Diablo 1 - Hell music HD

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Diablo Soundtrack: Hell
Recorded from the game by me.

[@Veggis92]

The music is so dark in diablo 1. the sound at the beginning really makes up the "intense heat feeling" when you first enter the hell level.

[@Rohtix]

The slow boil intro really lets it sink in where you are. Even to this day, Hell always gives me a sense of anxiety because it's so ruthless and the atmosphere compliments it perfectly.

[@S1nwar]

I like this depiction of hell because it is not a chaotic mess of lava and ashes, it is a weirdly clean place with orderly walls and pillars of bone and sleak fountains and cavities of blood of almost alien size and dimensions

[@rauberhotzenplotz6657]

Still playing it today ? From Gog?

[@Rohtix]

@@rauberhotzenplotz6657 nah, had an old iso. Was playing a modded version called "The Hell" Pretty cool!

[@rauberhotzenplotz6657]

@@Rohtix Okay, what's different about it?!

[@Rohtix]

@@rauberhotzenplotz6657 bunch of new classes, items, gear, monsters, spells. Stuff like that. A good time burner, if you're interested

[@hmhbanal]

“My blade sings for your blood, mortal. And, by my Dark Masters, it shall NOT be denied!" - The Warlord of Blood

[@d54b42]

I must be getting close.

[@beo191]

just let me stroke a little bit more pls

[@daviswood2905]

@@beo191 Sounds epic is it

[@Synthis_Bioji]

Deeper.

[@MiwQ666]

I bet and believe. 🤘🏻🤟🏻🖕🏻🖖🏻

[@alexc1042]

Its hot down here

[@fohstick]

best depiction of hell in a video game

[@russell9378]

na doom

[@CynicalGamingBlogTerry309]

@Elvin Ostrup Yeah Painkiller is the best, then Diablo second best

[@rabbijacoobbenjaminisraelb7095]

I agree it's definitely diablo 1. Most games have a too edgy idea of hell.

[@randomguy6679]

Laughs in Doom 3

[@shannonmichael4773]

I don’t know, Dante’s Inferno was pretty awesome at depicting Hell in a horrifying way but also epic and you play through all 9 circles of hell fighting hellish minions with literally Deaths Scythe after you kill him with his own weapon which I’m assuming was the only way he could die and then using it for your own needs all to save your wife who made a deal with the devil for whatever reason that you would be loyal to her which you weren’t lol. Oh and at some point you fight your own father which is pretty sick so yes I love that game and it’s depiction of Hell. I also like it because where Lucifer aka Diablo or whatever you want to call him is, is in the deepest level of Hell which is actually ice cold rather then hot so that is pretty interesting too.

[@ProjectDevilEye]

This gets more chilling every time I listen to it, the original Diablo REALLY had an amazing OST to it.

[@Earthstar_Review]

Don't get me started. I get all poetic about this game. It really was the best.

[@deadfishy666]

Diablo 1 in my opinion only lacks one thing to make it perfect - Sprinting. Other than that it's the best game in the series. With an unforgettable atmosphere, and yeah I can get all preachy about it too. But I love games that can nail the atmosphere like this, like for example Doom 64.

[@markmauk8231]

@@deadfishy666 Sprinting would destroy the atmosphere

[@linuxstreamer8910]

yep it is so creepy

[@jislas12]

less than 6 tracks were enough to show us the true terror with this game

[@Inubris]

I played this when I was 7 when my dad introduced it to me, this was always my favorite part, no exact reason. *cough* "sucubus". I love the sound that blood knights make when they die though.

[@jonthecatholicpatriot]

RWA! RUH! UUUUUUUUUUUUGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[@rauberhotzenplotz6657]

Yeah, right, the tits of the succubus were hot, i remember that too.

[@Shimamon27]

It's basically an edited version of the human footman from warcraft 2 dying. A very good edit I have to say.

[@Besat]

@@Shimamon27 Neat!

[@Mark_nobody3]

Damn I hate the Blood knights because they swarm you so hard and they are even worse in Diablo 2 at the near end final battle where you activate summon circles and every enemy comes to kill you, Wraiths, Blood knights. Diablo games are fun until you get your arse kicked in

[@AidanMclaren]

3:30 - the sound of going insane.

[@eli8444]

Sound of numbness to horror. So yeah, insane.

[@__Feniks__]

reminded Sillent Hill 2

[@AidanMclaren]

@@eli8444 Yes, it sounds like the hero has fallen into despair from the disgusting horrors of Hell.

[@semental]

@@__Feniks__ i agree

[@mhjmstultiens]

It is rumored that Matt Uelmen almost cut off his right ear when he was composing Diablo's soundtrack. This hellish soundtrack is the product of his mental pain and the isolation he was feeling at that time...

[@-Morde]

Its like listening to your fear.

[@Alex4LP]

Great comment.

[@jimhuffman9434]

You are going through Hell to face the Lord of Terror, so what do you expect?

[@jislas12]

all those succubus and mages stalking you like warrior, ooh god what a fuckng pain

[@jimhuffman9434]

@@jislas12 Those succubus drove me insane

[@masterexploder9668]

Facing Lord of Terror inside Terror's Domain, his home. D1 was unmatched in terms of raw atmosphere and making player nervous about what was coming next.

[@Scorchxray]

Those blood knight and fireball mage mobs were freaking hard

[@sonkitexp]

i loved this game... one of the bests... i remember how hard was hell,the blood knights and lazarus mobs its impossible to forget them

[@nyuszicsib]

Those mages are freaking annoying. Especially if you are a warrior.

[@Helaw0lf]

Worst was when the A.I. would generate a level of mostly missle creatures (succubuses and mages).

[@jislas12]

the only thing that i fear in hell is to be surrounded by blood knights :s

[@vitordarksider]

@@jislas12 those are fine if you're able to land your hits simultaneously, the snakes though.....

[@tomasmerida]

2:10 the drums, the march to hell!!!!!, I MUST BE GETTING CLOSE!!!!!

[@tomasmerida]

the balrogs, lachdanan, my childhood =')

[@MaverickShooter9]

The goat choir makes it more scary even

[@murrmightfish9288]

Beating this game on Hell mode with the Rogue was so satisfying. Inching around corners knowing two hits would kill you (no matter how high her Dex was), picking off the levels monster by monster; as you cycle between foreboding, panic, adrenaline and relief.

[@johncoffy]

Hell & no "Cobalt?" rings? As far as I recall - Dex never has given any resistance from magic attacks, and that''s exactly what waits in lower levels.

[@hazyshade9648]

@@johncoffy yeah there's almost no attack in that segment that isn't magic.

[@ermac2717]

Matt Uellmen is genius

[@notangel.zenith5934]

I didnt realize a song could bring out so many emotions at once.

[@3000A.D]

3:18 forward just gives me nightmares. feels like im at the deepest pit of hell

[@matguimond92]

*runs into a room thinking I'm all badass with all my awesome gear* *Group of Blood Lords and Advocates* *screams like a little girl* *runs away*

[@CynicalGamingBlogTerry309]

+bruh Diablo 2 and 3 make you feel godlike... that's why they just aren't as good as Diablo 1. In Diablo 1 you constantly felt on edge and vulnerable. Diablo 2? "LOL I'MMA JUST WHIRLWIND EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF ME"

[@matguimond92]

^pretty much, which is why Diablo is awesome.

[@clarencegutsy7309]

The last thirty or so seconds is something a lot of people in music could learn from when trying to build mood and atmosphere in a soundtrack. Nothing loud, bombastic or overproduced. It's the sound of a fool marching to his damnation.

[@majorpwner241]

You maybe underestimate how hard it is to get that kind of depth and atmosphere and still make sense of something so ambient. Matt Uelmen was godly on this OST.

[@kleomenis456]

@@majorpwner241 he was saying just that, you misunderstanding him

[@majorpwner241]

@@kleomenis456 You're right, I misread.

[@mhjmstultiens]

A fool marching to his damnation. I love this interpretation.

[@mridlon1634]

@@mhjmstultiens A fool marching like cattle to slaughter. As a matter of fact, you can hear the lambs screaming in pain. Can you hear them?

[@sonkitexp]

I keep traveling through time and weighing, as at that time the games were so creepy and the atmosphere so characteristic. My childhood was practically diablo 1 and diablo II, I was addicted to this era. This soundtrack really takes you to the bottom of the abyss, where the magic happens and was etched in our minds

[@sidaytona]

2:15 kept us all hacking away much longer then we should have. Insidious.

[@KitsuneYojimbo]

2:15 I swear the drums give me some chills. Then when the tormented cries come in... THAT'S how you make a hellish atmosphere.

[@diogobarreto4407]

Abandon your foolish quest! All that awaits you is the wrath of my master!

[@jackocrave9820]

+Diogo Barreto You are too late to see the child. Now you'll join him, in hell!

[@paxonite-7bd5]

Diogo Barreto your madness ends here betrayer!

[@matguimond92]

@@jackocrave9820 Pope Francis: _No!_ *deletes diablo from PC*

[@AidanMclaren]

@@jackocrave9820 *save the child

[@laughingalex7563]

Now you will join him, in hell! *presses a button door opens up with succubi armed with machine pistols and a gatling gun, flips table pulls put a gun also!* Sorry every time i see this quote....i blame Carbot :).

[@matguimond92]

Seriously though fuck those succubus, they keep running away into bigger mobs D

[@Icespear]

bruh Boobs though

[@RaizPodre]

I bet someone has died in Hell looking at boobs of succubus..

[@jackocrave9820]

+Nicolas Muniz boobs and ass to be exact, pressing z always to zoom!

[@matguimond92]

i'm a simple man i see boobs and i follow

[@zlikovacbastard5948]

drum/flute part is total mindfuck! :/

[@alexc1042]

Love the drums and flute

[@TheBone30plus]

NEVER leave Tristram without Firewall!

[@Pancombine18]

@ching chong or maxed magic sorcerer with mana shield. fireballs, golems and teleport lol

[@spindoggytheexplorer2915]

And definitely not before the Lazarus fight where the walls disappear and there’s like 50 succubi, firewall is your friend.

[@YoungViz]

playing this alone, when I was 8, scared as fuck. Couldnt sleep. Great childhood! This is how u make a diablo game! Fuck this colorful diablo3. (I still play it tho, since I bought it but only with the original diablo music, to give me that diablo feeling;)) anyways...d3 is kinda fun since that update but d1 d2 is still better.

[@AugustusR]

Same here, 8 back then, scared shitless the moment I got down the old Cathedral for the first time... now going down, literally, to Hell, that was nightmare fuel!! Which is why the game was great, D2 mostly kept it up but D3 was dumbed down for sissies which could not take playing without bright colours and cartoonish characters... *sigh* And to think our lot could play through D1, nightmares and all, as young as some of us were, but kiddies today need to play in pony-land *sigh*

[@BenjimusRawrMeow3rd]

all for the hunt for the Kings sword of haste! :) i loved Diablo 1 i was about 12, i loved it...sat on the edge of you seat....remember the first time you met butch? "ahhh fresh meat" and i was like "ohFuckOhFuckOhFuck!!!!' why don't people make games with that atmosphere? the music and the darkness was scary and made you remember it forever :)

[@AugustusR]

BenjimusRawrMeow3rd Aaah fresh meat... I remember that moment like it was yesterday... the bastard barged out from his torture room, meat-cleaver in hand, runing at my character like a mad man... couldn't brave it, ran away, made it back to Tristram with a wet forehead, hands trembling, then I decided I was not ready for that monster so I had to reload and evade him ahahaha not till I was done with the Dungeons (Levels 1 to 4) did I dare to go back up and face the fat bastard XD Scariest shit I'd ever faced for a long while ahahahaha Facing the same fat bastard again(ish) in D3... yawned... soooo easy, and you get to face him in a bright yellow room, meh

[@NexusCool1]

+YoungViz Blizzard have no balls anymore

[@ToaGatanuva]

+NexusCool1 remeber the days when game companies gambled when making their new game? we got games like DOOM, Diablo, Starcraft, Warcraft 2 and so many more masterpieces. the last good gamble for me, was when infinity ward did Call of duty 4

[@CynicalGamingBlogTerry309]

*walks into hell* it can't possibly be that bad *takes 1 step to the left* ahhh an army of blood knights!!! *takes one step to the right* *blood knights come from the other side* *runs back up the stairs*

[@raestlin86]

Death animation of knights in Diablo 1 is truly epic. It was so rewarding to see it after taking them down during first play through as they could kill you really fast, blood knights above all.

[@CynicalGamingBlogTerry309]

raestlin86 plus they have really high evade which is extremely annoying.

[@TheGangsterKitten]

brainjuice654 How about walking into an open room and hearing hundreds of "Bweroop Bwerroop" and hundreds of giant red stars that stunlocked you to death if you got hit by one of them. Seriously, fuck Hell Witches.

[@CynicalGamingBlogTerry309]

TheGangsterKitten Me and my friend called Hell LSD land for a reason.

[@Helaw0lf]

I could not figure how to use blood star spell in the lower levels.

[@plaugish]

Dude... I'm so thankful I found out about hero editing BEFORE I fought him. He scared the living FUCK outta me when he came running at me like an animal. And his opening line "Not even DEATH can save you from me" literally sent chills up my spine.

[@Someone-mp6mj]

Mana Shield on. My Rogue's got her back to the wall hacking at monsters with her King's Sword of Vampires and switching it up to Civerb's Cudgel vs. demons. Good times.

[@nathankuszewski4579]

@giveagoodsong minimalist touches

[@savageweathergaming3156]

I'm getting close Warrior~ I must be getting close Rouge~ I must be getting closer Mage~ This OST actually scared the hell out of me as a kid lmao

[@xanderellem3646]

the caves music was always the creepiest to me.

[@Earthstar_Review]

My favorite was Catacombs. Just so creepy! The ambiance was so dark and fitting. Perhaps it helped that the first time I ran through, I encountered the Well of Tears.

[@bipple4588]

The guitar screech scared the shit out of me

[@RenanQuintanaOficial]

this song is sick

[@petercampi2840]

*_The Initiate_* _Which way is the right path, as I stand upon_ _this chaotic crossroad of hate..._ _How many ways are there to roam_ _on this dark and damned road of Fate..._ _“There are many ways, my son,_ _to find where the souls of Demons remain..._ _But it takes only one second of despair and of doubt_ _until at last, your soul, they will gain..._ _Inherit these lands, these things, these dreams_ _that are yours, forever, to adore..._ _For there is no life, in the depths of chaos, my son,_ _for you to explore...”_ - C. Vincent Metzen (1996 Diablo manual insert)

[@skinbag420]

Whoa.......

[@mylifeisfunny8911]

that is some dark poetry

[@exeter13]

Dude

[@plaugish]

Sounds like a baby wailing in the background... then it turns into a goat thing...

[@Helaw0lf]

Catacombs was a prelude.

[@MaquinaDeJuegosARG]

2:15 the drums are soo epic

[@DrakeMcCloud]

Back when I first played D1, I did get nightmares unfortunately, but was too young to appreciate what drove those nightmares. The score with the atmosphere and gameplay always made Hell anxiety-induced

[@matgru4429]

listening to it is.. madness when ure high. the darkness comes from the music to your head. even now im shocked when i think what this track did to my mind, when i remind what i was thinking about.. these images in my head ! power and madness of the evil, satan dancing with a flute, rough sea.. meen that was strong trip

[@RBarros01]

mat gru lol I loved your description

[@Helaw0lf]

Dancing so joyously around while you are hacked to bits.

[@peterkatonka2184]

My blade sings for your blood, mortal. And, by my Dark Masters, it shall NOT be denied (Warlord of blood)

[@dangermaus4084]

I remember being a leveled-up badass with unique items thinking I was the shit, took another player's portal into Hell by accident and was killed before I could even blink. I lost all my stuff, pride included. That game kept you humble.

[@Inubris]

Hell was always my personal favorite place to be diablo for 2 reasons, the music and the hell spawns. I also like how the blood knights sound when they die.

[@davidsantiagorojaspinzon9165]

2:50 the moment my skin started crawling

[@DarkSnake153]

I first played this on the PS1 when I was like 12...and I remember the chills I would get every time I got to Level 13. The first time I hit that last lever and The Dark Lord came at me I remember saying "Oh shit..."

[@spindoggytheexplorer2915]

Me too man! I remember skipping school to play this shit on ps1 back in the 3rd grade 😆

[@ocult100]

diablo 3 needs an ost like this legendary diablo Game.... old school

[@0nobody365]

Blizzard north is dead. No more

[@subrosian1234]

2:05 "...Physicist...physicist..."

[@JariSatta]

3:48 "We'll find you.... We'll find you... "

[@Helaw0lf]

@@JariSatta All I hear is a steel cello/drum perhaps.

[@JariSatta]

@@Helaw0lf Maybe. Pareidolia, the tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as seeing shapes in clouds, seeing faces in inanimate objects or abstract patterns, or hearing hidden messages in music.

[@Helaw0lf]

@@JariSatta Okay! But at the time you noted, I fail to hear any hidden message. Repent Sinner is correct in case you thought I was talking about that.

[@hamzabenkacimi]

justice ,,,,,justice,,,,,,,,,,, hunted spirits in hell ask for

[@yaboimaggit]

Theme of your first seconds in hell

[@zososierp]

Thumbs up if you used to press "z" on the keyboard when fighting Succubus.

[@nazragonborneldras9090]

Hell yeah lol, boobies!

[@printz150]

The sound that starts at 2:42 is like a train engine

[@SrMuille]

I loved this back in the day, and so nowadays, it’s mesmerizing

[@ILoveEvadingTax]

the war march music comes totally out of leftfield and really sells something that I don't think a lot of other game composers appreciate, usually most would go straight for church organs and baroque stuff to denote hell

[@hmhbanal]

Apocalypse and chain lighting spells killing spree.

[@RanaRandom]

this Song when coupled with the Game called AGONY. Pure MADNESS

[@MichaeltheORIGINAL1]

made my day

[@anshaabdulb6835]

Only first Diablo was a really "Diablo" game...

[@rebornreborni5455]

Yeah.. dying actually had consequences in the game. Which made you fear it more... a bit helpless. In Diablo 2 less consequences, and diablo3 i dont know(havent played).

[@matguimond92]

^Equipment loses durability and thats it I think. something that use to happen on a regular basis in Diablo 2.

[@Mannetasi]

Diablo 3 pretty much have almost no consequences whatsoever if you die, nowdays you can even respawn right on the spot with all your weapons and armor still equipped. Don't get me wrong i really like Diablo 3 acually but the game is way to nice when you die.

[@isopod666]

You are so right!!! The feeling combined with the music and darkness makes it epic

[@Helaw0lf]

Beelzebub mod I feel is what the original would have been like had they waited until early 1997.

[@3000A.D]

the music sounds like fire, literally

[@Metagalaktik]

Incredible

[@Alcremieknight]

this theme plays in Diablo 2 Pandemonium but it's drowned out by the ambience. So you can barley hear the hell theme for Diablo 1.

[@zachbuck9597]

this sounds like a bad trip that you wouldn't want

[@mradrian1106]

Brings back good memories:)

[@arturomendoza8274]

First time I listen this track after 20 years I played the game, and it make me feel very scared and much fear!!! 😢😮😅

[@tomasmerida1563]

when i play the hell for first time... i never imagine the hell like that... was awesome

[@mradrian1106]

brings back good memories:)

[@meatball4801]

I’ve never been more terrified of a flute until I first heard this back in the day.

[@marvinpineda8693]

_”Two mistakes. Two seperate depths. One name. One foul history.”_

[@leezhengfeng8092]

OMFG BEST SONG EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! I can listen whenever i go to sleep and have a awesome nightmare thinking about shit coming out of my ear!

[@McTopaz]

"I must be getting close"

[@LambLiesDownOnBroadway]

Wow... Immediately when the track begins, you just know that you're in hell... O_o'

[@RazoRetti]

design of diablo 1 hell... kinda can't stop lovin' you!

[@flagkdsa180]

best diablo game by far

[@Hitlerchronicles]

If i die and hear this... i will brandish a staff of apocalypse :D

[@e.j.4702]

Me playing the ps1 version: Skeletons? Hah! Me after almost dieing to Sir Gorash: Run!!!

[@xXAlphaXx]

And for that reason I still say that D1 was the best of the three for that reason. Their was an atmosphere that you could not beat with this first game. For almost two years playing D1 I was so terrified that I could not enter hell.

[@JXZX1]

This may as well be post-Diablo Immortal Blizzard's theme.

[@acousticforlife8]

EPIC MUSIC

[@zososierp]

I must be getting close.....

[@alanexodus]

killing blood knights feels good, i mean the sound they made when they die fits perfectly when hitting them with the sword

[@GarethJason]

This track really adds so much to the environment. And also just realized the weird crying in the background were babies... I'm not even playing the game and im scared. Jesus.

[@branflakezdabestest]

10 year old me. I'm playing this at 9 pm on a Friday night. All the lights turned off, the brightness low on my crap PC. I'm a Warrior, wearing Arcane's Valor, and weilding Griswold's Edge. I get to hell, and freeze irl. Then I go back up to the caves because I'm chicken.

[@greypilgrim2028]

Branflake Da best: I'm 68 and still playing it and loving it.

[@danielengel4593]

0:30, sounds like a saw that is tearing you a apart for the rest of time.

[@3000A.D]

its like listening to fire and lava

[@dalurinzinia829]

if only D4 or future could have this level of dark/horror ambience of music, that would be great.....D2 is best gameplay, while D1 remains the darkest and true horror among all Diablo sequels

[@beli3636]

Diablo. The best soundtrack of the franchise, and one of the best of all time. Diablo 2 and 3 didnt even dare come close, they marketing pps pussed out and likely thought itd sound too dark and sinister to reach the kind of vast audience they wished for with D2 and 3. D1 though. That was special. Some of the most dark, sinister, powerful, moving, soundtracks ever, with a uniqueness all its own which at times was beautiful.

[@wildwest1832]

The music in D1 was definitely the most vicious out of the 3. I mean really more horror then the other 2. Diablo 1 would be awesome as a remake, but I think you need to update and refine the game itself. Balance things or extend the game.

[@robertoricci3393]

Try The Hell 2 mod, it's even darker than the original. New stuff, new classes and new quests.

[@crossmodulation9730]

@@robertoricci3393 But music is the same.

[@Jirnyak]

2:50 British line infantry marching)

[@Paperclip_Tank]

I got this game when I was 6, all be it I sucked really hard( I was a clueless child ) when I got to this area of the game I stopped. The music scared the crap out of me, that and I had managed to mess up my warrior so much that it was impossible.

[@SgtxAnus]

I play this when feeding my snake

[@ISAACHALLEY3000]

nightmare fuel

[@yJboO]

I remeber this, getting items here is hard as fuck in battlenet though..

[@Inubris]

Your rain of pain has ended!

[@renekenshin6573]

*reign

[@LMxRagnorokx]

"abandon your feeble quest all that awaits you is the wrath of my master you are too late to save the child, now you will join him in hell"

[@StevenWyman]

Childhood nightmare fuel.

[@MrCompassionate01]

Holy s**t what am I even listening to! I came here looking for background music for a D&D game but this is more deranged and disturbing than I bargained for.

[@Helaw0lf]

Earlier patches the of the game had Diablo saying something backmasked. Probably looking after the kids/teens who were playing this at the start. Afterall, he did possess a 12 yr. old boy.

[@bugandotudocassio8182]

1:10 best part

[@Doc_Fun]

Diablo 3 would agree. I'm not so sure myself.

[@silentgamer944]

sounds like a ritual: Diablo awakens!

[@jimdoe89]

same

[@xerxeth1861]

I absolutely love the tribute this got in D2 within the Mephisto / Pandemonium Fortress track. A subtle nod to D1, great games both.

[@doomman117]

the beginning makes me feel like lava is shooting up though cracks on the floor

[@matguimond92]

I read on the Diablo wiki that Diablo, Mephisto, Baal, Andariel, Duriel, Azmodan and Belial were all 7 head of a Dragon called Tathamet and after it was defeated, its body became the foundation of hell. DAMN sounds like something from Final fantasy. :o

[@DantesonofSparda85]

conversely, Tyrael, Imperius, Malthael, Auriel, and Itherael were parts of a great titan called Anu

[@desaturated6049]

king's sword of haste is the best

[@gilkegoma6805]

desaturated oh yeah! You gotta be at least lvl30 to find one though but once you got it nothing could run away from you.

[@branflakezdabestest]

I'm more of a warrior's sword of accuracy kind of guy.