Right Said Fred - "Wonderman"

So, the other day, Sonic 2 Beta was down, since it shares webspace with Sonic CulT and IT went down. Sucks, you know.

But in the interim, the person asking for donations to get his data back and all that jazz posted this little tidbit. You remember Right Said Fred? Right, well, I know I don't. Apparently they're the "Too Sexy For My Shirt" guys. And apparently, back in 1994, Sega let them use Sonic prominently in their music video for their song "Wonderman" (which, as well, has lyrics mentioning a "spin attack" and so on, although Sonic himself is never named). It's... bizarre.

Of course, I'm only the SECOND person to put up this video; I'll give credit to sh2001 for beating me to the punch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvymBkpKDzo if you're so inclined). But hey, I wanted another video on this account, so.

I like how Hydrocity Zone went from an ancient ruin flooded with water and excessive references to some anime (I think it was "Laputa", a.k.a. "Castle in the Sky", a Studio Ghibli film) to some generic factory/business complex in the average city. Now THAT'S paying attention to the source material, folks! :D

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[jedihunter176]

Hmm...interesting how they made Sonic's perspective look.

[ShdwHg]

@jedihunter176 Yes, Sonic is secretly the Terminator. Who'd have thunk?

[atomicxxpenguin]

"an ithy scratch you'll get it again" ?? i don't get it, still catchy though. i wonder when that site is coming back up, he he'd get the hard drive on monday and it is now past the NEXT monday... oh well, i'll just have to watch this til it comes back

[ShdwHg]

"An itch you scratch again and again"

Anyway, it DID come back up! ...but it went down again this morning. :\

[fowler1000]

Never saw the video for this song very catchy..DO ME A FAVOUR, PLUG ME IN TO A SEGA.. SONIC RULES

[boru25]

Its a shame Nintendo & Sony had to destroy SEGAS thunder. They we're on a roll at this time!

[therailwizard1994]

Sonic is still cool you dont see master chief getting songs made about him(yeah i went there)

[M4R14NO94]

Sega, please, oh PLEASE put this on the next Sonic compilation!

At first I thought "The same guys who did I'm Too Sexy did a song about SONIC? And an OFFICIAL one at that?" But after hearing it, I LOVE IT!

@Sonicthehedgehog765: It could be Metal Sonic, right?

[sygnus5]

I too remember the part of Hydrocity Zone that took place in a rundown industrial area

[belgiumSteve]

awesome RSF-song...should get SO much more views AND played on the radio...

[ASocialClan]

So yeh this is an interesting way to market a new sonic game :P

[ChibiTails]

SOMEONE GET THAT WOMAN SOME MORE LIPSTICK

[RabidRaccoonUK]

Let's face it. The 90's were more fun and more crazy. Every thing's gone a bit shit now.

[caketiemz]

as weird as Sega was back in the day, and catchy as any sonic song...i miss when sonic was relevant =/ Now all they have doing music for sonic is some auto-tuned electro-pop bull shit

[cattyJY]

ddu ddu ddu ru ddu ddu ddu dduu ~

[Sonicthehedgehog765]

apparently they think sonic is a robot