#age of oppression

[th3-0bjectivist]

     I’m feeling lazy as all hell today, and so I’ve decided to post some videogame music and just nerd out for a moment. I know videogames don't appeal to everyone but it’s my page, and this is what I do when I get lethargic lately. The Elder Scrolls has been one of my favorite game franchises out there for something like two decades. Although I feel each release of the series gets more and more streamlined, or colloquially dumbed down to appeal to a wider, dumber audience I have to admit I did enjoy Skyrim which I just beat about a month ago. One of my favorite narrative choices as the plot unfolds is that you can select to side with the Empire or the Stormcloaks, a rebel faction, and win a big civil war in the frozen north of Tamriel. It was my distinct pleasure to join the rebels and beat the ever-loving piss out of the fractured, weak and haughty Empire who were licking the boot of the Aldmeri Dominion (a very Nazi-like faction of high elves). If you smash play you’ll hear an exceptionally angelic voice covering a song from that game called Age of Oppression, a pro-Stormcloak version of its counterpart, the pro-Empire Age of Aggression. The YouTube version of this cover has managed to gain a whopping 7 MILLION + hits since being released back in 2012. It’s performed by Malukah, a singer/songwriter from Monterrey, Mexico and it is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. Even if you don’t know anything about the lore of the Elder Scrolls, I can pretty much guarantee you will be blown away if you smash play! Oh and by the way, don’t you fuckin’ dare come into my country, tax the living shit out of the people, inform the residents they can't worship Talos anymore and waste our precious resources on your crumbling and corrupt Empire! All hail Ulfric Stormcloak, the true high King! Just to bring the nerd-train home, below are a few shots I took in-game of my journey with my custom Nord character, Adorna Screamheart. Enjoy a good game today, and relax!

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Age of Oppression // Malukah - The Dragonborn Comes (2017)

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Skyrim/LoZ Remix - Thu'um Like Thunder [Age of Aggression/Oppression, Dragonborn +]

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yeah I’m being dumb tonight and doing a few of these acapella things. Shut it.

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Dalek War Song

Sung to the tune of “Age of Aggression/Oppression”

I was bored one night and decided to rewrite the bard’s song from Skyrim to fit the Dalek’s ideals (and greatest fear) from Doctor Who.

Enjoy

We drink to our hate, for the good’s come and gone For the age of aggression has just about come

We’ll drive out the doctor from this land that we own With our armor and lasers, we’ll take back our home

All hail to Davros! You are the high king! In your great honor, we kill everything!

We’re the children of Skaro and we fight all our lives And when the TARDIS shows up, every one of us dies

But this land is ours, and we’ll see it wiped clean Of the scourge that has sullied our conquest and dreams

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DragonPriestTom tries his lute skills at an acoustic guitar to play this traditional Skyrim ballad. 

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja2cDIscA8M)

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Age of Oppression - PL amatorskie tłumaczenie

Za zdrowie młodości, dni co nie wrócą już Bo wiek naszej niewoli wolno kończy swój nów. Wyszarpiem Cesarstwu to co chciało nam wziąć Naszą krwią oraz stalą odbierzemy nasz dom.

Niech żyje Ulfric i Wichrowy Tron! Za ich zwycięstwo zdrowie będziem pić wciąż. Myśmy dziećmi są Skyrim, mamy przodków swych krew I gdy Sovngard zawoła odpowiemy na zew.

Lecz ta ziemia jest naszą i ujrzymy ją znów wolną od zmory która mąci spokój nam snu. Niech żyje Ulfric i Wichrowy Tron! Za ich zwycięstwo zdrowie będziem pić wciąż. Myśmy dziećmi są Skyrim, mamy przodków swych krew I gdy Sovngard zawoła odpowiemy na zew. Za zdrowie młodości, dni co nie wrócą już Bo wiek naszej niewoli wolno kończy swój nów. Oryginał:

We drink to our youth, for the days come and gone. For the age of oppression is now nearly done. We'll drive out the Empire from this land that we own. With our blood and our steel we'll take back our home. All hail to Ulfric! You are the High King! In your great honor we drink and we sing. We're the children of Skyrim, and we fight all our lives. And when Sovngarde beckons, every one of us dies! But this land is ours and we'll see it wiped clean. Of the scourge that has sullied our hopes and our dreams! All hail to Ulfric! You are the High King! In your great honor we drink and we sing. We're the children of Skyrim, and we fight all our lives. And when Sovngarde beckons, every one of us dies! We drink to our youth, to the days come and gone. For the age of oppression is now nearly done.  

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Or translation that can be sang. Detailed description under read more.

Dlaczego inne tłumaczenie?

Całkiem lubię Skyrimskie piosenki bardów ( cover tej w wykonaniu Malukah polecam), aczkolwiek niestety wychodzę z karczmy za każdym razem kiedy słyszę polskie tłumaczenie. Ma inny rytm i rymy, za to tą samą melodię. Efekt oceńcie sami. Po przesłuchaniu po raz kolejny stwierdziłam że Age of Opression/Agression wymaga ponownego tłumaczenia. Spróbowałam swoich sił i chociaż z pewnością nie jest to zbyt poetyckie tłumaczenie przynajmniej trzyma się oryginalnych rymów i powinno pasować do melodii ------------------

Why different translation?

I quite like Skyrim bards' songs (mainly in Malukah covers -this particular song here). However I run every time I hear their Polish dubbing. They in majority have different rhytm and rhymes with same melody. If you'd like to hear the effect, click this link. After hearing Age of Opression/Agression again I decided to translate it myself. It isn't too poetic translation, but it holds  original rhymes and should fit the melody.

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I’m on a fictional universe minstrel’s song kick at the moment.