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

[@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!

[@L16htW4rr10r]

@@Endersouled Thank you for letting us know

[@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

[@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.

[@jeusmarcomascarina4102]

No man can resist the sin of ruining it's fame to pain.

[@TheAndreyCraft]

I voted for glow squid because I thought it would glow. And I didn't obviously now about some dream fella having his opinion on it

[@lasercraft32]

@@TheAndreyCraft Never said there _weren't_ people who voted for the glow squid for actually reasonable reasons...

[@iagotavares5925]

"Dont smile because it's over, cry because it happened" is such a good phrase, LMAO

[@cokezeroboy9]

@@iagotavares5925 hey BTW man it's don't cry because it's over smile because it happend just saying true it is a good quote

[@TheR1.0AUCCC]

@@cokezeroboy9 r/wooooooooooooooooooooosh

[@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

[@Boc-C4]

this ones a grueling one

[@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

[@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.

[@IHMnotuseless2204]

Yeah for sure! Seems he's going for round 2 too.

[@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

[@leadingbookkeeper74]

@@CoolLink-Zelda 🤓🤓erm actually this quote was said by dr suess

[@myra4012]

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.

[@SpontaniaYT]

I really enjoy your content

[@XayXayYT]

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

[@danielsolyarikov7908]

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

[@Semblance-o9t]

@@danielsolyarikov7908 I approve this meme

[@jeanandreroodt]

Same

[@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

[@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.

[@StarWarsExpert_]

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

[@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.

[@BlakeWilder-n1u]

MAN!!! i remember falling kingdom 0:13

[@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

[@Julienraptor01]

There is actually another creator like CaptainSparklez He used to be called Technoblade We'll miss him forever...

[@kazuma2814]

WE will miss HIM, not the other way.

[@ryanisraelfalcatan7506]

Don't cry captainsparkles 2 is uploading minecraft videos

[@LimSandy69]

Omg the modded survival series, IVE WANTED TO REWATCH THAT FOR THE LONGEST TIME, Thank you good sir

[@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

[@rubymoss6971]

thank you captainsparklez for everything you've done. it's sad to see all the OG creator's leave bot they worked hard to make the community what it is today

[@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.

[@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.

[@krystopherjohnson2082]

Crazy to think that I started playing Minecraft on 1.2.4, and found CaptainSparklez songs not long after. Hard to believe it's been over 10 years since then.... Minecraft- and Cap's music saw me through a broken engagement, and once again after a decade rediscovering those songs and some newer ones helped me through being abandoned by my wife and having my son taken. Kids I was helping raise back then are becoming adults next year, and some of their key memories of me are literally me listening to Cap's songs while playing Minecraft on a laptop.

[@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

[@nadaalfaiza7899]

Still Smash

[@totolias2010]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@popcatnwm]

I laughed, cried, I love your videos and history of Minecraft

[@welsoook3196]

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

[@knightassassinx1476]

Man I cried listening to this remembering, my childhood. I was inspired we all lived through the golden age and I’m happy for that so thank you.

[@Qbeczeq0]

Love the game music you put in the background

[@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

[@CodingDiamondYT]

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

[@HeroboyYTplus]

true!

[@ChristopherDonehue]

yesser! goated!

[@aretox1]

8:05 Evbo documentary when?

[@The_E_rgn]

He's gonna do the 1 block vertical jump for the beef

[@singularitygaming4893]

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

[@gnilogaming]

18:50 honestly i thought he'd say "At least I can say, I used to rule the world."

[@brianames7898]

You forgot one of his biggest accomplishments, he was included in the Minecraft handbooks!

[@DarkSteel_Pub]

and that's how spooklez was borned a legend to our childhood

[@jtk961]

this hit me im actually crying i remeber the old school songs and videos

[@nomandelectro7058]

"dont smile because its over cry because it happened" that got me

[@TheASDYT]

I remember back when I started playing Minecraft (beta version) and seeing all the alpha minecraft players with music parodies. They inspired me to want to make a KZbin channel one day and I thank that they gave me the courage to do so. Thank you CaptainSparklez for writing songs that can bring the old and the new Minecraft players together.

[@eeveealbino4465]

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

[@TalonLynch]

You just rocked my memory so hard dude, I haven't thought of thise songs since I was 14

[@jamesshaw3500]

The Fallen kingdom quadrilogy is legit, in my opinion, one of the greatest bits of stroy telling ever told.

[@cherrimochadoesyt6638]

that moment ,, when you start to feel old, i used to watch dantdm, and all kinds of others like ssundee and captainsparklez, and now when you look back it all dies off. either stuff happened to make them quit or them moving on it really hits hard on me and despite being 23 i feel old like heck thinking back, hecc i went to a store that buys off old stuff and saw a old popular mmos comic book , it hit me hard to realize people today :')

[@flamingphoenix1425]

For me, before I found the Minecraft parodies, CaptainSparklez was one of the pros giving tips in the Minecraft Guidebooks. I only rediscovered him a few years ago and finally had a face to the wise sage of the texts. Even though I didn't watch his content growing up, he feels like an old friend whenever I do watch his newer videos

[@featherofpepperland]

Last time I saw this channel was when I watched 100 days as an evil villan or something like that. (I commented about the awful megalovania thing at the end). You were at 25k subs back then (this was two years ago) and it's amazing how much you've grown your channel. (I might be confusing you with another channel)

[@4C52]

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

[@lopimates]

15:34 "Even tho i dont know what i did to deserver that." Famous words fr 😭😭😭

[@Inkspeed]

XayXay uploaded what a joyous day

[@Black_Ice_Brace]

I think a lot of people fail to realize who actually brought Minecraft back on its feet (11:40) Pewdiepie wasn’t who did it. Jschlatt released a video “A tribute to Minecraft” right before PewDiePies Minecraft video. Everyone I knew across the world heard of the video even if they didn’t know Jschlatt. Everyone started talking about the video and remembering the good times AND THEN PewdiePie made his video, so with the thought in mind and everyone thinking already THE WORLD RETURNED to Minecraft. It wasn’t “PEWDIEPIE” it was “JSCHLATT” who go the ball rolling. Now I love Pewdiepie and have watched his content since Phas, but the data shows it wasn’t him to started the ball push he just got that perfect kick/shove/launch (and being as big as he’s been) it helped get more traction

[@CheesecakeGutsyGal]

You've reached the younger generation, I may have not been there to watch his legacy but at least I got to listen to his story and the marks he left behind

[@darkcloud8244]

Man time flew by so fast, those were good times

[@siesmec]

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

[@jiyuhong5853]

Take Back the Night

[@Jenna-hu7mp]

I still listen to his minecraft music parodies. And I always watched his minecraft competition livestreams. Those were good.

[@fox_trot0214]

i Still drop a tear whenever i listen to Fallen Kingdom

[@The_Grin_Reaper_]

Heck yeah, epic video mate

[@notbanjelacic]

this isn't fair at all, i started crying like five times while watching. stop making me cry, damn it dude😭😭😭

[@shadowcrushers]

captainsparklez and thealanticcraft was the 2 channels that got me into minecraft

[@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

[@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:

[@combiolus3907]

"Parkour maps!" *parkour civilization intensifies*

[@combiolus3907]

the timestamp is at 8:03 - 8:04

[@TheDarkKillerGR]

les go xayllernste is bacc for the monthly vid w

[@HappyGreenSteve]

20:54 - No, not because of him.. I started playing minecraft around 4 or 5 years old...

[@jacebledsoe4764]

Those songs almost made me cry from how nostalgic they were

[@MalaysianBallProductions]

Creepah- awww man 😎

[@jusariahcanolike]

16:17 unironically a banger

[@d3rk3r64]

I remeber the moment i saw the retirement video, i just went ahead and rewatched every single video of him. He was the king of the golden age

[@joshuawhe]

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

[@Josogatito]

Yo, I'm watching this exactly a year after he retired and I didn't even know it

[@thefiles1000]

I csnt belive everyone retired tho, matpat, caption sparkles literally everyone

[@AnIntrovertedArtist]

10:27 I DID NOT EXPEXT THAT?? LMAO THAT DROP IS DIABOLICAL

[@oj9822]

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

[@matthewboire6843]

Captain sparkles is the king of Minecraft songs.

[@LimeSlimeee]

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

[@starifiedmc]

nothing better than watching a fresh xayxay video on lunch break

[@小縷縷]

i remember hearing his TNT song back in the elementary school, there was a platform letting everyone upload their favorite song, and playing at lunch time.

[@baguettecat]

im so glad i grew up with these masterpieces...

[@nero7467]

There is also a Polish minecraft song called Znowu mam bana, which is the most known Minecraft song in here (and for a good reason)

[@GameMa5Ter2O01]

remember, remember that we once lived - chill old guy who died

[@itsmehenry8247]

It hits me hard like it is something significant even though I know it's just a game

[@Hannah7Banana]

I grew uo on Minecraft. I grew up on these older KZbinrs. I grew up playing Minecraft alone for hours on end in single player worlds. Matter of fact, I've only tooken minecraft into a competitive spirit recently in tne past few years. I love this history video.

[@3mrys937]

15:10 In the background you can see a scene from the movie Spider-Man: "Careful, He's a Hero".

[@DazaiDiesFromOldAge]

Yae beating raiden was not what I expected when I clicked on this vid

[@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.

[@jeremiahrosa1329]

13:46 Dream’s close follow up…

[@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

[@Broseph_GG]

it hits every time #ThankYouCaptain

[@NuclearNinja018]

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

[@peika8324]

2019 minecraft come was such a phenomenon, like stil THE only game that has such a big comeback, man i also miss old dream i honesntly belive he used to be different

[@Inoxigj]

The "A Hat In Time" music just hits differently

[@FerretKingNoot]

As a Minecraft role-player and gamer this has changed my point of view of how we should continue Minecraft's legacy and CaptainSparklez legacy, I believe i am going to put as much effect into my gaming channel as much as I do with my roleplaying one. :3

[@daanwinne2596]

1.9 was my first version, so I really don't have like a problem with it. I find it a great update, changing a core aspect of minecraft while still being minecraft.