WoW Moviewatch: Bad Raid
by Michael Gray 
Nov 18th 2011 at 12:00PM
The animation and vocals were both incredibly compelling in this video. They felt a little random to me at first, but as I settled into the rhythm of the song, the progression of the graphics became more smooth. And since we can all empathize with having a surprisingly horrible, horrible raid, I think we can all identify with the video just fine.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Micheal Nov 18th 2011 12:07PM
Are they competing with Gigi for longest intro to a wow video?
dragondruid119 Nov 18th 2011 12:23PM
Nice Parody though (shameless plug inc) I prefer Darkpippi the mage's version.
wilson.jen Nov 18th 2011 12:27PM
I agree, Darkpippi's is much better matched to the original song, and has better lyrics (IMO).
Lawliette Nov 18th 2011 12:23PM
It's not bad.. but he has the tempo of the original song all wrong.
Donhorn Nov 18th 2011 1:32PM
This, I liked it in the end... but at the same time I died a little.
Eyhk Nov 18th 2011 2:54PM
I liked the lyric spin for heals, but i agree, wish he had stuck with the original song more instead of going off on his own.
Cali Nov 18th 2011 12:23PM
'Twas excellent! Hit the nail on the head : )
bethontheharbor Nov 18th 2011 1:12PM
Darkpippi is a much better vocalist for this song.
Enigma Nov 18th 2011 1:29PM
Why is he singing like that?! It's like opera in a pop song... it could have been good if he wasn't trying to be Pavarotti.
Made my skin crawl.
Aedonix Nov 18th 2011 2:08PM
The actual truth of the matter is he is a trained opera singer, he was actually experimenting with singing in a different genre.
Enigma Nov 18th 2011 2:13PM
That's fine, I didn't say he's a bad opera singer, I said it doesn't work in a pop song. I'm sure he'd kill Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli - but this was a train wreck. There is no such thing as a "good voice". There's only good voices for certain genres. Joe Cocker transformed a Beatles song in to one of the most soulful and recognizable tunes in the world, but he could never (and I do mean never) consider trying to be a Broadway singer. He would go from genius to useless.
My point? I'm not dogging his ability to sing opera, I'm saying it doesn't work in pop.
Zynith Nov 18th 2011 5:29PM
If only Dark Pippi's songs had more than a splash screen on Youtube...Quick, you there, random machinima artist, get permission and get to work!
Snuzzle Nov 18th 2011 6:17PM
Yeah, I too liked Dark Pippi's better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PCW21NZhEY
Spellotape Nov 18th 2011 3:58PM
I actually don't like the original version of this song but the voice on this track made it completely inoffensive to me - not so sure about the pacing, but wow, great voice.
djamesmiller@gmail.com Nov 18th 2011 4:04PM
Sorry to break the news but that song sucked. E for effort but don't do it again.
Emophia Nov 18th 2011 7:05PM
I liked it.
Ignore the haters.
cpeeters78 Nov 19th 2011 4:01AM
a raid with 5 people?
The other "I had a bad raid" movie was allot better
Hammertown Nov 19th 2011 11:44AM
First of all, thank you Michael Gray for giving us 15 minutes of fame and thank you, to those that like the video! I agree with the "bad" comments; this is not a song for me. It's not my genre. I've made another wow-parody, that's more like "me":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G92sNuyBHb4
This is what I want to be judged from, not the bad raid parody, that was simply a experiment from my side :)