Vincent E. L. - Atop the 4th Wall (Full Gunslinger Theme) WITH LYRICS!

[Comptech224]

I wish we could see the making of this.

[Swenglish]

@Comptech224 A bit late for that, since it's already made and I didn't film it.

[BlackScarabZ]

Hey, I have a question can I use a small portion of this song (Just the ending LINKARA!) In a video. I mention Linkara and in the credits I want to say special thanks to (LINKARA!) I just don't want to get in trouble with copyrights...so can I?

[Swenglish]

@BlackScarabZ I don't see any harm in that. Go right ahead:)

[BlackScarabZ]

@Swenglish good, i have 2 strikes from copyright right now so I wanted to insure I wont have 3.

[chipthewildcat]

to use the words in the style of another comic book person

BEST THEME SONG EVER!!

[BlackScarabZ]

Man I love this song. Is this you singing? I just got into Linkara and this is stuck in my head. Dude you rock!

[Swenglish]

@BlackScarabZ Yeah, I wrote it, sung it, and played all the instruments. Thanks!

[mrOLH]

Is there a tab for this song somewhere?

[Swenglish]

@mrOLH Nope. But the chords are e minor and b minor, and the bass, melodica, et.c., are all in the e minor scale, in case that helps. From there you'll have to play it by ear.

[mrOLH]

@Swenglish Well i figured it out i think. Seem's to me that it's E, C and B (or H that it's at least called here in Norway.) Feel free to correct me if i'm wrong. :)

[Swenglish]

@mrOLH That's wrong. As I said, the chords are just "em bm em bm em bm em bm..." (or "em hm em hm em hm em hm..." as you might call it), and neither the bass nor the melody go as you describe.

[mrOLH]

@Swenglish Oh realy? Okay. I just played it on the bass and it sounded right. Well i'm glad we worked that out. Thanks.

[ArceusXIII]

@Swenglish hey vincent, i really like the gunslinger's theme. IT'S JUST SO DAMN AWESOME!!!

[Swenglish]

@ArceusXIII Thank you, that's exactly what I was going for. ^^

[Starshock1995]

The heck?

No dislikes?

I knew he was popular, but damn!

Well, I congratulate Linkara for being a fan-favorite.

[VGAfanatic]

I became a Linkara enthusiast over the year, and I love the theme song that you wrote. Thank you for posting this video so I can now pronounce it right.

[DuncanMcLe0d]

I'd "like" this video, but 200 is such a beautiful number... :D

So I'll just favourite it.

[MakiZanaX13]

I, myself, now a Linkara fan! I wouldn't if it wasn't for my brother's friend's older brother introduced me to the History of Power Rangers series and now later, the Atop the 4th Wall series. Linkara your amazing! Kudos from Australia!

[Swenglish]

@MakiZanaX13 I'm not Linkara. I just wrote, played and sang his theme song. You're looking for Youtube user "reuisu". That's Linkara (as far as I know).

[MakiZanaX13]

@Swenglish I know that. Sorry, I was addressing to him if he was hiding around.

[Swenglish]

@MakiZanaX13 'Salright, but I'm not even sure he reads the comments on his own youtube uploads, pretty sure he doesn't read mine. You're probably better off commenting on tgwtg, he might possibly read some of those.

[megamonstudios]

hey do you have the sheet music for this I need it for a school project

[Swenglish]

@megamonstudios No. I can't write sheet music, sorry. I just made some stuff up and played it. I can tell you the chords though. em, bm, repeat until the song is over.

[megamonstudios]

@Swenglish thats cool I am the same

[megamonstudios]

@Swenglish do you have a mp3 of it or know someone that can turn it into a mp3

[Swenglish]

@megamonstudios Look in the video description where it says "My music:" followed by a link. Click that. This track (and a couple of other versions of it - one slower and one shorter and older) are free to download there.

[elrodtherocker]

Great song. Linkara is a lucky man to have such great music for his show.

[Supergamer8100]

I always thought it said "there would be better books on his shelf," not show

[Swenglish]

@Supergamer8100 It's a common mishearing. Not sure why, as it doesn't even almost rhyme.

[Supergamer8100]

@Swenglish probably just the accent. :)

[IndridCold3]

Do you have somewere I can purchase this song?

[JackHails]

god i love this song

[Noizemaze4]

I thought "trucks" was "drugs" the first few times I heard it =/

[Zyosinc]

I always thought he sang, He sold his soul to mephisto.

[Swenglish]

@Zyosinc I apologize for my Swedish accent.

[TheWebHeadSpiderMan]

I love yelling I AM A MAN! When I do some fatalities in Mortal Kombat. And that prooves how much I need to get laid. -Sniff sniff- I'm so lonely! DX

[Swenglish]

@TheWebHeadSpiderMan Who's to say getting laid is in any way superior to yelling "I AM A MAN"? ...I wouldn't know.

[TheWebHeadSpiderMan]

@Swenglish Trust me. I am a very sad person.

[MarkC18]

You know, I had the WEIRDEST idea for this song in a video. It would be Carl from ATHF singing this song, obviously random scenes from the show, but the idea never left my head.

[Swenglish]

@MarkC18 I've never seen ATHF.

[anthony62490]

Linkara has got the best theme song of any TGWTG reviewer. Angry Joe comes in second, but there is really no comparing the two.

[FunkyM217]

Do you have an instrumental version I could download? I've been thinking about amateur recaps of AT4W storylines with Hyperbole Stan Lee-style...

[Swenglish]

@FunkyM217 Better yet, I'll give you choices: Fast like this version or slower? Full version or short version?

[DimentioD]

@Swenglish I'd for one would absolutely love a full instrumental version in normal tempo :)

[sansomstudios]

I love those two lines

"He is a Man"

*PUNCH*

[F1315NJ]

So, how can we get an mp3 of this version?

[Swenglish]

@F1315NJ Go to bit(DOT)ly(SLASH)aMal6u and click the "download" link. Signing up is free. As is the song.

[F1315NJ]

@Swenglish Sweet, thanks!

[Swenglish]

@F1315NJ No problem. Feel free to check out some of my other songs.

[TheaSinclaire]

Glad to know the lyrics. I kept mishearing them as "But Quesada SOLD OUT to Mephisto" instead of "But Quesada SOLD THEM to Mephisto" Rather changes the meaning.

[Shipsahoy21]

@TheaSinclaire When my brother first heard "Gunslinger," he thought it was saying "drugs," instead of "trucks."

[TheaSinclaire]

@Shipsahoy21 *Laughs* Understandable, considering some of the comics Linkara's reviewed.

[boitahaki]

Amazing.

[Matoyak09]

So good :D

[RawwestHide]

you know you a genius, right?

[Swenglish]

@RawwestHide My wallet says otherwise, but thanks:)

[mmmnnnn444sss]

Sugoi theme song I love it

[sagesaria]

I so need to learn the chords to this song.

[Swenglish]

@sagesaria Em, Bm, repeat until insane. You're welcome.

[sagesaria]

@Swenglish Erm, how does that tell me what notes I'm hitting on the guitar?

[Swenglish]

@sagesaria Google image search 'guitar chord Em' and 'guitar chord Bm', and I'm sure you'll find helpful pictures of how to do the chords. Now, the bass tabs are trickier, I never even wrote those down, just improvised them, pretty much.

[sagesaria]

@Swenglish Oh geez I totally misread the comment before and thought it said something much snarkier. I'm sorry about that. I pretty much figured the bass out myself playing around a bit as well.

[Swenglish]

@sagesaria Perhaps beginning a sentence with the chord "em" was my mistake, as it might be mistaken for a snark noise. I should probably have said "e minor, b minor".

[thoomolong]

Great performance by Vincent E.L.

[ToraTatsu2]

glad linkara chose your song as his theme its perfect love the full version XD good job

[Tenkagethewise]

He's a man *Punch* I love that joke

[VideoGuyIdiot22]

What is the Continuity Alarm? Help me out here

[Swenglish]

@VideoGuyIdiot22 It's a device from the show, which would go off whenever Linkara would talk about past storylines of comics, supposedly to make sure he didn't get lost in backstory and bore the viewers. At some point, it started acting up, and going off when it wasn't supposed to. Linkara then tried to fix it, which proved uneffective. I may be misremembering some details, but I think that was the approximate jist of it.

[VideoGuyIdiot22]

@Swenglish Thanks and when did it break?

[Swenglish]

@VideoGuyIdiot22 I don't remember. Ask Lewis, or rewatch the series.

[VideoGuyIdiot22]

@Swenglish Thanks for the info, here is a question who did the song for the 100 episode? answer me that?

[Swenglish]

@VideoGuyIdiot22 That was Living Illusion doing the hard rock version. Youtube user "livingillusion".

[VideoGuyIdiot22]

@Swenglish Thanks for the answer

[Swenglish]

@VideoGuyIdiot22 No problem!

[GhostCow]

How hard would I have to beg to get the tabs or chords for this?

[Swenglish]

@GhostCow I don't write tabs, but the chords are Em Bm if I'm remembering correctly. It's just two chords repeated throughout the song.

[GhostCow]

@Swenglish Ah, yeah, em does seem to be the first chord. Bm doesn't sound right to me, but it could just be me. Thanks!

[Swenglish]

@GhostCow I looked it up, just in case. It's definitely Bm. Just make sure your guitar is tuned right and that you're not switching chords too quickly. how-to-play-guitar.eu/guitar_c­hords/B/Bm_Guitar_Chord.gif

[Tustin2121]

Wait, background singers? Are there background singers on that last refrain?? That's awesome! What are they singing?

[Swenglish]

@Tustin2121 Those "background singers" are just me singing "atop the fourth waaall" in falsetto. It's all done with overdubs. I played every single instrument as well, from guitar and melodica to mouth harp, cookie jar drum, toy tambourine and whistling.

[OrangeBandanna]

This is the themesong every nerd wish they had.

[QuartrGuy]

@OrangeBandanna Every nerd but one...the Angry Video Game Nerd.

[QuartrGuy]

I wonder where I can get a magic gun...

[001php]

Best. Theme song. Ever.

[badgamemaster]

just epic... and good work

[Bradjg1978]

Thanks I was wondering if it was "A lessen you won't learn" or "A lessen you'll all learn" I don't know why I had suck a hard time with that part of the song.

[MajinGatomon]

The Problem is... you are an artist.... I AM A MAN *punch* XD Good job ;)

[PenguinMasterChannel]

cant seem to fix the continuty alram

[Zerotrance11]

I swear, Linkara deserves his own Saturday morning cartoon. XD

[DocRavage]

Vincent, YOU ARE A MAN!

[Swenglish]

@DocRavage I am? Holy crap!

[DeathGodRiku]

@Swenglish how do I get this as a ringtone on the soundclick site. do I have to join the site?

[Swenglish]

@DeathGodRiku Joining soundclick is easy and free. Once you've joined, downloading the song as an mp3 is easy and free. How to turn the mp3 into a ringtone might depend on what phone you have.

[DeathGodRiku]

@Swenglish have it on computer now, just need to send it to my phone

[DevilsArithmatic723]

Or a CD? I'd pay for a CD with this song on it. (or Mp3)

[DevilsArithmatic723]

I want this song as a ringtone...I just wish I knew how to do that.

[Swenglish]

@DevilsArithmatic723 Some phones you can just load with mp3's and do a "use as ringtone" setting on. Mp3 is availible at soundclick.

[blackdove123]

ADAMANTIUM RAGE!

[LARUCUS]

i like the tgwtg team mix that he did in the hundredth episode

[sylvouroboros]

(And now for the final)

THIS. COMIC. SUCKS. Liiiiiin...

(Wait ! Full version ?)

...karasitsdownnonetheless, and forces himself through it

[LordManda2]

Mephisto took all Linkara's good comics, OF COURSE! xD

[QuartrGuy]

@LordManda2 No, Quesada stole them and sold them to Mephisto.

[LelouchVsGundam]

Where DID he purchase that gun?

[Swenglish]

@LelouchVsGundam You'd have to ask Lewis for a definitive answer, but I seem to vaguely recall hearing that he bought his replica flint lock pistol at a fair. Don't take my word on that.

[mets2128]

@Swenglish I AM A MAN! (PUNCH!) THIS.....COMIC......SUCKS!

[DeathGodRiku]

@LelouchVsGundam flea market

[tolchok89]

There was an episode where Linkara responds to someone saying "something something complicated" and he responds "I see the way you're actin' like you're somebody else gets me frustrated", but I forget which one it is!

[LadyAhiru]

i sing this song all day! its soo great! Of course Linkaras show also rocks but the song is soooo AWESOME;) I think i get it as mobile ring tone

[WiMoTj]

Can you post the guitar-notes for this song? I want to play it myself!

[Swenglish]

@WiMoTj I can't write notes or tabs, so bassline and such you'll have to figure out by ear (I'm sorry), but the chords are Em and Bm repeated throughout the song.

[WiMoTj]

Can you post the guitar-notes for this song? I want to play it myself!

[Swenglish]

@WiMoTj I can't write notes or tabs (sorry), but the chords are Em and Bm repeated throughout the song.

[NotJustWrongButN00by]

There would be better books on his show/But Quesada sold 'em to Mephisto

[hannibalbrown]

MP3 Link?

[Swenglish]

@hannibalbrown If you look in the video description, you'll find a link to my Soundclick, described as "My music". Not that hard to miss, I would think. Just go there, get yourself a free login, then log in and download the free mp3.

[JurpoJarppinen]

This is prob the best theme created for a web-series :) i love it

[RicoV53]

Would it be too much to ask for the chords for this?

[Swenglish]

@RicoV53 It's actually only two chords. Been a while since I played it, but it should be Em and Bm.

[RicoV53]

@Swenglish Thank you

[RunyaEithelNar]

Really cool song! It's so addicting! LINKARAAA! xD Good work, man!

[ResurrectedTemplar]

Damnt, this theme is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO badass! It's almost as badass as Ash Williams.

[tbirddddd]

"and it's right about time he did."

THANK YOU!!! Oh God thank you! For some reason I could not figure out that line.

[Swenglish]

@tbirddddd Glad I could clear things up. I apologize for attempting to sing a western style theme in my thick Swedish accent.

[tbirddddd]

@Swenglish Heh, you did great. It was just that one line, and it drove me crazy. It didn't help that I assumed it was something about Superman because of the pictures in Linkara's video. I love this song.

[THEGREATMAX]

The rhyming scheme for "Setting ablaze cross-overs, one-shots, and tie-ins, Linkara stands in reality-defiance atop the fourth wall, looking down on us all" is absolutely badass, since the lyrics suddenly double-up on the tempo. It flows damn well, I sing it all the time and I really like it, man.

That's honestly the best way that I can describe it... it just flows.

[THEGREATMAX]

If people are comparing it to the Ducktales theme, you HAVE to take it as a compliment... I mean hell, that is one of the most memorable songs from that period (and with damned good reason, they put a lot of money and effort in to Ducktales).

I'll throw it out there and say that I actually like this song a lot more than the Angry Video Game Nerd's.

[Swenglish]

Thank you very much:) I can't say I wasn't inspired by Kyle Justin's "take a bunch of catchphrases and running gags and rhyme them" approach to theme song writing, so I'll take that as a huge compliment as well.

[Denluddigasaken]

this must be the best theme music sience ducktales :D mycket bra låt

[Swenglish]

I'll take that as a huge compliment:)

[Vinny792]

AT4W FTW!

When I first heard the song nobody could find out what the lyrics were. Thanks for postin em'.

[Sombrek]

Dude, props of the highest I can give to you. This is by far my favorite theme song for anything ever.

[Neomattrix]

I read on the Rock Band forums that you proposed this song to be on the Rock Band Network?

Any news on that? I'll get it in a heartbeat when it is available.

[Swenglish]

Working on it. Got some paperwork to print and sign and send in and stuff. And I don't have a working printer, so I'll have to find somewhere to take care of that. And then there's the main process. I'll let you all know when it's all sorted out.

[NatterV2]

Is there an mp3 for this song, it is so darn catchy

[Swenglish]

It's on my soundclick, Free download.

[cerberus144]

Now I have Linkara's and Spoony's theme on my Ipod!

[tnpan]

He's a man, *Punch!*

[Headbanger142]

Wears a purdy hat! :P

[PookaDude42]

Nicely done, Vince! The geek references (especially the Watchmen one) are top notch. The song kinda reminds me of Rawhide (Head 'em up, move 'em out!).

[Sreyam1986]

Sounds like Primus LOL

[Ariamaki]

Fantastic!

Thanks much for the Lyrics version, now I can do karaoke versions!

[Swenglish]

@Ariamaki I suppose I could put up the instrumental version if there's enough demand for it...

[Ariamaki]

Ooh-- We usually do lyrics-on Kara and see who can match it the best, but an instrumental version would be delicious regardless of that.

Once I get my new desktop up and running, I will try to get as many of us as I can in-frame doing a sing-along to this version, and post it as a response.