Made In America - Less Dialogue Edition (Starkid's Black Friday)

Made my own cut of "Made In America" from Black Friday. Originally made by Starkid

[@ABHyt]

Ah, nice to know someone else hates dialogue in cast recordings.

[@whatok3273]

I could be wrong about the length now but a long time ago I counted how much of the track had the song and it was 2:58 in a 4 minute track. 1/4 of the track of talking is too long, especially when it's placed in the middle of the track

[@Liliocelote]

it's the animatic maker's dream, and the average listener's curse

[@carriejones2827]

@@whatok3273 if the talking was at the end, I would be ok with it since I can just skip to the next song, but when it’s in the middle it’s such a guessing game trying to skip to the next song part and not missing anything, like they made the track version specifically for people to listen to it without having to go on KZbin and find it :( anyway you did a great job on this, I’ll be listening to this from now on instead of the track :D

[@carolinelutz397]

Although I can't choose a favourite, I firmly believe that this is the best song of this musical

[@carriejones2827]

This and feast or famine were brilliant :D

[@ThatDudeWithBoobs]

By far, one of Joey's best songs, next to "Wagon on Fire".

[@r_ravenclaw]

Wow, the cuts are very good, barely noticeable! Thanks for this!

[@AnthroFiend]

Thank you for this edit of the song! I love how "you opened the box..." makes Wiggly sound like something straight out of Hellraiser.

[@whatok3273]

Np! It's Uncle Wiley who's singing this song

[@natbatlightwood5288]

See i like the dialogue, i just wish there was another verse or chorus, because damn this song is awesome.

[@carolinelutz397]

I have listened to this an unhealthy amount of times

[@quinnlee-newbury9003]

With this and America is Great Again I think it's safe to say it's not a Hatchetfield musical if there isn't an absolute banger that also mocks a core part of US culture

[@hibikiotonokojishslvocalis7550]

Thank you so much for this! I prefer the cast recording, mainly because it has that manufactured feeling the stage version isn't doing for me.

[@viperv6768]

Heavy dialogue is the cousin of dance breaks, and both are terrible. Nice to see it cut down cleanly!

[@whatok3273]

Dance breaks are fine because the music still plays in the background, but as long as they aren’t too long

[@viperv6768]

@@whatok3273 I'm personally not a fan of them 90% of the time; the music is not enough for me to enjoy them. Plus, they tend to have those awkward, clearly fake hoots and hollers of the characters having "fun". Or, like you said, they go on far too long. I feel like 30 seconds to a minute is a as long dance breaks or dialogue should be in a soundtrack.

[@xhappyponyxwasmyoldname1395]

Whatttt, I love both! You can’t be a theatre lover but only love one third of the equation

[@viperv6768]

@@xhappyponyxwasmyoldname1395 oh, I for sure can! Soundtracks have different rules than stage performances. When watching the full show, dance breaks and mid song dialogue doesn't feel off They communicate plot and relationships, and you can see the dances. But with soundtracks, I'm trying to sing along, put these songs on a playlist with other musicals, etc. I cant do that when a third of the song is exposition I can understand after seeing the show once. For me, dialogue and dance on soundtracks is just as bad as music youtubers who spend half of their video rambling, thanking their patreon donators, and doing the annoying "like, subscribe, donate" shpeel. I get why its included, but it makes me want to find a video that is not yours so I can hear the song (the thing I came for) rather than the fluff (youtuber thanks or dialogue exposition). Like I want to support the creators how I can, but editing choices can really detract from the "listen on repeat" experience I so love to do.

[@throneisbed7833]

Thank you for making this edit, I like listening to this song when writing but yeah, the dialogue does kinda get in the way a bit. So thank you for saving my motivation!

[@lc2341]

this was playing in the background to stuff so I didn't see the title or message about the cut dialogue but when John showed up I said out loud "thank you to whoever did that" bc I was getting ready to come skip the dialogue lmao so thank you what ok

[@galactic7458]

2:12 do you hear “look what happens, nightmare time” or am I just dumb lol

[@whatok3273]

Please no spoilers for the Nightmare Time episodes, haven’t seen all of them yet

[@galactic7458]

@@whatok3273 it’s.... from TGWDLM

[@whatok3273]

@@galactic7458 sorry XD the mere mention of Nightmare Time made me worry

[@carolinelutz397]

OMG you're right

[@habitsrabbit]

Yup. And 1:55 america is great again. And 2:03 Inevitable.

[@trashcan7773]

I don't know how to describe it but this song feels like a parallel to dysentery world-

[@IrvingIV]

The hilarious implication made by this edit is that the toy manufacturer and Wiggly are one and the same.

[@-Commit-arson-]

Besides feast or famine this is my favorite song in Black Friday

[@Alastorsw]

10/10 Good job.

[@thatlibrarysmell720]

Who said You? I still don't know if it was Wiggly or Cross

[@whatok3273]

Wiggly says it, the only downside to this edit is that I can't get rid of it

[@jriddle41]

Actually it was Cross. In the video, he can be seen pointing towards John when "You" is said.

[@whatok3273]

@@jriddle41 will rewatch it

[@InquieteNightshade]

I think they say it at the same time.

[@reluctantlysmol4274]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

[@therockingtwins1519]

can you please do deck the halls if you haven’t

[@walkingfish0]

That enough! cinda scared me ngl

[@luftkadett8472]

ffs you cut out the best part, the Wiggly speech

[@whatok3273]

I wished Wiggly sung that part, the track had so much talking in between the song part