elstormo I actually made a friend like that. His father worked at a swimming pool and he made him play this instead of the regular music. I just dived into the deep end and when I came up I saw him laughing and I laughed too. We became good friends until he moved to the U.S. Haven't heard from him since.
i wish that you could actually fight Songbird in the game, they could have made it so after a period of time Songbird starts chasing you trough the level (the outdoors ones) and you have to scare it away or just run for your life. They could also have the children of silence being the ones who call Songbird after they spotting Booker.
Literally if you hear that tune play you have 30 seconds to decide between grabbing a parachute and throwing yourself off the nearest edge, hiding, or making your peace with God.
"Songbird, Songbird see him fly, drop the children from the sky, when the young ones misbehave, escorts children to their grave. Never back-talk, never lie, or he'll drop you from the sky!"
True story: I was sitting around outside and I heard this start playing seemingly out of nowhere. Having just played through Infinite, I of course just about had a heart attack before realizing it was just some dude's ringtone
Givens Wells Songbird.. There's at least some frame of reference for a dragon. But a horrible monster that may well be some terribly mutated being fused to a giant bird monster suit made of leather and metal?
Ezra Block Actually, water doesn't necessarily kill songbird, the pressure from it does. He was designed to thrive in the air and not have to deal with the pressure big daddies are designed for, so his body is being essentially crushed from the pressure as he sinks.
2022, started replaying Infinite (Forgot about Songbird)... And as this played for the first time in the tower (I believe it did), it all flooded back, and I said "Hell no" for about a minute straight.
We have to take into account that The Songbird is massive. Because if we look at it, Elizabeth is 5'1". If the Songbird is standing up, even with bending his knees because the Songbird is rarely or not seen at all standing up straight, The Songbird itself is around 20'4" in height. Again, with his knees bent. If the Songbird is standing up straight without that slouch, we are looking at a 25'5" Mechanical Terror of the Skies. And the fact that a woman is the only thing that stands between you and his claws, is terrifying.
My friend and I went to our local ComicCon dressed as Booker and Elizabeth. We had sat down to eat for a little when this went off on someone's phone nearby. He grabbed my hand, shouted "We have to get out of here!" and we ran out of the room. It was pretty amazing lol
So its a school morning and my sister and i have to get up early for school. I got up, but my sister wasn't getting up. She just finished playing this game, so I had to play this to get her up😂 she looked up at the sky and everything
Imagine how scary this could have been if every time we heard it we knew a songbird boss fight was coming - like the warning for the Big Sisters in Bioshock 2. But no ... Songbird actually presents no danger to the player at any point during the game.
Half of what makes songbird so scary is that attacking him is futile. You must run. Having him be defeated would take that away. I like songbird exactly how he is
For those wanting this as a ringtone, Irrational Games actually has this available as a free ringtone download, along with several other familiar sound clips, on their website. Just google "irrational games bioshock infinite ringtones" and the first link will take you to them.
And to think this cheery tune is literally the call for a fucking 40 feet bird to claw your whole Vox/Fleet/whatever you bring to table to pieces or to protect a little girl.
God, imagine if this was a gameplay mechanic, you go to a room that has that golden comstock statue with elizabeth and then you hear that tune play. After it ends songbird decends from the sky to one-shot you.
Its fun to meme around and say we would all crap our pants if we heard this in real life but when did we ever have to deal with the Songbird outside of a cut scene? Now if while in the middle of a big fight there were Songbird callers scattered around and the Vox or Comstocks goons could wind them up and you would then have to repel the Songbird alone because Elizabeth would use a tear to get out or just hide then I would be scared every time I hear this tune. It really just shows what this game could have been.
If the Songbird was just some boss fight it'd either be a fight that you're designed to lose (which would be dumb), or canonically you're just gunning it down every time it shows up and it _actually_ is no real threat to you. Before you learn about the song, shit hits the fan every, single, time it finds you and _that's_ what makes it so memorable.
In the System Shock 2 mod System Shock Infinite, the spider ambush in the living quarters with the piano in Deck 4 has the latter play a synthesised baseball organ tune version of this song. Unlike Bioshock, System Shock’s one sounds so funny!
I want to play this in 1936 (correct me if i'm wrong) back when they first used a war helicopter at the EXACT moment it appears in the fight, maybe sneak up and paint "songbird" on it :D.
I’ve never played this game before or even know the context of this but for some reason I’m just getting an overwhelming feeling of dread hearing this.
somebody played this on the intercom in a sl round i was in and i swear to god almost everybody just went batshit crazy scrambling to get to gate a or b
If you play this in a public place, you can recognize the Bioshock Infinite players just by seeing who jumps into the water.
elstormo I actually made a friend like that. His father worked at a swimming pool and he made him play this instead of the regular music. I just dived into the deep end and when I came up I saw him laughing and I laughed too. We became good friends until he moved to the U.S. Haven't heard from him since.
That's hilarious!
Lol! Doing this
@@danielliu8895 and then everyone clapped and you found $20
@@JCarey1988 more like cringey as fuck
I fear no sound, but that call, it scares me.
It scares us all
ThePanMan *terror meter*
TF2? A man of culture, i see.
Especially because the golden Comstock statue’s eyes flash when the bird is called it’s scary asf
One shudders to imagine what inhuman thoughts lie behind that mask
Basically the meaning behind the song:
You're fucked.
***** Indeed.
I love love LOVE the soundtrack =w=
***** Elizabeth. Or Booker.
Either one of those two.
Yours? :3
+Oscar Dighton yes me too
i wish that you could actually fight Songbird in the game, they could have made it so after a period of time Songbird starts chasing you trough the level (the outdoors ones) and you have to scare it away or just run for your life. They could also have the children of silence being the ones who call Songbird after they spotting Booker.
Literally if you hear that tune play you have 30 seconds to decide between grabbing a parachute and throwing yourself off the nearest edge, hiding, or making your peace with God.
The true patriot has nothing to fear from the songbird!
Seems like true patriots are in short supply in Columbia, songbird’s on a rampage 😂
Exactly. Songbird did nothing wrong.
@the be sharp songbeard can’t do anything Write or wrong it can do what it is commanded and that is all
"Songbird, Songbird see him fly, drop the children from the sky, when the young ones misbehave, escorts children to their grave. Never back-talk, never lie, or he'll drop you from the sky!"
Thanks now i can try to scare my brother or my sister to behave
@@lightravage2791
That sounds terrifying!
Also, how are you talking to me, Mr.Bird?
Even after finishing the game this tune still frightens me.
I don't know, I actually like this tune, it is catchy.
I have this as my unknown caller ringtone.
I thought I heard the ice cream truck playing this the other day and nearly shit myself. Looked to the sky and everything.
thegriffin88 Why? You got Elizabeth with ya?
look out man, that shit will stick them claws up your ass , and that aint gonna be good
LOL
LMFAO
This is my waking call xD
So... I have this set as my morning alarm on my phone. Gets me up every time. LOL
Well when a gigantic metallic bird slams through your window it should damn well wake you up!
Meggie Russell hahaha
And then simw day u hear a strage but familiar sound in the sky
i wanna do that too
Same dude but it almost gives me a heart attack
My entire house is now destroyed, thanks to a giant metallic bird. -_-
Dan Wilcox did you use shock jocky clusters
Need a hug?
The Devs managed to take such a simple tune and turn it into an INSTANT pants-browning cue by tying it to the appearance of Songbird.
True story: I was sitting around outside and I heard this start playing seemingly out of nowhere. Having just played through Infinite, I of course just about had a heart attack before realizing it was just some dude's ringtone
yep... it's so raW.
he played the game?
@@Derfel95 hi my name is Gavin we should talk respond if you want to
@@gavindeadzone3834 is that something you request to random comments?
@@gavindeadzone3834 hi Gavin! Do you want to talk?
Oh man the scene when the first comstock mechanism played this and the fucking bird came I shit my fucking pants.
This is my ringtone when my girlfriend calls.
i saw what u did there lol
Heimdallrg001 lmao
Heimdallrg001 haha
TheLitch Lol does that mean your ex follows you and will kill to get to you?
RUN FOOL!
I can't stop freaking press the replay button
venaticgamer652 haha same I’m just pressing replay as a scroll through the comments
I think the worst part is that this tune is so jaunty and cheery, in stark contrast to the pure shit-spewing fear that comes right after it.
I can just imagine every time the songbird hears this he says “I gotta go! My people need me!” In his head And flies off like Superman.
This call says: "Ready or not, here he comes!"
Pro tip: use this song instead of a rape whistle. If the attacker is smart he'll haul ass without giving it a second thought.
Dan Backslide
I think I know what you watched on PH.
Better idea train a hawk to arrive when using the whistle
Train crews to attack anyone nearby when played for extra points and fear factor!
"What in oblivion is that?!"
Skyrim haha. Which is worse alduin or songbird?
Givens Wells Songbird.. There's at least some frame of reference for a dragon. But a horrible monster that may well be some terribly mutated being fused to a giant bird monster suit made of leather and metal?
Dwagon
Givens Wells The only way to kill Songbird is with water, and lots of it. You could kill a dragon with bullets and vigors/spells.
Ezra Block Actually, water doesn't necessarily kill songbird, the pressure from it does. He was designed to thrive in the air and not have to deal with the pressure big daddies are designed for, so his body is being essentially crushed from the pressure as he sinks.
2022, started replaying Infinite (Forgot about Songbird)... And as this played for the first time in the tower (I believe it did), it all flooded back, and I said "Hell no" for about a minute straight.
"Songs to run from very fast".
The part when you board the first lady I thought: Well this is it this was a great game...then the song played my reaction: oh no....OH HELL NO
lyrics "you really thought I was gone well you thought wrooong, now I'm going to rip you're flesh apart until I find you're heeart."
Ah DAMN I'm scared!
-Booker: Call the elevator
-Elizabeth: What?
-The hell is that? PRESS THE BUTTOM
We have to take into account that The Songbird is massive. Because if we look at it, Elizabeth is 5'1". If the Songbird is standing up, even with bending his knees because the Songbird is rarely or not seen at all standing up straight, The Songbird itself is around 20'4" in height.
Again, with his knees bent. If the Songbird is standing up straight without that slouch, we are looking at a 25'5" Mechanical Terror of the Skies.
And the fact that a woman is the only thing that stands between you and his claws, is terrifying.
Actually, I figured out that he is roughly 50-60 feet tall based on the fact she comes up to his knee at most.
This is the most beautiful sound you can hear in 10 sec
It will be the last thing you hear tho besides the screech of the song bird
Thankfully I listen to all youtube videos with earphones on to avoid anything getting broken by giant birds.
My friend and I went to our local ComicCon dressed as Booker and Elizabeth. We had sat down to eat for a little when this went off on someone's phone nearby. He grabbed my hand, shouted "We have to get out of here!" and we ran out of the room. It was pretty amazing lol
Sounds awesome!
Statue: (plays this)
Me(nervously): Ah shit, here we go again...
ok dont try to whistle this i think i just got a bird to fly into a window
I can be a bird master? Wow
I played this and now a
giant metallic bird is carrying me
i set this as my ringtone and alarm and just started waiting for the day it went off in public and someone ran into the water
And then Booker proceeded to piss himself when Songbird crashed through the wall.
Hearing a splicer look for you in the bathysphere < Hearing the angry moans of a Big Daddy < Hearing the screech of a Big Sister < Hearing this song
That's my alarm clock
If that was my alarm clock... ....let's just say my parents would be proud on school mornings.
XanthicDragon Now Im listening to it every time I have to go to work. Guess what? I've never been late. :-)
Masta_Artista Hah.
Pretty clever for the notes to spell out CAGE
For years I had this as my alarm clock, very effective
My mobile phone sound.
Aroelen Nocte how do you get this as a ringtone
thats evil
@@jakepellikan3611 i had this as my ringtone for years now. Download it from any online website and get a ringtone app and done
Definitely the perfect thing to whistle when you're stuck in traffic.
What the home intruder hears before I release my claymore roomba
that tune makes me think of the world's most menacing ice cream truck
Made this my morning alarm, its perfect, the shrill sound makes getting up much faster.
I can't stop listening this is too awsome and there are nothing else like it
You know Songbird was an amazing Boss when his mere song gives you chills
That sound. That cursed call. Death comes from the sky for you now, there is nowhere you could go, nowhere you can hide; He, He is coming for you now
I want this as my doorbell
After playing this game in every difficult this tune gives me chills and goose bumps.
That is a very beautiful sound
I had this as my alarm in the mornings, and it was absolutely terrifying. Definitely kept me from over sleeping.
_Look to the sky, and hear his cry_
_The Songbird's saving the day!_
_He's gonna find the Devil's sign_
_That's leading our poor Lamb astray!_ 🎵
Well. There goes my house.... And the rest of my town. -_-
I can't get this out of my head, it's so catchy..
So its a school morning and my sister and i have to get up early for school. I got up, but my sister wasn't getting up. She just finished playing this game, so I had to play this to get her up😂 she looked up at the sky and everything
This is going straight to a programmable buzzer for the car's door closing chime
It feels so weird listening to this without the noises of Songbird
Everybody gangsta until this song starts playing.
WE FUKIN DYING WITH THIS ONE🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥
Who else still gets goosebumps hearing this?
i started using this tone as my morning alarm a few months ago, and now i get two types of PTSD episodes from hearing it
Imagine how scary this could have been if every time we heard it we knew a songbird boss fight was coming - like the warning for the Big Sisters in Bioshock 2. But no ... Songbird actually presents no danger to the player at any point during the game.
Better have him be a cool looking cinematic than a disappointing boss
You right
Half of what makes songbird so scary is that attacking him is futile. You must run. Having him be defeated would take that away. I like songbird exactly how he is
@@songbird515 Do YOU show up when someone plays this tune? ;)
For those wanting this as a ringtone, Irrational Games actually has this available as a free ringtone download, along with several other familiar sound clips, on their website. Just google "irrational games bioshock infinite ringtones" and the first link will take you to them.
Philip Forkert I can't get it
And to think this cheery tune is literally the call for a fucking 40 feet bird to claw your whole Vox/Fleet/whatever you bring to table to pieces or to protect a little girl.
God, imagine if this was a gameplay mechanic, you go to a room that has that golden comstock statue with elizabeth and then you hear that tune play. After it ends songbird decends from the sky to one-shot you.
Im gonna set this to my ringtone and no one can stop me.
If this song had lyrics, they would probably be along the lines of 'Shit is about to hit the fan"
you mean like: he knows where you are, so hide wherever you can, because, oh boy the shit is about to hit the fan.
I was thinking more about:
"Ready or not... here it comes~"
It has lyrics, the kids sing it while playing hopscotch!
Going to have this as my ringtone which basically tells me "Pick up or get fucked up".
*hears song then sees comstock statue* FUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!
Catchy tune for the cutest spawn from hell ever created. Thanks Fink.
omg thank you when the game first came out i couldnt find this anywhere and i need it for my ringtone :D
I used to have this as a notification sound before i got an iphone 😢
Bioshock infinite is one of the greatest games ever
Its fun to meme around and say we would all crap our pants if we heard this in real life but when did we ever have to deal with the Songbird outside of a cut scene? Now if while in the middle of a big fight there were Songbird callers scattered around and the Vox or Comstocks goons could wind them up and you would then have to repel the Songbird alone because Elizabeth would use a tear to get out or just hide then I would be scared every time I hear this tune. It really just shows what this game could have been.
Fuck dude why did infinite have to be so disappointing
If the Songbird was just some boss fight it'd either be a fight that you're designed to lose (which would be dumb), or canonically you're just gunning it down every time it shows up and it _actually_ is no real threat to you. Before you learn about the song, shit hits the fan every, single, time it finds you and _that's_ what makes it so memorable.
In the System Shock 2 mod System Shock Infinite, the spider ambush in the living quarters with the piano in Deck 4 has the latter play a synthesised baseball organ tune version of this song. Unlike Bioshock, System Shock’s one sounds so funny!
Everyone's comment on a nutshell: if you hear this song play. You're about to get fucked up.
That made me get goosebumps just hearing it again...
Played it on the street and saw a dove flying above
I want to play this in 1936 (correct me if i'm wrong) back when they first used a war helicopter at the EXACT moment it appears in the fight, maybe sneak up and paint "songbird" on it :D.
That sounds like such a good idea
I think it was 1912 tho.
That's the first war plane.
@@steadiedtoast1286 No, planes were already used in WW1, which ended in 1918.
Fact-checking before posting something is your friend.
Hell with that, you sound a marching charge of soldiers, covered in steel armor and wielding early LMGs, on tin whistle as you walk behind them!
Man, I have been looking for this. Thank you!
One day, this tune will be the theme for a "future serial killer"
If this was my ringtone, I would never pick up, I would listen to it for ages :D
Ironically this version of the song uses C, A,G, and F instead of the famed E, so the song is really CAGF instead of CAGE
well, i guess this ocean couldnt have everything now could it.
one is used to call him, one is used to control him.
Well, be fair, F is also E#
@PYXB3 in order the notes played would actually be A, G, E, C….
I wish we had more information on Songbird. Hes just such a cool concept
I love this. It's so creepy and ominous.
I’ve never played this game before or even know the context of this but for some reason I’m just getting an overwhelming feeling of dread hearing this.
Before the wolf whistle from the second Puss in Boots movie, we had this.
This song scares the shit out of me.
When this plays, all hell breaks loose
Set it as my ringtone. It never fails.
One thought comes to mind when a bioshock veteran hears this, RUN
you know you're fucked when you hear this
somebody played this on the intercom in a sl round i was in and i swear to god almost everybody just went batshit crazy scrambling to get to gate a or b
when you hear this in the game "oh shit OH SHIT SHITBALLS!!!!"
Llevo semanas buscando esa cancion
Gracias! 😃
Very few video game music cues provide the player the sentiment of "Shit! Get down!" Quite like this little ditty.
You just helped me make my new tune for Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
The "shits about to go down" sound.
Even after playing infinite, that call gives me feeling "here comes trouble".
I love this song
Same
My daily wake up song...
My ringtone when my mom calls
This should be added to lethal company, hype up the creators of bioshock community once again