Unicorns
are typically thought of as being white, so I do appreciate that we are trying
to change that perception especially because one could ask- philosophically-
why can’t a unicorn be black in the same manner one might have asked years ago
why can’t a professional baseball player be black? #jackierobinson
Throughout
this album I can hear the 8bit noises, but it also has a sort of slower, mellower
ambient sound in it, as it almost becomes quiet at times. It opens with the pipes of a church organ,
which is cool, and it’s drone.
Then
the carousel ride begins, and we’re off to the races. There are some older arcade game sounds
coming out in here, such as Pole Position.
I haven’t thought about Pole Position literally in years, but this song
brought it out in me.
Funny
story, when I was a kid we used to go to my grandparents all the time and we’d
play my uncle’s Nintendo. We’d always
play this racing game that I don’t recall the name of (Sorry) but one day I saw
it come up in a Google search, as I was looking for a way to play Atari games
online for free. It was that rush of
nostalgia coming over me that is just a feeling you cannot buy.
I felt
that on here with Pole Position being withdrawn from my memory bank, if only
because I played a version of Pole Position as a board game at that same house
with those same family members and it was better times. Youth, innocence and all of that.
In the
end, to show you how much this either evolves or just becomes different, I can
hear the sounds of the Sega Genesis coming through. Was Sega better than Nintendo? I don’t know, but the competition made both
companies better and it’s why they’re still so profitable.
So you
carry on, Black Unicorn. Take us to your
Playstation 12 and Wii65000. Or just
stay in the 24 bits and less days and I won’t complain a peep.
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