***Pokémon World*** CD Review (and lyrics!) by PTT, copyright PTT, and all that good stuff then there, now. Note: I mark the different sections (like chorus, rap, etc) but I include the FULL lyrics as I hear them in the song, so you don't miss one intricacy of the song. (as much as possible without actually HEARING the song itself!) ----------------------------------- Key: (Stuff in Parentheses is sung in the background. It sometimes takes a few listens to hear this) *Stuff in asteriks is not actually sung or said, but is a section mark (like chorus) or tells you to start rapping instead of singing, or something lke that.* CAPITALIZED STUFF IS SUNG OR SAID WITH AN EMPHASIS!!!!! Words with a lot of vowels in them (like boooooooold) mean that this word is sung longer than normal. .......a lot of dots like this mean the song has just faded out and can't be heard anymore! ----------------------------------- ************** Pokemon World ************** (yeeeeah yeeah) Got tha power! (yeeeeah yeeah) *Rap* So you wanna be a MASTER?!? (Po-ké-mon!) understand the secrets, and, HAVE SOME FUN! So you wanna be a MASTER?!? (Po-ké-mon!) Do you have the skills, to be, NUMBER ONE? *Sing* I wanna take, the ultimate step, find the courage to be booold (Po-ké-mon!) to risk it all, and not forget, the lessons that I hooold I wanna go, where noone's been, FAR beyond tha crowd! (Pokemon!) (Yeah!) Learn the way, to take command! USE THA POWER THAT'S IN MY HAND! (Ooooh HEY!) *Chorus* We all live (yeaaah!), in a Pokemon world (Po - ké - mon!) I wanna be (yeaaah!), the greatest master of THEM ALLLLL! (The Greatest Master!) We all live (yeaaah!), in a Pokemon world (Po - ké - mon!) I put myself, to the test, to be better than all the rest! (Uhn!) (yeaaaah yeaaah) I got yer power! (yeaaaah yeaaaah) *sing* Every day, along the way, I will be prepaaaaared (Pokemon!) With every challenge, I will gain, knowledge to be shaaaared (Pokemon!) In my heart, theres no doubt, of WHO I WANT TO BEEEEEEE! Right here, standing strong, THE GREATEST MASTER OF PO-Ké-MON!!!! (Ooooh hey!) We all live (yeaaah!), in a Pokemon world (Po - ké - mon!) I wanna be (yeaaah!), the greatest master of THEM ALLLLL! (The Greatest Master!) We all live (yeaaah!), in a Pokemon world (Po - ké - mon!) I put myself, to the test, to be better than all the rest! (Uhn!) *Rap* So you wanna be a MASTER?!? (Po-ké-mon!) understand the secrets, and, HAVE SOME FUN! So you wanna be a MASTER?!? (Po-ké-mon!) Do you have the skills, to be, NUMBER ONE? *musical interlude* (Pokemon!)......(g-g-got tha power!)......(Pokemon!) ...USE THA POWER THATS IN MY HAND! (Ooooh HEY!) We all live (yeaaah!), in a Pokemon world (Po - ké - mon!) I wanna be (yeaaah!), the greatest master of THEM ALLLLL! (The Greatest Master!) We all live (yeaaah!), in a Pokemon world (Po - ké - mon!) I put myself, to the test, I'LL BE BETTER THAN ALL THA REEEEEEST! (Oooh HEY!) We all live (yeaaah!), in a Pokemon world (Po - ké - mon!) (I wanna be, I gotta be!) I wanna be (yeaaah!), the greatest master of THEM ALLLLL! (You got tha power right in your hands!) We all live (yeaaah!), in a Pokemon world (Po - ké - mon!) I put myself, to the test, to be better, better, BETTER THAN ALL THA REEEEEEEEST!!!!!! We all live (yeaaah!), in a Pokemon world (I wanna be!) (Po - ké -mon!) I wanna be (I gotta be!) (yeaaah!), the greatest (I wanna be, gotta be!!) master of THEM ALLLLL! (I gotta be the Greatest Master!) We all live (yeaaah!), in a Pokemon world (Po - ké - mon!) I put myself, to the test, I'LL BE BETTER THAN ALL THA REEEEEEEEEST! (Oooh HEY!) We all live (yeaaah!), in a Pokemon world (I wanna be!)(Po - ké - mon!) I wanna be (I gotta be!)(yeaaah!), the greatest master (I wanna be!) of THEM ALLLLL! (I gotta be the Greatest Master of Pokémon!) We all live (yeaaah!), in a Pokemon world (Po - ké - mon!)....... Comments: Wow... Guess how long it took me to find out all those background words? That's right, I have no life >;P . I probably STILL missed a few! Anyway, this song is FANTASTIC: not mildly catchy, not fairly good, *FAN-TAS-TIC* It is now currently my favorite American Pokémon song! If you read my review on the 1 minute long version of this song, you kinda know what I think already. The Voice talent is Exceptional, the beat and lyrics are top notch. By far, one of THE CATCHIEST (if not THE CATCHIEST) Pokémon songs, EVER, PERIOD. I often find it playing in my head, especially during an utterly boring school day of AP calculus and other such classes. I tell ya, I REALLY like the 1 minute-long anime version, and I must say, the extra length does absolutely nothing but ENHANCE the song, making it even more enjoyable than it already was! If you have watched the new theme song on the new episodes of pokemon, and even REMOTELY like the song, BUY THIS CD. This one song is worth the cost of the CD alone! Oh yes, and about all those background voices in parentheses I show in the lyrics: You probably won't hear half of that stuff on your first few listens. But hey, I wanted my lyrics to be ACCURATE, unlike so many of the CD booklets (Including the one that came with this CD). Well, what are you waiting for? GO, GO! Give this song a few listens, and see if you like it too! (Like there's any doubt!) :D Last Thoughts: THIS SONG... KNOW IT. LOVE IT. IT OWNS YOU! Score for 'Pokemon World': 11 !! ************************** Pikachu's Winter Vacation ************************** La la la la la laaaaaa (chika chik AHH!) (chikita chik AH!) La la la la la laaaaaa *sing* Everybody's laughin', Everybody's thrilled... Everybody's havin' fun, all around this world! We'll be friends for-ev-er, together feels so right... So much catching up to do, Noone's gonna sleep tonight! *chorus* Ohhhhh oh, OH OH! HEY! Pikachu's Va-ca-tion! LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA! (yeah!) (LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!) Win-ter Va-ca-tion! Ohhhhh oh, OH OH! HEY! Pikachu's Va-ca-tion! LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA! (yeah!) (LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!) Win-ter Va-ca-tion! La la la la la la laaaaa! *sing* Everybody's feelin', tha magic in the air... Now's the time to come along, make memories we're gonna share, AND HEAR THA MUSIC EVERYWHEEEEEERE! Ohhhhh oh, OH OH! HEY! Pikachu's Va-ca-tion! LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA! (yeah!) (LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!) Win-ter Va-ca-tion! Ohhhhh oh, OH OH! HEY! Pikachu's Va-ca-tion! LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA! (yeah!) (LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!) Win-ter Va-ca-tion! Ohhhhh oh, OH OH! HEY! What a woooonderful plaaace! (Pikachu's Va-ca-tion!) LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA! (yeah!) (LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!) Win-ter Va-ca-tion! Ohhhhh oh, OH OH! HEY! Put a smile on your face! (Pikachu's Va-ca-tion!) LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA! (yeah!) (LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!) Win-ter Va-ca-tion! Ohhhhh oh, OH OH! HEY! What a woooonderful plaaace! (Pikachu's Va-ca-tion!) LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA! (yeah!) (LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!) Win-ter Va-ca-tion! Ohhhhh oh, OH OH! HEY! Put a smile on your face! (Pikachu's Va-ca-tion! LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA! (yeah!) (LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!) Win-ter Va-ca-tion!......... Comments: This song's very cool. It's kinda like a contemporary Christian song, in terms of beat, voice tones, and some of the words. It's definately about pokemon, though :P . When I listen to this, I can imagine Pikachu running around through the snow, Ash, Misty, and Brock (and/or Tracy, depending on your favorite characters) close behind. It's a catchy feel good song that anyone can love! It has a pleasing, catchy beat and the vocals flow with the melody very nicely. The only complaint I have against this song is that it is very, very short, at a run time of 1 minute, and 59 seconds. I think a longer version could be made, but hey, I got this one right now, and I like it! Last Thoughts: A very well made, if a little short, song. Give it a few listens, you'll be singing along too! Score for 'Pikachu's Winter Vacation' : 10 !! ***************************************** Pikachu's Winter Vacation (Instrumental) ***************************************** *Pikachu's winter Vacation Instrumental is exactly like the previous song, except the only words sung are 'Ohhhhh oh, OH OH! HEY!' and 'LALALALALALA', everything else is, well duh, instruments :P . A saxophone plays during the 1st verse and all the choruses. An electric guitar plays where the second *sing* verse would be. Comments: Well, this song is just like Pikachu's Winter Vacation, regular version, except for the obvious change listed above. This song has some MAJOR highlights, however. During the verses (except for the second), and all the choruses, a most AWESOME Saxophone player plays with tons of skill. I mean, whoever this person is, he/she is TALENTED. Lets just face it, the SAX appeal sells this song right here >;P . Not to be overlooked is the brief electric guitar solo during where the short second verse was. It's very nice, and this person has a lot of skill as well. But the SAX is the main event here, as we hear its wonderfulness throughout the entire song. Last Thoughts: Craving some saxophone goodness? This is the song for you! Score for 'Pikachu's Winter Vacation (Instrumental)': 10.5 !! (its still to short, IMO.) ************************* Other Goodies and Extras ************************* Comments: Yah, I kinda wanted more than three songs on this CD, as a lot of you probably will too. To *try* to make up for it, Nintendo included some extra goodies. First off, there's the Music video of 'Pokémon world' (aka, the one minute long anime version with video!). Videos of the songs are always good, as I liked the entire pokérap video on the 2 B A Master CD. Nuff said here, good stuff. Oh yes, one more thing: if you don't have the quicktime software (which runs the video), the CD has the option of installing said software, as it did on the 2 B A master CD, so don't worry about not having the right stuff to run it! Second, they also have some picture files which will download onto your desktop in a handy dandy lil' folder for use as Windows wallpaper. They are all simplistic, yet pretty in that simplicity. Pictures of Pikachu, Marril, and one with small gold silohuettes of charmander and evos can be found here. While these are good, I think I'll stick with my Pokémon world map background I got off of www.pokemon.com. Third, there's a screensaver which will install easily, which will become your standard screensaver after installation (unless you change it to another). It's a fairly nice screensaver, probably the one Nintendo promised us on pokemon.com but never delivered. Its got a short array of pokemon pictures on it, which scroll around the screen. Pikachu has his own spinning lightning background, which is fairly neat. Ash, Misty, and Brock also make brief appearances here. This screensaver also looks like it was made using powerpoint, or something similar, due to the scrolling nature of all the objects. Theres no 'true' animation here. It's okay, but if you find something you like more, hey, go fer it. Well, thats about all the goodies Nintendo decided to pack in, besides a general instructions readme file to explain how to install/run all of the above items. Whoopty stinkin' doo. Final Thoughts: Goodies are good, but more songs are better! Score for 'Goodies and Extras': 6.0 (Nice try, but gimme more songs!) ************************************* Final Score for the Pokémon World CD ************************************* Pokémon World, the song, OWNS YOU. Pikachu's Winter Vacation (both versions) are both solid songs, but they could have used a little more in the run time department. With a Run time of 7 minutes and 18 seconds, this CD was really too short! But those 7 minutes are pure enjoyment, I tell you! Go on, give the CD a chance! Final Score 'Pokemon World CD': 8.5 (I'd love to give it a 10 or 11, but I must be fair and dock it some for the short length and mediocre extras used to attempt to make up for said length. The songs are worth it though,so go out and buy it already!) ~PTT "see ya next review!"