How One Song Raised An Entire Generation

[@XayXayYT]

Fun fact: I tried to make a Minecraft parody of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" for this video, unfortunately it didn't turn out as planned for several reasons so I had to remove it lmao. I hope you all enjoy this video! I felt like I really cooked this time. 👋Discord: discord.gg/TPRwNnn59s 🦋Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/xayxayyt.bsky.social 🐦Twitter: twitter.com/XayXayYT

[@redallahnassreddine4773]

Dream vid?👀

[@LimeSlimeee]

WHAT LMAO 😭💀

[@iAtePotatoChips]

make a parody of "the thick of it" instead

[@4C52]

Suggestion!! Why terraria is a streamers worst nightmare. The game is extremely dense on the first 3-5 hours and is best played with the game on one tab and the wiki on the other. Great game, fair price, very fun, but lacks accessibility.

[@XayXayYT]

@@4C52 I'm not making a terraria video, sorry

[@LevBC10]

If those songs dont play in the minecraft movie im walking out of the theatre, no question.

[@XayXayYT]

Okay but tbf, if it doesn't play in the movie, then idk what reason there is to even watch it lmao

[@YouAreReadingAComment]

@@XayXayYTFair

[@SomeoneOnlyWeKnow.]

That's true because you won't know until it finishes and then you would ordinarily walk out of the theatre

[@StarWarsExpert_]

@@SomeoneOnlyWeKnow. yeah, exactly.

[@jqsm1neS]

I mean yeah, the end of a movie is typically when you walk out of the theatre

[@Endersouled]

I think its important to clarify that CaptainSparklez did NOT "retire", he has only retired MINECRAFT content from his MAIN channel, he is still streaming very regularly on twitch, uploading vods to CaptainSparklez2, and continues to make mostly non-minecraft related videos on his main channel

[@flyingtank]

69 likes hehe funny

[@Creeper13-t4l]

fr, DanTDM didnt retire but the littlest bit of no longer no-lifing for 11 years straight sets off Gen Zs into full blown panic attacks.

[@naejelangelogonzales6623]

Okie dokie

[@matthewboire6843]

Oh thank you for the good news!

[@GwnTim1]

Video is over, I’m crying because it happened 😭

[@XayXayYT]

So true

[@redallahnassreddine4773]

@@GwnTim1 fr

[@The_Grin_Reaper_]

​@@XayXayYT Words to live by

[@CoolLink-Zelda]

"Dont cry because it is over, smile because it happened" -some painter

[@lasercraft32]

Dream using his clout to rig the Glow Squid in the mob vote, vs. Dream using his clout to boost CaptainSparklez's popularity... The duality of man.

[@evillecaston]

So Xay's back in the mine Got his pink fox swinging side to side, side side to side

[@matthewboire6843]

I don’t understand this reference for his channel but still funy

[@EpicAntos]

If anything, I think this exact same video can be applied to DanTDM. He started back in the OG days, raised a generation, started a family of his own, still makes videos to this day with each one netting 1M+ views. Definitely another one of the Minecraft OG’s who survived the downfall.

[@zan4012]

this channel got so big so fast, the first time I saw your channel was the first terraria video you made and I have been watching you ever since.

[@personanormal]

I dont expect anyone to catch this reference butt:ello, welcome, why don't you take a seat? Get comfortable, relax, take a second if you need to Now what's bothering you? Well, why don't we start at the beginning Growing up, how was your relationship with the fundamentals of conscious existence? Did you have xenon orchid sinews spilling down the outer center of your Blooming Escher/Mandelbrot head? And how about claustrophilic tendrils clapping caskets closed on seven-knuckle thumbs Did you get along well with the Gideon Bugler pineal glands? Your projector eyes casting sci-fi's on your STR'd strands? Tell me about your nerve to steal nerves of steel from under Bacchus' bloody nose Did Namibian Himbas tie-dye you, your ears pierced with a Phineas Gage flagpole Did you die before your day? Thursday traction, Tuesday titration My hope is to assess through my objective report of Your subjective conjecture Whether this proprietary bled of expertise and seasoning works as well as this Transorbital ice pick Holistic ballistics, you got a better idea? It's about the best we could come up with, what, you think ideas spread because they're good? No, they spread because people like them So now here we are once again, holding As it were, a mirror up to your mirror I guess it's just something people do jejejejejeje

[@XayXayYT]

That's a deep reference that I really wish I could've understood lmao, thank you for your donation!

[@blackrubygamer3428]

BLACKBOXWARRIOR BY WILL WOOD???

[@personanormal]

@@blackrubygamer3428 HELL YEAH CAN WE MARRY?

[@ItzSunny2]

@XayXayYT 500 ARS is about 50 cents in USD

[@personanormal]

@ItzSunny2 yeah😔 our economy is so bad

[@greenmoose_]

This was a great video... I started playing Minecraft in 2010 myself so I was pretty much there for all of Captainsparklez influence - its fair to say though that he's not retired from the minecraft scene, he streams most days on his Twitch channel, often including Minecraft content and those streams get edited down and posted on his "Captainsparklez 2" youtube channel (which just itself recently hit a million subs) pretty much daily. So its fair to say he's still relatively popular, he's just changed up the way he does his content.

[@StarWarsExpert_]

11:22 I love that when you bring a saying so fitting in there! Nicely edited. Good video and worthy of my respect

[@ElNeroDiablo]

Meanwhile Direwolf20 has been doing regular game content update at a steady pace for 13 years, keeping a stable community of around 515K subs there for him, streaming occasionally as well. To be fair, Direwolf20 does Modded Minecraft series, and is on Season 14 of his Modded Let's Plays.

[@rodaguj5718]

Wow I hadn't realised Direwolf20 still uploaded. I watched his ComputerCraft tutorial a few years back and thought he was just another youtuber that made content around the 1.7.10 era and then stopped.

[@ryanisraelfalcatan7506]

Don't cry captainsparkles 2 is uploading minecraft videos

[@Control_Freak-td7mr]

Thank you for making this video. All these years, I've been listening to his 3 most popular songs without knowing who he was, and now I wish I was with him on his journey.

[@crimsong8068]

Fun Fact: There was an earlier (non-parody) song called "In Search of Diamonds" released in November 2010, which I believe is the absolute first Minecraft fan song. | My first Minecraft song was "It's Herobrine!" by BLAH BLAH BLAH Gaming. It's impressive to remember that Jordan animated both TNT and Revenge (with help). I believe he also created the note block instrumental for TNT. One has to commend his effort. I think we all miss the 2011-2014 "golden age" of Minecraft content and parodies, (before they all got copyrighted to oblivion and people stopped making them). I think Jordan is to thank for that. I really wish I'd tried to make one back in the day.

[@Lucky-sc5bo]

I remember him saying that he was inspired by "in search of diamonds" for TNT in the minecraft song tierlist video

[@StarWarsExpert_]

"Jordan may have retired, but the World of Minecraft will forever be shaped by what he made . . ." this gave me goosebumpbs! Nicely done

[@danielsolyarikov7908]

0:32 Guys, I think Captain Sparklez has been Moon Lord this whole time

[@Semblance-o9t]

@@danielsolyarikov7908 I approve this meme

[@Gilly2020]

I really had no idea how much of my history with Minecraft was shaped by this person, considering how many Minecraft songs i used to love (some of which i new about but didn't actually knew he made them) and that i started playing Minecraft since it's revival, I am extremely grateful. thank you for making this video XayXay, ur channel is way underrated

[@zxfwc]

8:05 Evbo documentary when?

[@notsteve8189]

If I remember correctly he was also in the first Minecraft hunger game. I think he would have won if he didn't lose to Antvenom.

[@theburningcoder5859]

Antvenom has been my favorite Minecraft KZbinr since I was like 9 because of that video. His newer videos though are actually much better than his old ones in my opinion. It was easy to stick with him because he evolved his content as his audience grew up.

[@omichromium]

Dude I have been interacting with his stuff since like 2014, he has genuinely affected the way I have grown up into the person I am today. Such a cool content creator, he deserves to be the one that has lasted through all this time. I remember when Minecraft had its downtrend and he started all his different channels but still stuck with Minecraft. Honestly, his main channel stopping with Minecraft content doesn't bother me that much either, because I mainly watched the uncut vods anyway.

[@AlexanderRed-xo7nm]

4:33 i was wondering why he had that skin and now i know, also smash

[@Useless_Science]

@@AlexanderRed-xo7nm agree, I guess that's one way of showing that they are a femboy, tbh. They are decently common in the fandom, and if you also include Trans as a total, it's like 1/2 to 1/3. Very intresting indeed.

[@explosivetolgagunpowder]

smash

[@nathangarner3986]

Smash

[@SpontaniaYT]

I really enjoy your content

[@XayXayYT]

I'm happy to hear that, thank you for your donation!

[@totolias2010]

Awesome how you used tears of the kingdoms "remember this name" song perfectly. Awesome attention to detail!

[@CodingDiamondYT]

Bro, I love your vids. yr my 6.9999th fav youtuber! Congrats!

[@HeroboyYTplus]

true!

[@ChristopherDonehue]

yesser! goated!

[@recardo-y1f]

he's a og i mean he's one of the "mc gods" he will not be forgotten as long as minecraft has a community even after that he'll never be forgotten

[@doxbin]

These videos are so well written and laid out, the animations are top tier, and the jokes actually have me laughing. It's hard to believe I watched all of this in just 22:33 because it felt like a lot longer and I enjoyed it that much. Great job, you clearly have the secret formula to keeping us entertained and conveyed from your genuine content. Thank you.

[@singularitygaming4893]

I'm not ashamed to say I got chills multiple times throughout this video. Videos like these are amazing in so many ways.

[@4C52]

In Minecraft dimension jumper no one dimension jumps for the dimensional beef

[@Qbeczeq0]

Love the game music you put in the background

[@welsoook3196]

video so fire it gave me chills, keep going man i love your videos

[@combiolus3907]

"Parkour maps!" *parkour civilization intensifies*

[@combiolus3907]

the timestamp is at 8:03 - 8:04

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

We going back in the mine got are pickaxe from side to side side to sideeee, creeper all man, we gonna go back in the mines got our pickaxe from side to side side to side, that song is amazing.

[@austincornish4912]

I still watch his videos he made up my whole childhood thank you for this tribute

[@Inkspeed]

XayXay uploaded what a joyous day

[@magtea3836]

Title isn’t accurate he died in chapter 6 of Minecraft story mode

[@XayXayYT]

I'll just pull the "Minecraft Story Mode isn't canon" card >:)

[@ImZaneXDXD]

Minecraft story mode is a spinoff

[@LimeSlimeee]

Great video 👏🔥 Can't wait for the next one, take your time king 💙

[@eeveealbino4465]

The only thing I understood from this is the captain's sparkly abs

[@tanishqkarande2257]

Cant believe this channel has gotten so big, i remember watching this channel a year or so back it merely had 5-6k subscribers. Well all the best to you Xay, i hope your channel keeps growing like this. 👍

[@joshuawhe]

9:14 that marks the end of the golden age of Minecraft 😭

[@siesmec]

It's always a happy day when someone credits an old youtuber

[@redallahnassreddine4773]

XayXay finally remembered his channel password. I sometimes forget you even exist ngl 😂

[@Imryzen4090]

It was just 1 month wdym?

[@redallahnassreddine4773]

@@Imryzen4090 only?! Buddy, if he uploads once a month, it’s gonna be 12 videos a year and that ain’t much

[@Imryzen4090]

@@redallahnassreddine4773 it is actually 12 videos a month is a really good amount of videos

[@jBread28]

@@redallahnassreddine4773 1 video a month is very common in 2024 (especially for video essays)

[@Julienraptor01]

There is actually another creator like CaptainSparklez He used to be called Technoblade He will miss us forever...

[@EkHouVanHonde]

*Aww man*

[@starifiedmc]

nothing better than watching a fresh xayxay video on lunch break

[@The_Grin_Reaper_]

Heck yeah, epic video mate

[@TheDarkKillerGR]

les go xayllernste is bacc for the monthly vid w

[@Irfxnxcindo]

Salute For Legend Of Minecraft... what an inspiring story of him 😢

[@ManuelCam]

In the Spanish community we also have Creeper vs Zombie, Pico de Madera and Yo quiero ser minero

[@Louis_2568]

7:10 I know it’s just a throwaway joke but the reason is that his skin was based off of the Revenge music video, that wasn’t his skin before that music video was created.

[@NuclearNinja018]

I’m so glad the Cap got the respect he deserved in this vid he’s by far one of the goats

[@Christmasprancer]

Erm stampy and dantdm and Grian and Mumbo Jumbo are all people who haven’t fallen off

[@killianobrien2007]

Grian and mumbo weren't that popular in the golden age

[@benrex7775]

I watched every Minecraft video of docm77 since around 13 years ago. He started at the same time as Etho. Sure, both of them are sub 3 million subscribers. But they are certainly youtubers from the old era who still go strong. And I don't see them leaving that sphere anytime soon.

[@titaniummechsx3324]

damm... the good ol' golden days of minecraft parody songs and funny videos... now we got content farms

[@HelloIAmAnExist]

2:38 I don't exactly remember the context, but I think it was something along the lines of the video getting copyright striked for a while and then brought back or something that caused this drop

[@XayXayYT]

Probably that yeah, wouldn't be surprised. He did struggle with his early music videos because they were parodies, so they were basically at the mercy of the original song's copyrights

[@Broseph_GG]

it hits every time #ThankYouCaptain

[@SmallPotato95]

I didn’t expect a Xbox Adictionz cameo in a video about Captain Sparkles

[@Lampe2020]

5:50 Don't worry, you're not the only one out there that sometimes can't pronounce things that should be easy to pronounce, happens to me all the time XD

[@JulianWuzHear]

0:00 Everywhere I go, I see it’s face: *SUPPLEMENTARY MOD ICON*

[@beholdenpie]

I haven't watched one of your videos in a while but I'm glad to see the yae miko skin is still there 💀, seems the long username didn't last tho

[@TheLegoravenclaw]

11:40 why does this work so well

[@capesword111]

CaptainSparklez getting his subscriber count pushed to 11 million was wonderful to see.

[@parazit_dvunogiy]

when thick of it parody 😭🙏

[@muneeb-khan]

Sometimes I like a video in the middle and then while watching I forget that I did that. And I try to like it again. But notice I already did. Basically trying to say I wish I could like this more than once

[@zhiemmzzz]

when i was like 4 i always told my mom to search "minecraft songs" and listen to them while trying to decipher the lore :sob:

[@oj9822]

he even wrote an entry in the Minecraft beginners Handbook, his legend will live on

[@CK-Animator]

“STOP..THE NOSTALGIA..” * casually dies

[@Lumin_01]

Creeper... aw man

[@Fishstick5334]

your videos are so good

[@Mcbuzzerr]

I watched captainsparklez before he stopped swearing and that's the only time my mom ever overheard me watching him lol

[@oldrobloxgoodolddays]

Creeper aw man so way back in the mine we got are pickaxe swinging from side to side side side to side

[@karbanite]

oh man, the song never gets old

[@SeveronTheRaptor]

Off topic, but I wanted to recommend another high-content open world survival game. On the scale of content to no content, and less graphics to more graphics, this game is near the top, Terraria is in the middle, and Minecraft is at the bottom. It’s called Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, and is a free game that just blows practically every other game in existence (minus Dwarf Fortress and NetHack) out of the water in terms of sheer content. It would be really fun to watch a professional KZbinr react to the game at first, and find out how to play in real time. And there… is really no way to spoil much because there’s *too much*, and not that many people know all that much about the game. Anyways, I would highly recommend it!

[@SplatterDrive]

femboy makes documentary video, hmmm never thought i'd see that

[@bluewitherr]

o7 He will never be forgotten. (also TECHNOBLADE NEVER DIES!!!)

[@Craftzhie]

MY CHILDHOOD!! :D Thankyou a random Yae Miko femboy on KZbin for making this video (jk, I'm your subscriber 😭)

[@CultReaperGaming]

for the memories boys lets get it CREEPER, AWW MAN

[@rockinggamerdude]

11:19 this actually gave me chills

[@Ice-Bear1504]

Some one call Skip man... my boi got a call from our *FEMBOI*

[@matthewsteer4398]

You're a great content creator.

[@matthewboire6843]

Captain sparkles is the king of Minecraft songs.

[@pczm_]

Hey this content is wild, how long does it take you to make a video like this? because the amount of constant clips that are so well detailed is insane, yet only 12k views

[@ItsRyanStuff]

sparkel

[@matthewboire6843]

RT is someone I have never heard being mentioned in a video is something I Havnt heard of before, he deserves being mentioned; RT Denys being the reason Minecraft was resurrected but it is hard to agree with him on that point.

[@woofes8958]

I don’t think Minecraft 1.10 was the absolute worst update for the game. Sure, it had barely anything but I think it would go more to 1.9 due to how much controversy there was and how many people liked the new system and the old combat system. Minecraft 1.10 would be forgotten tbh.

[@lorekeeper685]

Captain is like the main mc ytber I watch

[@Hyper_101]

Tell me im not the only one who noticed Evangelion reference here 7:45

[@XayXayYT]

"What conveys depression the best?" "Evangelion...... shinji chair"

[@Hyper_101]

@@XayXayYT 😭 true

[@Ericsilva012]

3:29 “unmistakeable” Lapis *Glow Lichen*

[@PurpleFlamesMC]

Watching this while eating noodles caused me to almost choke since I wanted to sing

[@AK_CreeperMC]

Hi din’t make music hi made memories 🥹 and I recommend making a documentary about ethoslab if we talk about Minecraft legends

[@titaniummechsx3324]

Creeper? Aww, man So we back in the mine Got our pickaxe swinging from side to side Side-side to side This task, a grueling one Hope to find some diamonds tonight, night, night Diamonds tonight Heads up You hear a sound, turn around and look up Total shock fills your body Oh, no, it's you again I can never forget those eyes, eyes, eyes Eyes-eye-eyes 'Cause, baby, tonight The creeper's tryna steal all our stuff again 'Cause, baby, tonight You grab your pick, shovel, and bolt again (bolt again) And run, run until it's done, done Until the sun comes up in the morning 'Cause, baby, tonight The creeper's tryna steal all our stuff again (stuff again) Just when you think you're safe Overhear some hissing from right behind Right-right behind That's a nice life you have Shame, it's gotta end at this time, time, time Time-time-time-time Blows up Then your health bar drops and you could use a one-up Get inside, don't be tardy So, now you're stuck in there Half a heart is left, but don't die, die, die Die-die-die 'Cause, baby, tonight The creeper's tryna steal all our stuff again 'Cause, baby, tonight You grab your pick, shovel, and bolt again (bolt again) And run, run until it's done, done Until the sun comes up in the morning 'Cause, baby, tonight The creeper's tryna steal all our stuff again Dig up diamonds and craft those diamonds And make some armor, get it, baby Go and forge that like you so MLG pro The sword's made of diamonds, so come at me, bro, huh Training in your room under the torchlight Hone that form to get you ready for the big fight Every single day and the whole night Creeper's out prowlin', hoo, alright Look at me, look at you Take my revenge, that's what I'm gonna do I'm a warrior, baby, what else is new? And my blade's gonna tear through you, bring it 'Cause, baby, tonight The creeper's tryna steal all our stuff again (Gather your stuff, yeah, let's take back the world) Yeah, baby, tonight Grab your sword, armor, and go (it's on) Take your revenge (whoa), oh-oh, oh-oh So fight, fight, like it's the last, last night Of your life, life, show them your bite (whoa) 'Cause, baby, tonight The creeper's tryna steal all our stuff again 'Cause, baby, tonight You grab your pick, shovel and bolt again (bolt again) And run, run until it's done, done Until the sun comes up in the morn' 'Cause, baby, tonight (c'mon, swing your sword up high, c'mon) The creeper's tryna steal all our stuff again (swing your sword up, oh)

[@mariogarrido5916]

Why is noone talking about the random parkour civilization reference😭😭😭😭😁

[@GRINKLER]

You are in the exact same room as Jschlatt was in the beginning of "A Tribute to Minecraft"

[@SCPfan173]

4:33 Femboy goes hard ngl

[@talikabachungmir5825]

Yo xayxay when r u uploading ur new terraria play through

[@XayXayYT]

you might wanna check the pinned comments in those videos

[@ddf-h9b]

bro can we get the tier lists back??

[@XayXayYT]

They're hard to make because not much people wanna hear what this random youtuber thinks lol

[@ddf-h9b]

@@XayXayYT but i like them lol. and bro liked his own comment

[@light_rd2819]

In March of 2023, I quit Minecraft for War Thunder. Haven't played the game in mass amounts ever since. The other time I would ever play at school when I had nothing better to do.

[@darkhadif8426]

I wonder.. What if... Captain sparkles create the Minecraft movie now...

[@VOIDOFTIMEE]

Am literally cry after hearing that captainsparklez retired

[@Merguin]

fun fact, i am following hermitcraft since over 7 years, never heard any of these :D not even mentioned