Sonic Live in Sydney (Album) Review

  

Details

"Sonic Live in Sydney" was a musical preformed in "SegaWorld Sydney," an an amusement park closed four years after opening. Sonic was oddly featured with blue arms and Sally (from the "Sat Am" cartoon) was also featured in a lot of merchandise. The musical featured costumed actors of Sonic, Robotnik, Tails, and Sally, but it was later replaced with a puppet show. Knuckles appears on the CD for promotional purposes, not being a part of the storyline. Where Robotnik kidnaps Sally, falls in love with her, and Sonic knocks Robotnik out with a sleeping potion. This is a very obscure and odd piece of Sonic history.  

 

Summary

The disc features three original songs and then the performance. 

The beginning of "What are we waiting for " sounds like it steals the tune something, I just can't think of it! Regardless, it's...something. There are points when it becomes pretty obvious "Sonic" is a female. Eventually when it gets to the chorus, it is actually catchy, and no less cheesy than the Sat Am opening. 

"Give Me Chaos" has a "Monster Mash" quality to it, with Robotnik's narration. Kind of amusing but worse. The next song, "Thank You for Being You," is even worse than that. It's very 90s ish, and kinda' makes "My Sweet Passion" seem like a master piece. It could be cute, but it's overly drawn-out. I don't think it's very "Sally."

The performance is odd story wise, but based on audio: Sonic and Robotnik's actors aren't perfect but they do a decent job at imitating their DiC cartoon voices. Impressive considering the accent differences I guess. Tails and Sally's voices are way off, though. Tails is insanely annoying and Sally's accent is confused. There are quite a bit of musical elements from the Genesis games, specifically Sonic 2, I think, but serves more as a background to the dialogue.  

  

Final Ranking: E

Um. It's not as bad as I thought, truthfully. I guess the chorus of "What are We Waiting For" is the best moment. The songs...aren't terrible, but fairly cheesy. The fourth track, "the show," is really the worst part.

As a whole...I gotta' wonder how none of this has shown up in a YTP or parody. I guess it's just that obscure.