THE PROTOMEN - THIS CITY MADE US

From the Act III 10-inch record single, THIS CITY MADE US.

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[Gunplabro]

The real Act 3 was the friends we made along the way.

[disastertruck]

It wouldn't be a Protomen album without 'this ciitYYY' somewhere in it

[WorldMind]

I heard Act III will be released with Half Life 3.

[eat-lcrx]

2024 and I still blast the two albums when the urge hits. Great for road trips. Just know there's still a lot of us waiting patiently. Hopefully I'll catch another live show sometime soon. Good luck on 20th anniversary show.

[aradragon]

From what I gathered from the song's lyrics, this song takes place sometime after Mega Man abandoned the apathetic people of the City and Let Dr. Wily continue to rule over them. It is sung from the perspective of Mega Man who is probably talking to the Female lead from Hold Back The Night, trying to warn her that if she's going to fight against Wily, she should be prepared to fight alone, because no one else in the City will risk their lives for her cause, and let her die alone if she fails, just as they did with Proto Man.

Meanwhile in the background, the people of the city wallow in despair over their situation, blaming Proto Man's death and Mega Man's desertion for their continued enslavement instead of taking responsibility for letting Proto die and betraying Mega's faith in them.

[Gemini_Samura]

I'm upset I'm only hearing this masterpiece in 2020. Good GOD.

[M.F.Hafizhan]

Will mankind finally realize that the Hero that will save them was inside themselves all along?
Or will they once again fail to see their own potential?
Stay tuned for the next episode of THE PROTOMEN!!

[ethanphilpot]

Out of all of their songs, this one feels the most faithful to Megaman. Seriously that guitar riff sounds like something straight out of one of the X games and it's great

[orionslaver]

If This City Made Us and Hold Back the Night are indicative of the rest of Act III, we're in for an absolute beast of an album.

[lephalacat]

Oh boy, as a Modern English Literature major, a switch flicks in my head each time I come across a contemporary literature/discourse and the space of "the city" is mentioned even once. Because of this frickin song.

My mindset goes from "dilligently studying this new work" to *"THIS CITY MADE US, THIS CITY ATE US ALIVE"*

[adamb]

This rocks hard. The Protomen have really developed their skills over the years, and man does it show. Whenever Act III does come out, it's gonna kick us all in the face, and have us begging for a right hook.

[reomemewagon]

I love the salt blowing off of the pillars. That's a cool animation.

[Kulsprutejojjo]

I'm pretty sure this song could motivate any human to stand up and fight against Wily's robots. My pulse rose and I felt ready to face the gates of hell.

Truly Act III is gonna be an awesome album.

[Pentarax]

The title "This City" makes me wonder if they'll ever do a cover of "We Built This City on Rock and Roll". Because I think that'd be awesome.

[FlamingZelda]

You guys think Act III will have a more "Human" sound to it?

What I mean is this: Act 1 is very distorted with heavy guitars to show the darkness the city is under and reflect the robots, Act 2 has an 1800s western sound to it, until the transformation into an 80s synth paradise. So if the end of the story is a test as to whether mankind will fight for themselves wouldn't that mean the Album would have a more organic human type sound (like this song)? Just a thought.

[FelineSamantha]

This song gave me chills! I can tell already, Act III is going to be incredible!

[LandersWorkshop]

It's very cool how they bring in the masculine, then feminine voice a short time afterwards and vice versa. Like a battle or back-up voice against the 'city' / 'enemy' etc. Reminds me a bit of War of the Worlds Spirit of man.

[protoomega]

evrything they have done and will do is pure glory to my ears.

[BeardGrizzly]

I truly hope you guys never stop making music. Seriously, keep it up.

[wormgroup]

Part of me expects Wily to die of old age by now. BRING ON ACT III