Portal - The Android Hell Blues [feat. The Stupendium]

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The full music-video for The Android Hell Blues.
Written and performed by Gregory Holgate [The Stupendium]
/ @thestupendium
Composed and produced by Harry Callaghan
Meet The Cores 3 - • Portal - Meet The Cores 3
Meet The Cores is an animated Portal series that takes a deeper look into the mechanical denizens of the Aperture Science research facility.
I'd like to say a huge thank you to The Stupendium for writing and performing this song in his own time, and allowing it to be used in Meet The Cores! He absolutely nailed it. =D
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/ harry101uk
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Lyrics:
There's a place you may have heard of,
It's a tale we like to tell!
When folks whose code ain't up to code…
They go to Android Hell!
Now the devil is found deep underground,
So, any faith will yell!
Well Aperture happens to be ten miles down,
Half-way to Android Hell.
So when those lemons that life gives you…
Just combust to dust and fumes.
Buddy, life may give you lemons…
But we got oranges and blues!
Oh they gave us cores emotions!
But that doesn't gel at all…
Because all I feel's repulsion…
And I'm bouncing off the walls!
And each chamber full of dangers that we force upon a stranger,
To test their feeble brains or brawn…
Is nothing to the test if whether rust or boredom gets us,
What's it matter what side of the glass we're on?
So may your management-rail guide you…
To a better place some day!
Although technically they're omni-directional…
We know they all just lead one way!
So be you core, bot, cube or turret.
Treat this Aperture factory well!
‘cause there's a worse fate awaitin' as your soul's emancipated by the grills of Android Hell!
[interlude]
Now my baby, she up and left me!
Told me I was just a square…
I said, darlin' we're both spherical!
She said she wasn’t programmed to care!
Oh yes, the life down here's a hard one…
Not just because of acid-lakes!
Since my first day, had about a thousand birthdays.
I still ain't seen no cake!
Yes it's a hard life lived for that hard-light bridge…
To that rail-track in the sky!
But there's no mistaking it's a fall you will be taking,
Cake is not this place's only lie!
So when the floor gives way to ceiling…
But your back is against the wall...
In a loop that keeps repeating…
Who can say how far you'll fall?
Now you've heard tell of Android Hell…
But you've got naught to fear.
We all live in her chambers.
We're all already here...
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August Loolam [Rantis]
/ aug440
Enhanced Core & Turret animation rigs
Harry Callaghan
Animation | Lighting | Editing | Audio Design | Mixing | Scene Design | Texture Design | Music
Animated and rendered with Source Filmmaker.
Music made with Propellerhead Reason 8.
Additional editing and visual-effects with Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Audio design in Propellerhead Reason 8 and Celemony Melodyne Studio.
2D and texture design in Adobe Photoshop.
Portal is owned by Valve.
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Some of my Portal songs you might enjoy:
This Is Aperture - • Portal - This Is Aperture
Carol Of The Turrets - • Portal - Carol Of The ...
Hello - • Portal - Hello
The Pit Song - • Portal - The Pit Song
Defective - • Portal - Defective
If I Were A Core - • Portal - If I Were A Core
The Wheatley Song - • Portal - The Wheatley ...
GLaDOS Is To Blame - • Portal - GLaDOS Is To ...
Dumb Ways To Die - • Dumb Ways To Die - Por...
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[@clementlapierre]

"Life may give you lemons, But we've got oranges and blues" That line is so perfect !!!

[@kiro9291]

it's a triple pun!

[@wezerd]

I thought that too

[@MintFritter]

i'm not a native of English speaker. Could someone explain this pun to me please?

[@Kolox]

Yep onanges - fruits blues - type of musit that this song is made and orange and blue is colour of portals just perfect

[@powerofthec5908]

@@MintFritter Orange is a Fruit and Color.

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

That fact he even introduced the band halfway through...that’s some authentic robo-jazz right there!

[@TheAgamemnon911]

Atlas didn't get a solo, though.

[@brennanruiz1803]

Introduced everyone *except* the bassist. That's discrimination against low voices.

[@Nuclear_Gandhi]

#BassistLivesMatter

[@TheAgamemnon911]

Oh, is this an instance of ouvert bacism? ^^

[@joemo2215]

His name is Atbass and we will love him unconditionally

[@atnernt5196]

I didn’t realise this till now but the turrets name is just god damn pizza. 31415... is Pi Plural z is zz And well alpha for a. Well played.

[@DrSpoon-iu4hs]

Liam Carter pizza

[@Arslan35]

*pizza*

[@vpls6237]

PIZZA

[@epikitee2186]

_ffffffff_ _why would you bring this to my attention_

[@Trashpanda115]

Aww you really had to reveal my real name?

[@duoblade332]

The line “Although technically they’re omni-directional.... ....We know they all lead *one way!* “ Is very grim

[@martontauber8213]

I hate to be the guy but idk why the rails are called omni-directional, they go two ways so bi-directional

[@6k911Channel]

@@martontauber8213 Well the rails go in all directions because they go up down left right, so even tho 1 segment of the track goes in 2 directions, you can techinially go every direction in the large "highway" of rails.

[@SCRM_Railfan]

@@6k911Channel I like to imagine that all the rails meetup somewhere In the facility, like a railroad yard

[@thenerdygamer5929]

@@icedqq me moving 800 miles to clip through the companion cube door

[@BurningApple]

I think he's referring to a gantry style rail which would likely be present in large rooms

[@Tronicate]

I was expecting there to be an applause at the end... Then I realised they don't have hands!

[@Harry101UK]

[Initiating slow-clap processor]

[@King0fYou115]

Harry101UK Oh good. That still works.

[@SilverFox0784]

Harry101UK I was gonna say something about the slow clapping sound effect

[@AzureMoebius22]

The turrets could rapidly open and close their gun covers

[@dayoldpepsi652]

Milly Gamer I don’t I’m a ball .-.

[@Nekrotix12]

"You're just a square" "But we're both spherical." "I'm not programmed to care." Damn were they the Sass Core?

[@Alegriacaptions]

Has she been built to be attached to GLaDOS at some point?

[@captain_fish_head]

Jesus christ they put small bit of gladOs in a core

[@daaooa8260]

Ohh Noo

[@noyz-anything]

she was created to destroy everything that rivals aperture. unfortunately, to her, the only way to do that is to be excessively sassy

[@Yes-to5ji]

COMMENCE EMERGENCY BACKUP PROCEDURE V.1191902938372828291 SASS CORE ATTATCHMENT / GLaDOS = GENETIC LIFEFORM and DISC OPERATING SISTEM CODE 10101001010111000110000110001111000011001010010101010101010100011010010101010101001010100101011100010111110001010101001011110001011111

[@j.m.h.6363]

As good as the entire video is, my favorite part is just the sheer level of attention to detail. For example, Companion Cubert, the horn player, has an air tank. Because You need air to blow a horn.

[@Harry101UK]

Haha! Glad my attention to detail did not go unnoticed! =P

[@valoch3187]

@@Harry101UK You missed some by the way! In "infinite fall" part you look in direction opposite to moving, you fall down so you look up at the celling. However, it looks like a floor! Button? Ok, you may get a funnel for such stuff, but pieces of pannels can't lay there, they would fall! P.s.: I really appreciate your work, it's fun to find small mistakes like this actually! :)

[@Harry101UK]

Val Och It's not really a mistake, just an artistic choice / reverse fall. ;)

[@valoch3187]

@@Harry101UK Reverse fall = rise, I guess P.S.: I'm flyiiiiiiing!

[@NieMonD]

I did not notice that wow

[@CountObvious]

Such deep lyrics. It took me several times to get the lemon, orange, and blue joke. Orange is a type of fruit and also a color of portal, and blue is a color of portal and also the genre the music is. So good, my favorite line.

[@maddycheeze]

HumbleVladimirTheGreat it took me a year and this comment to realize that it was A DOUBLE PUN. I just assumed it was the colors of the portals!!

[@TrollRollz12]

Its also the color of the 2 gels

[@crossedsalt]

joetroll44 yeah I thought it just meant the gels when I first watched this!

[@kaleandrews2250]

They have the line of "gave us cores emotions but that doesn't GEL at all because all I feeling is REPULSION and I'm BOUNCING off the walls

[@MemyselfandIliketobealone]

Orange is the color of chell's jumpsuit, the color of a portal, the color of a gel,and a fruit. Blue is the color of Wheatley's eye, the color of a portal the color of a gel, and the genre of music. It's kind of a 4 way pun

[@kamanira]

just looking at this, I refuse to believe it was made in SFM. This is some movie quality animation that I would expect from Blender, but SFM? Color me impressed.

[@Steinmur]

SFM...

[@astupidface1645]

Kamanira that is a ton of work

[@skybrineplays4110]

i agree! this doesnt look like anything made im sfm! Harrys a pro at sfm!!

[@TheAgamemnon911]

It is not that Source Film Maker is bad, there just is a lot of shite out there that was made with SFM. But this whole channel holds the quality torch up.

[@Orion_XR]

This is definitely the best animation I've ever seen. Infinity stars for you if I could because I've never seen an SFM animated so smoothly. You should apply for a job in animation! This is definitely worth watching in a movie

[@ireneparkin3360]

Harry videos are like buses. You wait for ages and two come along at once.

[@Tbit22]

Irene Parkin do you know the bus fare for these songs haha

[@ireneparkin3360]

@@Tbit22 no I don't. 😢

[@ireneparkin3360]

@RedAngry Dragon yes!

[@Harry101UK]

And most of the time they don't come at all!

[@ireneparkin3360]

@@Harry101UK true that.

[@1classikai]

Now you’ve heard tell Of Android Hell But you’ve got naught to fear We all live in her chambers *We’re all already here.* Beautifully ominous.

[@goofygoob420]

I feel bad for these cores they were given both emotions and immortality and as the lyrics suggest that doesn't gel at all

[@goofygoob420]

Not to mention there stuck in a prison

[@beehive983]

I'm going to be real with you, I swear the comments section can rehearse the entire song talking about how deep the lines are.

[@wrigthtalekenavi2066]

​@@goofygoob420omg, and GLaDOS is the Devil

[@goofygoob420]

@@wrigthtalekenavi2066 not what I was saying, also damn 4 years ago feels like forever

[@theotherVLF]

I love the way the audio is set up to match the way the band is arranged on stage. Piano more left ear, drums more right, it's great.

[@scpmonthly4723]

Me, whose headphones are broken, leaving me with only the right side that works: **audible sadness**

[@ChestersonJack]

@@scpmonthly4723 Is there a chance you could turn on mono-audio?

[@scpmonthly4723]

@@ChestersonJack Never actually heard of that. How do I use it? I can guess what it does.

[@ChestersonJack]

@@scpmonthly4723 Yeah, it’s usually in accessibility settings (people who are deaf in one ear may use it). It basically takes it so that stereo audio tracks are merged, and both sides plays the full file at once. That way you don’t miss anything if you don’t have access to one ear. I use it at work when I only can use one earbud.

[@scpmonthly4723]

@@ChestersonJack Nice. Thanks! That’s gonna help me a lot.

[@metasystem8625]

This was amazing and quite powerful. A bit like the pit-song, but more subtle, less horrifying, more chilling. I consider "What matter what side of the glass we're on" and "we're already here" especially powerful. As a test subject, death usually comes quickly. But those cores and turrets all are threatened by a fate worse than death, an existence full of terror, alive and suffering for millennia. Having no escape is a terror in and of itself.

[@Anohaxer]

which is why i fucking hate planes i cant get out even if i want to

[@sirsquid6749]

No, ever heard of parachuting?

[@studentcopyofburgerking8108]

Says the furry 😂

[@The_Foreman]

Another subtle but powerful line "In a loop that keeps repeating, Who can say how far you'll fall." Really hits home for me at least. Work, Sleep, Repeat.

[@metasystem8625]

@@The_Foreman Indeed. But arguably, therein also lies a bit of optimism. The lines about the gel "and I bounce off the wall" seem a bit out of place to me, and in some parts the narration seems unfitting to the tone. Like the core having a sweetheart who's leaving him. I don't say those parts are bad, on the contrary, I believe they are hinting at the fact that maybe not all is as blue as the singer insists. In the line you mentioned, we fall through two portals, a fall we all have seen thousands of times, perfectly safe and insignificant due to how often it crops up. And, importantly, a cycle that is easy to exit. Only the falling subject's lethargy will keep her inside the cycle. I believe the lyrical narrator is a bit tongue-in-cheek. The message is that the cores seem "threatened" most by their own inactivity and resulting boredom. Glados is mentioned indirectly, but no danger is explicitly specified. Yes, they're on the other side of the glass, but it's still the test subjects that are dying in droves, not them. "Our maintenance rails lead us to damnation", they exclaim, while acknowledging that they can change the direction if they choose. The gel is not dangerous, it's a bit of bouncing. Test subjects died from broken bones and necks, and from ingesting the stuff while trying to solve the tests involving gel. I believe the real message is that the cores have it far better than humans. They have free roam inside the facility, Glados is occupied with the test subjects, and all they have to put up with is boredom. They complain, when all they needed to do is show some initiative. To move a bit to the side to exit the fall through the portals.

[@TheDapperPenguinAnimator]

Absolutely fantastic! Smooth jazz has indeed been deployed!

[@goldenhit5734]

And you now what ? So was i

[@szabm3179]

Fantastic! Oh Fantastic!

[@thatssolauren536]

:))))))

[@redbirb]

[Buzzer Noise]

[@__8120]

"Now you've heard tell of Android Hell, But you've got naught to fear. We all live in her chambers. We're all already here." damn, truly a haunting ending to a phenomenal song. Brilliant work as always Harry and Stupes :)

[@kluocduoc9835]

GLaDOS is android hell confirmed

[@hackr6751]

@@kluocduoc9835 probably gonna get whooshed for this, but in the game its implied that android hell is the incinerator that defective turrets are chucked into: they're burning, but can't die because all aperture science equipment is capable of withstanding temperatures up to 40000 degrees kelvin.

[@kluocduoc9835]

@@hackr6751 r/hsooow

[@SmartTrinity]

@@kluocduoc9835 wow it's a reverse wooosh!

[@kluocduoc9835]

@@SmartTrinity holy moly you are late

[@naan000]

just when I thought I noticed all the genius lines... 3:10 she calls him a square. A sqaure is slang for an old fashioned person, and this term originated in the 1940s in the American jazz community. This is a jazz/blues song.

[@surerollins5179]

But that's just a theory!

[@thesealsharkproductions9780]

This is great

[@Afalstein]

Slowly, these videos are shaping this image of an entire robot culture that evolved out of an ill-fated tech company--robots that live, work, and enjoy art. It's strangely poignant.

[@johannesleirgul953]

Never let this end!

[@No_Sleepee]

It feels like it's taking the face of the Communities for games Valve as left without sequels

[@cosmicpotato3849]

When you consider the combine takeover this point becomes... weirder? (I can’t find the word for it)

[@anxietywave8735]

Meanwhile the surface world is being ravaged by a war between the abnormally resiliant human race and the Combine Empire. I wonder if mankind will ever eventually attempt to reclaim Aperture.

[@knightofy333schua8]

They all forgot it exists. All workers got killed and then the war came and it wasnt a famous company to begin with. That is the whole point : Black mesa was famous and succesfull

[@TheStupendium]

Amazing work, Harry! Love the lyrics!

[@thebowlerkingofboston7877]

Good job singing

[@justahyena8869]

Amazing work

[@wheresjuan]

Noice

[@subsonic8505]

You made them lol

[@3ountyhunter]

At first I didn't realize it was you singing but now that I know, I don't get how I didn't notice!

[@bobsnider8860]

JuSt GiVe mE tHE sTROnGest OnE YoU'vE gOt AnD lEAve mE aLoNe

[@bigjoe8087]

the strongest? heh, you're kidding, right?

[@leneerodriguez7346]

@Jacob Greene If ya say so, it's you're funeral.

[@wta1518]

"Sir I have asked you multiple times to CEASE AND DESIST'

[@smortboi2374]

@@wta1518 never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down.

[@wilhelmus1939]

@@smortboi2374 never gonna run around, and dessert you.

[@elipalleschi2609]

“When life may give you lemons, we got oranges and blues” I can’t get over this line it’s so good because it’s like lemons are fruit, oranges are fruit, orange is also one of the colors of the portals, blue is also one of the colors of the portals, and blues is the genre of song. It’s just so good

[@BanHammerFromPhighting]

the only part i got was "blues" because its literally the most obvious

[@AverageConsumer-uj8sm]

ALSO ORANGE AND BLUE ARE THE COLORS OF THE GELS IN THE NEXT SECTION.

[@sheersternfeld1914]

It's also orange - the eye color of GLaDOS and the Space Sphere, blue - the eye color of Wheatley.

[@wheatleycore]

This "we're all already here" part sends shivers down my spine every time I listen to this. Truly impressive!

[@PrincessBouncyBall1714]

Agreed

[@jimboringo9958]

Yup

[@gasterblaster9817]

Thats Stupendium for ya

[@josephgover5072]

@@gasterblaster9817 especially with what's going on with the world today' we are all in android Hell.

[@ariman9376]

Чувак, ты не знаешь что происходит на 1:54-1:57 просто ты единственный русский которого я увидел

[@KyloWen04]

Portal? Check. Jazz? Check. Awesome? **Checks off several times**

[@Laully]

Excuse me, sir. This page has so many checks on it, it is no longer legible...but I get the strange feeling it is a very accurate document on an event of much importance.

[@zynstein8059]

Lack of cake Check.

[@valoch3187]

Action? Hopefully not.

[@ahlpym]

Is that piano actually only playing single notes? Because that's what it sounds like, and that's how the finger-less turret would have to play. If that was actually intentional, then that's another example of this videos amazing attention to detail. Wow!

[@aycc-nbh7289]

It could also be a practice dating back to the baroque period of arpeggiating chords rather than playing them all at once, since harpsichords do not have great sustain. Composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn continued the practice despite the then-newly invented piano’s ability to have longer sustains.

[@jojo_da_poe]

@@aycc-nbh7289As someone who does not understand much about music, I can confirm that I have no clue what in the hell you just said.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@jojo_da_poe If you listen to baroque composers’ music, you will notice the harpsichord or continuo parts being played with long strings of notes rather than relatively sustained chords like the string section would have. A harpsichord’s notes decay after a short while, while a piano’s notes have long, drawn-out sustains, so that influenced how baroque music was written and played, which influenced how some classical composers wrote their music despite the improvement in sustain. In fairness, though, pianos during the classical period had brass tacks between the mallets and the strings to make them sound like harpsichords, so the sustain then may have taken a hit because of that.

[@korbinslookingglass5467]

Two things I learned from this video: *R O B O J A Z Z* And Henry, you might be the master of Portal puns

[@Someperson-lx5uz]

And that’s a fact

[@lawsonhovind7335]

Actually, Harry only animated it, The Stupendium wrote and performed the song, and if you've seen his work, you'd know he's a huge fan of puns

[@smortboi2374]

@@lawsonhovind7335 didnt harry write the lyrics?

[@lawsonhovind7335]

@@smortboi2374 No, that was Stupendium as well

[@ghaniKSW2]

Robo Jazz is something I'm quite familiar with being a Transformer and all

[@MisterDeplume]

"I wasn't programmed to care" Yep, i'll just use this every argument form now on;)

[@InitiateDee]

Me too.

[@user-uj4pn4dk5d]

Well crap, i was

[@MisterDeplume]

Sorry mate!

[@evilhutdug4665]

Ooh damn

[@Nuclear_Gandhi]

"But that doesn't *gel* at all Because all I feel's *repulsion* And that's bouncing off the walls" It took me 3 days to realize how genius those lines are

[@stormreach1234]

"Buddy, life may give you lemons… But we got oranges and blues!" This entire song screams attention to detail, these lyrics are incredible.

[@oomfoof7294]

How many days? Valve does not recognise that number.

[@CatzRuleGaming]

Where's the Infinity Gel? (The red gel)

[@bionicleapple1254]

Thanks m8!

[@suffer.719]

When those lemons that Life gave you, just *combust, to dust and fumes.* Cave Johnson's engineers made a combustible lemon, confirmed.

[@peepbeepmemecreep4875]

Portal fan or not, you really gotta admire how much effort and quality goes in to the videos Harry makes, wonderful job!

[@jukeboxjimmy8722]

Meanwhile ego core is getting plastered at the charge bar

[@ProjectADAMAndroid]

"leave the cable...."

[@danbull]

I love the great Aperture jazz artists... Cole Portal, Duke Chellington, Cave Cubeck, Atlas Coltrane, GLaDOS Knight, Nat King Core... who did I miss?

[@connormacleod4922]

@Dan Bull Not sure Dan. Glad to see your here BTW.

[@mysteryman1036]

Dexter Coredon

[@mysteryman1036]

(And SPACE!!! Brubreck)

[@wheresstrelok2187]

...

[@wheresstrelok2187]

Dan Bull is awsome

[@asktoybox]

I've watched this a few dozen times despite the fact that I usually don't like jazz, but this is great. However I just now noticed that Companion Q-Bert has an air tank on his back to supply the horn.

[@Z3R0Steam]

Where is Qbert

[@residentfacehead3465]

2:41

[@zap4th368]

You're right! That is some great attention to detail

[@Alice-ox7pe]

Its the attention to detail that makes this so great.

[@soulonhowland562]

I did not notice that thank you

[@RayzenMayher]

The thing is I can actually imagine there being parts of the facility like this, where corrupted cores/turrets/etc just do random stuff like that. Just like that theory with the monkeys eternally typing on typewriters that will eventually write Shakespeare, there can very well be a smokey Jazz-club somewhere in the depths of the Aperture Science Facility...

[@aaronlucas2185]

'They gave us cores emotions, But that doesn't gel at all, All I feels repulsion, And I'm bouncing off the walls' That is an amazing lyric

[@decoyster]

Im Happy that these portal series are not over. Thank you!

[@Gixel_]

it was'nt over he just happen to have no projects "regular" uploads are most likely back since he finished all the projects

[@syndere6755]

Shoulda realized it was Stupendium. It's was stupendous, as always. To both of you.

[@battalionstallion3894]

the lyric "Yes it's a hard life lived for that hard-light bridge… To that rail-track in the sky! But there's no mistaking it's a fall you will be taking, Cake is not this place's only lie! So when the floor gives way to ceiling… But your back is against the wall... In a loop that keeps repeating… Who can say how far you'll fall?" is just sooo good its soo deep in so many ways

[@quinten8234]

Harry101UK and The Stupendium should make more of these i have a thing for Portal & Jazz

[@EldritchDoodler4828]

Damn, I was feeling blue before. I... *I don’t actually know how I feel anymore...*

[@Harry101UK]

Orange?

[@EldritchDoodler4828]

Harry101UK No. I mean I literally can’t feel anything anymore. *Was I always made of steel?*

[@wheresjuan]

Herpiderp Vlogs! Your not steel *your cooper not orange nor steel*

[@mememan631]

YOU ARE ALL WRONG you have be emotion

[@TheAgamemnon911]

Ultramarine?

[@Skylife19]

the piano-turret got some mad skills!

[@audiojack5641]

Reminds me of the turret anthem

[@LcieKJ]

have some respect say his full name

[@originalneverknown]

Do you mean Turret Designation 314157928-ZZ-90-Z-Alfa?

[@penguinpirate8779]

Despite only having two … uh, prongs?

[@demi-femme4821]

legs.

[@HowitzerHammer]

How in the android hell do you not have 1 million subs yet!? This is amazing work!!

[@Ichijoe2112]

Blame it on KZbins wonderful Algorithms...

[@asdfghjkl-rv5wt]

Fits the theme because we're listening to the tale of android hell

[@andre_601]

Love the detail of Companion Cubert having a gas bottle, since... yk... usually he doesn't breathe...

[@spacemonkeys4987]

The core forgot to mention the composer, the one behind the scenes: Steinborg Cube-ase.

[@Harry101UK]

Ayyyy! 👉😎👉

[@thedanklordofthesith210]

He didn’t even mention Atlas xD

[@UnderDoge-gg9to]

@@thedanklordofthesith210 Atlas wasn't an actual member. He was just there because they needed a bassist.

[@jan_harald]

neither did he mention the background quartet

[@notademon1232]

@@jan_harald thay are the deep black defections

[@yorhaunit8s]

So when the floor gives way to ceiling… But your back is against the wall... In a loop that keeps repeating… Who can say how far you'll fall? So. Damn. Deep. Amazing work!

[@ashdabrowiak9407]

Now you've heard tell of Android Hell, but you've got not to fear. We all live in the chambers. We're all already here.

[@coachlombardi9657]

@@ashdabrowiak9407 Thank you Turrets and Gentlecubes. I will be here, all millennium.

[@glacerade4548]

Amazing work. A return of the D Flat Defects would be phenomenal, their voices are passion in my ears!

[@ambermoore6679]

i like when the jazz core says "well there's a place u may have heard of,its a tale we like to tell" it always makes me smile.

[@ozzy519]

1:42 "Let your management rail guide you" *camera switches to Virgil* Harry.

[@thecoatedloony6738]

H A R R Y .

[@isaiahstreblow1932]

H A R R Y .

[@akihiromarlon7090]

H A R R Y.

[@thebe5twon-minecraftbikera979]

H A R R Y

[@Brokenrain223]

H. A. R. R. Y.

[@Brokenrain223]

Okay, I see a lack of appreciation for *Companion Q-Bert* and that's just not okay.

[@InitiateDee]

Also that Atlas bass player wasn't even introduced. *Harry how could you.*

[@cupofspiders5830]

A detail I love a lot is right at the beginning, to the left you can see a sliding door with a rail right above it. I don’t know why, I just find it cute. I didn’t know cores used doors

[@DawnfireGalinndan]

"Life may give you Lemons, But we've got Oranges... and Blues."

[@bauzerbuddy9741]

You probably needed a lot of enCOREragement to do this.

[@vaudeville-villain]

That pun made no sense in any type of context.

[@ChilliestCheese]

I wish I could say that I COREd about these puns.

[@godgreenie9187]

Sigh.. enCORE

[@CG5]

Such a bop

[@FBI_No.69420]

Oof

[@amanportalhavoc203]

Wait whaa, you watch Harry? I didn't know that, CHARLIE.

[@ghostyface5094]

absolute bop

[@fireballme1153]

oh hey CG5 I like your videos OH CRAP I HAVENT SUBSCRIBED TO EITHER OF THESE CHANNELS

[@thegastergamer2476]

U rite

[@kinghyperheart1571]

The only thing I feel is missing for this is that the Atlas playing the bass isn't given an introduction and mention. But everything else is near perfection, the vocals, the lines, and the instrumentation. This is one of the best things I've ever seen and heard. You keep doing the absolute best you can do, Harry!

[@fox.9879]

when you don't like jazz but some random core in the pits of aperture makes you enjoy it

[@actuallyaris]

*Portal 3 Leaked*

[@adrianill3000]

Fuck half life 3, we need portal 3!

[@TheGeeMan]

Valve needs to hire Harry to work on Portal 3.

[@scruffles3838]

I think you mean portal more than 2 but less than 4

[@dementedchikenjc]

@@scruffles3838 hahaha

[@DrPinkieDie]

the most amazing part is how this is 100% original, anyone with a decent voice can sing a cover, but only the truly gifted can write their own original music, My hat goes off to you Stupendium, and of course to you too as well Harry, you did a helluva job Creating Authentic Jazz Music. My only question is why didn't the Bassist get a callout?

[@shinykitsunelive]

We all know Atlas, he needs no callout

[@maartenvandenberge7116]

we all know the bassist doesn't get fame i know i am a bassist

[@djinnbardel-spiritofsong-3202]

A bassist Needs no Fame, He pulls in enough of the sweet Honeys to keep him happy anyway.

[@LetruneInedil]

Not all of the gang gets callouts in the interlude, albeit if they are one gang, they would have such points where one or two gets no time to shine. Also, Loose-Screws said that he only introduces us to some of the gang.

[@Lunacy_Phoenix]

Because Bass solo's suck (A sut to the first person who knows where that's from)

[@VoidyBoiii]

"What's it matter what side of the glass we're on?'' is such a dark line, i love it. even out of context it is amazing

[@starheirxero]

You. You are the channel I've been looking for all my life.

[@bruhitsjoe14]

What’s great is that even if you haven’t played portal 2, you can still enjoy this song. But if you have played it, you’ll understand all the portal metaphors

[@vc_whatever]

I haven't even finished Portal 2 yet and I already get the metaphors.

[@AverageConsumer-uj8sm]

And the gels. And the lemons.

[@GeneralJaydonius]

I am normally not a fan of your music, dues to the android voices messing with its feel. But the blues with it, just sounds so melodic. That is a thumbs up from me, all the way Harry. The cards were played amazingly well. Graphic cardssss

[@GeneralJaydonius]

Harry gave me attention! I am geeking out I do not think my servos can handle it! But let me not toss this chance to praise where praise is due. I only commented and how good it sounds, but I believe the writing is far under acknowledged. It is all so poetical, all so, well, I cannot find a good word to put it. IT ALL JUST CLICKS, It's like a two pin plug for a two pin port it just works. While it will be hard to introduce this to others outside of the Portal community, I believe anyone who has at least given some of their time to the games, will greatly appreciate the writing that goes into the lyrics. AND FOR BLUES NONETHELESS! Harry. Give yourself a nice break after this. I and many others would not want to see one of our greatest KZbin creators (that are severely under appreciated) burn themselves out. Take as much time as you need with your work. Additional tip, Harry took the time to caption the video with the lyrics. If you are looking for them, no where else better to look for than the video itself. Loads of loading, Jaydonius

[@doctorhumor2549]

General Jaydonius lel that moment when a youtuber you love too much gives you the heart. He most likelly wont see this tho because It's a reply.

[@GeneralJaydonius]

@@doctorhumor2549 Ahh that's fine. The little byte of attention is good enough for me. Cheers dude!

[@Harry101UK]

I see everything. 👀

[@doctorhumor2549]

Harry101UK damn! Harry is a magician

[@_underscore_9271]

You expect me to believe this was made with sfm

[@alienallen7731]

When he was naming the band he forgot atlas on the bass. 2:40

[@Moron_g]

: (

[@minecrafter0505]

"Oranges and Blues" Noice one, made me lol watching that passage during the episode.

[@Domihork]

"Life may give you lemons but we got oranges and blues" made me subscribe... :D

[@leonard3667]

I liked the verse: "Because all I feel's repulsion, and i'm bouncing off the walls." It was a nice play on the gels.

[@factcore2091]

Especially when the camera switch to EGO core right after.

[@adelvaleev]

Now you've heard tell of Android Hell… But you've got naught to fear. We all live in her chambers. We're all already here... That hits.

[@thememery767]

I like the detail that the piano turret can only play 2 notes at any given time, because he only has 2 front legs and no fingers.

[@thememery767]

“Oh, they gave us cores emotions…” “…but that doesn’t gel at all!” “Cause all I feel’s repulsion…” “…and I’m bouncing off the walls!” That’s some next-level big brain writing right there.

[@TheSentientCloud]

Honestly this is better than any of the other ones you've done, ever. I feel like this one really captures the actual depressing feel of Aperture while the others are more jokey or mysterious rather than just flat out sad. This is just wonderfully well made. Portal is still probably the most well made game in existence storywise, having both extremely dark sides and being very hilarious. It's ridiculously difficult to pull that off well without being too biased to one side or another. The only other game I've played that remotely came close is Stanley Parable. Honestly I'd be so sad if someone wasn't making content still. Portal is too wonderful to leave in the dust.

[@valoch3187]

The Stanely Parable is based not on original Source, but on Portal 2 version. That explains a lot!

[@jackthestripper9039]

I am glad that I am not the only person who is enthralled with the intricacy of Portal's story and the rhetoric that it employs to create that atmosphere that you mentioned.

[@spextahd5673]

Im pretty sure the pit song is sad too

[@alvinalcasas888]

Portal is both a puzzle and horror game, i feel. You have the test chambers for the puzzle category. For horror, it's a combo of the absence of any other humans, presumably killed by glados' neurotoxin, and the short video at the end of portal 1, where the co-op droids drag your unconscious body back inside

[@derfbngg254]

I think the fact that it's in the same world as half life adds a whole new layer to it too. What did aperture make on the borealis that's powerful enough to beat the combine? It really gets you thinking and I hope we get an answer despite the fact that chell escaped making the portal storyline pretty much over, and the next half life game shaping up to be about fighting the gman.

[@alterracorp7852]

“All I feel is repulsion And I’m bouncing off the walls” You genius

[@arielcahn7728]

Goddamit I've watched this song at least ten times by now and I've only just noticed the club's most excellent name: "The enCORE Club" All those puns still soothe my soul two 1/2 years later.

[@QahnaarinDovah]

“We’re all already here.” That line took this song from good to fantastic

[@crocketonfire1595]

0:23 look at the core's eye and see that he is telling with his eye to point to the robots on the right

[@Astoundinhades]

aristotele5 Robles that’s some great attention to detail

[@wakka0222]

I actually think it's Louis telling the camera man (core?) to "shift to the camera pointing to me from stage right". The camera man/core then screws this up by panning to the right, then quickly realizes his/its mistake and shifts the camera just a fraction of a second too late. You can see the camera change starts *just slightly after the second line starts* instead of *exactly when the second line starts*. Which is still super amazing attention to detail.

[@voltronimusprime3833]

@@wakka0222 OMG THAT'S AMAZING

[@LucasGleason]

@Zhoutong Yang especially wakka02s comment

[@asdfghjkl-rv5wt]

Just noticed somehow even though I've listened to this in uncountable times

[@lukemaguire9123]

WAIT ONE SECOND!! Where is the love for the cello player! He's part of the band too you know. I bet he's just depressed after every performance with Cube Bert taking all his game. If these guys play again, we need some intro for the cello player! Also amazing song, its amazing that you can do better than most in the industry and animate as well!

[@mistressofuniverses]

I agree with you on needing his intro but it's an upright bass, not a cello

[@lukemaguire9123]

True, sorry I know next to nothing about instrument names.

[@anarchyantz1564]

I thought the same thing, not one mention of the upright bassist. Also agree the animation and the singing is pretty damn fine. Now we need a weekly club encore from the cores.

[@mistressofuniverses]

Anarchy Antz indeed!

[@neonninja1463]

hes the barteender so doesnt need any introduction i think

[@Rhysto115]

This writing has no right to be this fucking good

[@MudZeePlayGamer]

That last bit after "in a loop that keeps repeating" is such a hard line, my favorite one hands down

[@ruderary4867]

I love how his voice radically shifts in pitch to make it seem robotic, but it also heavily compliments his singing, its amazing

[@HatefulFishbox2506]

Music core vs. jazz core.. clash of the titans

[@valoch3187]

vs HEAVY METAL CORE from aperture tag

[@valoch3187]

vs Wheatley with his rap

[@valoch3187]

vs best singer ever GLaDOS

[@adaptable1553]

I'm just here laughing at this guy who replied three times within two minutes.

[@Farantir1]

_Why not have them all do a quintet?_

[@verb81m95]

Is nobody gonna mention the fact that he said he'll be spending about half his life there?

[@surfyplayer8231]

Half way to android hell

[@battadia]

I think Chell was canonically in stasis for about 50,000 years, so by the timescale of Aperture science, it's not that long.

[@exoticslugs815]

Love this song, I still occasionally come back to it from time to time.

[@rocketship6654]

This song, the lyrics and everything, is so deep. So deep in fact, that I'm half-way to Android Hell.

[@vc_whatever]

I'm already there, below it even.

[@qrstasdf6473]

🅱️

[@norsetrack945]

No matter what's the genre you're making, you're always killing it. Keep up the good work man!

[@Tr0lliPop]

1:50 these 2 lines are A m a z i n g.

[@TLAO777]

this freaked me the android hell out

[@ParasolMushroomStudios]

OH MY GOSH THAT WAS A TREAT!!! Great job! I like how it really sounds like something you'd see in a bar. This might be one of my favorites now! Animation is amazing like always as well! :D

[@ShadeyDuality]

He always takes forever to pump out 1 video and my god its always worth the wait

[@setheloe7090]

Jeez, reminds me of a certain software/game company...

[@pleaseWakame]

Seth Eloe Isn’t that company V.... Vinyl?

[@lukeschoppe6619]

After nine months in development, hopefully it was worth the wait!

[@deim0sAzar]

"buddy, life may give you lemons, but we've got oranges and blues" the portal colors the lyrics are just perfect

[@joeypickering5273]

>be me >be in hangout diner with raining sfx in a video game >find a fellow tf2 player and make a friend >had the chillest time ever >all while listening to this banger

[@IroAppe]

With all the various musicians, he forgot to mention Atlas with the contrabass. Poor little robot guy! (2:43 left)

[@frutellaorange]

Sad (°^° ) If he had introduced him, I think he'd say something like, "And over there next to Companion Cubert, we have Atlas on the (contra)bass." **Then Atlas improvises** "Sweet." (If anyone's got better ideas that mine, you can put them here-)

[@mindshuffler3332]

"Barkeep! Get me a double! Looks like I'm gonna be here for awhile listening to these blues."

[@blockyboyzforlife1502]

Core: *Calls out almost everybody in the band* Atlas: *am I a joke to you?*

[@yourfriendlyneighborhood3991]

Isn’t that Peabody?

[@scpmonthly4723]

@@yourfriendlyneighborhood3991 no thats atlas, p-body is the drummer

[@yourfriendlyneighborhood3991]

@@scpmonthly4723 Gotcha, thanks

[@scpmonthly4723]

@@yourfriendlyneighborhood3991 np!

[@brendenseitz3347]

So who’s on the bass?

[@nullhydrangea]

Looks like Atlas. My poor man doesn’t get any recognition 💔

[@Riddle6682]

Ace of 4’s atlas

[@michamarsza5350]

Mr A.Tlas

[@littleredpony6868]

Who is on bass, what is on piano

[@bobbybliss2372]

Hey, he never introduced the strings!

[@redngreen208]

"SOME of the bois in the band"

[@freezeghost9170]

The strings needed no introduction

[@boa_firebrand]

he may need no intro but he does need a name... hows-about "A String Atlas"

[@stewiegriffin7237]

Mustve be new

[@dank5111]

I may be mistaken, but it's probably an intentional joke about bassists. There's a whole joke-y culture within some music circles of making fun of bassists for not being important, which is objectively not true, as bass is a very important instrument due to it doing things like providing rhythmic elements to ensembles, and many many other reasons, but unfortunately outside of music circles, bass doesn't get the recognition it deserves, and that's where those in-jokes come from.

[@thepip3599]

ZZ9-plural Z alpha? Definitely a hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy reference.

[@minecraftoverlordpe2842]

Ah, that's why it sounded familiar. It used to have earth in it! Good memories.

[@yelectric1893]

Wow, that is epic

[@dickydopy4638]

Buddy, life may give you lemons.. *but we got oranges and blues* that line is like an ogre, it has many layers

[@alial3437]

It makes sense that scientists made a jazz core to stop GLaDOS from thinking too much because this song is catchy!

[@Plipi13]

That “Oranges and Blues” line is so clever

[@alanepithet2931]

Aces, man. This is aces. Original, smooth, and well put together, with the same dark humor of the game. Well done.

[@zacharystearns3022]

I just saw the name of the club, “The EnCore Club”

[@joneelillard892]

Just an FYI: a song being a tapestry of gamelore references and multilayered puns (like the lemons/oranges/blues one) woven together in stunning flows is practically a defining characteristic of The Stupendium's work.

[@VentricDual]

Wonderfully composed and clever lyrics! Adore it!!

[@funtimezane2964]

In meet the cores 4 I wanna see companion cubert. Just saying.

[@homieseaotter5190]

Are going to start asking for meet the cores 4 already? Well, it can't hurt to ask early

[@funtimezane2964]

Homie sea otter I’m not asking for it I’m just asking to have a certain chapter IN it.

[@blockyboyzforlife1502]

@@funtimezane2964 that's still asking

[@funtimezane2964]

Mr Nobody457 Touché

[@sirankleknocker3122]

MesmoAgent 0581 nah that’s more of a suggestion

[@andyhorton4690]

I always liked the parodies you made but when you make songs yourself it means more to the thousands of viewers that love you so. This is perfect.

[@andyhorton4690]

Also why did the Fact Core said that they see the sky a lot when they’re ten miles down?

[@TimeIsImportant]

“And buddy life may give you lemons, but we’ve got oranges and blues” Orange and blue are the portal gun’s signature colours, Oranges are a citrus fruit similar to lemons, Blues is the genre of music this is. How many meanings can you put in a lyric?