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scrab queen 07-13-2006 09:41 AM

more! more! encore! bravo! *will somebody add on to 'we will eat you' alraedy? sheesh.*

Bullet Magnet 07-26-2006 05:41 AM

Sorry it's been so long since I last did one of these. Okay, so this is just a warm up.

Hmm. I think I'll change tack, and do a bit of James Blunt.

Abe’s Vision (Wise Men)

Weirdos said to me, "Scrubs that cannot see,
Have been digging up the bones of the dead.
When Gluks came down to Necrum,
Found graves and wrecked ‘em,
For all the bones that they could find,
Now that muds escape with you,
Have been freed by you,
And now they know that Rupture’s gone,
And they're really satisfied with what they've done,
They were three bad Gluks and now they think they’ve won."

Look who's lost bones now,
It's not me. It's not me.
These three Weirdos,
They've got a mission now for me.
Glukkon’s mine our Necrum bastion,
We can’t allow!

They’re in trouble now,
They will soon know,
To mess with ghosts will only bring them woe,
They’re just, greedy li’l bastards in their fancy dress,
But when we’re done, they will be in a mess,
But they didn’t know what we knew,
What our people can do,
And soon they’ll know there's no way out,
So much more to do, the night is young,
They were three dumb Gluks behind their sligs and guns.

Look who's got bones now,
Better flee. Better flee.
Those three bad Gluks,
They've got an evil Brewery.
Got to ask yourself the question,
Shut it down how?

Got to ask yourself the question,
Shut it down how?



What d'you think? Still got it?

scrab queen 08-16-2006 01:43 PM

woot! nice one!(even though i don't even know which song that is) ya still got it! can you make another part to 'we will eat you' ? i ran out of ideas that don't have a pattern or sound too babyish. the song seems like it needs more verses. just a suggestion.

Bullet Magnet 08-21-2006 04:53 AM

You haven't heard Three Wise Men by James Blunt? Excellent song. I'll work on the We Will Eat You verse. But in the meantime:

Abe’s Grisly Discovery, to a ridiculously inappropriate tempo (Suddenly I see)

The screen has a chart of the Farms
Has a chart of the Farms
The Gluks all look quite alarmed
All look quite alarmed
But Molluck has an air of overriding confidence
The managing directors find the effects quite immense
He has a calm
And held captivated in his palm (so to speak)

Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
That the Farms is low on meat
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
I can’t stand still, I really need to pee.

You can see he’s a capable man
He’s a capable man
I can hear there’s an excellent plan
There’s an excellent plan
The screen flicks to the most disgusting image I have seen
It appears to be the severed head of one of my colleagues
I’m terrified
Nay, I was bloody freaking petrified

Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
This ain’t what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Now I know I be set free!

The New ‘n’ Tasty Treat
It turns out to be me
They’ll grind us into meaty foods and sell on cheap
Oh it makes me feel like I should get away
Long way away
And get the power to flee
The power to live
The power to free

Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
That the rest I’ll have to free
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell did fate have to pick me?

scrab queen 08-21-2006 05:09 PM

i'm in tears!!!*sob* i wrote a whole song in advanced mode and when i clicked the post button...it deleted the whole song and said that the post had to be longer than one character!!! it was at least 400 or more!!! (can i get the permission to start cursing my ass off!!!) *sob, sniff* it was a parody of the parody 'eat it by weird al'! a masterpiece i tell you! several other pricless posts including over seven chapters of my fic have been lost this way! can somebody please tell me what's going on? please?

Bullet Magnet 08-23-2006 02:13 AM

Lament for Scrab Queen (Goodbye my Lover)

Goodbye my lyrics.
Goodbye my song.
You were almost done.
You were almost done it’s true.
Goodbye my lyrics.
Goodbye my song.
You were almost done.
You were almost done it’s true.

Okay, enough of that silliness. That really sucks, Scrab Queen. That's why I always right my fiction and poems in Word first, as that has happened to me before. Surely you can remember some of it? I usually can when I've written it out once before. In the meantime, here's my verse of We Will Eat You.

Buddy, we've had paramite and we've had scrab too,
We even put the slaves into our SoulStorm Brew.
Now this outlaw turd,
Gave me his word,
Clakkerz taste great so let's go chop up some birds!

We will we will eat you!
We will we will eat you!


Guitar solo!

scrab queen 08-23-2006 03:01 PM

fan-glukkin'-tastic! oh, crap. that verse you made makes me feel like singing 'kyles mom is a :)' song. cool. i feel so crazy as to ask if i can post the lyrics to it. oh, well. here is the priceless work of art I was talking about:

the parody of a parody ( Eat it by Weird Al Yankovic)

How come you're always such a fussy young mud
Don't want no Meech Munchies, don't want no Elum Chub
Don't you know that other muds are starving in da' slave hub
So eat it, just eat it

Don't want to shoot you, don't want to debate
Don't want to hear about what kind of meat you hate
You won't get no slurg sundae 'till you clean off your plate
So eat it

Don't you tell me you're full
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Get yourself a Scrab egg and beat it
Have some more Elum, some Paramite Pie
Doesn't matter if it's pre-digested or fried
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it

Your cafetieria manners are a cryin' shame
Don't play with your food unless it's playing with you
Now, if you starve to death you'll have the slig to blame
So eat it, just eat it

You better listen, better do what you're told
You haven't even touched your Sloggie casserole
You better chow down or it's gonna get more mold
So eat it

I don't care if you're full
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Open up your mouth parts and eat it
Have some more Elum, have some more Scrab
It doesn't matter if it's eating YOU or canned
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Don't you make me repeat it
Have a fried scrab claw, have a whole bunch
It doesn't matter what you (didn't) have for lunch
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it

Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
If it's getting mold, quick! eat it!
Have a big dinner, have a light snack
If you don't like it, you can eat crap
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Get yourself a Mud and beat em' (oh odd)
Have some more Scrab Cake, Paramite Pie
It doesn't matter if it's pre-chewed or fried
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Don't you make me repeat it (oh no)
Have some Fleech Stir Fry, add spooce for crunch
It doesn't matter that you didn't have lunch
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it


my odd! I cant believe i remembered the whole thing!

Bullet Magnet 09-04-2006 03:05 AM

I do love that old Wierd Al track. As much as I love this one. Nice job, Scrab Queen!

Alex2405 06-29-2007 12:31 PM

Great!Glukinator and Bullet Magnet are gifted from God!

Goresplatter 06-30-2007 01:01 AM

Well, thread has been resurrected, I guess I might post my piece :) No, it ain't that good, so sue me. It probably isn't worth looking at if you don't know the song, but surely everyone's heard Enter Sandman at some point!

ENTER BIGBRO [Enter Sandman, Metallica]
(To be played on a guitar by a Big Bro Slig :p)

Say your prayers little one,
I just found my gun,
Gonna' kill everyone,

Crush you down, under-foot,
Keep you lying still,
While I re-load!

Scrub, just don't you dare move,
Or you'll eat my ammo!

B-I-I-G Bro,
BLI-I-TZPACKER!
Pick - you - up,
Throw you into meat-grin-der!


Somethings wrong, I see slaves,
Getting up to move,
With portals in sight...

Oh too bad, un-luck-y,
You got blown-a-way,
All you-hit the deck!

Scrub, just don't you dare move,
Or you'll eat my ammo!

B-I-I-G Bro,
BLI-I-TZPACKER!
Pick - you - up,
Throw you into meat-grin-der!


All these Muds won't stay asleep,
Why don't the boss cut off their feet?
If they stand up one more time,
I'll blow their brains right into slime.

What, little scrub, didn't you hear?
There's a screwdriver, trapped in the gear,
It's your job to pull it out,
Use your teeth or I'll rip them out!

B-I-I-G Bro,
BLI-I-TZPACKER!
What...a...shot,
B-I-I-G Bro,
BLI-I-TZPACKER!
Pick - you - up,
Throw you into meat-grin-der!

Zozo the Zrilufet 06-30-2007 03:02 AM

:DAwesomeyz....:)I can kinda imagine the song kids with guns as sligs with guns, but I dunno all the lyrics.

Hulaabeo 07-23-2007 07:02 AM

I made a very short one

Jingle bells Elum smells(Jingle Bells Batman smells)

Jingle bells elum smells
Munch laid an egg
Stranger broke a nail
and Abe ran away! (again)

Reiji Neko Mitsukai 07-23-2007 07:57 AM

These are great! Maybe I'll be able to come up with one...

Carnix 07-28-2007 09:37 AM

Dude!!!!!
I dont no how u do it, these are hilarius!
If i may request more 'we will we will eat you'
and the 'don't shoot me now' was killer!! :D

i'd give it a go myself but i dont feel like forcing everyone to die of bordom, shock, horror or shame

but on the bright note again, they r all awsome (or at least the ones i no the origanal song to are) oncor, more, more and more more

Carnix 07-28-2007 09:45 AM

o hek, i cant resist, on with the eating



Buddy you're a great big target for a slig
Ganna get yourself shot one day
So quit running away
Chant in their face
Making sligs explode all over the place

We will
We will
Eat you
We will
We will
Eat you


Yay! i did it. wat ya think?

Carnix 08-03-2007 08:34 AM

I got another verse!

Molluck is a glukkon enslaving all mudokons
With all of Ruptur Farms nested in his hands
The sligs are enhanced
With robopants
If you try to escape you'll be shipped off in cans

We will we will eat you
We will we will eat you

Carnix 08-09-2007 06:03 AM

Ok, I no im multiposting like hell but seen as how everyone basicly abandoned this thread i dont really care.

Ugly Slig (smelly cat)

Ugly slig, ugly slig
Why haven't you caught Abe?
Ugly slig, ugly slig
It's all your fault.

Yoda is having a bet
For when eaten by scrabs you will get.
You are forced to eat gabbit eggs
You're no friend to those with legs.

Ugly slig, Ugly slig
Why haven't you caught Abe?
Ugly slig, ugly slig
It's all your fault.

Bullet Magnet 08-12-2007 07:15 AM

lol :goof: When did this come back?

Carnix 08-13-2007 01:12 AM

when did what go where?

scrab queen 08-17-2007 02:37 PM

WHOOO! thread resurection! now I will go steal the dna sample.

Carnix 08-27-2007 09:37 AM

Here's another! It should be easy to tell but for those idiots out there this is changed from 'WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS' by queen.

Im a mudokon

I've been a slave
For many years
I've been a’ scrubbing
And drinking soul storm beers
Caught sneaking out
With soul storm brew
I've had my share of sligs kicking in my face
But I've come through

I’m a mudokon - my friends
And I’ll keep on chanting - till the end
I’m a mudokon
I’m a mudokon
No time for glukkons
'Cause I’m a mudokon - of oddworld

I'm now on the run
From all glukkon kind
I’ve been running and running for a very very very long time
I hate them all

It has been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the mudokon race
And I ain't gonna lose

Won and won and won
I’m a mudokon - my friends
And I’ll keep on chanting - till the end
I’m a mudokon
I’m a mudokon
No time for glukkons
'Cause I’m a mudokon - of oddworld


I’m a mudokon - my friends
And I’ll keep on chanting - till the end
I’m a mudokon
I’m a mudokon
No time for glukkons
'Cause I’m a mudokon


(don't ask why the text at the bottom looks different because i don't know)

Bullet Magnet 08-27-2007 02:21 PM

Major props for using a Queen song! Champion-mudokon was a great rewrite!

scrab queen 08-27-2007 10:16 PM

WOOHOO!!! We need more. I would start creating stuff because I am very much in the mood right now, but because of me moving to a new state, I am now in school in the middle of august. So yeah. Up this late on a school night with no homework done? Not good. I think I'll fake sick, just like the good old days...

Berri 08-28-2007 08:51 AM

Scrab queen! why do you want to know about oddworld songs anyway when you can listen to them on the oddworld website?

Carnix 08-28-2007 09:52 AM

Sorry if it's offensive but I really have to say this.... N00B! You obviously have no idea what this thread is about. I guarantee that you will find none of these songs on the official oddworld website because all of them were made by us, us being the members of OWF. Tell me if I'm wrong, but I doubt it.

scrab queen 09-02-2007 12:26 AM

OT /randomness

omg!! A NOOB!!! c'mere!! *gets net and captures* I shall now live up to the occupation in my profile. First lesson: READ THE WHOLE DAMN THREAD BEFORE POSTING!! and no questioning the queen. you shall now get eaten by a predalien flood-metroid riding an omega scrab. suffering builds character.

XP don't worry, everytime I post in a new forum I always make that mistake, and then get mauled by a fan-made creature mix. you'll get used to it...

Berri 09-15-2007 07:56 PM

I'd like to see that happen :lol:



Friendly Slig 09-20-2007 10:53 AM

Hehe, nice job everyone, I liked the songs ;)

This popped in my mind while listening to the song "Tourniquet", by Evanescence
I hope you like it :)

- - - -

*can't think of any title.. name it as you wish*


I tried to kill one Slig
but only came more
(It started that day)
I will die
so I'm running
holding my breath
they will beat me

I am dying, not playing
bleeding, while screaming
Am I too late, to save them?
Am I too late?

Oddworld
My Mudokons
Return to me the slaves now
Soul Storm
The Mudokons
Return to me my brothers

Hey muds, remember me?
lost for so long
will you be on the good, my side
or let Molluck now kill me?

I am dying, tired
falling and screaming
Am I too late, to save them?
Am I too late?


Soul storm
the brewerey
Return to me the slaves now
Soul Storm
My Mudokons
Return to me my brothers

(I AM GOING TO DIE!!)

Soul storm
the brewerey
Return to me the slaves now
Soul Storm
My Mudokons
Return to me my brothers

The muds, fooled me and left
I am sorry, guys.. I couldn't do it right
They'll kill me tonight
bye
Mudokons.. good bye my friends


- - -

Hehh, I think the end was little bit sad..
I hope you enjoyed it, anyway :D

(Please excuse my grammer, I tried my best)

Oddey 10-18-2007 10:38 PM

These are all good and i made one but instead i posted it on my own thread. You can read it if you want.
And i just want to say oddjob everyone!

Bullet Magnet 10-19-2007 05:16 PM

Nice, FS. Sounds like the bad ending!

Fil The Slig 12-12-2008 03:44 AM

The great mighty Abe (Poo)
Mee,Mee,Mee,Mee......
I am the Great Mighty Abe and i'm goin' to throw my Meep at you!
A huge supply of Meep,come from my Meep Farm,how about some scat ya little twat!
--------------------------------------
Do you really think you can just shit in here,you dont seem to know wich hut your'e in! SoulStorm is the everything that makes it thru my rear!
How'd ya think i keep this lovely rear! (Shows his very ugly un-washed rear)
Have some more Caviar!!!
--------------------------------------
Now i'm really getting rather mad your'e like a niggly ziggly shitty little fuzzle!
When i knock ya out with all my gab im goin' to take head and ram it up my rear!
Your rear?
My Rear!
Your Rear?
That's right my rear!
Eeeww!!!
My rear,MY REAAAARRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glukinator 12-22-2008 06:47 AM

My Name Is Dripik (My Name Is Jonas)

My name is Dripik
Got a bottle of your brew
make sure you don't sip it
It won't tast as good

Come sit next to me
Get yourself a fleech
Just like Mullock made
When he ran out of scrab cakes
Things were better then
To bad now he's dead
"Kill the muds", he said
But he was sick in the head

FeCo train left right on time
The ticket costs only a dime
The driver said, "Hey, man, now it's 10 mulah"
Of course we weren't willing pay

My name is Mullock
Got a platter of scrab cakes
We're fresh out of gabbiar
But soon we'll have more, we'll have more
Tell me what to make
I'll see if it's in stock
Do we have paramite pies?
Sure as I'm Mullock

Slaves are escaping
Won't do land scaping
Abe is on the loose
Looks like we are screwed

Mudokons are goin' home
Mudokons are goin' home
Mudokons are goin' home
Mudokons are goin' home
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

My name is Dripik

Carnix 12-30-2008 05:11 AM

Well thread necromancy is frowned apon so much nowadays I feel that I should put in some effort to make this one a success.
And thus, success:

Blew Up Ruptur Farms (Fire and Flames - Dragonforce)
There once was a meat farm, where there worked a young mud slave
In Ruptur Farms' brutality he slaved there day past day
One day when working late, he heard of Molluck's evil feat
He heard of how the Glukkons planned to turn him into meat

He had to get outta there, and save his fellow mud-slaves too
Although he had no chance in hell that's what he had to do
So he ventured forth against the sligs that shot him as he'd run
He didnt stop until Ruptur Farms was gone

And he destroyed Ruptur Farms, and devistated Glukkon kind
With that one explosion, left his slavery behind
He stared up at the moon for, on it was marked his paw
And the paw of each mud he had saved

But far away the Glukkons claimed he'd rue the day
That this blue mudukon had his fun
The glukkons power was over - destroyed by Abe they say
And though he blew up Ruptur Farms they carry on

Of course Abe was captured, but the lightning cracked the sky
As Big Face and the other muds began to chant on high
Molluck was struck right down by the might as the lightning hit his heart
And the age of freedom for every slave was then about to start

But then Abe did dream of ghosts who seemed to have some ghastly news
The Glukkons using mud bones to make booze

And so Abe set out again to rescue more mudokon kind
Wondering into exodduss it's time to have more fun
Deep inside our mud did find, that the slaves were made blind
So he destroyed this place just like the other one

But far away the Glukkons claimed he'd rue the day
That this blue mudukon had his fun
The glukkons power was over - destroyed by Abe they say
And though he blew up Ruptur Farms they carry on

And thus Abe stands with their blood on his hands
He fought so hard now can you understand
He'd beat every fucking Glukkon he possibly could
For the freedom of every mud

But far away the Glukkons claimed he'd rue the day
That this blue mudukon had his fun
The glukkons power was over - destroyed by Abe they say
And though he blew up Ruptur Farms they carry on

Fil The Slig 02-18-2009 08:48 AM

The Slig Song:
Iv'e had a little Sliggy,I captured him up one day!I used my annoing voice,so Sliggy and i play!But one day we were playing,my sliggy's gun broke out,my sliggy was enraged,and then he turned on me!Sliggy,Sliggy,Sliggy!He shot right in my heart!Sliggy,Sliggy,Sliggy!We played and now im dead!

AlexFili 02-18-2009 09:25 AM

Every slig is sacred
Every slig is great
If a slig is wasted
Odd gets quite irate

Every slig is wanted
Every slig is good
Every slig is needed
In your neighborhood

AlexFili 03-25-2009 05:49 AM

If I were a Slig
 
If I were a Slig
Even just for a day
I'd roll out of bed in the morning
And pick up my own rifle and go

Drink Brew with the guys
And chase after Muds
I'd kick in whoever I wanted
And I'd never get arrested for it
Cause they stick up for me

If I were a Slig
I think I could understand
How it feels to beat a Mud
I swear I'd be a better Slig
I'd beat them up more
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the Brew you wanted
When they're taking all your moolah
And everything you had got destroyed

If I were a Slig
I would turn off my radio
Tell everyone it's broken
So they'd think that I was working so late

I'd put myself first
And make the rules as I go
Cause I know that Brew'd be waiting,
Waiting for me to come home, to come home.

If I were a Slig
I think I could understand
How it feels to beat a Mud
I swear I'd be a better Slig
I'd beat them up more
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the Brew you wanted
When they're taking all your moolah
And everything you had got destroyed

It's a little too late for you to fight back
Say it's just a mistake,
Think I'd forgive you like that
If you thought I would stop beatin' you
You thought wrong

But you're just a Slig
You don't understand
And you don't understand, ohhhh
How it feels to beat a Mud
Someday you wish you were a better Slig
You don't listen to Muds
You don't care if it hurts
Until you lose the Brew you wanted
When they're taking all your moolah
And everything you had got destroyed

But you're just a Slig

===

Sorry if it doesn't quite go together in parts, but I think the lyrics actually map somewhat closely.

MA 03-31-2009 06:32 AM

RAZE ME.
(LAZY).

Ooh I’m wealthy and I’m crazy
Ooh don’t you wanna raze me?

I’m crazy when I sell
And I’m crazy when I say
‘Will you just drop dead!’ or
‘Get the hell out of my way!’

I’m crazy when I’m walking
I’m crazy when I glare
I’m crazy when I’m smoking
And I’m crazy when I dare.

Open up my purse
Moths come rushing out
I’m not spending my moolah on anything
Or nout.

Wouldn’t it be great
It would clear the deck
If I had some arms so
I could wring Abe’s bloody neck.

Ooh I’m wealthy and I’m crazy
Ooh don’t you wanna raze me?

Well some gluks have got moolah
And some gluks have good suits
Some gluks have a business
And some gluks have rich roots.

Now, imagine Abe was strung up
Imagine he was dead
Imagine he was rid of
And Mudos was to be bled.

No tears are falling from my eyes
I’m taking Mudos for a ride
Now don’t you wanna work for me?
I’m crazy as a gluk can be.

Ooh I’m wealthy and I’m crazy
Ooh don’t you wanna raze me?

If only sligs were brainy
If only they were smart
If only they could capture
Muds quick off the mark.

If only muds were stupid
If only they were dim
If only they were slow
Then industry would win.

No tears are falling from my eyes
I’m taking Mudos for a ride
Now don’t you wanna work for me?
I’m crazy as a gluk can be.

Ooh I’m wealthy and I’m crazy
Ooh don’t you wanna raze me?

Crazy when I manage
Crazy when I sell
I’ll probably be crazy
When I’m burning in hell.

I’m crazy in the morning
I’m crazy with my luck
Crazy morning crazy noontime crazy crazy gluk.

Hard work
Hard play
Hard keeping that
Abe at bay

Bad times
Bad luck
So crazy I almost suck
(slurp)

Ooh I’m wealthy and I’m crazy
Ooh don’t you wanna raze me?

Ooh I’m wealthy and I’m crazy
Ooh don’t you wanna raze me?

abe619 11-11-2009 12:01 PM

rob oddie - skillya (Rob Zombie - Dragula)

mud , i am the slig , steppin' on the slugs , pissin' off my mates , hittin' the muds
mud , i am the sky , watchin' scrabs howl , while they slowly turn , fillin' the bowls

Dig through the fleeches and burn through the crashes , I slam in the back of my SKILLYAAA!
Dig through the fleeches and burn through the crashes , I slam in the back of my SKILLYAAA!

mud , i am the vykers , spreading from joshkrz , odd and want u kneel , nowhere as u bleed
mud , i am the splat , postin' from a new flat , so floodin' is bad , and is always banned

Dig through the fleeches and burn through the crashes , I slam in the back of my SKILLYAAA!
Dig through the fleeches and burn through the crashes , I slam in the back of my SKILLYAAA!

do it baby do it baby

do it baby do it baby

BURN LIKE AN ELUM!!

mud , i am the life dig into the skin , knuckle-crack the bone , 21 to win
mud , i am the slog , hound of hell you gluk , devil on your blue guy , i can never die

Dig through the fleeches and burn through the crashes , I slam in the back of my SKILLYAAA!
Dig through the fleeches and burn through the crashes , I slam in the back of my SKILLYAAA!

do it baby do it baby

do it baby do it baby

BURN LIKE AN ELUM!!

Dig through the fleeches and burn through the crashes , I slam in the back of my SKILLYAAA!
Dig through the fleeches and burn through the crashes , I slam in the back of my SKILLYAAA!

Dig through the fleeches and burn through the crashes , I slam in the back of my SKILLYAAA!

i know it kinda sucks , but it took 2 hours to write , also ppl try to revive this thread.

mud , i am the life ,

Dryadri 11-11-2009 12:24 PM

Rofl! These are all fantastic xD I think Glukinator's 'I'm Gonna Kill Him is my favourite at the moment.

Crashpunk 11-12-2009 01:44 AM

LOL Carnix's one the best!