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Black

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By Toby Fox tobyfox Bandcamp tobyfox Twitter toby.fangamer.com Other fwugradiation Tumblr ← Atomyk Ebonpyre Previous track by this artist → Skaian Skirmish Next track by this artist.
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Released 4/13/2010.
Duration: 2:24.

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Lyrics:

Make her a member of the Midnight Crew!

I'm a member of the-
I'm a member of the-
I'm a member of the Midnight Crew!

I'm a member of the-
I'm a member of the-

I'm a member of the-
I'm a member of the Midnight Crew!
I'm a member of the-
I'm a member of the Midnight Crew!

I'm a member of the-
I'm a member of the Midnight Crew!
I'm a- I'm a- I'm a member of the-
I'm a member of the Midnight Crew!

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Artist commentary:

Andrew Hussie: (MSPA news post, excerpt) captured 5/21/2010

Additional trivia: if you're wondering where the old-timey clip at the beginning of "Black" comes from, check it out. (1:29) It's from a song recorded exactly 100 years prior to Homestuck. Toby slapped it on the beginning of his remix and I thought "cool" and rolled with it, but it wasn't until now I found out where it was from. Maybe he mentioned it to me once and I was like pfffff, not remembering THAT fact, nice try. This is a good example of how the music strongly influences how I put together the animations.

Crediting sources:

Quasar Nebula: (wiki editor)

The Bandcamp credits for this track changed between its original release and on Homestuck Vol. 1-4.

The Bandcamp credit to Eddie Morton is a joke. The sampled track, I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew, was performed by Eddie Morton in 1909.

Andrew Hussie: (MSPA newspost, excerpt)

And thanks again to the whole music team for riding out a year with me on this thing. But especially pointed thanks right now to Toby Fox for making this cool remix ("Black") of his own song from the MC album ("Liquid Negrocity"), and also the song used in the previous animation ("Atomyk Ebonpyre"). There will be more to hear from this guy soon. His work is colorful, energetic, and generated with absurd prolificity. I have come to regard the LIVELY SPECTACLE that is MSPA to be quite well matched by his compositions, and you will too.

Andrew Hussie: (MSPA newspost, excerpt)

Additional trivia: if you're wondering where the old-timey clip at the beginning of "Black" comes from, check it out. (1:29) It's from a song recorded exactly 100 years prior to Homestuck. Toby slapped it on the beginning of his remix and I thought "cool" and rolled with it, but it wasn't until now I found out where it was from. Maybe he mentioned it to me once and I was like pfffff, not remembering THAT fact, nice try. This is a good example of how the music strongly influences how I put together the animations.

Homestuck: (Bandcamp credits blurb) captured 4/19/2010

By [Toby Fox]

Homestuck: (Bandcamp credits blurb on Homestuck Vol. 1-4) captured 10/28/2011

By [Toby Fox]
Vocals by Eddie Morton

Homestuck: (Bandcamp credits blurb on "Homestuck Vol. 1-4 (with Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead)") captured 9/25/2020

By [Toby Fox]
Vocals by Eddie Morton

Homestuck: (MSPA sound credits) captured 8/5/2012

Page 3568 - "Black"
Available on Bandcamp in Homestuck Vol. 1-4
By [Toby Fox]

Homestuck: (Homestuck sound credits) captured 7/17/2018

Page 1668 - "Black"
Available on Bandcamp in Homestuck Vol. 1-4
By [Toby Fox]

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