It's such an interesting story. The fact that Senator Armstrong is so memorable. And has a deep philosophy that people who wholeheartedly disagree with can still debate about. And it's accompanied by this amazing song that both summarizes the conflict AND highlights the ideals of both Armstrong and Raiden. It's perfection in storytelling and gameplay. There's little like it.
And like any Metal Gear character, mixed in with just enough batshit weird stuff to put that icing on the deep cake A philosophical character with a banger soundtrack, who also did the weird Ginyu pose and also has a football stadium crowd behind him
Dude walks out of a giant ant, has a 30 min cutscene, then straight to a bossfight. To me, it's crazy that someone manage to make such a memorable character with such little screentime
@@bloodykun4443 To be fair, Kojima set up that world so Platinum had a good base to work with. I don’t remember too much from most of the dialogue of Wonderful 101 aside from the sentai jokes. Bayonetta has more memorable moments, and Nier is so insane because of Yoko Taro. So while Platinum definitely deserves more credit, I can see why people think Kojima was responsible.
I think the reason Armstrong's philosophy is so interesting to people is that unlike a lot of people who spout social Darwinism and the like, he's not using it as an excuse to be a bigot, he just wholeheartedly believes in it. There's no subtext to his beliefs, no insincere bullshit to hide prejudice. He just actually believes his philosophy is correct, and that's always a interesting character to analyze and interpret. It's difficult to debate someone who isn't actually sincere in their beliefs because they have no dog in the fight beyond their facade. Armstrong is so sincere and open in his philosophy so it's much more engaging to pick it apart.
The fact that I haven't played Metal Gear Rising and still love this song and "I'm my own master now" speaks volumes to how amazing the games soundtrack is.
Okay, but have you listened to Rules of Nature The Only Thing I Know For Real Stranger I Remain Return to Ashes The Stains of Time Red Sun A Soul Can't Be Cut Or Collective Consciousness?
Ahhh, I remember listening to Jerod's original cover of this. I thought it was so funny to watch chat complain about the title showing the channel's name of CrimsonFucker. It's nice to see history loop back around, even if we're missing the old channel name, but I suppose it has to be this way.
@@bowserfriend I think it was around that time in 2016-early 2018 when he covered it, though now I unfortunately can't check because the original cover got privated, which I assume is to make it not take away from this cover since the audio quality is surely better.
This, right here, is the underrated comment. Everyone else going for the mother of all omelettes or the nanomachines lines, but you chose a better line.
@@tyecollins4240 In my new America, people will drum and perform for what they BELIEVE! Not for money. not for subs! Not for what they're told to play. Every man will be free to cover his own songs!
duh- typical commenter. Big promises, but all talk... "Make everyone drum"? What a load of bullcrap! Everything you care about is just lining your pockets with others work! And a popularity! If drumming has gone to crap, you're just another maggot crawling its back.
I'M MAKING THE MOTHER OF ALL COVERS, JACK. CAN'T FRET OVER EVERY BEAT..... on another note, it's been wild following this channel for the last 5ish years. Keep up the great covers!
I've never played any of the Metal Gear games, but the moment I heard the Armstrong memes, I just remembered that one comment in Jon's stream when he was playing Xenoblade, saying how amazing Armstrong would be in fighting the Mechon, and now I can't take this game seriously.
The game opens with Raiden suplexing a building-sized robot, then jumping onto it MID-SUPLEX, in order to split it in half. And the robot SURVIVES this. That is the TUTORIAL boss. You're not exactly SUPPOSED to take it seriously.
The game kinda forces you to take it seriusly, while also laughing the whole time about how batshit insane everything is while it is happening. This game makes you question if you just had a very strange and weirdly coherent nightmare with an exceptional combat design.
@@misirtere9836 To be fair, that tutorial is to show just how far technology has come in the world of Metal Gear to the point that WMDs are scaled below a soldier.
The reciting of "standing here, I'm standing here," plus your laugh making you sound insane, I get the impression that you just activated your own Ripper Mode for this song and that couldn't be more perfect
Standing here, I realize. You were just like me, standing here. But who's to stand, when we stand here. When our feet our down, I think we'll both agree. That standing breeds standing. That we're standing here, it has to be this way. I stood my own path, you stand on your wrath. But maybe we're both standing here. The world has stood, so many have stood. But no one is sitting. It's standing across this staying standing land. I feel new life could be standing beneath The standing still sand.
Drumming here I realize You were just like me Trying to make drum history But who's to judge The... I don't know enough about drumming to continue the joke
Standing here I realize You are just like me Trying to make history But who's to judge The right from wrong When our guard is down I think we'll both agree That violence breeds violence But in the end it has to be this way I've carved my own path You followed your wrath But maybe we're both the same The world has turned And so many have burned But nobody is to blame Yet staring across this barren wasted land I feel new life will be born Beneath the blood stained sand Beneath the blood stained sand
I'm My Own Master Now is a great song, too. Haven't played the Blade Wolf DLC, so I haven't listened to Hot Wind Blowing unfortunately. MGR has so many great vocal tracks, a drum cover of any of them would be great.
I love how this guy is genuinely just having a blast playing. And I very much loved all the references to the "well if it isn't sussy jack!" satire video. "Bro r u high?" "LET ME CHECK. Yes. HIGH ON AMERICAN SPIRIT. AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE AMERICAN THAN *laughs into mental breakdown*
Okay now I definitely gotta see him play the other songs like collective conscientiousness, stains of time, the only thing I know is for real, red sun and a stranger I remain
I am still amazed that this guy was on screen for like 20 minutes tops and somehow has more quotable lines than most villains who we spend hours with.
It's because of memes, the DNA of the soul
@@acridenjoyer7531 Raiden: "THE MEMES!!!"
@@CeHee123 Show me!
Well, he doesn’t write his own speeches. 😉
"Nano machines son"
Nanodrums Jack! They make cool sounds in response to physical trauma!
Druma*
Don't F with this musician!
This isn’t an average drumming steam, it’s BATSH@& INSANE
You can't outjam me Jack!!
Used to play in the band, you know...
Could've gone pro if I didn't join the Navy!
Making the mother of all drumming moments here, Jack, can’t fret over every beat
Not when you're "purging the weak," right?
What do you know about “the weak?”
hmmm
You don't know what it's like, just to KILL and SURVIVE
You never ate a drumset to survive
It's such an interesting story. The fact that Senator Armstrong is so memorable. And has a deep philosophy that people who wholeheartedly disagree with can still debate about. And it's accompanied by this amazing song that both summarizes the conflict AND highlights the ideals of both Armstrong and Raiden. It's perfection in storytelling and gameplay. There's little like it.
And like any Metal Gear character, mixed in with just enough batshit weird stuff to put that icing on the deep cake
A philosophical character with a banger soundtrack, who also did the weird Ginyu pose and also has a football stadium crowd behind him
Dude walks out of a giant ant, has a 30 min cutscene, then straight to a bossfight. To me, it's crazy that someone manage to make such a memorable character with such little screentime
and people will still miscredit it as kojima when he handed complete freedom to platinum
@@bloodykun4443 To be fair, Kojima set up that world so Platinum had a good base to work with. I don’t remember too much from most of the dialogue of Wonderful 101 aside from the sentai jokes. Bayonetta has more memorable moments, and Nier is so insane because of Yoko Taro. So while Platinum definitely deserves more credit, I can see why people think Kojima was responsible.
I think the reason Armstrong's philosophy is so interesting to people is that unlike a lot of people who spout social Darwinism and the like, he's not using it as an excuse to be a bigot, he just wholeheartedly believes in it. There's no subtext to his beliefs, no insincere bullshit to hide prejudice. He just actually believes his philosophy is correct, and that's always a interesting character to analyze and interpret. It's difficult to debate someone who isn't actually sincere in their beliefs because they have no dog in the fight beyond their facade. Armstrong is so sincere and open in his philosophy so it's much more engaging to pick it apart.
You can see the very moment when all of the memes flashed in his mind, there were so many he had to get em all out before the song
The memes.... DNA of the soul!
I'm just kind of amazed he hit the notes every time he sang "blood stained sand"
i'm still just amazed about how he can read the donations and messages in chat and answer while playing
ngl, it sure has some... church swing vibe.
@Just Some Guy In The Sky it is if you're not a singer, goofy
@@zeropointnineninenine4951 Lmao, great answer!
@Just a normal person chudjak
Now we need him to do this but the version where it the only lyrics are “standing here”
"standing here, im standing here"
“you were standing here, trying to make standing here”
@@coolroy_25 but standing here, i'm standing here.
When you're standing here, I think we're standing here
@@UXB1000 that standing breeds standing
The fact that I haven't played Metal Gear Rising and still love this song and "I'm my own master now" speaks volumes to how amazing the games soundtrack is.
bladewolf boss fight got a nice song but it was really mid you can kill him in like 10 seconds
Okay, but have you listened to
Rules of Nature
The Only Thing I Know For Real
Stranger I Remain
Return to Ashes
The Stains of Time
Red Sun
A Soul Can't Be Cut
Or Collective Consciousness?
@@jakkakasunset5485 It's sacrilege that you didn't include Hot Wind Blowing.
@@Asupreme sorry, forgot about the DLC. Spotify should include it. Also, I forgot "A Soul Can't Be Cut" but the DLC version.
@@Asupreme HEAT OF THE DESERT
Ahhh, I remember listening to Jerod's original cover of this. I thought it was so funny to watch chat complain about the title showing the channel's name of CrimsonFucker.
It's nice to see history loop back around, even if we're missing the old channel name, but I suppose it has to be this way.
Was that back when the hellsing abridged?
@@bowserfriend I think it was around that time in 2016-early 2018 when he covered it, though now I unfortunately can't check because the original cover got privated, which I assume is to make it not take away from this cover since the audio quality is surely better.
And now the channel's name no longer has fucker in it lol
Gotta love angry 10yrs
Try drumming for what you believe in sometime, Jack.
This, right here, is the underrated comment. Everyone else going for the mother of all omelettes or the nanomachines lines, but you chose a better line.
@@tyecollins4240 In my new America, people will drum and perform for what they BELIEVE! Not for money. not for subs! Not for what they're told to play. Every man will be free to cover his own songs!
duh- typical commenter. Big promises, but all talk... "Make everyone drum"? What a load of bullcrap! Everything you care about is just lining your pockets with others work! And a popularity! If drumming has gone to crap, you're just another maggot crawling its back.
@@chaoticmouseman How about full of shit? is that a cover?!
@@chaoticmouseman Yo dude you're a fuckin legend
"That's a nice boss theme senator! Why don't you back it up with a drum beat?"
the beat is one i just *MADE THE F### UP*
@@billcipher1756 * starts fiddling around with DK bongo's *
I'M MAKING THE MOTHER OF ALL COVERS, JACK. CAN'T FRET OVER EVERY BEAT.....
on another note, it's been wild following this channel for the last 5ish years. Keep up the great covers!
hehe, another *note*
MAKING THE MOTHER OF ALL TABS, JACK. CAN'T BEAT OVER EVERY FRET
Nearly 10 years later and this song still slaps.
Hard to believe the game is 10 years old...
"That's an interesting drum cover, Jerod. Why don't you back it up with a source?"
"My source is that I made it the frick up!"
I've never played any of the Metal Gear games, but the moment I heard the Armstrong memes, I just remembered that one comment in Jon's stream when he was playing Xenoblade, saying how amazing Armstrong would be in fighting the Mechon, and now I can't take this game seriously.
The game opens with Raiden suplexing a building-sized robot, then jumping onto it MID-SUPLEX, in order to split it in half. And the robot SURVIVES this. That is the TUTORIAL boss.
You're not exactly SUPPOSED to take it seriously.
The best part is that he's not exaggerating.
The game kinda forces you to take it seriusly, while also laughing the whole time about how batshit insane everything is while it is happening.
This game makes you question if you just had a very strange and weirdly coherent nightmare with an exceptional combat design.
@@misirtere9836 To be fair, that tutorial is to show just how far technology has come in the world of Metal Gear to the point that WMDs are scaled below a soldier.
Making the mother of all drum covers Jack! Can't fret over every beat
I need nanomachines to compete with this man's rhythm
The reciting of "standing here, I'm standing here," plus your laugh making you sound insane, I get the impression that you just activated your own Ripper Mode for this song and that couldn't be more perfect
Drums son, they create sound in response to physical trauma
It has to be drummed this way
WELL, IF IT ISN'T SAUCY JACK. TOO LATE, AS USUAL.
Standing here, I realize. You were just like me, standing here.
But who's to stand, when we stand here.
When our feet our down, I think we'll both agree.
That standing breeds standing.
That we're standing here, it has to be this way.
I stood my own path, you stand on your wrath.
But maybe we're both standing here.
The world has stood, so many have stood.
But no one is sitting.
It's standing across this staying standing land.
I feel new life could be standing beneath
The standing still sand.
THE MOTHER OF ALL DRUMLETTES JACK
CAN’T FRET OVER EVERY BEAT
Making the mother of all drummers here Jerod, Cant fret over every beat.
Drumming here
I realize
You were just like me
Trying to make drum history
But who's to judge
The... I don't know enough about drumming to continue the joke
honestly at its finest
The snare from tom
When we syncopate I think we'll both agree
That drum rolls breed drum rolls
@@Yoyo_boi202 but in the end it has to beat this way~!
That was actualy pretty good
@@DianaProudmoore I've carved my own sticks
you bought your own picks
Standing here
I realize
You are just like me
Trying to make history
But who's to judge
The right from wrong
When our guard is down
I think we'll both agree
That violence breeds violence
But in the end it has to be this way
I've carved my own path
You followed your wrath
But maybe we're both the same
The world has turned
And so many have burned
But nobody is to blame
Yet staring across this barren wasted land
I feel new life will be born
Beneath the blood stained sand
Beneath the blood stained sand
Senator Drumstrong once said: 0:19
Honestly, you definitely need to do more Metal Gear Rising songs, if you haven't. Maybe Red Sun or Stains of Time?
Keep up the great work!
Yes!
Now that you mention it, I totally agree. Collective Consciousness is underrated, imo. Hopefully he does a cover of it!
Red sun may sound similiar to the original so pretty excited for that
Hot wind blowing and I'm my own master now are great songs too
I'm My Own Master Now is a great song, too. Haven't played the Blade Wolf DLC, so I haven't listened to Hot Wind Blowing unfortunately.
MGR has so many great vocal tracks, a drum cover of any of them would be great.
@@bissdoesyoutube it's a banger, one of my favourite tracks, you should take a listen when you get the chance
1:18 now the song is getting better now
I mean funny haha meme and all, but look how insanely complicated the drum part is, and he preforms it extremely well.
This is an outstanding cover...! Well done! I loved every moment of this! Especially the ending beats... that got me so good!
I love how this guy is genuinely just having a blast playing. And I very much loved all the references to the "well if it isn't sussy jack!" satire video. "Bro r u high?" "LET ME CHECK. Yes. HIGH ON AMERICAN SPIRIT. AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE AMERICAN THAN *laughs into mental breakdown*
This man inspired me to pick up the drums and I’ve been hooked ever since
same
Clicked on the video expecting memes, got a massive banger of a boss theme instead. Absolutely killed it!
“I’m makin’ the mother of all drum covers, Jack! Can’t fret over every beat!”
The fact this guy can voice senator Armstrong makes this even better
I missed this? damnit, can't fret over every viewer when your'e making the mother of all drum covers
Making the mother of all drum covers jack can't fret over every beat
There it is. The drum cover we have been waiting.
Alternative:
Drumming here, I realize
You are just like me, trying to enjoy music
But who's to judge the right from wrong and when the music's on I'll think we'll both agree
このゲーム大好きだから凄く嬉しい
これからも頑張ってください！
応援してます！
"Making the mother of all music jack, cant fret over every note"
Does anyone else really want him to do a vocal cover of it has to be this way?
Making the mother of all drum solos here, Jack. Can't fret over every Hi-Hat.
How can he play these drums so epically? Nanomachines, son!
damn! i never be happy this much when i listening to this song
thank you boi! for making this cover
You did it again? Nice!! I love seeing your videos, they're hilarious, keep it up
Now we need to get the entire ost on here
I would PAY for a stains of time cover
@@BlazingJ972 next time I watch a stream I will suggest it. Sad that I cannot do it in advance though
MAKING THE MOTHER OF ALL DRUM SOLO'S JACK, CANT FRET OVER EVERY BEAT!
Love this song... plus this dude is awesome n sings too
This is flawless
I was half expecting him to just spam the snares and hats in the "standing here I realize" part just like in the meme.
look at him, he so hyped. he even closed his eyes while play
I feel like Jerod could actually pull off a Senator Armstrong cosplay...
MAY GOD HEAR YOU BRO, it would be epic
Makes it look SO EASY this is a really skilled drummer fr just earing the bass he produces so effortless while jamming to this absolute banger.
Well if it isn't Drummy Jack
Excellent content! Winning!
0:45 epic part
God, those swelling strings always give me goosebumps.
Love that energy my guy
We need full cover where he sings he has good voice for this
Oh my god, yes!
Standing here, I realize, I needed this in my life.
Then: Nanomachines
Now: Well if it isn’t sussy Jack!
Again? Not complaining!
I AM VERY HAPPY YOU UPLOADED THIS VID
you know what screw it *stand up and salutes* it deserves and not just cause of the meme but because its epic
Yes. So much yes. All of my yes. Nanomachines yes.
How the fuck can someone be his own hypeman like this.
Electrical drums (Raiden) vs METAL Drums (Armstrong)
I'm amazed that you haven't covered this already! Not that I'm complaining lol
He covered it a long time ago, this is a redo
_proceeds to do a death of a thousand cut technique to Armstrong just to finish the fight_
WE'RE DONE HERE!
メタルギアライジングの曲とドラマーニキの相性最高やな👍
I think we'll both agree that VIOLENCE BREEDS VIOLENCE!
This was one of the most Entertaining drum sessions to watch!!
NANOMACHINES SON!
(All jokes aside this is amazing)
Rising Revengeance is one of those games that I love the entire sound track for. Every song in it is a pure banger.
Making the mother of all covers here, Jack!
Can't fret over every yeeted stick!
The power of this song is just exquisite
Standing here I’m standing here
This video marks the second time he played this song
Yeah, I did my homework.
WE'RE MAKING THE MOTHER OF ALL COVERS HERE JEROD, CAN'T FRET OVER EVERY MEMES
I actually now play mgr in rev. difficult! So epic timing
Nano-drums, son! They make cool music in response to physical trauma.
I think we more got a soundtrack with a game included when revengance was released
Same with doom 2016, but that also came with a slideshow of demons gettin slaughtered
@@MrMoron-qn5rx so sad that new DOOM game wont include Mick Gordon , the gigachad musician that make Doom 2016 and Eternal's soundtracks.
Okay now I definitely gotta see him play the other songs like collective conscientiousness, stains of time, the only thing I know is for real, red sun and a stranger I remain
and im my own master now, rules of nature, and the war still rages within !!!!
@@kurikokuri I kinda found those ones okay, as much as rules of nature is memey, they're okay at least to me
The Hot Wind Is Blowing as well
Honestly I was expecting him to start going ham on that snare during the famously memed part XD
My eardrums are bleeding but I don't even care because this sounds so good.
3:50 Indeed, Jerod. This song indeed fricks 🤟
Making the mother of all Drum covers Jack!
My favorite line from Armstrong has to be, "It's Omeletin' time!"
"OH! IF IT ISN'T SUSSY JACK" lmao
bro your skill is just way too good
Have to be ARM STRONG to go at it like that! 😀
Watching here We all realized he was just like us enjoying the song
Missed opportunity to call it “Drumming here, I realize”
YOUR MAKING THE MOTHER OF ALL OMLETTES HERE JACK!
CAN'T FRET OVER EVERY EGG.
God I wish I had this guys enthusiasm lol.
standing here,
Missed opportunity to call it It Has to Drum this Way.