Hard to argue with the music and lyrics from Fish-era Marillion:
"Vodka intimate, an affair with isolation in a Blackheath cell Extinguishing the fires in a private hell Provoking the heartache to renew the licence Of a bleeding heart poet in a fragile capsule Propping up the crust of the glitter conscience Wrapped in the christening shawl of a hangover Baptised in the tears from the real."
If I can listen to video game music without paying for it, I tend to put that sort of thing on my iPod.
One band that gives their music away (unless they actually sell it now) is the NESkimos.
I love hearing the familiar Metroid music. The lyrics, well… like or hate the 90's grunginess, I'll say this much: the words themselves express the futility of trying to keep poor Samus Aran alive when you first enter Norfair. I got the game Christmas Eve whatever year NES Metroid was new, and I remember my awesome flip-jumping secretly-female space hero getting ripped to pixelated shreds by lava-dwelling kamikaze birds. Yet, the music was so mellow…!
I found this and those in Dragon's egg liked it, I searched for it, started the song and then opened another to get the link, so I had a round going and it was timed perfectly.
Teacup, that is too awesome. A hair band (facial hair band?) sound with hilarious lyrics! I'm lovin' it!
I downloaded this^ when I still lived in Hong Kong, and I still like to play all seven tracks in a row. I didn't link the Manfactory band site (seemed spammy) but they're giving this one away for free.