Author Topic: ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: decipher inscrutable lyrics in song (MotoRoader MC)!  (Read 722 times)

esteban

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ULTIMATE CHALLENGE
Please help Cook & I decipher the inscrutable lyrics in Track 09 from MotoRoader MC!
http://junk.tg-16.com/audio/MotoRoader_MC/MR_MC_Track_09.mp3
(right-click to save .mp3 file)


I love figuring out minutiae like this, but I'm not sure if the lyrics are 100% Engrish, 100% Japanese, or a combo of the two. Track #5 opens with a woman quickly saying, "http://junk.tg-16.com/audio/MotoRoader_MC/MR_MC_Track_05.mp3
" ...so, that helps... I just spent 30+ minutes (no joke) trying to decide if it goes "movin' back" vs. "move in back" vs. "move your back" vs. "move your bag"... and termis suggested it actually is "You will die"...I was so wrong. ...And Tats hears "You will back / You'll be back"...


HINT: This is an overhead racing game with weapons to attack other racers, so lyrical content may reflect this.
BOLD = Much more sensible lyrics suggested by termis (thank you!)
ITALICS = My original, ludicrous guesses at the lyrics

0:00 = (fun begins)

0:31 = You will die / You will die / Why you try MotoRoader?
0:31 = Movin' back / Movin' back / Why, you try to butcher it--tea.

1:03 = Movin' back / Movin' back / I don't know, you are fifty (?). Ha, ha!
1:03 = Movin' back / Movin' back / I don't know, you are fifty. Ha, ha!

2:06 = You will die / You will die / You never return.
2:06 = Movin' back / Movin' back / Yeah, defi--nitely tan.

2:38 = You will die / You will die / You will die (haaaaagggghhhhh)
2:38 = Movin' back / Movin' back / You in back, haaaaagggghhhhh.

3:11 = 

« Last Edit: January 05, 2016, 11:21:26 AM by esteban »
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termis

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Re: ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: decipher inscrutable lyrics in song (MotoRoader MC)!
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2011, 11:00:55 PM »
Haha - good fun.  Just to add to the confusion, here's what I hear:

The repeated line also sounds like "You will die - You will die..."  (

And for the rest of the lines, in order:
- You try ***????*** (MotoRoader?!?)
- I don't know, you are **???*** (kinda sound like bif-tee?!?)
- You never return
- You will die!

esteban

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Re: ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: decipher inscrutable lyrics in song (MotoRoader MC)!
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2011, 11:07:53 PM »

The repeated line also sounds like "You will die - You will die..."  (

And for the rest of the lines, in order:
- You try ***????*** (MotoRoader?!?)
- I don't know, you are **???*** (kinda sound like bif-tee?!?)
- You never return
- You will die!

Oh crap, now I have to go back and listen to everything again! I'm serious :)
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esteban

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Re: ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: decipher inscrutable lyrics in song (MotoRoader MC)!
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2011, 05:22:13 PM »
UPDATE: termis, you rock!

Thank goodness you made those suggestions because my original guesses were INSANELY WRONG and completely ridiculous.

I have been listening to this song ALL DAY as I prepared my home for my New Year's Party. No joke.

I am still not 100% sure about:

1:03 -- "I don't know, you are ___________. Ha ha!"
"bif tee" , "fifty" , fifteen"  ???
The problem is that this sentence doesn't make sense, at all.

Also, I want the lyrics to go:
"Who will die? / You will die / ..."
but it doesn't sound like that, does it?

If anyone can help figure these crazy lyrics out, please help!

At this point, I am going MAD in my attempt to accurately, definitively discern the lyrics.
« Last Edit: December 30, 2011, 05:29:50 PM by esteban »
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Re: ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: decipher inscrutable lyrics in song (MotoRoader MC)!
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2011, 05:40:54 PM »
LOL, I hear "You will back" in the sence of "You'll be back". "Why you try (to)"  is for sure, then the next is difficult, and could also be some japanese mix-in. I understand something like motor-te. I don't think its motoroader.

Also agree on the "You never return." -> You neba retään!!
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Re: ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: decipher inscrutable lyrics in song (MotoRoader MC)!
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2011, 02:46:58 AM »
Thanks, Tats! We needed your help :)

LOL, I hear "You will back" in the sence of "You'll be back".


Ha! I know! You, termis and I can't put our finger on this crucial line--and it is repeated so often!

(1) You will back
(2) You'll be back
(3) You will die
(4) Move in back / Movin' back


Which one is it?

And, is the phrase repeated verbatim the second time, or is it slightly altered:

(5) "Who will back? / You will back / ..."



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"Why you try (to)"  is for sure, then the next is difficult, and could also be some japanese mix-in. I understand something like motor-te. I don't think its motoroader.


Damn, "motor-te" ... you don't think it's "MotoRoader"... damn!

Track #5 opens with a woman quickly saying, "http://junk.tg-16.com/audio/MotoRoader_MC/MR_MC_Track_05.mp3
" (right-click to save .mp3 file)... can we use this as a point of comparison? I'm desperate, and I want to believe they (the voice actors) were coaching each other on how to pronounce the English.

Of course, it actually sounds like she is saying: "Let's play MOTOROLA MC"  ;)



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Also agree on the "You never return." -> You neba retään!!


Yay! Nebbbba retään!!
« Last Edit: December 31, 2011, 02:58:38 AM by esteban »
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Re: ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: decipher inscrutable lyrics in song (MotoRoader MC)!
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2011, 12:16:36 PM »
Is this game worth the 15 bucks?
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Re: ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: decipher inscrutable lyrics in song (MotoRoader MC)!
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2011, 01:12:33 PM »
Is this game worth the 15 bucks?

Everything in the cosmos is relative, as the physicists, gurus and self-help books say...

...I say, yes, it is worth $15, but keep the following in mind:

(1) Fans of overhead racing games should definitely check it out. MC is like Super Sprint, but NOT NEARLY as addictive/fun...however, MC has grown on me.

(2) Stay away from this game if you do not like a decent challenge. Personally, the reason why MC has grown on me is the challenge :)

(3) Do not buy this game thinking it will play ANYTHING like MotoRoader 1, because MC and MR1 are fundamentally different concepts. I won't even bother discussing MR2, because that game is a big letdown for me.

(4) If you are a fan of multi-player games, and the folks you play with aren't pussyfooters, then this game is fun. I have had some good times playing this with my brothers/friends, but we still complain about stuff.

(5) Do not buy this game if you have poor eyesight (or less-than-ideal playing conditions). Why? The cars are TINY and the tracks are on ONE SCREEN. This is NOT an epic driving experience. This is YOU, squinting at the screen as you desperately try to follow the needle-thin "racecar" under your control.

(6) I like this game, but it took time to grow on me.

« Last Edit: December 31, 2011, 01:14:55 PM by esteban »
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Re: ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: decipher inscrutable lyrics in song (MotoRoader MC)!
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2012, 01:04:54 PM »
Will get it soon. looks simple but fun.
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Re: ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: decipher inscrutable lyrics in song (MotoRoader MC)!
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2012, 03:09:56 PM »
"Movin' back, movin' back, why you strike a fool.

Movin' back, movin' back, I don't know, you are dizzy.

Move your back, move your back, you ever move back?

Move your back, move your back, move your back."

...though my girlfriend thinks it says "do you think," but that doesn't make any sense.
« Last Edit: January 01, 2012, 03:11:29 PM by TheClash603 »

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Re: ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: decipher inscrutable lyrics in song (MotoRoader MC)!
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2013, 11:49:34 PM »
"Movin' back, movin' back, why you strike a fool.

Movin' back, movin' back, I don't know, you are dizzy.

Move your back, move your back, you ever move back?

Move your back, move your back, move your back."

...though my girlfriend thinks it says "do you think," but that doesn't make any sense.


I never properly thanked you for your contribution! Thank you. 

I've just spent the last few minutes listening to this and trying to discern the TRUE LYRICS...it is just as infuriating as it ever was.

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Re: ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: decipher inscrutable lyrics in song (MotoRoader MC)!
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2013, 11:28:19 AM »
You'll die, why would you try MotoRoader?
You'll die, I dunno, you are fifteen hahaha.
You'll die, you, nevar, retuuurn.
You'll die, you will PAY, haaagh.

that's what I got from the MP3 file.

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Re: ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: decipher inscrutable lyrics in song (MotoRoader MC)!
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2013, 01:45:04 PM »
After listening to the song through speakers which are different than the ones I listened to it through before...  I am fairly certain it is in Japanese.

The first two lines are confusing, because they almost sound English ("Do you have?").  However, that fourth line can't be in English.

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Re: ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: decipher inscrutable lyrics in song (MotoRoader MC)!
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2013, 10:21:38 AM »
I hear

You will ride

esteban

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Re: ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: decipher inscrutable lyrics in song (MotoRoader MC)!
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2013, 02:24:48 PM »

I hear

You will ride


Will we ever solve this great mystery?!



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