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Street Fighter 2 rock opera has famous fighters sing their hearts out
Indie music group Man Factory recently concluded their six-year battle to translate the universe and characters of Street Fighter 2 into a rock opera. No, you are not hallucinating, and yes, you did read that right: a rock opera. "Street Fight" is a series of three albums released on Bandcamp that centers its story on Chun-Li and Ken, though other characters also make appearances and sing songs. Chun-Li seeks revenge on M. Bison for the death of her father, while Ken is punching his way through feelings related to his girlfriend's tryst with buddy Ryu. Here's some of our favorite lyrics: "Blanket off I'm takin' off I'm gettin' outta here. How come she always mentions him? Could she be shy-yuken my best friend?" If it weren't referencing the wrong game, we'd call this a flawless victory.
Today's nerdiest audio: Street Fighter songs
We can do without "whiny" being the default setting for so much indy/emo music, but Arlington-and-Grand Prairie-Texas-based Man Factory serves up enough indy-powerpop-rock to offset any latent emo sadness. Plus the group's latest project is a series of seven songs written from the perspectives of Street Fighter characters. The series is called, "Street Fighter II: Rock Opera: Round 1," and hits enough high notes that we hope rounds two and three follow.The band offers such tracks as "Chun Li, i'm lovin it," and "There goes Dhalism" for free at its site. (Or visit the MySpace page to play them in-browser and download the whole package as a zip file.) Our verdict: Knockout.[Thanks, Matt]
