Final Fantasy VI - Dancing Mad Acapella (Full Version) || String Player Gamer

[@EricVanWilderman]

HOLY SHIT! When I saw Smooth McGroove doing acapella vids, I thought to myself how cool it would be if he did Dancing Mad, and you have just fulfilled my dream of being able to hear this! You killed it too! Awesome job :D

[@zombyjano]

So like, Sakura Beach though...

[@ZoneEEEEEEEEEEEE]

Did i just find Eric

[@勉強垢-z4b]

素晴らしいよなぁ

[@MrMadness1]

Looks like Smooth McGroove might have some competition.

[@lowhp_comic]

We need to find one more amazing Acapella singer, and we have found our self the real life Warring Triad :O

[@iennefaLsh]

@@lowhp_comic :O

[@andreasgrunebaum4375]

They both should do a coop!!!

[@andrewkelley9405]

Might? This guy wins imo

[@mastermoye3915]

@@lowhp_comicHow about Triforcefilms, would that do?

[@Thanos6]

When the ONLY negative thing you can say about a piece is "your Kefka laugh isn't quite maniacal enough," you know you're listening to a great piece of work.

[@Da1337Man]

to be fair, there is no possible way a human could properly imitate kefkas laugh without sounding completely corny. i think the closest thing would the jokers laugh.

[@briang.2218]

Jester from DMC 3 has a fantastic laugh

[@mastermoye3915]

​@@Da1337ManDave Wittenberg and Josh Scorcher does a great job at doing the creepy iconic laugh! They would beg to differ.

[@mementomori4010]

"Nothing can beat the music of hundreds of voices screaming in unison." ... except maybe this!!!

[@freeh.6581]

Someone give this man a small loan of a million dollars!

[@andrewkelley9405]

Seriously trump lmao

[@salasvalor01]

Not only is this a stunning masterpiece of a stunning masterpiece, but it does the repeats of each movement. This should get a grammy plus an emmy.

[@Faxanadu_]

Mad props for doing the full version of the song :D

[@TubaHero37]

Dancing Mad props.

[@syrelian]

Mark Danced Crazy

[@redundis579]

You could say he was "Dancing mad".

[@jaythesupernerd9482]

I didn't think it was possible to faithfully portray Uematsu's magnum opus in Acapella. Boy am I glad I was wrong. Excellent work.

[@marcusmajarra]

It's understandable that many people reference Smooth when they see this because he was really important in popularizing this music video genre. That being said, this arrangement is quite impressive and adds to a burgeoning style of social media musicians. I raise my clown hat to you, good sir. Truly a remarkable piece.

[@LionmightOfficial]

I really don't mind when people reference Smooth McGroove when they see my acapellas, I know I did acapellas years before Smooth even had a channel. Just don't go looking for cats in my videos LOL! Thank you for watching!

[@Drumroll418]

Even Smooth McGroove has said he is not sure if he could do this song. And you just KNOW he's been requested it a billion times. So MUCH respect for starting AND completing this project.

[@InteractiveStories]

Wow, you straight up made the Bohemian Rhapsody of video games! What an Incredible performance!

[@GLOCOgaming]

Holy shizz~ I was waiting for Smooth Mcgroove to make one~ But wow yours turned out to be very awesome!~ I was doing some beats with you while watching this video, hahahah! Yet another Awesome work from you sir Diwa~ I look forward to your own rendition of THE EXTREME from FF8, please make it happen~ :D

[@andrewomahony9260]

Smooth McGroove: "Is this song from Undertale? No? Nope."

[@Angrygreentea]

Well, well, it's Gloco

[@lejfodinsson8681]

Gamer or not, Dancing Mad is an absolutely beautiful piece. The entire soundtrack for FFVI is phenomenal. Well done man. Well done!

[@superspell1]

Best part of this guy is that he knows his music, even the subtle bits most don't notice.

[@QQDiid]

You're the man...seriously, taking down this materpiece acapella...Ican't believe it, you deserve a huge congrats !

[@thebradzone3922]

I kind of can't believe you did the part with the triplets in the third tier so well. That part is hard as hell.

[@yomly]

You have a really nice timbre/tone in the fugue section! I really appreciate the fidelity of the recording as a whole too - nice job!!!!

[@SomaCoreaix]

This deserves at LEAST a million views. Dead serious. You nailed this piece, and considering how long it is, even more credit to you for that. I hope Nobuo Uematsu himself sees this masterpiece someday! This is amazing!! :D

[@thisnamehaschangedthanksto8185]

11:51 the most frightening "DA-DAH" I've ever heard!!! You effing nailed it!!!!!!

[@LionmightOfficial]

Thank you!

[@joshscorcher]

*froths at the mouth because of his love for a capella and this song* I think it would have benefited a lot more from not repeating every section twice, just my take.

[@MadDemon64]

Thumbs up if you are here because you read joshscorcher's tumblr post.

[@LionmightOfficial]

Thanks for your opinions. :) The repeats are done as they are because that's how it was in the original version, and I like to keep it that way for this arrangement.

[@Nano6243]

Funnily enough, I was the anonymous person who asked you about this. I would've come forward on your Tumblr, but I don't have an account. :( Anyways, I guess that answers my question.

[@MadDemon64]

Nano6243 Well then, I have you to thank for bringing me here.

[@Angani_Giza]

***** I actually preferred it that way, so thank you. Also, more length is good, especially to this piece.

[@matthias66]

You, sir, just made my day! I did a request for Smooth McGroove to do this song, and it looks like you took care of it. Excellent cover! Well done!

[@griever4053]

Smooth will never cover this because he knows he can't beat this one ;)

[@LadyKross]

Oh my god.. EARGASM! That was the most impressive a capella performance I've ever seen. I never imagined anyone could do Dancing Mad that way. Especially not so amazingly well. And all 18 minutes of the last battle... Holy crap!! You have some very impressive range as well as amazing tempo. I humbly bow to your talent and dedication, dear sir. You are truly amazing.

[@Kbtoy789]

Good Lord, dude!!! I wasn't expecting you to be able to pull this off. This was perfect!!! Let's hope Uematsu sees this: An acapella of what I consider to be his most complex arrangement.

[@AramilsMusic]

After all this years, this is still amazing. Thank you for your awesome arrangement. I especially enjoy section 3 and 4 for their small nuances, it must have been incredibly difficult to get your timing right. Bravo!

[@skwiskwig]

Long been one of my favorite video game compositions ... and you, sir, did it more than justice. I am in absolute awe. Digital layering, shortcuts ... blah blah. I don't care what you did to make it come together, that doesn't diminish the spectacular result. Your talent and coordination are to be admired and praised ... hopefully by people much more articulate than I. You rocked my world with this one. Keep up the amazing work!!!

[@michaelhope8442]

Wow... Dancing Mad... You're crazy... and talented! Thank you, that was great. And I admire your work.

[@QualbertGaming]

My absolute favourite song in any video game - and epic song that's completely unmatched by anything else. So brilliant to see a cover of the song in its entirety, not to mention an acapella version! Absolutely brilliant.

[@lillydoye7418]

Nothing like a good string playing gamer arrangement to help you learn a paragraph of German. Thanks for making this a little less hard Diwa, and great arrangement as always.

[@Lycanthromancer1]

Have you ever considered doing all the battle and boss battle musics for various Final Fantasys in a medley?

[@mklachu]

Oh my god, you son of a gun... you really did it. Thank you for this, really loved section 3 and 4 Can't believe how flawless it was overall... amazing job

[@LionmightOfficial]

mklachu Thanks gurl!

[@mariopartylol]

Beautiful, my ears never dreamed of hearing that song in this form, you pulled it off like a charm. I'm not the first one to say it, but that part at 0:55 was beyond words, thanks for that!

[@evandavis5223]

Wow. Just wow. This is the most impressive thing you've done yet. I usually pick Smooth McGroove as my go to guy for acapella but he'll probably **** his pants when he hears this. Sometimes I even forgot it was acapella. I'm sorry for doubting your abilities before. I hope you do more like this.

[@LionmightOfficial]

I admit it took me quite a while to be more comfortable in recording acapella videos. But I guess I've recently found my mojo since I suddenly felt confident I can do Dancing Mad. And so here we are! Thanks for listening. :)

[@theleapinglupine]

This is hands down I think the best acapella I've heard, and one of the, if not the best version of this song to date. You've managed to capture the emotion and feelings that this music invokes on one, as well as staying pretty true to how the snes sounds come out. I honestly couldn't tell the difference at some points between this and the original snes version it's that close and good. Thanks for bringing on a welcomed trip to nostalgia via memory lane! Growing up, this was always my favorite and most coveted game, and had pleasant memories attached to it. Great job!

[@triforced_link5985]

Wow... I'm impressed, particularly with the irregular beats in section 4. I appreciate the difficulty in vocally recording a fugue-like segment, but I've always found irregular beats the hardest myself. Either way good job man, very well done.

[@LionmightOfficial]

+Triforced_Link Well said! Thank you very much!

[@supernintendosp]

Hearing this two years later and possibly tens of views from me alone... And yet I still get the goosebumps of musical excellence from this cover!

[@derjman]

Wow, this just blew me away. Truth be told, I do not care much for acapella, but this is astounding. It really captures and even enhances the original. You absolutely nailed part 3, which also happens to be my favourite. Glad you undertook the massive effort it must have taken to create this version!

[@gameygeemer4142]

you know, I had been a subscriber for only a few months before I found this gem of a video, I doubted its reality. But... I just can't believe this isn't more highly viewed.

[@TeraCMusic]

Omg this was INCREDIBLE!!! How do you even arrange something like this?! Holy cow :O

[@LionmightOfficial]

TeraCMusic Thanks Tera!!! Breaking it down into four distinct sections, and then breaking down each section even smaller into a certain number of loops, made it a simpler, if not easier, task. :)

[@Bacco97]

sir, you are TOTAL! this song was truly a final boss to reproduce and you did it exceptionally good. let me tell you also, that not only you are a musical wonder, but i also find your video very visually pleasing, because of the editing but mostly because i find your face and the way you perform very...jolly. you inspire happiness and peace

[@icemage27]

He even thought of Kefkas laughter at 14:41! Awesome! :D

[@alexp9726]

The falsettos in movement one are HAUNTING I'm in love with this cover

[@hsms8449]

I can physically hear the pure emotion in this rendition. Outstanding job, good sir.

[@TheOpinionatedPerson]

Wow, major props on putting this together. I felt many feels listening to this. You have a very soulful operatic voice that really tears my heart out at the slow parts.

[@Caboose149]

The comparison to Smooth is inescapable. However, his performances while fairly accurate in terms of reproducing the original tracks, lack the passion and enjoyment that can clearly be heard in your performances. I had the goofiest smile on my face while listening to your Black Mage Village cover, because it was totally obvious that you loved this music and loved performing it even more. Please keep it up!

[@LionmightOfficial]

Caboose149 Hey, this one is my favorite comment of the week! Thanks for the kind words and I'm glad my enjoyment of the music shows in my videos.

[@Drumroll418]

Smooth McGroove has a "perfectionist" mentality about anything he uploads and has admitted as much publicly on his Twitch streams. He won't upload anything that he does not consider absolutely perfect and his best work. This leads to some impressively accurate music with stunning quality, but it does lose some of the passion as a result. Almost by necessity, because he spends so much time trying to get every little technical detail of the editing and the music down absolutely perfectly. Just his style, and somewhat of the difference I see to SPG here.

[@gyehlove6420]

I think Smooth McGroove is awesome, he really IS a perfectionist. But Diwa is more talented since he can play so many instruments and his covers are out of this world.

[@CleytonFiuzaTV]

I imagine the work it took to record scene by scene and the result to be like this. A masterpiece. Imagino o trabalho que deu para gravar cena por cena e o resultado ficar assim. Uma obra de arte.

[@MKillBill]

This is such a difficult song to run, particularly the percussion. Very, very impressive. Well done!

[@Quester91]

Jesus christ mate, this cover got me shivers from how incredibly good it was.

[@LaurentheFlute]

I knew it was going to be good, and then you got to the fugue... yeah, this is quite an accomplishment. (I love how those fast triplets sound like a French horn!) Kudos to you for being brave enough to attempt this in the first place, and then to pull it off so well? I'm in awe. And the percussion in the fast part of the fourth movement? Aaaaaah!

[@LionmightOfficial]

Lauren the Flute Hi Lauren, I always love reading comments from you. Not only do you give me a lot of insight as a classically trained musician, but also as an avid gamer as well. :D Thank you!

[@zennvirus7980]

Seriously, a One-Man-Orchesta. THAT is one of the most impressive, haunting and downright bonechlling interpretation of a frikin' landmark of RPG music I've ever heard. I new you were cool... but now, I know you are... Mad.

[@aydenkaszas]

Unbelievable, I think this might be the best cover of this song that I have heard. Well done!

[@1Nickzilla1]

I can see now why Josh Scorcher loves this song to death.

[@Levyathyn]

I've been watching your stuff for a while, but this is by far one of the most impressive things I've ever seen. Not just from you, but in general. Ever. The sheer amount of work and effort both that had to go into this is staggering, and you've quite done it justice. Very well done.

[@pillarman-3127]

This is madness! Look how true to the source. Kefka would proud of you!

[@AdraVY]

It's been 8 years but to this day still one of the most amazing things I've ever seen

[@TBoneTony]

Amazing stuff with all the voices you had to do to pull off Kefka's Dancing Mad movements.

[@Aujuries]

This is _insane!!_ So good! Really impressive work here, Diwa. Great cover of a great theme. :)

[@Villiscaband1]

Wow is all I have to say! You have a strong strong recreation of this song! I love you string player gamer! YOU have made my last month since I discovered you! Love everything! Do not quit your talent will not go unnoticed!

[@jonconnington3324]

This is amazing, and just about perfect. Well, except for one thing. You put Mog in your party, when we all know that spot belongs to cyan :)

[@LionmightOfficial]

Jon Connington Thanks! Also, this isn't my gameplay. Just someone else's from YT. I don't make gameplay vids.

[@jonconnington3324]

***** Hahaha well fair enough. Also, I have listened to section 2 over and over again. Brilliant job! That's my favorite part of the original, and you blew it out of the water

[@tiphotisted]

+Jon Connington Mogulu's amulet is a necessity.

[@naso1987]

nah, shadow has better stats and does massive damage throwing :)

[@IceKrabik]

amazing acapella, didnt even know you did something like that 9 years ago, was hoping to find reaction to dancing mad by you, but i am not dissapointed at all to say the least, this pretty much explains why you know about bach way more than average music composer reaction channel on youtube

[@taffysaur]

Sounds great! I'm playing through this game for the first time atm, and loving the hell out of it (just got done at the opera; on my way to the Imperial capital!) You gotcher self a new subscriber, buster!

[@esper4605]

Long hair and a fedora goes SO WELL together.

[@ahatenthusiast4095]

I haven't played a Final Fantasy game yet. However this song and One Winged Angel stand as some of my favorite pieces of Video Game music, and I'm tempted to play these games just for the music alone.

[@renasenpai4033]

Epic :) This was a rollercoaster of feelings!

[@joeljordan795]

This is just... oh my god man! You bloody did it its perfect I've got no words to say how good this is!

[@LionmightOfficial]

Joel Jordan Thank you!

[@joeljordan795]

***** Seriously dude this is the most impressive acapella I have heard on here :) This game is my absolute favourite of all time, FF7 and Chrono being next to it but just every character, the emotion Kefka its hard to get someone into this game if they haven't heard about it and to me it helped me when I was a teen and the music has always stuck with me it is a major influence to my style of playing music :)

[@darththork99]

This brings me way back. This was always awesome.

[@eternalphoenixlp9482]

So awesome :) This sure took a whole lot of work to arnage it this perfectly! Still can remember how i crushed kefka with just Celes on my team. Equiping her dual-wield + quadruple attack with atma weapon and another pretty strong sword. She dealt pretty much 8x9999 damage per round xD Even his final form didnt survive a second attack *giggles*

[@Nyrufa]

"Hey guys, let's do a video where we sing for 18 minutes straight!" :P

[@LionmightOfficial]

Nyrufa Plot twist: I was talking to myself all along.

[@FFXI_Addict]

This is the only time youtube has given me what I was searching for.

[@megamage911]

You deserve more views!

[@megamage911]

***** I'm a god of magic! I can do whatever I like!

[@syrelian]

Kefka Palazzo Magic is the Opposite of Technology.......Your Power doesn't extend to Computers....and Magitek either, that lies in the middle, not yours to exert ultimate power over,just some of your awesome power

[@megamage911]

christruman98 I have a magitek computer! I power it with my own will!

[@crimsonkefka7933]

christruman98 Didn't you see the Imperial MagiTek Research Facility? Magic and technology are one and the same!

[@syrelian]

Crimson Kefka Thats MagiTek, the point of that is to bring the very disparate powers of Magic and Tech together

[@lyndsey-alexandragoodman7344]

Dancing Mad is by far one of my favourite pieces within the FF series, without a shadow of a doubt, and my word you smashed it. Fantastic! Goosebumps in all the same places.

[@sailiealquadacil1284]

I heard the song being performed at the Wiener Konzerthaus in September, and Nobuo Uematsu himself was attending - he seemed like a really great guy. "Dancing Mad" was probably the best piece performed that evening, partly because of the organ parts - I just loved those ^^ Oh, wait, I just remembered they also did "One Winged Angel" - that one wins. But I'm still very impressed by your version of "Dancing Mad", it sounds awesome. Keep it up!

[@chanceturcotte]

You even got the little laugh in there near the end. Hard to imitate that though lol.

[@LionmightOfficial]

It's just not the same without it!

[@chanceturcotte]

***** Heheh.

[@bionicdragon5]

I like how the Stringplayergamer in the lower right corner spends most of the video goofing around with drumsticks.

[@Reduk07]

Heh, and they called Kefka a madman. You are the true owner of that title. 10/10

[@tuliotonheiro]

I would like to be able to do a hundred upvotes on this, because it deserves. awesome work, I listen to this almost every week

[@marc-andredussault8818]

Best videogame song of all time. Have my like. You definitely need more view. Keep up the awesome work!

[@dragonboy3872]

So, a friend and I just beat FFVI using a SNES Emulator's netplay. I find it very hard to believe that THIS is the theme I just listened to, you make it sound like something else entirely. Even better. Didn't expect the Kefka laugh though. Terrified me. Please do it again.

[@langbo9999]

Buy a SNES MINI and play FFVI : )

[@jvcolon]

Astonishing arrangement. Thanks for adding another dimension to this piece. Please, never stop with your work.

[@liveandlearnhealth]

That Harmony in the beginning is ridiculous. Goosebumps Everytime! I just flipped this again last week. Have is too good.

[@いろいろ科学]

あなたは神だ！！こんなにすごいものを作れるなんて！！感動！！尊敬！！憧れ！！感謝！！すごすぎる！！世界中のFFファンに聞いてほしい！！

[@marijoplo3366]

OH MY GOD so freakin awesome, you are a genius !!! To know this is one of my favorite RPG games (maybe my fav one), Loved it! I think you are the best making game covers

[@Bragatyr]

This is absolutely amazing. I can only imagine the sheer scale of undertaking a recording like this, ha ha.

[@shangothrax]

I watch this every now and then, because it really is that entertaining.

[@brotherroga6390]

As a watcher of Smooth McGroove's videos I find your voices similar! I also like this video very much! So congrats, thanks to my interest in another youtuber's exploits you gained another subscriber!

[@JoshuaRWorkman]

You've earned a subscription from me with this one. Excellent work.

[@SquallGunblade88]

so badass, so awesome, so... long! my god, so much work and effort, my favorite final boss theme of all time, thanks for making this outstanding video.

[@Yojimbo711]

Masterfully done, props to you sir!!

[@RebeccaETripp]

HOLY MAGIKARP, YES!

[@salasvalor01]

Like, this is monumental and should be among the most viewed videos in the world.

[@OblivionTMG]

Amazing!!! one of my fav tracks from the FF series.

[@LionmightOfficial]

Thanks for dropping by Cristian!

[@icemage27]

I smell a challenge to Smooth McGroove! ;) Great work!

[@LionmightOfficial]

GaradurLP More like a salute to Smooth McGroove. :) Watching his videos rubbed off on me.

[@ariffolankholid]

I'm sure this is not easy to produce. I appreciate your wonderful talent in making great music and I cant wait to hear more!

[@Josh_Fredman]

This is amazing! And the sound is so clean. I agree with you that I think the third tier of the piece has the most beautiful music; not many people pick that one, but I always thought it was enchanting. You did justice to it (and to the other tiers as well as the final music) and made some interesting interpretations. It was also interesting to read your descriptions; I had been wondering how you got the timing so perfect on a couple of the fastest sequences, and it was cool to learn your secrets. I have a question: What do you use for time reference when you're recording? Do you have a flashing metronome or something? Regardless, many thank-yous for this outstanding piece of art!

[@LionmightOfficial]

Josh Fredman Thanks a lot Josh! As for time reference, I wore a noise cancelling headset whenever I record. I still use an audio metronome, the old-fashioned way, I just have it set to the right volume so it doesn't spill.

[@Raphael0654]

What you've done here will go down in history.

[@SedoKai]

This is absolutely amazing. Why don't you have millions of views?

[@XxChrispChickenxX]

Good work, looked like all your hard worked payed off. I can just picture fighting Kefka right now with this in the background. So epic!

[@medigoomnis]

Dayum...better than mcgroove...and you use more than "ba"! Heard one measure missing a part (mvt 3) and zero real mistakes. Truly amazing.

[@123pirules]

I think i have heard this like a 1000 its so wonderfull i love your arrangement and the vocals more than any other version thanks for this amaizing Music

[@PCSAWICK829]

14:42 .. that laugh.. hahaha perfect

[@Lucathebeast]

You did an amazing job on this. Final fantasy VI will probably always be my favorite and its one of my favorite OSTs of all time. YOU NAILED THIS. Its so wonderful and part 3 is just so impressive. Bravo. I also really enjoyed reading your commentary. Its really cool to get a peek into your creative process here.