Here Are All Of BioShock Infinite’s Secret Musical Covers

17 responses to “Here Are All Of BioShock Infinite’s Secret Musical Covers”

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   plodski2004

   March 29, 2013 at 4:15 pm

   you forgot the best one

   Come on Eileen by dexys midnight runners during the raffle sequence, i heard them singing as i walked up the stairs and stopped and listened when i saw the crowd singing with the band

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      blaghman

      March 29, 2013 at 6:48 pm

      I’m pretty sure that song was “Goodnight, Irene” which actually fits in the timeline.

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         plodski2004

         March 30, 2013 at 2:36 am

         nope come on eileen is the right title, also the “timeline” was during the daytime during the raffle so how would goodnight “fit the timelime”?

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            Ledbelly

            March 30, 2013 at 7:23 am

            It is definitely Goodnight Irene, listen to this words the band sings properly you damn fool;

            “Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
            Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
            I’ll see you in my dreams “

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               pipersaurus

               March 30, 2013 at 9:47 am

               Also, by “timeline”, he’s referring to the year, not the time of day. Goodnight Irene is a song that’s been around forever. I personally don’t know how long, but, I’m sure google could support that.

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               plodski2004

               April 2, 2013 at 12:02 am

               Cough http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too-Rye-Ay

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               killashandra

               April 5, 2013 at 8:42 am

               That is NOT “Come on Eileen”, that is Huddie Ledbetter, “Goodnight Irene”, 1933 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmQXmqbZ3Pc – he starts singing the actual song at 0:52

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               killashandra

               April 5, 2013 at 8:47 am

               But, don’t feel bad, my husband does that all the time with celebrities, lol, it’s very cute. “It’s Keanu Reeves” … Me: “It’s NOT Keanu Reeves – Him: I’m **POSITIVE** that Keanu Reeves was in that movie”. Me: “It was NOT Keanu Reeves”! And then I have to pull out IMDB, LOL. And who knows, maybe “Come on Eileen” was influenced a little by Ledbetter, because the one measure does sound a LITTLE like “Come on Eileen”. 🙂

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   bish

   March 29, 2013 at 4:16 pm

   I TOTALLY NOTICED SOME OF THESE AND NOW I FEEL CLEVER!

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      bish

      March 29, 2013 at 4:17 pm

      And yes, I take immense pride in recognising Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Girls just want to have fun’.

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   bigguss

   March 29, 2013 at 4:34 pm

   I didn’t think too much of the soundtrack this time around. Bioshock 1 era of music is a bit more approachable, this stuff is a bit too old for me.

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      rowan

      March 29, 2013 at 10:04 pm

      Yah. I was constantly wishing for better music. Especially the loading screen. I find this kind of stuff on the whole a bit annoying. A generic big orchestra soundtrack would’ve been better for getting in the ‘shoot dudes’ mood.

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         bigguss

         March 30, 2013 at 2:19 pm

         My sarcasm detector is malfunctioning. Can’t tell :S
         The games actual score by Irrational was brilliant. The licensed (or public domain?) era music was lame arse. Except for that song from The Sting.

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            rowan

            March 30, 2013 at 10:37 pm

            No sarcasm here. I’ve been playing the fakefactory mod for HL2. It updates the gfx and puts batman music (the new trilogy) in the game.

            It makes big firefights just AWESOME. All because of the music.

            And often in Bioshock I was thinking “this is all so cool, but I wish they had good music”.

            The stuff they used, I know they’re following the trend they started with the original, but it doesn’t get me in the mood.

            A few of the reviews said the combat was so-so, but I think it’s really well done. I enjoyed every fight. I just wish I could carry more weapons. Limit of 2 is crap.

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      Nimno

      April 12, 2013 at 7:20 pm

      The track from the very beginning of Bioshock one, just as before you enter the bathysphere, is Django Reinhart & Stephane Grappelli. It dates from the mid 1930s. I’d say the time-frame is pretty close on that one.

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   Dunnowhathuh

   March 29, 2013 at 11:04 pm

   I remember when I first heard Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. At first it didn’t register totally but it briefly crossed my mind that the song seemed out of place. Heard it a second time and that’s when it hit me, that’s not period correct music…almost none of it is!

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   adlad

   March 30, 2013 at 9:59 am

   All the songs have lyrics tied to the story at some overall point of view e.g.

   Tears for Fears “everybody wants to rule the world” during the tear scene in paris (Comstock).

   Beach Boys “god only knows” sung by the barbershop quartet (the lyrics tie up with the final few minutes of the game i.e. ‘I may not always love you but as long as there are stars above you’ (AD might not love Booker in some universes but will in others (stars representing infinite parallels)) and ‘god only knows what I would be without you’ (AD ceases to exist).

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   john_stalvern

   March 30, 2013 at 8:11 pm

   For the record, Soft Cell did not write Tainted Love, only covered it.

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   knuddy

   April 2, 2013 at 12:28 pm

   I hope I can download this soundtrack! I liked Beach boys the best.

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   Pancakes

   April 2, 2013 at 3:51 pm

   You missed After You’re Gone, by Creamer and Layton, which wasn’t made until 1918. It’s actually the first cover you’re exposed to in the game since it’s the title screen music.

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   Angel

   April 25, 2013 at 8:17 pm

   You know how there’s the short demo before you play the game before you press the ‘start’ button?? What’s the name of the song?? I love it but I can’t think of the name!

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    Eridani

    November 13, 2013 at 8:37 am

    You actually missed one: it was was easy to miss, as it’s song was “Ain’t That Sweet,” released in 1927. It definitely isn’t one most people will recognize, but it is anachronistic. If I remember correctly, it’s playing in one of the stores in the beginning of the game.

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