Eben Brooks: The Ballad of Barry Allen

[IAmTabiCatHearMeRoar]

I'm listening to this while writing a Young Justice fanfic...I'm feeling geeky.

[ebenbrooks]

@IAmTabiCatHearMeRoar Heh. Excellent! (Is it, ah ... you know ... *that* kind of fanfic? Or is it something SFW? ;-) )

[IAmTabiCatHearMeRoar]

@ebenbrooks I haven't decided yet. I'm on the second chapter though.

[ebenbrooks]

@IAmTabiCatHearMeRoar Okay, cool. :)

[TheKlipster]

Baha, City of Heroes footage. Good work sir.

[ebenbrooks]

@TheKlipster Thank you very much. :D

[hamish13592]

Yay geek music.

Great cover. Loved it.

[ebenbrooks]

@hamish13592 Thanks! :D

[vintagegodz]

I can hear the passion in your voice here, this video is the one of which has confirmed my absolutel love for your work. Don't lose touch with those emotions. You've got a gift, use it to the fullest extents.

[ebenbrooks]

@vintagegodz Thank you very much. I plan to! :D

[Brahmavadin]

Your voice brings tears to my eyes.

[ebenbrooks]

@Brahmavadin I hope that's a good thing. :) Thank you.

[RTKTS]

Exelent rendition, voice sounded simmilar to the singers one, The guitar had a nice rhythm, and it overall sounded nice

[ebenbrooks]

@RTKTS Thank you very much. :D

[SkarmoryThePG]

And I thought the original sounded sad. Great work!

[ebenbrooks]

@SkarmoryThePG Thank you. :D

[GerrardRonaldo]

Absolutely fantastic Cover.

Flash is my favorite Super hero. I gotta learn this song.

You're gonna do big things man ^^

[ebenbrooks]

@GerrardRonaldo Thank you. I'm glad you like it. :D

[MirrorStep]

i love this song.....nuff said xD ps: you played it awesomely

[ebenbrooks]

Thank you very much. :D

[kvbox2]

Thanks for posting the chords, I love this song, too. Note to those trying to play this, the 3rd chorus throws you a curve ball: the 4 "and on"s go

F Am C E. (Had to watch Eben's chord formations to figure that out)

[ebenbrooks]

Oh, no problem. Glad I could help. :D

[BrightNightFilms]

Awesome job! Yeah, I couldn't find the chords to this online either, would there be any chance of you putting up the chords for it? I'm a huge Flash fan and it would be awesome to learn this song :)

[ebenbrooks]

Hmm. Well, I just kinda figured them out on my own, but maybe I'll update the description with a list of the chords.

[BorisMacsimovich]

Incredible, keep it up!

[ebenbrooks]

Thanks! I will. :D

[Max7175]

This is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard. Well, done indeed. Keep up the good work.

[ebenbrooks]

Thank you! :D

[arseymcass]

What's the first chord of the verse, and the first chord of the chorus you're using?

[ebenbrooks]

Aminor in both cases, I believe.

[Max7175]

This was actually moving. wow. I'm impressed. I don't impress easily.

[MrRonnieD]

well done.

[ebenbrooks]

Thanks! :D

[darksimop]

Great song!!!

you are very good :)

where do you found the chords?

I don't find them :(

[ebenbrooks]

I actually figured them out on my own. I had no luck trying to Google them. :/

[MrMountie]

Fantastic. I love the accoustic sound in your version more than the more electronic original, in fact. Well done.

[ebenbrooks]

Thank you very much. :D

[totallyshocklate]

Oh, so it's you that sing this! I adore this song, I'm not a massive DC fan so my boyfriend had to explain some of the finer points but it always struck me as such a genuine and original piece of music subject matter aside.

[ebenbrooks]

I'm not actually the originator. This is a cover of the original, which was done by a band called Jim's Big Ego on an album entitled "They're Everywhere". I just liked it enough to want to figure out how to play it on guitar, and when I did, I had the idea to make this video. I'm glad you like it! :D

[zbronze]

Reminds me of something I'd forgotten I wrote once, about another DC character from way back: Johnny Thunder. This got me as teary eyed as that did. Thank you.

[ebenbrooks]

Yeah, Johnny Thunder was an...interesting character. ;-) I liked him, too. Glad you enjoy the song. :D

[flappingspammer]

No intention to be creepy,

But I love you for doing this song...

The Flash, in my opinion, is the most powerful and greatest superhero comic books have and will ever know

[ebenbrooks]

Thank you. Glad you like. I agree, I really like The Flash.

[AngrySquidX]

I didn't realize this was a cover, but damn...blasts the original right out of the water. I couldn't even stand listening to it after hearing this.

[ebenbrooks]

Wow. Thank you. I don't necessarily agree, but I'm very glad you like my rendition. :D

[AngrySquidX]

Brilliant as usual. You're an inspiration to me. Been thinking about picking up a guitar since I discovered your work.

[ebenbrooks]

That's terrific! I hope you do. Thanks.

[Bregonath]

yehaaaaaaaaah favred song for favred hero...

good job

greetings from germany

[ebenbrooks]

Thanks! :D Glad you like.

[GrandmasterJay22]

great job man!

what are the chords/tabs?

[ebenbrooks]

I found them by googling "Ballad of Barry Allen chords". They're pretty easy to find. Glad you liked it! :D

[ideomaniacal]

I'm absolutely in LOVE with the Flash! All of the Flash's had the best personalities. :D Wally West is my fave, but Barry Allen is a classic. :)

[ebenbrooks]

Yeah, I like Wally best myself, but Barry was cool too. Thanks. Glad you like.

[ideomaniacal]

You're welcome! Yeah...since Wally has been the Flash longer than Barry, I feel like they had more time to develop a real personality about him.

[lilbuttmunch]

WALLY is like my fave also :]

he was the best with all his cool skills :O

and he was funny too :]

BUT U CANT FORGET teh classics :]

[ebenbrooks]

No, you certainly can't. (But I agree with you, Wally was more interesting than Barry was.)

[raesquirrel]

I love it, especially the little bits with your toon.

Off topic, but do you have any Architect missions up?

[ebenbrooks]

Thanks! And no, not yet. I've been working on the script for one, but I've been kinda busy doing other things (like promoting my band and my new series of shows to help the San Diego Food Bank). But when I do, I'll post about it on the forums and in the LiveJournal CoH channel.

[penprp]

This was cool! I remember Marvel occasionally touching on the altered sense of time with Quicksilver on a few occasions, don't remember DC ever doing it with Barry. But it makes SENSE he'd see the world that way, and this is a great song!

[ebenbrooks]

Thanks. The original is by Jim's Big Ego on their album "They're Everywhere!" It's available on iTunes.

[Pakuma001]

Hey Eben, long time since I commented, but I have been keeping up on your vids. ^^ I like the new approach you did with this video, you've become your own band. lol Oh and a quick question; Is that your CoH Character in the pictures? Just curious. Keep up the good work! : )

[ebenbrooks]

Hi, thanks! Glad you like it. And yes, it is in fact my CoH character, Mister Mercury. I somewhat deliberately designed him to look like the Flash, so I figured why not use pics of him in the vid.

[TheFallenOfEryndor]

Sounds awesome! Can't say I'm into superheroes though.

[ebenbrooks]

Not everyone is, obviously. But I'm glad you like the song anyway. :D

[TheFallenOfEryndor]

Yes, well I like all of your songs. I'm more of a medieval classic nerd gamer, renfaires, D&D, MMO's and so forth.