Mii Channel Theme
One of my personal favorite music memes, the mii channel theme! I find this meme very intriguing, especially the variation in which it is used to create a sense of uncomfy-ness. But before getting into that, let’s look at the origins of the miime (oh, puns).
As it is explained on Know Your Meme’s site, this meme first started with a remix of the theme in G Major, posted on YT in 2010. A few years later, YouTuber Darren Nguyen uploaded a rap remix, and only a year after that, another YouTuber, brentalfloos, posted a video of the Mii theme with lyrics added. The meme was slowly gaining more followers. One of the most popular remixes became a trap remix of the song, posted by YouTuber YaBoyJDub in 2011, which received more than 4.1 million views (now up to 5.7 mil). Now it’s time to get real interesting.
Theme and Variations
I just realized I didn’t actually explain the tune itself! The Mii channel theme is the tune that plays once you open the Mii Channel on the Nintendo Wii. For reference, the Mii channel allows users to create avatars and interact with other Mii-mers™. SO. The variations! (in no particular order):
Variation #1: Let’s Get Uncomfortable
My love, my inspiration, the thing that gets me up in the mornings. The uncomfy Mii remixes! How are they particularly uncomfortable, you may ask? Well, let’s take a look. Some variations (miimes) include:
- mii channel but all the pauses are uncomfortably long
- Mii Channel but every note is a random pitch
- Mii channel theme but each pause descends you further into darkness
Variation #2: Some Instrumental Stuff?
My categorization method for this variation is weak, but I think they are similar enough to be grouped together this way. All of them are pretty straight forward. If you enjoy classical music, you may be familiar with these first two. The last of the three is my favorite.
- mii channel theme but it’s written by stravinsky
- shostakovich 8 mvt 4 but every bum bum bum is replaced with the wii bum bum bum
- Mii Channel Theme Flute Cover (Wii)
Variation #3: Trap Remixes and Gucci Gang
More like the first few variations that we encountered when the meme first became popular are trap remixes.
- Fresh Prince of Bel Air X Mii Channel (Trap Remix)
- Lil Pump – Gucci Gang but it’s the Mii Channel theme
Variation #4: Meme Crossing
If you are a fan of memes, you have probably seen some pretty incredible instances in which memes are combined to make a beautiful fusion being (sorry I’ve been watching a lot of SU lately, Garnet is love is life.) An example of this kind of crossing, not music-related:
Now here are some examples of mii channel theme variations combining memes:
Variation #5: Live Instrument Stuff!
These are some examples of memes in which live musicians perform interesting interpretations of the mii channel theme.
- Mii Channel Music but it’s played by a saxophone quartet
- mii channel music but played on the violin (Twoset!)
- BAND PRANKS DIRECTOR WITH MII CHANNEL THEME MUSIC!
- Nintendo Wii – Mii Channel Theme – Jazz Cover || insaneintherainmusic (feat. Gabe N. & Chris A.) (I am a huge fan of this one, this is very well done imo)
As you may have noticed, this post has a significantly less amount of writing! You may find this pretty funny, but I’ve been reading too much philosophy stuff in the past few months and it’s become really difficult for me to have a solid argument/opinion on just about anything!! WISH ME LUCK!! More posts to come at some point. If there’s any music meme you would like for me to explore in a future post, please visit the contact page.
Bis später!
P.s. here is the link to a YT playlist I made with some of the most popular miimes.
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