Mop Stuff

 Now of course, Act 1 was only Act 1,  shouldn't there be more? This is a continuation of "Why the Fuck do I like this Mario Rock Opera?" You can listen to act 2+3 here. So, Act 2, the opening song is actually just 3 songs. Unlike in Act 1 when some songs were more a medley of 5 different songs (e.g. "Chorus Back and Forth"), this one doesn't have them all under 1 title, rather listing the names of the segments of the songs, this gets quite convoluted later with 1 song but right now it's a bit more simple with the easy to remember title "Princess Lament, Bowser in Love, Mario is Dead!". In this track, we do get some insight into how the 2 most ignored important characters in the Opera (Princess Peach and Bowser) think, and also how they react to somehow learning Mario is dead. I did admittedly get the conclusion that Bowser was used to getting everything from a moment in this song when he says that, he also talks about Mario coming as if that...

In the Early 2000's, Jonathan Mann (probably most known for holding and still maintaining the world record for most consecutive days writing a song) unleashed Act 1 the Mario Opera. In 2014, he released a performance of it on YouTube, and in 2019 I watched that recording. I didn't like it that much, but the more I thought about it and relistened to songs, the more it grew on me (discovering the old album recordings certainly helped my enjoyment of it). So. Why the fuck do I like it? Well first off, here's some versions of it if you don't want to have it spoiled for you: Live Recording (The Lyrics are better at the cost of you not being able to hear most of them). Concept Album (Way better sound quality). The Opera starts by setting us up for the only storyline Mario consistently has (Bowser kidnaps the Princess, Mario go save her), but then switches to something more meta. "Mario is just a Video Game Character..." This line turned my morbid curiosity for this ...