[HD] The Protomen - Act II - The Good Doctor
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You know Wily's line, "We will build heroes!" hits a lot harder after Megaman 11 and you find out that was his original intention before Light repeatedly got in his way out of fear of Wily's technology being misused, breeding the resentment that turned him to evil.
Mega Man fans truly know Mega Man more than it's creators
If getting his idea rejected caused Dr. Wily to storm out and swear vengeance on everyone, he was going to become a villain no matter how much people catered to him.
The way his voice falls when he says "I only wanna help" and he just sounds like this scared child stripped of everything who just wants to fix it aahhhh it's so good.
It hurts my soul. I know exactly what you're talking about.
To me, that line sounds less like a scared child and more like someone who would do anything in the world to help end the suffering their beloved goes through.
Still makes me tear up. Tom just wants to make things better but everything goes wrong instead.
@@SlyAceZeta I'd say it can be both.
I love the "We will be heroes" line coming Light and then Wily contesting that with "We will build heroes" because throughout the rest of the story light tries and ultimately fails to do both. He's just such a sad protagonist!
That line brings into view the crux of the entire story: Will man be the hero?
Did The Megas reference the Protomen line or did The Protomen reference The Megas?
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i wouldn't be surprised if he poured himself cereal and it burst into flames seconds after, with the poor guy's luck...
He builds two Heroes.
The people just don't deserve either.
I love how you can really envision the tale of two desperate geniuses using their gifts to change the world. While one remains steadfast and righteous the other is slowly driven mad by his ambitions. So damn good
I've listened to this a million times and I love this head canon:
Light and Wiley were childhood friends. Both men were profoundly effected by the deaths they saw. Wiley's father died in The War. Wiley watched as the people got riled up in an unjust bloody war. He saw the demagogue whip the masses into a frenzy and thousands die in the resulting conflict including his father, a loyal soldier only doing whats "right". Wiley learned a truth after that: humanity only listens to naked power. If the right strong man took the wheel then humanity could be steered in the right direction. He and Light put the time, they put the effort, it is only right they took control. With force if necessary.
Light watched his father break his body day in and day out. The cruelty he was subjected to was all to help humanity survive the lean times, they said. Then there was a day his body couldn't continue. He died in the mines. If only humans weren't subjected to the hellish rigors of toil. Light learned a truth that day: Humanity is frail but with the right supports no one would have to suffer. He will provide humanity the tools to be strong but he will not dominate anyone.
I like this new generation of music.
But Hank! This is communist propaganda!
@@definitivamenteno-malo7919 nope, this is based toons not troons.
@@kylecrane5751 Thanks, 8-bit Sprite Mega Man!
@@kylecrane5751 What was the point of saying this? Piss off.
@@mrmac2340 get bent like metal
"And with these hands that will not bleed, my father's battle will be won!" is one of the rawest, most incredible lines ever cooked up for a song. Its perfection.
Hell yes. Especially with the raw emotion tearing out of them. It's the one thing pushing him.
Not to mention that it's a call-forward to what Mega Man feels later on, wanting to win his father's battle with his hands that would not bleed.
It's "YOUR father's battle will be won." Light isn't singing that part. Wily is.
@@Cross_Malaki i cannot hear “your” at all, maybe im just not listening out for it hard enough but i swear thats “my fathers battle”, i always thought it was light getting carried away in his thoughts about the machines
@@solarashes Lights last line in the song is "and with this hands we will destroy and with these hands we will rebuild". Lights idea and plan is that no son would ever have to say "my father worked into his grave". Wily is the one fixated with battle. His father was a soldier, not a worker.
_they've waited so long for this day_
_someone to take the death away_
_no son would ever have to say_
_'my father worked into his grave'_
Can I just say how much I love these lyrics? They work so well at getting you to love this character and sympathize with his motivations.
Thank you, Firguy the Foot Fetishist from 4chan, very cool!
fr tho it really does help to get you more invested in poor Doctor Light.
i really love how the protomen worked in the "mining robots" thing into the main story. it was always just kind of a weird detail about the mets and some robot masters in the original series? but using it as light's motivation really fits perfectly.
A song of good intentions.
And we all know what the road to Hell is paved with.
@@_ArmIa With capitalists like Reagan and Thatcher
@@definitivamenteno-malo7919 epic capitalism own
"We will be heroes. (We will build heroes.)"
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DAMN
reply of agreement
Then Mega Man 11 happened and that actually was Wily's original motivation.
This song gives me a power trip
I love this tale of two men working to avenge the deaths of their fathers. Lights father died in the mines, while Wilys fell on the battle field (if I interpret the song the right way). Light to make work safe and free the humans of the dangers of hard work, while Wily wants to free soldiers from the need to fight. It is interesting how both want to use robots and Wily looses sight on his actual goal, because Light refuses to build war robots. Better not turn your back on Wily.
where did you get wily's father dying on the battlefield
Nahp. Wily is saying all they can use their new technology to install themselves as dictators because their robots only need some of the working parts changed to be soldiers to enforce their power. And more than that, people will be willing to follow them because they "turn the wheels." That is, they control a new technology that will provide a higher standard of living. So people will sacrifice their liberty to follow their rule. _There's no price they wouldn't pay, for someone else to lead them._
@@tuseroni6085 Light sings a line that says "My father's battle will be won." and the way his voice sounds is very close to Wily's. This song doesn't mention Wily's father at all, but I had made the same mistake until I read the lyrics
@@bigboi8028 lyrics say "And with these hands that will not bleed
Your father's battle will be won!"
Its sung by wily to light
@@tuseroni6085 No it's not. The CD's lyric book clearly says that it's sung by Light, the "Battle" being referenced is about people who die due to being overworked, like Light's father
I really wish this was a real musical like really really bad
It is. They have performed. My friend saw them in Vancouver
Not just preforming.
Like with a show. With acting.
This is all I want.
I think with a musical setup they could even cut give us the rope and state vs light together into one scene
Sort of like savages from Pocahontas
"with these hands that will not bleed, my father's battle will be won" is such a fucking raw line
Anybody who's lost their dad, regardless of their dad's occupation, can understand.
I fear the day, my friend.
When Act III comes out I'll just lock myself in my home and sing along until I lose my voice
Please god make this a broadway musical some day.
Lyrics for the heroes:
My father worked the mines until the day it took his life
It stole him from his only son and it stole 'im from his wife
And I swore upon his grave: someday I would make things right
So I learned how to bend steel- I learned how to make it move
And I watched as it withstood all the hell we put men through
With hands of iron, there's not a task we couldn't do
They've waited so long for this day
Someone to take the death away
No son would ever have to say,
"My father worked into his grave."
Tom, listen to yourself, then listen carefully to me
If you replace the working parts, you get a different machine
The man who turns the wheels, they will follow anywhere he leads...
We've spent our whole lives searching for a way to make a better world
Giving everything to them, asking nothing in return
Well here it is- our chance to take back everything we've earned
They've waited so long for this day
(They've waited so long for this day!)
Someone to take the death away (There is no price they wouldn't pay!)
No son would ever have to say, (For someone else to lead them!)
"My father worked into his grave." (Don't turn your back on me!)
What will I become with the things I will create?
I never said that men should bow
I never said that men should break
I only want what's best...
The one I love, she works so hard,
She works her fingers till they bleed
Some of the pain that she endures
Would bring a strong man to his knees
I only wanna help
You underestimate the character of man.
(They are weaker than you think) You think that
They'll surrender if you bind their working hands
But they are strong (Just wait and see)
We will build cities in a day (Man would cower at the sight)
We will build towers to the heavens
(Man was not built for such a height)
We will be heroes! (We will build heroes!)
They've waited so long for this day
Someone to take the death away
No son would ever have to say,
"My father worked into his grave."
Men sleep tonight with hands of bone
They will awake with hands of steel
And with these hands we will destroy,
And with these hands we will rebuild
And we will stand above our city, rising high above the streets!
From tops of buildings we will look at all that lies beneath our feet
We will raise our hands above us
Cold steel shining in the sun
And with these hands that will not bleed
My father's battle will be won!
My father worked on powerlines,
'till the day he fell and lost his life;
stole him from both his sons
stole him from his cheating wife.
and i swore upon his grave
someday i, would make things right.
So i learned how to dig holes, i learned how to lay the cable
and I watched as it maintain a current that was stable...
This is genuinely one of my favourite songs. Obviously not the kind you play in the car or out with friends, but this is what I like to listen to when I'm in more of a creative mood. I'm confident one day this will be a musical that I can see in person, because the talent and execution is undeniable.
This song is eerily real with the continuation of automation and fast growth of machine learning technology. The potential of automation is incredible, and the potential for the misuse of that power equally great. The potential for utopia or dystopia, depending on if the profits of automation are shared or hoarded. Oh well, guess we'll see.
"I allowed Albert to persuade me to change the designs. I allowed this perversion of my course. This new machine that we've built is unlike any I ever imagined. It looks... like a man."
-From the script cheet of Intermission
"If you replace the working parts
You get a different machine"
- Willy in this song
"And we will raise our hands above us
Cold steel shining in the sun"
-Light in this song
Most people seem to not relize the Lights orginal plans in this was to build some kind of robot arms for the workers in the minds, not full on Robots.
It's metaphorical. The steel hands are not literal steel hands, but proxy robots intended to do the heavy labor that would normally kill workers. Wily wants to use the hands to dominate. Light wants to use the hands to liberate. Light always talks about using the hands to take away death and make sure sons never have to lose fathers. Wily always talks about the hands as a way as to show his elevation -- "cold steel shining in the sun" and as a way terrify the populace with his power to build cities in a day.
@@afqwa423 I'm sure the metaphore is ALSO there, the intermission letter read's to me like the ogrinal plan was some kinda metal hands (even if it's just an exoskeletion or something) but Willy kept chaning them since Willy version would "displace so many jobs" but perhaps I am just reading into things wrong.
@@Left4Cake It's a rock opera based on the Megaman video games. The series is explicitly about the good guy, Doctor Light co-developing robots with Doctor Wily to automate different jobs. Wily reprograms the robots to try and use them for world domination instead. And in order to stop him, Doctor Light builds Megaman to go out and destroy the robot masters (formerly worker bots). The original backstory behind each of the robot bosses is that they were built for specific tasks like logging or mining and their weapons are themed around it.
The games are much more lighthearted since Wily is basically a Saturday morning cartoon villain who always loses each game and is not a dictator who uses robot enforcers to maintain his power like he is in the rock opera from this band.
When Wily talks about changing the working parts, what he really means is militarizing the bots. He's basically hinting to Light that, sure, we gave these robots tools for manual labor _but_ you could also give them weapons if you wanted to.
The following songs in the album basically being about Wily framing Light for the murder of his girlfriend and then installing himself as dictator who then sics robot assassins on citizenry who become a problem. At no point are prosthetic parts or cyborgs ever mentioned. Light and an unnamed young boy manage to destroy one of the assassins, only to learn that Wily has been building an army.
It wouldn't make much sense to give a miner like Light's father cyborg hands if the entire purpose is to keep him from dying in the mines. Instead you send a robot in his place to take all the risks of cave-ins, suffocation, heavy machinery and poison. As a robot would naturally be immune to all this and never feel exhaustion.
@@afqwa423 I aware of the insperation but libertys can still be taken, and I supect what I was mis interpeting is Dr.lights wording in the letter is where he assumed the robot's and humans would world together as partners whiel Dr. Willy's machines where more cold and laked any kind of "personailty" in favor of just taking orders without question.
and I just mis contrued the lanuage realting to lights future of the robots working with humans rather then replacing thenm.
(also alot of my miscomcpetions come spefically from the wording in the script for intermission one of the instermental songs who's script only exist in written form, more so then any of the other metaphors that are actually spoken out loud.)
I think it's Albert.
I've seen it theorised in a few places that Albert's father was a soldier, hence "my father's battle": Thomas' father was a miner who died because of his work, hence Thomas' obsession with creating labour robots to assist mankind. It could make sense that, if Albert's father was a soldier, it would explain his obsession with war/killing machines.
My father isn't dead yet... but he's a worker. A builder. An engineer.
I get it.
I fear the day that he leaves me. Gone to that place beyond us all. But I feel as though he'd urge me to keep creating. Building. I've listened to this song many times now and it strikes me deeper each time. I know that I would do what Light has chosen to do. I would keep on building, even in the face of adversity. Even with Wily laughing at the futility of it all, I can see it. And even if it killed me, I would live up to my own chosen moment.
Every man and women has a moment. We're not born for it. We _decide_ it. And I'd decide "No". Because it's the obvious answer. Even if it pointlessly kills me, the answer is still no.
I refute thee, Wily. I suffer not thy tyranny. And if that means death, then so be it.
Edit: For there must be creation to balance the destruction. There must be some modicum of good, some tiny _sliver_ of inherent righteousness to counteract the surging evil. And no, not because of _God._ But because good men and women must always face the horrors of evil men and women, jaws clenched and fists balled. We _can_ be good. It is within our ability.
saw them with tenacious d a year ago, and bought the album. they signed it for me :) so kickass live.
love that western feel
Is this the beginning of the story of mega man?
An interpretation of it.
Yes
No it's about Crash Bandicoot
Pretty sure it's about Master Chief
Still my favorite song they've done. Man, it gives me the shivers
This is simply an amazing song! Every second of it! Masterpiece!
his voice is so moving! my eyes start to tear up when i listen to a few of these songs
they should make a movie out of this. I would have watched it every day
The following is a little bit of my idea of how a full film of this album would look, continued from the last track in this channel:
*[the Protomen begin playing the intro to "The Good Doctor". As Panther speaks, the stage remains somewhat lit as the surroundings fade into pitch-black; the stage becomes the background as the camera focuses on the blackness.]*
PANTHER: *[spoken]* "A wise man once said, 'When the world changes, there are no innocent bystanders. Only those who turn the wheels, and those who let them be turned.' Well, one night, long ago, two men argued over just that: whether or not to turn the wheels."
*[Two spotlights appear in the darkness just as Panther says "two men", revealing THOMAS LIGHT and ALBERT WILY. The stage in the background fades into the black, then the black fades to reveal the two men standing in a large run-down room with brick walls, faded glass windows, and blueprints all over. There is a table in the center of the room with a humanoid figure covered by a long white cloth ala Frankenstein. LIGHT and WILY stand over the table as "The Good Doctor" begins.]*
LIGHT: *[sung]* My father worked the mines until the day it took his life.
Stole him from his only son and it stole him from his wife.
And I swore upon his grave, someday I would make things right.
So I learned how to bend steel. I learned how to make it move,
and I watched as it withstood all the hell we put men through.
With hands of iron, there's not a task we couldn't do.
They've waited so long for this day,
Someone to take the death away,
No son would ever have to say,
"My father worked into his grave."
WILY: *[spoken]* So we turn them on.
LIGHT: *[spoken]* One or two of these I can take. But replacing ALL the workers? It just doesn't seem right...
WILY: *[spoken]* You're missing the point, here.
WILY: *[sung]* Tom, listen to yourself, then listen carefully to me.
If you replace the working parts, you get a different machine.
The man who turns the wheels, they will follow anywhere he leads.
We've spent our whole lives searching for a way to make a better world.
Giving everything to them, asking nothing in return.
Well here it is: our chance to take back everything we've earned.
LIGHT and (WILY): They've waited so long for this day (They've waited so long for this day)
Someone to take the death away (There is no price they wouldn't pay)
No son would ever have to say, (For someone else to lead them)
"My father worked into his grave." (Don't turn your back on me!)
*[LIGHT looks worryingly at WILY at those words, but WILY backs off slightly, putting on a sympathetic expression.]*
WILY: *[spoken]* Look, I'm sorry. It's just... we've worked on this for YEARS together. "We're going to make a better world"--those were YOUR words, weren't they? Well, this is the first step. Think about it. Our names will go down in history as the men who changed everything.
*[LIGHT walks slowly towards the window, through which we get a glimpse of The City--it seems to be a mishmash of current technology with people talking on cell phones and watching television in store windows, but the buildings and dress seem more like something out of a small town in the 1930s and 1940s.]*
LIGHT: *[sung]* What will I become with the things I will create?
I never said that men should bow. I never said that men should break;
I only want what's best.
*[LIGHT looks at a photo on his desk of himself with a woman.]*
The one I love, she works so hard, works her fingers 'till they bleed.
Some of the pain that she endures would bring a strong man to his knees.
I only want to help...
LIGHT and (WILY): (You are a fool.) You underestimate the character of man.
(They are weaker than you think) You think that they'll surrender if you bind their working hands.
But they are strong (Just wait and see.)
We will build cities in a day. (Men would cower at the sight.)
We will build towers to the heavens. (Man was not built for such a height.)
We will be heroes. (We will build heroes.)
*[They look at each other from across the room before LIGHT returns to the table, helping WILY put the finishing touches on their creation via shots of the two welding and working with wires.]*
LIGHT: They've waited so long for this day,
Someone to take the death away.
No son would ever have to say,
"My father worked into his grave."
Men sleep tonight with hands of bone,
But they'll awake with hands of steel.
With these hands we will destroy,
And with these hands we will rebuild!
WILY: And we will stand above our city,
Rising high above her streets.
From tops of buildings we will look
At all that lies beneath our feet.
And we will raise our hands above us,
Cold steel shining in the sun,
And with these hands that will not bleed,
Your father's battle will be won!
*[they finish the robot, LIGHT flips a switch on the wall as we see a close-up of the left hand of the machine poking out from under the sheet and beginning to twitch. Cut to WILY's face as he pulls the cloth away, cut to close-up of the machine's green helmet with a glowing red eye.]*
LIGHT: *[spoken]* Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the future of robotics: The LightLabs Model 01!
*[zoom out from the close-up to reveal the robot is now standing in place in the middle of a large presentation room adjacent to the lab as reporters look on. LIGHT stands at a podium in front of the reporters, WILY standing next to the machine. The reporters applaud briefly.]*
LIGHT: The Model 01 is not a simple automaton--it features a cerebral matrix capable of following complex and intricate orders beyond the capacity of any modern computer.
*[A reporter in the front row raises his hand; it's actually REANIMATOR, but he's in a suit and doesn't have his makeup on, so it's not obvious.]*
REANIMATOR: Are you saying it's artificially intelligent?
LIGHT: No, just that it can understand and interpret commands in a much more general sense than less sophisticated machines, and thus carry out those commands with a small degree if independence, thus allowing it to decide on the most efficient means of executing its orders without going off on its own. You can all relax, we're not in danger of any 'robot uprising' just yet.
*[Laughter fills the room at LIGHT's little joke. In the background, one might notice WILY doing something with the robot's head. Another reporter speaks up, this time it's THE GAMBLER, but again, she's out of costume and looking like any ordinary person.]*
GAMBLER: What will this mean for jobs within the mining sector? Do you plan to replace all workers with these machines?
*[LIGHT pauses at the question, worry on his face.]*
LIGHT: No, nothing like that has been planned. Some jobs will be taken over, but I assure you, only those that are already far too dangerous for humans.
GAMBLER: How will you determine which jobs are too dangerous? Aren't all mining jobs dangerous?
*[LIGHT stumbles at the question, provoking responses from the rest of the crowd as well. He briefly looks back at WILY, who is now innocently standing next to the machine, hands behind his back. LIGHT then turns back to the reporters and recovers enough to speak briefly.]*
LIGHT: I'm sorry, but further questions will have to wait for another time. Doctor Wily and I have quite a bit of work to do. Thank you all for coming...
*[The reporters shout a few more questions as LIGHT and WILY herd them out of the room.]*
WILY: "A lot of work to do." We both know it's almost done.
LIGHT: Just want to make sure...
WILY: Ah, that's right. You never leave the lab until after Six. So predictable...
*[WILY notices the look on LIGHT's face.]*
WILY: You're still worried about that?
LIGHT: Why wouldn't I be?
WILY: I told you, we're making a better world. Sometimes sacrifices have to be made to do that. Though if you're worried about it that much, I do have something in mind that would make the process a little smoother...
*[LIGHT pauses and looks at WILY with increased worry. WILY is smirking.]*
LIGHT: What process? What are you making?
WILY: The old broadcast tower at the center of the city could be easily repurposed for mass control of the Model 01s. Think about it: instead of relying on the mining companies to run small groups of the machines on-site, we could have citywide control, allowing us to direct them in any way we see fit. All I need is the schematic for the master controller from your apartment, and we could have it all running within the day.
LIGHT: "Any way we see fit?" Or any way YOU see fit?
*[WILY's smile fades into a frown briefly before he gets it back. Very unsettling.]*
WILY: Just think about it.
*[LIGHT pauses for a good while before walking to the door to the lab. As he leaves the room, we see WILY smiling evilly behind him before looking at his watch, then at a clock on the wall, and setting a timer as he walks over to the robot and turns it on; the robot follows him out the door as Wily smirks again.]*
WILY: So very predictable.
*[As he leaves the room, the first few notes of "The Father of Death" begin playing...]*
So what you're saying is that this hasn't been made yet.
I love it.
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Love it.
Wearing my act ii shirt, felt like listening to the album again. Still so good. Keep those lights bright, freedom fighters.
The debate between Light and Wily was never about IF the switch would be flipped on the robots, it was about WHEN. With the robots ready to start working, Light wanted to immediately send them out to take over all the dangerous, awful work that was killing fathers like his own. Wily, on the other hand, was worried about the impact of mass automation on society and thought he could do a better job handling it than the existing societal structure; he wanted to hold off on releasing the robots until he could use their existence to negotiate/browbeat/frame his way into power.
Wily tried to make Light agree by pointing out that society was guaranteed to change ("if you replace the working parts, you get a different machine"), and that if they took the reins, they could make things better ("the man who turns the wheels" etc.); Light didn't care because the existing "machine" was chewing people up and spitting them out. He tried to appeal to Light's greed ("We've spent our whole lives searching" through "Everything we've earned"), but Light had no greed to appeal to. He tried to warn Light that people would find new and different things scary ("Men would cower at the sight") and were just not ready for the changes that would be brought on ("Man was not built for such a height"), and Light did not agree. Pointing out that people would remember the robots and forget their inventors ("We will BUILD heroes"), like what has happened with quite a lot of inventions in history, was meaningless - Light cared about making an impact more than being remembered for it.
And so Wily fell back to his plan B, which was swiftly shut down by Emily's refusal to roll with it and replaced by plan fuck-this-it's-murder-time. But that's a story for the next track.
@Afqwa You're not wrong.
@Afqwa I want to Disagree but I have no evidence to the contrary as far as I know
@Afqwa No one starts out a monster.
Way I see it, it's only Light's father who died in the mines. Light wants to make the robots so that mankind doesn't have to do the most dangerous jobs.
Wily of course thinks Robots can be used for more than this, effectively thinking they can replace mankind in most areas of work.
I guess I see this scene as the two Doctors on the verge of unveiling their product, wine glasses in hand getting ready to toast it reminiscing on why they did what they did.
Then Wily reveals that by replacing humanity and retaining control of the robots for themselves they could effectively run the city "the men who turn the wheels".
Of course Light isn't having it and I guess being the executive here, he seriously considers pulling the plug on the project which gives Wily his miniature breakdown. Both of them however know that they can't abandon the project, it means too much to both of them.
Welp Light takes a risk and unfortunately it doesn't pay off, but hey at least it makes incredible music.
+Afqwa This particular song sounds to me like Wily is trying to talk Light OUT of flipping the switch, warning him of the dangers that will come. I know that's inconsistent with all his other general nefariousness, or maybe it's reverse psychology, but that's the vibe I get.
"man was not built for such a height"
"they are weaker than you think"
That's quite a leftist position, actually. The right wants less Government and more individual freedom. The left is more about regulations and big Government, more taxes to reduce the working man's spending power.
Hitler was left. Wiley is quite left in his views of how humans should live as well. "Right-wing authoritarian" is just a buzzword you heard somewhere.
You're actually referring to right-wing and left-wing as they are presently understood in the United States.
Historically, the Right as been defined as those in pro of the current government, the current ideology and values, and the status quo; historically, the Left as referred to as pretty much as every ideology not in alignment with the Right, that is an heterogeneous group of ideologies opposing the society of the moment (not all which agree or have agreed on big government, taxes or regulations).
So Hitler was The Right (notice capitalization) as well as Wiley.
Juan Nah, that's not how it works. Thanks for playing, though.
Feel insulted by your condescension; anyway, have a nice day.
Such an interesting backstory that they choose to give to a character who, in the official timeline, seems to have known that by creating X he was creating a new race that would endure beyond human extinction. Either way, it's a story of the hubris of two men reshaping the world irrevocably.
Omg for a second after looking through the comments and listening to the song. I had had it- I had clicked all the peices of Wilys backstory and had found out why he wanted to do what he did- and I now forgot. For ONE SPLIT SECOND, I had it. And now I dont. :( SO CLOSE.
This is my first time listening, and lemme just say, this is amazing.
"And with these hands that will not bleed."
the lyrics for all the protomen mainly act 1 are deep
this is a great song to listen to while learning about lenin and stalin
You underestimate...the character of Man.
This song is glorious.
amazing ...
I think here Light wanted to use the robots to work the most dangerous jobs so no one has to die, However Wiley convinces him that if some jobs can be replaced why not all of them, no one should have to suffer, especially Emily.
Light believes that man can make their own fate but Wiley wants to control them because he thinks they won't be able to handle it, when Light won't go with Wiley's plan he betrays and defames him to make sure he has total control.
Light creates the robots with pure intentions. Wily tries (and fails) to convince Light that they can be weaponized and used to take over the city, and eventually the globe.
Even though my friends like rock and metal none of them likes the protomen, so, anyone here could adopt me and share music w me?
More than 10 years of knowing the protomen and they still make me shivers my spine
I forced people to like it my listening to the whole of both albums. Sometimes you have to be Wily to get the just outcome
A very seductive voice, speaking to our inner desires and fears.
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It really raises goosebumps, personally.
I added this to watch later. As in, if I want to remember want I want to watch, I'll see this and be like: "Oh, right. Protomen."
Perhaps we should start a campaign to get Protomen on the radio? Every request show send in requests for protomen.
In all honesty, 90% of their epicness is knowing what they are singing about. Which is VERY difficult to understand live. If you see them again AFTER hearing the songs ... omg the epicness will hit you like a damn freight train.
Anyone that can, go see them live.
Country Prog or Progressive Country? Anyhow, this is incredibly awesome!
@Manits1515
Well, normally I would agree with you both, but that may just be how light sounds when he slides into his higher vocal register. For example in the song "Unrest in the House of Light" when he tells Megaman "you are ALL THAT I HAVE LEFT!" it sounds very similar to this. And while Wily has a higher pitched voice, there doesn't appear to be a break or overlap of sorts, the line seems to be a continuation and is sung in the same breath.
Happy Father's Day.
@mustpickname Yes...i watched a live performance, but i thought Wily was singing that part. It's Dr. Light's voice...
how is this not the most godly album ever created?
:) It's really something isn't it?
Do you know any bands that have this wester style arrangement and deep vocals like Raul's?
Thanks for clearing that up.
Wily knows he's singing a villain song. Light does not.
I can honestly say that is most likely what happens.... either way, burnt their cd, and ordered act 1 and 2 the day i found these on youtube =D cant wait till pax next year, ill enjoy them live
Here's the way I see it. At that point, Tom is just about to turn on the machines, which he is afraid to do. So he psychs himself up first by imagining all the positive consequences ("towers to the heavens") in order to work up the courage to turn on the machines. Albert thinks that Tom's vision of such a utopia is foolish because to him men are weak. "Man was not built for such a height" mocks Tom's idealism and also foreshadows later when the decadent city basically bows to Wily's will.
Still waiting for part 3 and the musical
I think it's still Dr. Light, even though it does not sound as deep as it does due to the fact that he is yelling in determination, just like Joe. Joe's voice and Dr. Light's voice are made by the same person. Dr. Wiley's is more high pitched if you listen to it.
I hear "your father's battle will be won," not "my father's battle will be won."
I've been a fan oh these guys for a while, but somebody explain this: What are they like arguing about? It seems like they both want these robots to come online, but Light is all hesitant, looking out to the city and what not. He even walked away questioning what seemed like an obvious and inevitable choice.
Based. Comrade Light and class consciousness.
Fool.
I like the story of Act 2 the best but I enjoy Act 1's music more.
They Took something with a Shoe string Story (That did get fleshed out in other Media Later but nowhere to this Degree) and turned it into a Very good Story and songs that can tug on the right pieces of the Mind to make people envision alot.
But that's just my opinion.. and as we all know the Internet won't Allow Such things. *Wonder's back into his Cave*
Whenever I listen to this song, I think of people building giant mechs like in Titanfall
He didn't give credit to America, he said they made it an "American Thing" meaning they made it part of American culture, and an acceptable practice.
This album is a masterpiece. I don't know what, if any, progress there is on Act III, but I can't die until I hear it.
This BAND is glorious
Light wants robots to stop the risk of lives in dangerous jobs, but he's unsure, because he still believes in Man's abilities. Wily believes that only robots are suited, and so, near the end, Light and him argue about who's better suited, Man (Light) or Robot (Wily) and Wily wins.
probably the best song to be played...EVER
Played this to Megaman 2. Fucking great.
while i always appreciate lyrics, looks like the link in the description no longer works
Anyway, both are soo full of drama.
I just read the lyrics of this song. It's fucking incredible
wow, I love this song, but every time I read the lyrics when Wily's part comes on I hear in my head the voice of Wily from megaman dies at the end. and It does not fit.
Okay, something confuses me, they almost seem to switch roles when He says "we will build cities in a day" etc, because shouldn't it be Tom saying Man was not built for such a height?
Why all the hate for Wily?
I don't hate wily, I love him.. for slowly turning crazy.... and thinking they need a "strong leader". ... so sad that Trump Trolls had to use this bands music to get their "strong leader with a weird hair" in charge.. the exact thing Wily is....
DehnusNorder I never played the game, is this light singing I’m confused on who’s dad died.
a bit late, but both wily and lights fathers died in pretty much the same way which why they work together for the same goal.
Masterpiece really
Is the Second voice Protoman or willy
...IS...
Woah goosebumps
Left libertarian versus right "libertarian."
Never be the sort of engineer that Wily is.
Holy shit, is that Barry?
So act 2 is a prequel to act 1?
I think of it as sort of a flashback sequence. Man, I love this stuff...
Rock on brothers
anyone else notice how the deep voice became the voice of the other guy at the end?
its like two sides of the same coin
Don’t mind me I’m just marking my favorite part of each song
2:59 - 3:20
This was amazing at PAX!
Hey guys check me out, I'm Megaman 8 Dr. White singing this song...
My fawwa worked da mownes
Til da daye it took its woife
Stowe him frowm his onwy son
And it stowe it form his woife
So I wearned how to bewnd steel, I wearned how to make it mowve
And I watched as it withstoowd all the hwell we put men throwgh
With hands of iworn, theres not a tawsk we couldn't do.
They waiwted so wong for this day
Swomeone to twake the deaf away
N---No swon wood eva' havta say
"My Fawaa worked inta his grawve"
Ufas
"meyamen wheh es muh puddin"
Lyrics link doesn't work - "unknown community"?
page probably just got taken down, unfortunately. i'm pretty sure genius lyrics has the lyric notes as well, so i wouldn't worry about missing anything since that particular page is down.
There is a protomen wiki if you want the lyrics.
Wily
I love how Wily reassures Light he's still with him by saying "your father's battle will be won" when he's only focused on starting his own war.
You mean IS
Why would you list Tesla and Edison beside each other in such a context? It was Edison himself that dragged Tesla down. It is his fault that we lost so much of what Tesla could have given us. Edison is a real-life example of a Wily in history.
@RedTriangle53 I've said this before, but it would be really hard to do. Hollywood would most likely mess it up bad.
i really should get the album
@mustpickname The lyrics have been updated. It's Wily's voice...