Poll: Ain't No Rest For The Wicked Vs Short Change Hero

[DJ_DEnM]

So the intro song for Borderlands 2 has been announced to be Short Change Hero by The Heavy. Now that we have a song, we can compare it to the original. So I ask you, Escapists and Borderlands fans:

Spoiler: Ain't No Rest for the Wicked

Or​

Spoiler: Short Change Hero

I want to go with Short Change Hero. It feels like it fits the games story more. I do however find Aint No Rest For The Wicked catchy.

 

[KoudelkaMorgan]

This makes the 2nd song by The Heavy I have ever heard, and the second one I don't like.

Going with B1 theme by default.

 

[Shinsei-J]

I'm a fan of Ain't No Rest For The Wicked.
The new one just doesn't feel as badass, or as loose as it should be.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

1) Aint No Rest For The Wicked

2) Doomsday

3) Short Change Hero

In that order.

 

[BarbaricGoose]

Not a fan of either.

And Doomsday? WTF? I just listened to that--it's a cover of Michael Jackson. A hard rock cover of MJ. Wow... just wow. Never thought I'd hear the day. Not a fan of that, either. Well... if I got the right video. Heh. No idea.

Edit: okay, so Doomsday is the name of a trailer. Just got that. Despite visiting this site daily, I'm not up to date on video game news. However... I'm not a fan of dubstep, so... I stand by what I said.

Where's my "I dislike all of them" option?

 

[God's Clown]

Ain't No Rest For The Wicked easily. Short Change Hero doesn't feel borderlands-y at all.

 

[Calibanbutcher]

Ain't no rest for the wicked.
Fits the game much better.

 

[yuval152]

Ain't No Rest For the Wicked, It fits the game waaay better.

 

[FEichinger]

Ain't No Rest For the Wicked, because it got me into CTE =D

 

[Lazy]

I prefer Short Change Hero myself. Thanks, Batman!

That said, if they were going to go with a song by The Heavy then "How You Like Me Now" might have been more fitting in tone.

 

[felbot]

the old one fits a lot better, though that might have to do with the fact that i personally associates the 2 so closely.(the song and the game that is)

 

[Nopodop]

Ain't No Rest For The Wicked. By far.
Short Change Hero just is very Borderlands-esque.
Also It got me into Cage The Elephant.

 

[namhorFnodroG]

Well, I have to vote for Ain't no rest for the wicked. Short Change Hero is pretty good, I gotta admit it. But Ain't no rest for the wicked is much more catchier and have a better flow. I find Short Change just slightly too slow for my taste.

 

[Andy Shandy]

For Borderlands specifically, Ain't No Rest For The Wicked. Short Change Hero worked a lot better when it was in the trailer for Arkham City


Still love both of the songs though. Just Ain't No Rest For The Wicked works better for Borderlands.

 

[Bill Nye the Zombie]

Ain't No Rest For the Wicked sounds like a song that a space cowboy would sing, and that's really what the vault hunters are. Also, it just sounds better then the other one.

 

[Al-Bundy-da-G]

Not a fan of either.

And Doomsday? WTF? I just listened to that--it's a cover of Michael Jackson. A hard rock cover of MJ. Wow... just wow.

See Alien Ant Farm's cover of "Smooth Criminal" . Not bad.

Seems like a good fit for each game. First game''s about an entire planet filled with criminals that make life hell for everyone until a group of mercs accidentally murder most of them looking for treasure. Second game's about a group of mercs who are betrayed by an stereotypical evil corporation who rules with an iron fist, and subsequently becoming heroes while fighting against said corporation.

Also I like Ike Short Change Hero better for the simple fact that I know the song by heart but didn't even know the name of the song.

 

[piinyouri]

I dig the new song.
Had to look up if that was Cee Lo though.

What, choose?
No.

I like them both.

 

[wulf3n]

Aint no rest easily, it's the only reason I played borderlands, didn't really like the game to be honest.

It's funny the power a fitting song can have, the same thing happened with Battlefield 3, I knew I'd hate the game, but seeing the ad with the 99 problems song I couldn't help myself.

 

[Krantos]

Definitely No Rest for the Wicked.

Short Change Hero sounds like a serious tonal shift. No Rest fit the light-hearted, romp with friends vibe the first game had. The second game looks like more of the same, so Short Change Hero seems out of place.

 

[Grimh]

None of them!

This is clearly superior.