It is kind of a distracting thing to mention off-handedly, especially given how normally clinical and humorless he is. Not to mention the Salarian verbal tick he has which seems on the face of it incompatible with human songs.
He's more than just a scientist. He's a scientist, a doctor, a philosopher, ex special forces, and the best wingman in the galaxy. He's basically the Christopher Lee of the Mass Effect universe.
Look at his smile and how he _immediately_ broke out into song, I like to think he's been bringing out that hook about Gilbert and Sullivan all day hoping someone would bite and ask him about it and *finally* had an excuse to show off when Shepard inquires more lol
Funfact: If you dont choose any option after mording singing, you can see and hear him coughing. It's like he's wanting you to respond to his performance.
@@PuppetierMaster to save him wrex must be dead and you must destroy malens data. Then you can convince mordin that now is not the time to cure the genophage.
I didn't either, Mass effect 2 is free right now on Origin so I finally played it, Husband had played it and was waiting to greet me with mass effect 3's final rendition of that song......messed up
Mordin is the science teacher we all wanted in school. A genuinely smart, yet humble and funny guy who doesn't let his intelligence weigh down his head
I bawled my eyes out at his death and then went to this immediately. Best conversation I've ever had, fictional or otherwise. Very amusing. I must leave, I'm starting to talk like him, oh no.
Nightcore Noelle Seriously, he's amazing. Best conversation, though, it's really close but I'd say that has to go to Tali getting drunk in 3 (especially when you've romanced her).
I am the very model of a scientist salarian - I've studied species Turian, Asari and Batarian - I'm quite good at genetics as a subset of biology - because I am an expert which I know is a tautology! My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian - I am the very model of a scientist salarian!
The feels... One of my favorite BioWare companions of all time. Made the ultimate sacrifice in order to undo an evil he committed long ago. What a great character. He will be missed.
I actually, I found it kinda funny and nice, how aliens in ME seem to have so much interest in human culture. Mordin taking part in Gilbert and Sullivan, as well as Hamlet productions (see the Shadow Broker's dossier on him), everyone you meet trying to quote "human expressions" , Samara referencing knight errands and samurai... Quite flattering.
Canonically all the languages in the game are automatically translated to each character through software. So, either Mordin has an impressive knowledge of English(which would be in character) or the translator is working flawlessly to convert Salarian rhymes to English rhymes while keeping the meaning and meter the same. Either way there’s a lot behind this fun scene
Given what the translator usually does to Salarian, it's definitely Mordin being his usual polymath self. Hard to study Earth music without learning the language to hear it for yourself, I'd bet, given that translators are good for regular speech but not really perfect at getting the subtle poetry you often find in stuff like lyrics.
@@ThePCguy17akes sense. Wordplay is VERY difficult to translate, given how different languages can be, and that’s just for human ones. Plus, this guy knowing Modern Major General well enough to improvise a quick version of it centered around him feels very on brand.
When I found his message in the Citadel DLC, after the party, I dropped my controller when I heard his voice. I didnt pick it up, I crouched to press the button to play the messages time and time again. I laughed and cried and hugged a pillow close to my hearth. You know, when I first met Mordin, I would have never imagined it, but the comedic relief crazy scientist made me cry more than anyone else in this trilogy...
It's almost crazy that one game made me cry for an assassin, a mad scientist, and a robot. Shows that Bioware when they build a game right don't make hollow characters.
i know the type. One time at a science conference we were doing karaoke and one of the scientists types was like wtf is this? it's pointless and stupid. I was like um no it's play and its fun and singing together is an amazing feeling. She stormed off.
@@toreyarnold Some people are like slinkies, Utterly unimaginative and useless in every way imaginable but will still make you smile to watch them fall down some stairs.
The writing is soooo good on this game, especially the more scientific side of things. One of the reasons Mordin is my favorite, the sci fi writing is great.
THIS is why I adore Mordin and so many other Mass Effect characters. He's not a caricature. SO many "mad scientist" characters are twitching, gimmicky, one-note characters who try to do everything based of logic and science. Mordin, however, shows how dynamic and complex he is. He's a scientist, but a connesiuer of arts. He's logic driven man, but connected to his family and aware of his mortality. He's a doctor, but a spec ops killer. He defends his science, but is tormented by his guilt. Mordin was in the background, but was a scene stealer every time.
Well said, Mordin is a very well made character with the depth he has. It'd be amusing if he ever met one of those one note mad scientist characters who typically believe that the arts are a waste of time and "facts and logic" are the only things that matter.
Homer: "Oh, that's nothing. Watch this: There once was a man from Nantucket, Who kept all his cash in a bucket. But his daughter, named Nan, Ran away with a man. And as for the bucket, Nantucket."
I don't think that it's "cheap" that they kill him off. I mean Mordin is one of my favourite characters in the ME series and it broke my heart that I had to send him to his doom, but he did indeed played a pretty huge part in the "genocide" of an entire species. Whether it was the "right" course of action or not at that time, he later regretted his involvement/decision and was pledge by guilt for years (i.e. before and during ME2). This feels like redemption and an end to his story.
First he sings it to make you smile like an idiot, then he sings it to make you cry like a baby. Illusive Man wasn't lying, he truly is best of the best
Keep in mind, Mordin killed a krogan with a gardening tool on a mission. He CHOSE to go to space Detroit to open a clinic. Mordin Solus is a scary MF.
I live in real detroit and became a scientist. Guess if i ever see a big alien frog i know what to do.
@@toreyarnold You don't sing about amino acids, do you?
@@stevenstice6683 haha yeah sometimes I do. I have a rap I made about non muscle myosin II. That's made of amino acids. Hehe
@@toreyarnold you don't get to casually drop 'i have a rap I made about non muscle myosin II" and get away with not elaborating further and leaving
He also did Aria which takes hella guts
When we first heard it, we all laughed, the last time we heard it, we all cried.
Rixoli well, I laughed and cried the first time
YOU KILLED HIM?! YOU LET HIM BLOW UP?!
Had to be me, someone else might have gotten it wrong.
Talks too much, sang too well, and was too damn intelligent for his own good. Definitely one of the best crew members in the series.
@@audrivalentin4451 no choice.
Had to cure Krogan, right thing for galaxy, solidarity needed.
"Had to be me, someone else would've gotten it wrong"
Your Shepard looks like a young Dr. Chakwas :D
She does! :D
lol
That's exactly what I thought! 😂
It's actually kinda scary
Who
Mordin: *Talks about the importance of art and the tragedy of free will being stripped from an entire species*
Shepard: Wait, You can Sing!?!?
Mordin: *starts singing*
It is kind of a distracting thing to mention off-handedly, especially given how normally clinical and humorless he is. Not to mention the Salarian verbal tick he has which seems on the face of it incompatible with human songs.
I know everyone talks about his singing, but I really like how Mordin, a scientist, explains why the arts are important at 0:14.
He's more than just a scientist. He's a scientist, a doctor, a philosopher, ex special forces, and the best wingman in the galaxy. He's basically the Christopher Lee of the Mass Effect universe.
That's basically the illuminism
Mordin is incredible because a lot of what he says is actually really good to study.
@@Da1337Man no no, he is the very model of a scientist salarian.
You say that as though scientists aren't as appreciative of art as anyone else.
Look at his smile and how he _immediately_ broke out into song, I like to think he's been bringing out that hook about Gilbert and Sullivan all day hoping someone would bite and ask him about it and *finally* had an excuse to show off when Shepard inquires more lol
knowing Mordin, I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case.
And he says he doesn't like art. You can't convince me he doesn't enjoy it.
the fact that there is not a paragon interrupt to applaud him after he sings is a crime
It should be paragon and renegade to applaud him. May I commit genocide? Occasionally. But I'm not a monster.
@@mguy5923 It's not genocide! It's called "extreme, nonconsensual birth control" lmao
I would add a renegade interrupt where you put you're fingers in your ears and make fun of him too
@@silent_partner_pa9917 That should just fully max out your renegade meter
@@Da1337Man true but that would have been really cool if it was an option, i'm not sure if i could do it even on my genocide runs lmaooooo
Funfact: If you dont choose any option after mording singing, you can see and hear him coughing. It's like he's wanting you to respond to his performance.
Genius. Doctor. Spec-ops. Singer.
Truly, an example of why we need to see more mad scientists on the side of the good guys.
Sometimes vigilante, Aid worker on OMEGA, and his crowning title bedder of Aria
EXACTLY!
@@toreyarnold Glad to see you get it! :)
@@magicalmagicmagician5223 Assuming that last part wasn't fanfiction on his part. Which not only makes him an awesome mad scientist, but One of Us.
also a novelist if you got Mordin voice datapad snuck in by STG after citadel party in ME3 Citadel DLC no matter he dead or alive
"Had to be me. Someone else could have gotten it wrong."
I really miss you Mordin.
pour one out for our homie
@@toreyarnold i saved him on my renegade playthrough.
@@randominternetname2430 nice. he's a bit of a renegade himself.
@@randominternetname2430 did you? Was it really him ...
@@PuppetierMaster to save him wrex must be dead and you must destroy malens data. Then you can convince mordin that now is not the time to cure the genophage.
I almost crapped my pants when I came across this scene during the game.
Didn't see that one coming.
I didn't either, Mass effect 2 is free right now on Origin so I finally played it, Husband had played it and was waiting to greet me with mass effect 3's final rendition of that song......messed up
Mordin setting it right made a lot of us into emotional wrecks. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.
i know its so dang good i instantly grabbed my capture card thing to preserve this gem forever
I'm commander shepard, this is my favourite song on The Citadel.
Over 4 years later and this game still looks really good.
Mods, anyone?
I don't have any mods, and mine looks that good.
Over nine years and the game still looks great
Hello, I'm come from the future. The year is 2021 and just now was release the Mass Effect Legendary Edition for all platforms and it's amazing!
Me1 on the 360 looks better than andromeda
Lol that Shepard looks like Chakwas XD
powerstarz101 bb
Yeah
Mordin is the science teacher we all wanted in school. A genuinely smart, yet humble and funny guy who doesn't let his intelligence weigh down his head
Great description of a great science teacher
Humility is debatable with Mordin, but he’s good at what he does.
I bawled my eyes out at his death and then went to this immediately. Best conversation I've ever had, fictional or otherwise. Very amusing.
I must leave, I'm starting to talk like him, oh no.
Nightcore Noelle Seriously, he's amazing. Best conversation, though, it's really close but I'd say that has to go to Tali getting drunk in 3 (especially when you've romanced her).
+Nightcore Noelle Just finished me2, decided to watch this before going to try me3. Thanks for the spoilers...
+Chris Howe You shouldn't have read the comments, then.
+Tobostiel that's stupid. Why would he expect me3 spoilers on a me2 video?
The Chubby Link Because despite having 3 parts, it's still one continuous story..
Game's over, gents! Mordin's just won it.
Erit of Eastcris idd harbinger heard and cancelled the invasion
Mordins new hit album ''It Had To Be Me'' in stores near you NOW
I am the very model of a scientist salarian - I've studied species Turian, Asari and Batarian - I'm quite good at genetics as a subset of biology - because I am an expert which I know is a tautology! My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian - I am the very model of a scientist salarian!
"Personal interest negligible", yeah okay Mordin. XD
Gonna say it, Mordin has a good point about Art and other aspects of Culture.
He is the very model of a modern scientist salarian
He's studied species turian, asari and batarian
The feels... One of my favorite BioWare companions of all time. Made the ultimate sacrifice in order to undo an evil he committed long ago. What a great character. He will be missed.
Too bad you didn't include that cough after all that singing. :D
my echmost apologies! i missed it with my giddy excitement~
As a man who performed in a rendition of Pirates of Penzance, I find this to be a brilliant piece of writing. Bravo Mordin!
I actually, I found it kinda funny and nice, how aliens in ME seem to have so much interest in human culture.
Mordin taking part in Gilbert and Sullivan, as well as Hamlet productions (see the Shadow Broker's dossier on him), everyone you meet trying to quote "human expressions" , Samara referencing knight errands and samurai... Quite flattering.
we are all pretty interesting! i was always fascinated by the keepers
Canonically all the languages in the game are automatically translated to each character through software. So, either Mordin has an impressive knowledge of English(which would be in character) or the translator is working flawlessly to convert Salarian rhymes to English rhymes while keeping the meaning and meter the same. Either way there’s a lot behind this fun scene
Given what the translator usually does to Salarian, it's definitely Mordin being his usual polymath self. Hard to study Earth music without learning the language to hear it for yourself, I'd bet, given that translators are good for regular speech but not really perfect at getting the subtle poetry you often find in stuff like lyrics.
@@ThePCguy17akes sense. Wordplay is VERY difficult to translate, given how different languages can be, and that’s just for human ones. Plus, this guy knowing Modern Major General well enough to improvise a quick version of it centered around him feels very on brand.
Yes, the only characters that does speak ACTUALL english are Mordin and Liara
When I found his message in the Citadel DLC, after the party, I dropped my controller when I heard his voice.
I didnt pick it up, I crouched to press the button to play the messages time and time again.
I laughed and cried and hugged a pillow close to my hearth.
You know, when I first met Mordin, I would have never imagined it, but the comedic relief crazy scientist made me cry more than anyone else in this trilogy...
It's almost crazy that one game made me cry for an assassin, a mad scientist, and a robot. Shows that Bioware when they build a game right don't make hollow characters.
how can you possibly click on this and then dislike it?!?!
Its the best
i know the type. One time at a science conference we were doing karaoke and one of the scientists types was like wtf is this? it's pointless and stupid. I was like um no it's play and its fun and singing together is an amazing feeling. She stormed off.
Problematic.
@@toreyarnold Some people are like slinkies, Utterly unimaginative and useless in every way imaginable but will still make you smile to watch them fall down some stairs.
@@Rixoli damn. that is some real wisdom and the truth. It's like some ppl be a butter knife with no lipids in sight.
..I should go
ShizzleTech Do I really sound like that? Hello...? I'm open to feedback here!
texteel I thought it was some weird Earth custom or something.
Mordin may very well be my favorite character from the video games universe.
The writing is soooo good on this game, especially the more scientific side of things.
One of the reasons Mordin is my favorite, the sci fi writing is great.
Mordin was one of my favorite characters. His death almost made me cry.
This was the scene that cemented Mordin as one of my favorite characters.
commmander chakwas
lol
I remember walking around the house singing this and getting it stuck in my moms head
I did the same! My family knows nothing about Mass Effect, except for Mordin, because I keep on singing his songs all the time!
There's no other way isn't it, Mordin? I'm sorry. I wish you all the best with your seashells now, somewhere, somehow.
You can see he’s really having fun with this song
THIS is why I adore Mordin and so many other Mass Effect characters. He's not a caricature.
SO many "mad scientist" characters are twitching, gimmicky, one-note characters who try to do everything based of logic and science.
Mordin, however, shows how dynamic and complex he is. He's a scientist, but a connesiuer of arts. He's logic driven man, but connected to his family and aware of his mortality. He's a doctor, but a spec ops killer. He defends his science, but is tormented by his guilt.
Mordin was in the background, but was a scene stealer every time.
Well said, Mordin is a very well made character with the depth he has. It'd be amusing if he ever met one of those one note mad scientist characters who typically believe that the arts are a waste of time and "facts and logic" are the only things that matter.
Very well said 😢
RIP Mordin. Every moment in your company was a privilege. My eyes still tear up whenever I play the game and he sings it for the last time. 😢
Mordin:(Epic singing.)
Shepard : (No reaction)
Speed up almost any video to 1.5x speed and you can make almost anyone sound like a Salarian :D
I love how we players and viewers are wowed by Mordin's performance...but Shepard is not impressed.
Shep is never impressed but often intrigued
first playthrough i managed to save everyone.
Even the crew?
yep
same here
I lost miranda but nobody gives a shit about her.
Same here.
"I am the very model of a Scientist Salarian!!"
Yes, you were, Dr. Mordin Solus. Yes, you were.
His speaking cadence is so captivating. Always loved talking with Mordin
It hurts... it hurts so bad.
R.I.P. He sings this as he dies, a true bro.
Soon we'll get to revisit him in the remaster.
RIP Mordin. I really cried for him. He was the best!
I love how he goes on this huge rant about the collectors and Shepherd just hears that he sings.
Always good to hear and sing. Thank myself for creating such a masterpiece.
He is my favourite character in mass effect series. It hitted me hard with his ending in Me3 but I understand, it had to be you who do this, Mordin. No one else can make it right.
In general this is why I love ME2 the best, for moments like this just showing us who these characters are.
And Shepard start to sing "I'am the monarch of the sea".
Homer: "Oh, that's nothing. Watch this: There once was a man from Nantucket, Who kept all his cash in a bucket. But his daughter, named Nan, Ran away with a man. And as for the bucket, Nantucket."
It's imperative to check in on him after each mission once you pick up Eve in ME3. Just go in the med Bay and stand next to him for a minute.
I can't wait to hear this again. Basically 2 weeks and Legendary Edition is here!
exciting didnt know that
To this day. Still crying
You gotta love Mordin
Characters like this are what modern games are missing. Every character in mass effect was so good
Thank you for sharing that, Mordin
R.I.P Mordin, your singing skills will be missed
Just got back to this part in legendary edition and had to come back to re-visit an old favorite.
Not going to lie the first time I heard this I sang along because I love modern major general!
My Jaw dropped when I first saw this scene. I had no idea I would be treated to such an amazing scene. I love mass Effect and all it’s little details
somehow mordin made it into my heart and is still my role model
I'm so happy to know that Gilbert and Sullivan are doing well in the late 2100s
You can fight like a Krogan, breathe like a Volus, but you'll never sing better than Mordin Solus.
Genius 👌✌️
Absolutely Epic!
This was such a joy of a scene to discover on a first playthrough
I don't think that it's "cheap" that they kill him off.
I mean Mordin is one of my favourite characters in the ME series and it broke my heart that I had to send him to his doom, but he did indeed played a pretty huge part in the "genocide" of an entire species.
Whether it was the "right" course of action or not at that time, he later regretted his involvement/decision and was pledge by guilt for years (i.e. before and during ME2).
This feels like redemption and an end to his story.
thats awesome i love the way he sings
Good thing Mordin is the one singing this piece, someone else might have gotten it wrong.
Ohh, man... Ouch. I was good until I read your comment. Now I'm feeling feelings again. Damn lol
Pogged to hear this in the remaster
✨✨✨ serotonin ✨✨✨
Listening to this in 2020 and I cried a little. I want this released on the Switch, now!
watch this at 2x speed and its insane
+plasmathunderdx
You were right, it was crazy! Try it at 1/2 normal... they both sound like they're drunk. It's hilarious:-)
sounds like he's rapping
Damn, now every time I hear this it makes me want to cry, but I just had to come back after the events of ME3
Mordin is easily one of the best characters, I think. "Had to be me, someone else might have gotten it wrong.".
I'm glad that this is the second in the youtube search suggestions after the original
Mordin's singing this song at first was so funny. But before his death was so heartbreaking
"I have to....stay!"
I just remembered this existed.
Points for his understanding of artistic philosophy and evolution. Applause for his talent.
Oh Mordin, you card! :D
Everyone in the next room are like "What the hell? Push replay, now!"
Jacob in the Armory next door: Turn that shit up!
My. Absolute. favorite part is when after breaking into song he calmly clears his throat
That was beautiful
You can tell the voice actor was having fun with that.
First he sings it to make you smile like an idiot, then he sings it to make you cry like a baby. Illusive Man wasn't lying, he truly is best of the best
That was simply glorious. Just... glorious.
It’s as beautiful as the day I lost you 😭
you can see the dude just wants to sing once you ask him to
Guys, I think he's the very model of a scientist salarian.
I may or may not have bought a t-shirt with this printed on it.
best scene ever
I think I remember him singing that to his patient, trying to keep her calm during whatever he needed doing, afterall a lab can be cold at times