Am I not hallucinating? Am I actually watching a well-voiced, properly themed decent Star Wars comic come to live, and with the pro-elite Imperial Red Guards of sorts as main characters for a change that are not blow-out candle sticks but bring honour to the name "Imperial Guard"!? ...I am speechlessly amused!
@@JaymeSplendid you gotta remember how young the VAST majority of star wars fans are. I have no idea what actual numbers are but between star wars being seen as nerd culture for awhile and, "not mainstream" outside of nerd culture Until the middle of the 2000's. And thus us older and/or more knowledgeable fans forget this OG star wars was a 70's thing! And we forget like i said the vast majority of star wars fans weren't even alive when the first 3 movies came out, that created the foundation upon which the superior EU stories were able to be told upon.
I love hearing things like this. Where people get introduced to a something from a completely odd or insure place. Hell yes. Millions can say, I got into Star Wars by watching Episode X. But not many can say Crimson Empire was their entry point. Awesome!!!
Luke and his allies only thought they destroyed the last Palpatine clone. He could never anticipate the return of Darth Disney or the ruin to the universe he would bring. The most insidious Sith of them all.
@@rileyregan2900 basically anything Charles Soule writes is the only good content form Marvel. he write the characters like they actually were int he movies while still adding to the lore everyone else is lazy to write good stories or they try to write their comics like they were writing a spider-man comic. all kinds of quippy jokes every 5 seconds, bad writting and characterization.
Funny you should mention that. Look up a guy called WilkinsAnimatiins. He's making his own animation of Dark Empire. Currently working on Episode 2. Kinda Hanna-Barbera in quality and style, but pretty good. Though, once again, the audio book is used.
This is a masterpiece this and Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi: Dark lords of the Sith. These are just narrated so well I love it so much bravo to the people who narrated this.
this was done perfectly, the voice acting alone makes it come alive for star wars fan and I really wished that someone could have made this into a movie in and out of itself
Dude, there are a TON of Star Wars Audio Dramas with a full cast and like most of the audiobooks that are read by one person has music, special effects and he will do different voices for each characters etc.
Strange thing is, Sidious's son had a third eye on the back of his head and the grandson became Luke's apprentice. This is legends ( Completely ignoring Disney canon )
Why couldn't we have gotten a trilogy similar to this instead of TFA and the Last Jedi? This is so much more interesting and loyal to Star Wars. It enriches the already established lore so much better. Finding out about the Royal Guard training, Vader and Palpatine's methods, and a unique post-OT war that doesn't just re-establish the same 'ol shit as before,
@@UnsolicitatedWisdom Hell ya, I was super excited at the prospect of TFA exploring what Stormtrooper training and life was like, but instead they brush it off after the intro and make it into a janitor joke. Fucking rubbish
I'm thinking that eventually it that will happen in the Galaxy post Last Jedi, the way I see it, we will soon find himself contending with so many Rogue Warlords Renegades and criminal organizations that he'll be forced to ignore his mother, rein and what's left of the resistance for some time
Jax's voice actor could be a good joker voice actor (assuming he hasn't already) I love how you use videogzme footage aswell as animation, and sound effects to bring the comic to life
Dude, its an audio drama track laid over simple motion of the comic in .CBR format. This audio drama has been out since the 90's. All he did was time the panels to the MP3. This is why words don't always match with whats being said in the panels.
Yeah, you'd be surprised what one can achieve with Windows Movie maker, the .CBR of the comic and an MP3 of the audio drama... You like cat vids don't you?
Stunning. Simply astounding how good it was. My favorite part was that all the conversations sounded so realistic, like you were in the room with them. I think the secret is that you and the author of the comics were just telling a story...not trying to push an agenda, and I thank you for that :)
Would love to see this in live-action. We've never seen the Imperial Guard in action. ( The Praetorian Guards don't count and the two guards Master Yoda wrecked aren't the same )
Have to admit, your videos have come leaps and bounds from the first Dark Empire comic that you did. The animation added in, just beautiful and voice acting, much better. You got my sub.
This is so good, I hate that I haven’t seen this before. Every single goddamn voice actor is absolutely amazing, and the fact that you guys added so much additional dialogue shows you really get the story.
This was really intriguing..i mean if they would have simply followed the Decades of already writen and proven stories of the plethora of comics and novels...they would be the STARWARS we all remember. Instead we got this over CGI PC BS. The attempted eradication of Ledgends was never gonna work and now we onow why...it was so much better than anything they could redcon us all.
I bought this comic years ago, but it comes more alive in this recording. I really enjoyed it. I hope more are made. It’s a great method of enjoying comic books.
This is beautiful, I'm not even a 3rd way through and am in love with it. Thank you, the voice acting is exquisite. I thought I'd get annoyed by you guys not following the text exactly but golly gosh it makes everything 10× better.
I first heard this because of a pair of tapes I found in a dollar store. I still have them and wish that more audiobooks would go the classic radio route of sound effects instead of description. Crimson Empire is still one of my favorite series of all time and I wish these were the stories they chose to tell in the new trilogy.
Lol like aside from Andor and Mando it's still 100% shit can't even count Clone wars S7 because those stories were drawn up and made and partly animated like a half decade ago so that ain't even disney, that's all George Lucas and Dave Filoni lmfao
Lucas was a fool anyways to sell out to Disney - he allready had enough money for a 100 lifes to live... But I think he was afraid to be the one to disappoint fans & let others be the target, after the prequels were not that good In reality they look even more Disney like than the sequels The only problem with the sequels are the new characters they gave too much of focus/screentime & that they depicted Luke as a total bitter goof...Kylo Ren of course was a total fail-cast...he looked like a little sissy rather than a cruel powerfull guy to fear of...in fact he looks like a guy that goes down on his knees, starting to cry after bit$-slapping him... Rey looks hot, but thats all - she doesn't bring the right vibes...& she feels like very arrogant & like a rebellious girl during puberty - the opposite of a young lady learning & connecting with the force that fast...and she's besides Yoda & Obi Wahn the first one who never got seriously harmed, like cut off limbs or left with deep scars...
@nathan S This "movie" is amazing. I know it's someone else's comic story etc, but the way you reworded the dialogue and put voices on here has me absolutely hooked. Great work!
Clay Firenza: He didn't reword it as far as I know. He used the audio drama as the core and then animated the comic books and parts of games to create the visuals. That took a lot of work and he did a good job. But, you can read the comics and listen to the full cast audio drama separately if you want to...like a lot of us did when they were first released. haha
To this day that fan made tie fighter animation is still the best around. I’d give anything to see that as the into to a proper M rated tv series in the style of 90s straight to VHS dystopian technocrat animes
I remember seeing the Royal Guards in Return of The Jedi and thought they were so lackluster or why they were never seen doing anything. Then I picked up issues of this mini-series. Then my mind was *completely* changed. Such a great series. I still wonder to this day how Crimson Empire III would've turned out and if Kir Kanos would've met his end by Luke Skywalker's hand, but CE III never came to be sadly. Also lets be real for a sec: I believe, IIRC, Crimson Empire II was the *FIRST* forshadowing of the Yuuzhan Vong as the one villain of Crimson Empire II, Xandel Carivus was taking advise from flipping Nom Anor *of* the Yuuzhan Vong. Loved Crimson Empire.
thrawn knew about the Yuuzhan Vong. he knew there weeks he told Palpatine about them and Palpatine made the death star to defend the galaxy against the vong. if it was not for the rebellion the vomg war would have never happened
This is SO GOOD. I love the flashback scenes watching their training.... Vader is ruthless. Gotta keep the EU Alive. Does anyone know what video game the footage in this was from?
Some times going back to the basics, making it simple is the best❤️.voices and background are fantastic . Im glued to my chair .... Real entertainment!
That is the problem of a woman being in command of a military operation. Because Sinn would not take the hint to leave Kanos alone, she interfered and got Sadeet killed in the process. And now she blames Kanos and condemns him! Emotions compromise missions!
That has parallels in everything from politics to our current society.. where hurt feelings equal an assault. In the UK words that aren't a call to action can get you thrown in jail.
Damn I gotta check out Jedi Outcast mods now if that's what I;m seeing cut in half way. Don't care for lightsaber effects for vibroblades but this is better reading and adlibs then most any motion comic I've ever seen.
![Thrawn Full Audio Comic Movie [Star Wars Audio Comics]](/img/n.gif)
Am I not hallucinating? Am I actually watching a well-voiced, properly themed decent Star Wars comic come to live, and with the pro-elite Imperial Red Guards of sorts as main characters for a change that are not blow-out candle sticks but bring honour to the name "Imperial Guard"!?
...I am speechlessly amused!
LOL, its from the Audio Drama. Dark Empire was made too..
@@JaymeSplendid you gotta remember how young the VAST majority of star wars fans are. I have no idea what actual numbers are but between star wars being seen as nerd culture for awhile and, "not mainstream" outside of nerd culture Until the middle of the 2000's. And thus us older and/or more knowledgeable fans forget this OG star wars was a 70's thing! And we forget like i said the vast majority of star wars fans weren't even alive when the first 3 movies came out, that created the foundation upon which the superior EU stories were able to be told upon.
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damnright
@@forgefathereli8354 'Superior' EU stories.
That's an opinion. Keep it to yourself.
@@fdsajfldaskjf it's a fact
"And palpatine's my daddy."
-Stormtrooper
-Gaytrooper
“And Palpatine is my Daddy” 😂 I am so amazed how well done these are.
my introduction to the SW universe, found these comics by accident and was dumbfounded how brutal and dark it all was.
Star Wars have always been brutal till Disney bought it
Very cool
I love hearing things like this. Where people get introduced to a something from a completely odd or insure place. Hell yes. Millions can say, I got into Star Wars by watching Episode X. But not many can say Crimson Empire was their entry point. Awesome!!!
@@irvingramirez2335 Those Ewoks were real bad muthafuggas.
@@Deltron37 obscure*
God the enthusiasm in the voice acting and the editing makes this so good
Luke and his allies only thought they destroyed the last Palpatine clone. He could never anticipate the return of Darth Disney or the ruin to the universe he would bring. The most insidious Sith of them all.
I would point the blame at Emperor Iger and Darth Kathy.
Nothing short of a masterpeice ! i’ve shared this with the starwars club at my college and it’s being watched by 200 people right now at this moment
I loved this series. Legend's is so much better than whatever Disney has put out.
Idk I think the new vader comics have been pretty cool too
@@rileyregan2900 basically anything Charles Soule writes is the only good content form Marvel. he write the characters like they actually were int he movies while still adding to the lore
everyone else is lazy to write good stories or they try to write their comics like they were writing a spider-man comic. all kinds of quippy jokes every 5 seconds, bad writting and characterization.
Disney might as well be the Empire at this point. Now let's get to turning them into the Imperial Remnants.
@@rileyregan2900 mm.
Plopoy
@@tobito3100 agreed
ENOUGH with Lucasfilm forgetting Legends! Why not make this comic into a full flegged animated film! Like DC does with their graphic novel!
Funny you should mention that. Look up a guy called WilkinsAnimatiins. He's making his own animation of Dark Empire. Currently working on Episode 2. Kinda Hanna-Barbera in quality and style, but pretty good. Though, once again, the audio book is used.
Exactly Roberto Santiago!
Your dreams (and many other) are what could have kept Star Wars afloat for much longer than what has become of it under Disney's leadership...
Either live action or 2D like the 2003-2005 Clone Wars
When the legends content is miles better than some of the Disney stuff..
Wow, the FULL MOVIE option you uploaded is really great!
THIS WAS FUCKING AWESOME…!!! loved every second...BRILLIANT...well done…!!!
The dialogue from 45:44 through 46:51 was voiced so incredibly! Amazing work
It was heart breaking seeing those so loyal to their cause, slaughtered by their own
That scene and voice acting was incredible especially with the improvised lines. It's beautiful, tragic, and true to star wars.
This is pretty much Crimson Empire the radio drama. I love it!
This is a masterpiece this and Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi: Dark lords of the Sith. These are just narrated so well I love it so much bravo to the people who narrated this.
Bravo!!
Fun fact, a hands-on copy of this is going for just short of a grand, right now. Awesome of you to upload this!
In hondos voice: I SMELL PROFIT!
I actually got Crimson Empire 1 for about 150$ in very good condition.
this was done perfectly, the voice acting alone makes it come alive for star wars fan and I really wished that someone could have made this into a movie in and out of itself
Dude, there are a TON of Star Wars Audio Dramas with a full cast and like most of the audiobooks that are read by one person has music, special effects and he will do different voices for each characters etc.
I like how Jax didn't even evacuate the star destroyer despite knowing it was doomed.
1:28
And so the circle of grief, rage, and vengeance, is completed.
And begun anew.
There's something almost Shakespearian about this mad cycle.
My dude these are works of art. Legends is still the only canon for me. Are there any plans for a Tales of the Jedi motion comic in the future?
more info on my next project can be found on www.patreon.com/Nathan_S
@Kyle O’Connor i completly agree
i was doing a new series but i got a copy right take down. apparently Disney wants their crap star wars and nothing else
@@nathans6486 at least they didn't take this down! Thank you for your hard work kind sir !
@@nathans6486 That sucks man. You posted this comment six months ago...have you had to deal with any other copyright crap since then?
"Yeah and palpatine's my daddy" lol
I am 🤣
sheev palpatine but I thought u were the senate?
@@jasonjellie9342 Well, I mean, they also thought he was a Chancellor, not a Sith Lord.
So what else could he have been?
Strange thing is, Sidious's son had a third eye on the back of his head and the grandson became Luke's apprentice. This is legends ( Completely ignoring Disney canon )
“20 Imperials my Afterburners”- New Republic Guy
“ now this is Star Wars “
Now this is pod racing
You’ve put a lot of effort in to this , well done 👍🏻
You’ve put a lot of effort in to this , well done 👍🏻
Brilliant. That after credits scene you had built had a huge smile on my face.
Wow!!!! Amazing work and voice acting!!! Thank y'all so much for sharing that with all of us
Yeah well it's an official audio drama so...
Why couldn't we have gotten a trilogy similar to this instead of TFA and the Last Jedi? This is so much more interesting and loyal to Star Wars. It enriches the already established lore so much better. Finding out about the Royal Guard training, Vader and Palpatine's methods, and a unique post-OT war that doesn't just re-establish the same 'ol shit as before,
MelanicDisaster honestly I would’ve liked one about death troopers they seem pretty sick too
@@UnsolicitatedWisdom Hell ya, I was super excited at the prospect of TFA exploring what Stormtrooper training and life was like, but instead they brush it off after the intro and make it into a janitor joke. Fucking rubbish
True this is the real sequels not TFA.
AMEN!!!
I'm thinking that eventually it that will happen in the Galaxy post Last Jedi, the way I see it, we will soon find himself contending with so many Rogue Warlords Renegades and criminal organizations that he'll be forced to ignore his mother, rein and what's left of the resistance for some time
Jax's voice actor could be a good joker voice actor (assuming he hasn't already)
I love how you use videogzme footage aswell as animation, and sound effects to bring the comic to life
Dude, its an audio drama track laid over simple motion of the comic in .CBR format.
This audio drama has been out since the 90's. All he did was time the panels to the MP3. This is why words don't always match with whats being said in the panels.
This is so artistically done...
Yeah, you'd be surprised what one can achieve with Windows Movie maker, the .CBR of the comic and an MP3 of the audio drama...
You like cat vids don't you?
RIP Thrawn
I see what you did there.
Better than Disney trilogy.
I agree. The writers of Crimson Empire did not waste the potential.
Salty lmao
@@cistemshocke7731 hit your head several times on the table, i see?
Anything's better than Disney's sorry ass..
Heard this about 1999 on cassette 💪🏽
Stunning. Simply astounding how good it was. My favorite part was that all the conversations sounded so realistic, like you were in the room with them. I think the secret is that you and the author of the comics were just telling a story...not trying to push an agenda, and I thank you for that :)
I keep coming back to this! It’s so damn good. Curse you Disney! This is canon to me!!!
Would love to see this in live-action. We've never seen the Imperial Guard in action. ( The Praetorian Guards don't count and the two guards Master Yoda wrecked aren't the same )
Have to admit, your videos have come leaps and bounds from the first Dark Empire comic that you did. The animation added in, just beautiful and voice acting, much better. You got my sub.
Makes sense that Palpatine kept force users around him as guards
If I am right force users royal guards become the shadow guard thus why the black uniform.
how does this have only 30k views? oh right I forgot we're the true fans
Lol, nice one! 😁🤣
Thirty thousand strong 💪
Yeah...yeah the real rebels
Raise of hands who love these legends audiobooks ( hand raised)
lol, I seriously dig the voice acting for Carnor Jax.
I just saw your entire video library, SUBBED!
This is so good, I hate that I haven’t seen this before. Every single goddamn voice actor is absolutely amazing, and the fact that you guys added so much additional dialogue shows you really get the story.
it is sad that we never get a book about Kir Kanos, I would love to follow him in his quest to kill all of the traitors
This was really intriguing..i mean if they would have simply followed the Decades of already writen and proven stories of the plethora of comics and novels...they would be the STARWARS we all remember. Instead we got this over CGI PC BS. The attempted eradication of Ledgends was never gonna work and now we onow why...it was so much better than anything they could redcon us all.
I just binge watched this on your playlist last night!
This is, imo, up there with the best of the motion comics. Watchmen, Batman Court of Owls and the Deadspace ones. Good job..
They have a knightfall one with Bane breaking Batman.
@@airekblade5036 Cool were can you get it Knightfall is one of my all-time favorite comics
46:53 I can just imagine Carnor Jax standing on the rafters of the facility like he's an old timey villian
I bought this comic years ago, but it comes more alive in this recording. I really enjoyed it. I hope more are made. It’s a great method of enjoying comic books.
That moment when he was playing Jedi Acadamy..that was beautiful.
Words cannot describe this masterpiece if only I found it sooner
"and Palpatine is my daddy" Got me hooked.
This is beautiful, I'm not even a 3rd way through and am in love with it. Thank you, the voice acting is exquisite. I thought I'd get annoyed by you guys not following the text exactly but golly gosh it makes everything 10× better.
I first heard this because of a pair of tapes I found in a dollar store. I still have them and wish that more audiobooks would go the classic radio route of sound effects instead of description. Crimson Empire is still one of my favorite series of all time and I wish these were the stories they chose to tell in the new trilogy.
Just found this. It’s beautifully done! Thank you for putting so much work into movie!
There are TONS of good stories that could be turn into movies...I hope Disney and Lucas Film cut the crap and take care of good stories.
I very doubt that. As long as KK is still president, her feminazi and SJW agendas will continue plaguing.
They could be making legends stuff along with their canon stuff. Like what DC does.
Lol like aside from Andor and Mando it's still 100% shit can't even count Clone wars S7 because those stories were drawn up and made and partly animated like a half decade ago so that ain't even disney, that's all George Lucas and Dave Filoni lmfao
Lucas was a fool anyways to sell out to Disney - he allready had enough money for a 100 lifes to live...
But I think he was afraid to be the one to disappoint fans & let others be the target, after the prequels were not that good
In reality they look even more Disney like than the sequels
The only problem with the sequels are the new characters they gave too much of focus/screentime & that they depicted Luke as a total bitter goof...Kylo Ren of course was a total fail-cast...he looked like a little sissy rather than a cruel powerfull guy to fear of...in fact he looks like a guy that goes down on his knees, starting to cry after bit$-slapping him...
Rey looks hot, but thats all - she doesn't bring the right vibes...& she feels like very arrogant & like a rebellious girl during puberty - the opposite of a young lady learning & connecting with the force that fast...and she's besides Yoda & Obi Wahn the first one who never got seriously harmed, like cut off limbs or left with deep scars...
Great work! Loved every second!
One of the best stories I've ever read, great characters, action and shedding more light on the imperial guards
Glad to see Charlie Sheen has still been getting voice work!
AWESOME!! totally freakin awesome! Star Wars Legends, is by far better than anything disney can put out...nuff said.
I really like the little additions and character representations, with the little twists and add ons
That dope ambiance you created for Palpatine's entrance is a testament to how well this was done.
And how awesome was the 80’s Tie Fighter montage! 🤣🤘🤘🤘
This was awesome I've seen some good ones but this one was really good 👍👍
Thank you for making these! They are awesome!
Incredibly impressive. Also, thank you for all the old video game nostalgia!
The voice actors are amazing. Thank you.
Amazing job you did here. Just great work.
The way they change the lines to suit the comics even better... Truely well done
@nathan S This "movie" is amazing. I know it's someone else's comic story etc, but the way you reworded the dialogue and put voices on here has me absolutely hooked. Great work!
Clay Firenza: He didn't reword it as far as I know. He used the audio drama as the core and then animated the comic books and parts of games to create the visuals. That took a lot of work and he did a good job. But, you can read the comics and listen to the full cast audio drama separately if you want to...like a lot of us did when they were first released. haha
FUCK YEAH SOMEONE UPLOADED THE AUDIODRAMA!! And with the comic to boot, YOU SIR are the real MVP!
To this day that fan made tie fighter animation is still the best around. I’d give anything to see that as the into to a proper M rated tv series in the style of 90s straight to VHS dystopian technocrat animes
this voice acting is amazing
Yeah, most professional Audio Dramas that are sold on Audible are.
I remember seeing the Royal Guards in Return of The Jedi and thought they were so lackluster or why they were never seen doing anything. Then I picked up issues of this mini-series. Then my mind was *completely* changed. Such a great series. I still wonder to this day how Crimson Empire III would've turned out and if Kir Kanos would've met his end by Luke Skywalker's hand, but CE III never came to be sadly.
Also lets be real for a sec: I believe, IIRC, Crimson Empire II was the *FIRST* forshadowing of the Yuuzhan Vong as the one villain of Crimson Empire II, Xandel Carivus was taking advise from flipping Nom Anor *of* the Yuuzhan Vong.
Loved Crimson Empire.
thrawn knew about the Yuuzhan Vong. he knew there weeks he told Palpatine about them and Palpatine made the death star to defend the galaxy against the vong. if it was not for the rebellion the vomg war would have never happened
@@nathans6486 Oh the irony.
Crimson empire 3 was released in 2011, check it out
ive watched a lot of these audio comics, this is still the gold standard
This would make one helluva movie and every bit better than anything in the actual MOVIES!
This was great! Thank you!
Phenomenal!!! Congratulations you have true talent!
This is SO GOOD. I love the flashback scenes watching their training.... Vader is ruthless. Gotta keep the EU Alive. Does anyone know what video game the footage in this was from?
it was a mod of Jedi academe
Some times going back to the basics, making it simple is the best❤️.voices and background are fantastic . Im glued to my chair .... Real entertainment!
So this is after Dark Empire then. Interesting
Yep.
Yeah
I think it is.
+
Great work throughly enjoyed this.
This reminds me a lot of Big Finish’s Doctor Who radio plays in terms of audio direction and editing. Suffice to say, that is some high praise indeed.
i am so impressed with the job he did on this! EXCELLENT!!
This is amazing thank you so much
That is the problem of a woman being in command of a military operation. Because Sinn would not take the hint to leave Kanos alone, she interfered and got Sadeet killed in the process. And now she blames Kanos and condemns him! Emotions compromise missions!
That has parallels in everything from politics to our current society.. where hurt feelings equal an assault. In the UK words that aren't a call to action can get you thrown in jail.
Well done!! - looking to hear more SW stories from you
badass, I have the comic as a kid, great to see them again.
Thank you very much. Fantastic work!
Excellent work on this.
Damn I gotta check out Jedi Outcast mods now if that's what I;m seeing cut in half way. Don't care for lightsaber effects for vibroblades but this is better reading and adlibs then most any motion comic I've ever seen.
This is so good. Let whoever made this make the next Star Wars (legends) Movie?!!!?? Please?
Holy crap; this is great. Voice acting fantastic. This'd make a great live action series.
soooooo good! loved it! would love to see a movie or mini series on this concept
Why!? Why Disney when you have so many good things like this do you make Rey, Kylo ren, and that ginger fleet master?
Disney only cares about profit. To be honest, they would've profited more if they had not retconned this.
Kylo was not bad
@@aaronsowards4394 Rey was, though
@@aaronsowards4394 Yes, not bad. Nor evil or menacing...That is a big problem if you are supposed to be a Villian...
I didn’t like that you added to or changed some of the speech at first, but it totally helped it flow better for the audio dynamic. Amazing work
"You looking for trouble?"
"If I was i'd be disappointed, you'd be no trouble at all."
....Savage.
"Yea and Palpatine's my daddy" 😂 😂 😂
You deserve so many more followers and views for these
This is a master class in dialogue.
Your amazing man THANKYOU,
This is some top tier stuff. Can't wait for Council of Blood and Empire Lost.
Better than both new trilogy movies, by a country mile.
I found u on you tube and am very impressed by the work u do I'm s life long fan