First, there was Brentalfloss. He created lyrics for Megaman 2 Dr. Wily Castle Stage 1 and 2, then there was the Megaman 3 title screen with lyrics, then there was the game over music of Megaman 3 with lyrics. Brentalfloss got me interested in Megaman, but I never really played it. He got me hooked to watch is videos. Then one day.....it happened. Brentalfloss got together with the megaman cover band “The Megas”  to create – what I thought at the time – a truly epic piece of music. I then started playing Megaman, and the love I felt for this gaming franchise never went away. It’s my second favourite gaming franchise (with the Legend of Zelda series beating it), and, of course, I wanted to see the other pieces of work The Megas did.

I was impressed, and I enjoyed their work. I must have heard each of their songs at least 15 times, possibly more. These
songs taught me that each song has a story, and that finding the story can be really pleasing to find. I want to list my top ten songs created by this band,
but I won’t list Super Fighting Robot or Sunglasses at night (I love this song,
by the way), and they are just covers of songs that were already created. I
want to look at the songs they wrote the lyrics themselves). So, without
further ado, here is my list:

# 10, Blue like You (Flash Man)

At number 10 we have Blue like You from the Flash Man stage. You can accurately sing this in time with the original sound track from the game, where the others had different perspectives of the sound track (well, most of them, anyway). I like the rock cover to it, sounding just like the music in game, making it catchy and hard to get out of your head. Did you know that when that happens it’s called an ear worm? But I digress. This

has some pretty odd lyrics. It tells how Flash Man wants to meet Megaman as if
he was his hero, and he would do anything to be by the side of him. But every
time I listen to this song, I hear “I’ma lady and I need somebody, like Megaman
by my side”, when the proper lyrics are “I’m alone”. This raised the question
to weather Flash Man was really a Flash Woman, if you get what I’m saying.

I always imagine that near the end of the
song, that when Megaman meets Flash Man, Flash Man freezes time. But instead of
using this time to kill him, he uses this time to spend the time he expects to
lose when fighting Megaman with him, in that frozen state. Then, after
about….lets say 100 years, Flash Man would be extremely rusted and is near
death, in which his Time-Stopper stops, and he dies happy. That really puts
everything into perspective about how these robots are gaining emotions, or
weather Dr. Wily couldn’t get rid of the personalities of the robots were built
with (I don’t know, maybe he used a brain like the Cyber Men?).

# 9, I want to be the one (Megaman 2 Dr.
Wily Castle Stage 1 and 2)

At number 9, it’s that awesome track from
Megaman 2 that nearly every fan of Megaman would recognise. Not much to say
about this one. The lyrics include Megaman wanting to be the one to defeat Dr.
Wily. That’s it. This one (like Blue like You) could almost be sung in tune
with the original music. The rock cover is smashing to listen to. The effects
they create with the music later on in the song really did make a good mood. It
really is quite epic. The reason why it’s at # 9 is because it’s epic the first
few times, and after wards it gets kinds old. Maybe it’s my fault for force-listening
to it over and over and over, but that’s because I loved the song so. I always
though of making an animation to this song (I’ll be saying this a lot, so be
prepared to read it =P), where at the time they list the Robot Masters, I see Megaman
either defeating them, or watching them die via other means. In my mind, it was
epic, but I lack the animating abilities to do anime. I prefer to do stickmen.

# 8, Programmed to Fight (Crash Man)

At number 8 is the somewhat cheery tune of
Crash Man of Megaman 2. This included some spoken dialog and some singing, yet
it wasn’t R&B…..unless if it were technology R&B, then it would be the
best damn R&B I’ve ever heard, and that would be saying a lot, as hate that
kind of music. Maybe this sounded good as they spoke in tune with the song? But I digress. I have a bit to say about
this song. It features yet another odd perspective of a Robot Master, and I
love perspective. The song tells us that Crash Man just wants to be free, yet
he is forced beyond his will to fight Megaman. He knows it’s coming, but being programmed to do so, he can not prevent it. Further along the song, it tells us
that he wants to help Megaman defeat Dr. Wily. Then at the end, it seems that
Crash Man in fact won the battle, but before he could kill Megaman, he took a
change of heart and committed suicide by jumping off the very tower they fought
on.

The way in which the story is told is very
well done, and the chorus is just a joy to listen to. The ending verse to this
song is “Down falls Crash Man” three times, with the forth line just being “down”
for four measure of time, in which it ends with a ridiculously long rain sound.
This leaves you to think and feel what has happened. Did he have to die like
that? Are all the Robot Masters like this? Do they have souls like Crash Man?
The Megas do a good job on expanding the Megaman universe to help give it more
emotion than before. Well, that’s what I feel they did.

# 7, Evolutionary of Circuitry (ElecMan)

At number 7 is the catchy and joyous tune
of ElecMan’s stage. This is in the Megatainment Album, in which Entertainment
System and the Megas joined forces to create some epic pieces of music, in
which all four of their songs made it into my top 10 list. Not much to say
here. This song tells us how ElecMan wants to start a world of machines and
circuitry, to have proper rights and so forth, almost like a politician, now
that I think about it, but the rebellious kind. I never saw ElecMan in that
light. The music is pretty rockin’ and the song as a whole is a joy to listen
to. Although I’m not sure about the end part, where the song becomes more
silent with a very familiar tune playing. I can’t tell what it is, and nor do I
thing it’s part of ElecMans stage’s music.

# 6, Hell has Frozen (Combination of Ice
Man’s theme and Fire Man’s theme)

At number 6 is a Fire and Ice combination
of Ice Man (who looks like an Eskimo) and Fire Man (who looks like a castle).
And it includes the best parts of both themes to create an epic piece of music.
This is your typical “I will fight Megaman, and I will win!” song. The song
tells of two different forces to create one unstoppable force to take down the
blue bomber. I find this a little funny, as Ice Man (with the right weapon) is
really easy, yet Fire Man (even with the right weapon), is impossible to dodge
his attacks with. If anything, Ice Man is slowing Fire Man down.

The music has two different paces. It goes
slow to tell the story via the verses, but then gets into an awesome fast pace chorus.
If it wasn’t for the slow versus, then I would use this song with part of an
animation. It’s still great to listen to, but Ice Man and Fire Man seem a
little over confident with their partnership.

# 5, Look what You’ve Done (Megaman 1 Dr. Wily Castle Stage 1 - 4)

At number 5, we have the simple eerie music
of pretty much all the Dr. Wily stages in Megaman 1 plus the ending theme. I have
a lot to say about this song. It has a deep and meaningful story. The lyrics
are the main thing here. At first, I though this was the perspective of two
different people; Dr. Wily and Dr. Light/Megaman, until much later I realized
this is all the perspective of Dr. Wily. The song tells us how Dr. Wily wanted
to build a world of machine, make it is own. Humans had their chance, now the
machines would rein over the world. Later, we would change music styles to
stage 3 and stage 4, in which the war was beginning.

This part told us how Dr. Wily both taunts
Dr. Light and tries to talk him out of what he is doing. Saying this is the
future, and how Megaman is a murderer for killing his brothers without
hesitation, with out any mercy in his eyes. Dr. Wily tries to explain “a life
forged in steel” as the next step of the world, asking and pleading that Dr.
Light sees what he sees. This is a new light of Dr. Wily I’ve never seen. I
imagined making an animation to this song, with clips of the Megaman game being
played at certain points. It just seemed like it deserves it for giving such perspective
of someone everyone in the Megaman universe hates. Dr. Wily and Dr. light are
at war, with the out come changing the fate of the world. One wants humans and
robots to live together, the other wants robots to rule the world. You can’t help
but feel sorry for Dr. Wily after hearing this song. Afterwards, I guess he lets captured and put in jail, in which we see his memoirs as the ending theme
for Megaman 1 plays (which half of it is the same beginning to the Megaman 2
title screen, in case you didn’t notice).

Here, we see that Dr. Wily swears revenge
on Dr. Light and to crush the future that he wants so badly. In which he will
create 8 robot masters to rule the world. I imagined that at this point, he
breaks out of prison via a huge explosion, and he gets away by his Wily Capsule.
The music has a nice combination of heavy rock and a dash of those guys that
scream in music (I forget the slang term), which worked nicely.

# 4, Lamentations of a war machine (Ending
theme of Megaman 2)

At number four is the touching ending theme
of Megaman 2, but only in acoustic.
The original takes too long, while the acoustic is a fair bit faster, in which
makes the whole thing seem more enchanting. I too have a lot to say about this
song, but there isn’t much to be said. This song tells us how Megaman is reflecting
on what he has done, and is contemplating weather it is the correct thing to do
or not. The lyrics are really touching. “if I’ve a heart made of steel, does
that mean I can not feel?” and “Is there a soul beneath this shell? And will I
go to Robot Hell?” really does highlight the importance of AI, and this is what
makes the song so beautiful. If we give these robots intelligent to think for
them selves, then are we blessing them with free will or burdening them with a
curse? We still use them for our own devices, and some of them are questioning what
they do, such as Megaman. If we make them do something they feel isn’t right,
then what are we really doing? Is this the way forward in technology and
robotics? Is this the right thing to do? Well, Ignorance is Bliss, a saying that I go by, yet my curiosity always gets the better of me. This is something
to think about before we accurately get to the year 200X and create AI, so it’s
another 17900 years or so before that day comes. The lyrics are the main point
of this song, but the simple music is still as beautiful as ever, enhanced with
these lyrics.

# 3, Beneath the Steel (Bomb Man)

At number three is the destructive theme of
Bomb Man. This has a nice mix of those screaming guys (yet again) and heavy
rock. The lyrics are good, the music is good, and the atmosphere it creates is
good, it’s a good all-rounder song to listen to. The song is some-what similar to
ElecMan’s song, in which Bomb Man sees only crime and despair in the human
race, and it’s high time for robots to take over. It appears Bomb Man uses his
bombs to make his voice heard or something like that. The lyrics area  joy to sing, and the solo is just amazing. Not
much to say on this one, other than it’s a pretty sweet song.

# 2, The Message from Dr. Light (Megaman 2
Level Select)

At number two is the beast theme from the
level select of Megaman 2. I think it’s a little under-rated at times. This is
one of my favourite songs from the Megas, with its amazing use of the drums and
one of the best solos I have ever heard. The song tells us of how Dr. Light
wants to create Megaman to amend the sins of his past and how he want to “clear
the name of Light”, which could refer to the six robots he created, in which
are now aiding Dr. Wily in taking over the world. The chorus tells us how Dr.
Light created Mega in his image, and the other aspect of him, yet the “burning
in his heart” was not intended. Is this to suggest that Megamans love for
humanity was his own feelings and not an influence of coding?

Later on, Dr. Light states that he never
had a child, so he built one. Was Dr. Light killing two birds with one stone
here? Or was he just giving into his own pleasures by making himself son? These
things might seem like I am trying to find a fault with the song, but I’m
really trying to find the true meaning of the creation of Megaman. Sure, these
lyrics were originally not in the game, but these expand on the Megaman
universe, and I want to be engulfed in the meaning of everything. In the “C” of
the song, where the music changes and it’s different to the chorus (the “B”)
and verse (the “A”), Dr. Light says that Megaman must win this fight to be forgiving
of all his wrongs, yet Dr. Light loves Megaman as if he were his own son. Maybe
he really was killing two birds with one stone. All in all, the music makes a
great song to listen to, and doesn’t seem to get old.

# 1, The Annihilation of Monsteropolis (Air Man)

And at number one, we have the up-in-the-sky tune of Air
Man. This is my all time favourite song created by the Megas. The heavy rock
over of the theme is magnificent, and the lyrics are incredible. The song tells
us of Air Man, who is a lonely solider hell bent on the destruction of
everything. He tells of no-one understanding him, and asks people do they
really know what it’s like “to have the power to blow other away”. He loathes
every living thing and wants to be the only one in this world. It might as
well, as no-one understands him or likes him. Then the song turns to somewhat
melodic metal, in which there is some speaking dialog with a bit of singing. It’s
a third person view at first, stating Air Man was build by airplane parts and
is planning destruction. Then it’s a first person perspective, in which Air Man says that the sky will ignite with fire, terror will fly down from the skies,
and that there will be a tombstone with the planet earth engraved on it.

These lyrics are a little terrifying, to be honest, and that’s
why I love this song so much. The solo is in fact just another part of this
theme covered in heavy rock. The song ends with what I believe Megaman is
entering Air Mans stage (finally getting to the clouds part, that is), and Air
Man is warning Megaman “it’s a heavy role to bear, do you think you can carry
it?” and that he will “usher in the end, upon my thunder chariot”. These lyrics
are just….wow. I haven’t heard anything this dark since….well, I Am by Crush
40. Ok, maybe that song is still darker, and this is kinda like “dark, but in
the light sort of dark”, if you understand that. I think I’ve said enough on
the matter.

And those are my top 10 songs created by the Megas. Some
songs I love aren’t in this list like “the quick and the Blue (Quick Man)” and “Man
on Fire (Heat Man, in which shouldn’t it be called “Man on Heat” to avoid confusion
with Fire Man?)”, and it was a real shame to have to choose some songs to go
over them. If  had a top 12 list, then
those two songs would be in 12^th and 11^th respectively. This
band is a little unknown, and only real geeks of Megaman (AKA, me =P) will
probably only appreciate it for what it really is. It’s almost like a guilty
pleasure to like these guys, only the pleasure is more like kept a secret
because the song’s about Video Game characters. I shouldn’t be shameful of this, yet I am. With the Megas Megaman 3 album out due any moment, I can’t wait to see how they perceived the robot masters of the third game to act like. If
you have listen to these guys, I would like to know your top ten songs of these
guys as well.