well be dead.
Nice remix! I'm glad I didn't read past uh... The part after cascade with the new universe, because god damn those parts you mentioned sound horrible. I wish there was a game with the alchemy mechanics though...
God bless you my son, the end of cascade loops to the start of Homestuck and no one can convince me otherwise.
Homestuck brings me so many good memories. Thanks for this!
sometimes i just watch stuff
homestuck may have been a mixed bag but damn the music was good.
veteran of the fandom, haven't watched the other video yet. i thought its going to be a review of homestuck.
I knew ir was your video because of the typing quirk but I still couldn't pronounce it until I saw what it was a cover of.
*HERES TREE!!1!1!!!1ONE!!!1!*
Everyone should know that it’s Jan’s fault that I’m a homestuck
Never heard of homestuck before but fuck this track feels me with anxiety and i like it
I absolutely love this. Will it ever be on spotify?
how did i get to a homestuck video after checking a random video about paradoxes lol
This is such an extreme stretch but it does sound a tiny bit like "The Book was better" intro music💀
A nutritious way to start the day
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOMESTUUUUUUUCK
The title would be great for hangman
Put your lighters up! Jan Misali has done it yet again!!
Harvest & Trustee? nah man, we're making you a new credit card at Heres Tree
I can’t believe you showed us all your trollsona like that. 😳
banger
Sburban Jungle is great, but I think my all time favorite (besides megalovania) is Showtime
time is a strange ride