I first featured this song a few months ago. WarLock is a collaboration piece by Cryssy, Sharm and Quixotica. It celebrates that most DoT-oriented class. At the time, there was a lot of hubbub about my use of "iconic" to describe Kesha. To be fair, I never said anything about whether I find that style of performance good or not; I only really said that if a person hears it, that person tends to think of Kesha.
But I'm especially glad for WarLock because whenever I hear the music from Tik-Tok, it's WarLock's lyrics that spring to mind. WarLock has completely eclipsed the original in my subconscious, so I get to have that little party dance with myself. It's the little victories that make life worth living.
Now is good timing to bring WarLock back up, because I hear Cryssy is working on a new project, so I hope to see that come to fruition soon. In the meantime, I'm just glad to have a few of Keisha's lyrics gone from my brain.
Edit: Fixed the spelling of Keisha. When spellcheck goes wild, right? Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an email at machinima@wow.com.
I'm actually more curious about the video settings that they were using in WoW to record this video. My graphics are set to Ultra and they don't look like that.
Needs subtitles. I had no idea what they were saying for most of the video.
Re-using lyrics for the chorus is expected and standard... but reusing the video is not. And it's a long chorus, used three times. Seeing the same video clip string three times in one video is way to tedious.
May I make a suggestion for the Moviewatch? Can you feature some RAD BEAR, specifically Wrathgate Redemption? It's fantastic filk (folk music blended with sci-fi/fantasy) themes and infinitely better than numerous hip-hop riffs. Huzzah for truly original WoW songwriting!
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Al in SoCal Aug 30th 2010 1:01PM
Now - if we could only get an actual and stable Warlock column / columnist - that would be great!
zweitblom Aug 31st 2010 12:47AM
Dude, you just used the adjective 'stable' to describe a warlock...
daveterrell Aug 30th 2010 1:05PM
Sucked a few months ago......yeah, nothing's changed.
StClair Aug 30th 2010 1:43PM
Not my music, not my culture, not my generation. Not for me. *shrug*
Delloga Aug 30th 2010 3:17PM
My generation, still not my music.
Krz Aug 30th 2010 4:28PM
"My generation, still not my music." +1
Nameless Aug 30th 2010 3:01PM
I'm actually more curious about the video settings that they were using in WoW to record this video. My graphics are set to Ultra and they don't look like that.
Anybody got any ideas?
Nananea Aug 30th 2010 3:30PM
Quixotica uses post processing effects in Vegas or After Effects to get it to do that.
Cryssy Aug 30th 2010 3:04PM
Hey Michael,
thanks for the re-feature! *hugs tight*.
Unexpected EOF Aug 30th 2010 3:24PM
This video gets too much hate. I kinda dig it and I'm pretty picky.
Dreyja Aug 30th 2010 3:54PM
There was a dwarf female in there at the beginning! Well that ALMOST makes up for the Kesha-ness. X-p
I really do not enjoy this kind of music but it was visually interesting. :D
chris crouse Aug 30th 2010 5:47PM
Another dumb music vid. Needs more sparkle pwny made from the tears of nubs.
Kemikalkadet Aug 30th 2010 5:52PM
Dunno why you'd cover the Rip-off and not the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUqFm0mhTYY
zweitblom Aug 31st 2010 12:49AM
After watching the first 20 seconds of that I have a pretty good idea why he didn't.
weltallica Aug 30th 2010 6:29PM
Needs subtitles. I had no idea what they were saying for most of the video.
Re-using lyrics for the chorus is expected and standard... but reusing the video is not. And it's a long chorus, used three times. Seeing the same video clip string three times in one video is way to tedious.
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oniboy Aug 30th 2010 8:25PM
May I make a suggestion for the Moviewatch? Can you feature some RAD BEAR, specifically Wrathgate Redemption? It's fantastic filk (folk music blended with sci-fi/fantasy) themes and infinitely better than numerous hip-hop riffs. Huzzah for truly original WoW songwriting!
zweitblom Aug 31st 2010 12:53AM
You mean like here http://www.wow.com/2010/03/22/world-of-warcrafts-filking-tells-musical-tales-of-wow/ ?