_Let's be honest. Since the end of the Third War, Night Elf girls have heard it all. In fact, they'd already heard it all long before you or I was born._ _If you want to engage the mind of a Night Elf girl, you're going to have to stand out. Sure, we've all heard the tales of Night Elf lasses dancing on mailboxes and stripping to pay for Nightsaber training. True or not, if you want to light that lovely lady's lips up with a smile, you gotta be unique, memorable and confident._ _Start off by showing that you're looking for more than a gal with looks. Sure, she can bounce, she can dance, but can she hold a decent conversation? Does she even understand the proper use of a samophlange? Does she know how to have a fun time?_ _There's nothing worse than bringing a Night Elf to a party, only to watch her stand awkwardly by herself, breaking conversation only to lament the loss of her Highborne sister during the War of the Ancients._ _- Brazie's Notes on Naughty Night Elves_
Kinda sad to say, but I think I have more pleasant memories from this game from growing up than just about anything else. For me it was the people who I played this with that made it into sortta a refuge where I could feel free to speak my mind with my guild mates. To be able to vent about my frustrations of life to people who actively listened and tried to help me through rough times was therapeutic. Not to say that my family was neglectful, but they were just very much in the military mindset of suck it up and march on. I don’t hold that against them seeing how they made their careers serving in the Navy for 20+ years each. I’m very proud of them for serving in fact. Just having to always move along with all these other inconsistencies of growing up in a military family took their toll. So having my guidies there who supported me and were always there to lend an ear was such an important thing for me. They a constant for me when so many other things weren’t. I love those guys and gals and miss them very dearly. I hope all y’all are doing well in your lives and am so very grateful for having you have been apart of my life
This almost made me cry, I felt tingles. Thank you for writing something I relate so heavily too. I hope these past 3 years have treat you well, friend. Safe travels out there.
It has been almost a year since I decided to quit wow, and I know that it is not perfect, and it will never be, but its like they always say "you never quit wow, you just take long breaks" It's time I go home. For the alliance!
Most of my adventures were during Wrath and Cata. I decided to return a few months ago to level up both my Elve characters. When I reached level 120 for my mage I couldn't complete a lot of quests since my first character in Wrath was a Night Elf. It got emotional real quick...
Yep, this music hurts my soul in a good way. Nostalgia. In the past, as a child, I had nothing to fear or worry about. I had everything és everyone I needed. I had fun playing this game, more than anything that time. If only I could relive those moments as a whole.. only for a minute.. Thanks Blizzard and Music composers, developers, you made something unspeakable.
too much nostelgia... I swear this could make me cry. Ty everness. A old wow vanilla player Update : one year later its still amazing, azeroth will always have a huge place in my heart, Love 4 all of those who came here to remember the good ol'days !
This soothes me, and I lay here in my bed so relaxed. Memories flash through my mind, as tears run down my cheek. I miss the simpler time when I was home.
I left the game after Wrath of the Lichking expansion, graduated from the university, got a job and continued with my life, but man.... 14:51 this is still giving me chills... Even though it was a game not reality, the experiences that we shared with other people were real. I'm still in touch with a few of my old buddies from the Alliance. I believe I can never truly forget those good old memories.
Sometimes I come back to this, not only to listen to the incredible music, but to read all the comments and stories of how WoW has touched and in some cases, changed peoples lives. Home really is where the heart is. Or Hearth ;)
Favorites 2:17 - Pig and Whistle - OST 4:55 - Slaughtered Lamb - OST 21:16 - Human Tavern 1 - Parts A & B 39:12 - Bloodsail - OST 49:37 - Human Tavern 2 - Part A 52:40 - Pirate Tavern 3 - Part A Btw pretty fuckin' hard to believe the population of Goldshire at the part of the video when Bloodsail plays
I always wanted WoW to have a sleep-requirement. That would make inns and taverns a _lot_ more visited when people needed to rent beds. So much more could have been done with the taverns than what we got.
I listen to this on my packed train every night in nyc. Blocks out all the drunk loud sweaty people and leaves me in a great mood for bedtime! Thank you for this❤
I have only just begun to accept that I game as a therapy. This game was a big part of that and this music evokes so many good memories. Gaming is soul food.
Awe man, the memories of actual classic wow. Too bad no matter how hard they try, they will never recreate or resurrect what it once was. To those of you who were there, you know what I'm talking about. Cheers, to the old days.
I was around 15 years old when I first logged into my trial account to vanilla WoW back in 2005. I'm not a big gamer, so I never ended up buying game cards, and I'm everything but a pro player. Others leveling faster, has better gear or more gold than me (I'm on a fan server since '11, called Tauri WoW), but I still love questing and getting more and more from the lore. Even with this kind of background, with this game I had so much fun that I propably always going to love it. Whenever I hearing one of these tavern songs, I always having nostalgic feels. Thank you for your work!
I was never an endgame raider. My ex wife and I used to just go questing and hanging with guild mates in taverns like this. She was in it for the costumes and sexy armors, I enjoyed the levelling and exploration. Good memories. I've never been sociable in a game like I was in WoW.
Decided to include OST versions (and will continue to do so in later videos because why not) and Pirate tracks. Same for the Horde Taverns video, even though Pirate songs are much more similar in sound to Human ones. Horde is people 2. You will also hear some ambient stuff like crickets or ocean waves - those are parts of the audio files from “Taverns of Azeroth” OST. Brian David Farr is the man behind sound design for that album and I wouldn’t even try (with my limited skills and all) to somehow change the way those compositions sound. Let’s just all pretend we have an outside table tonight.
Nice shots Everness, like always! I have been doing more or less the same thing just this week as well (only with the taverns from Vanilla, but still work in progress: /playlist?list=PLJ_dkEi2c3RyWWFov-U1zx8iX3GXQGsy4 ). Keep up the good work and thanks for the inspiration! :)
Your 360 degree videos are interesting. I was looking into making something like that a year or half a year ago, only more ambitious. Couldn't find a good enough way to actually produce it. You should play around with it more.
Everness Yes, I am very attracted about making 360 degrees videos in Wow. Extremely challenging, even simple as they are now and they are testing my skills a lot. I have started with only static images and now I am adding more dynamism to the panoramas. Thanks for looking into it and answering me :)
Thank you again for all of these soundtracks. Allows me to concentrate on my work and still have something to listen to (as opposed to singing along with pop music and not concentrating). I keep hitting thresholds on my data usage on my phone because of these :-) And I love that you have now included tavern scenes.
Always love the unique and obscure instruments used in WOW’s theme music. The hammer dulcimer which seems to be always in the tavern music, the nyckelharp in Grizz Hills, the uilleann pipes in Howling Fjord. Great memories.
I was there almost from the beginning . I remember those times trying to level to 60 and also the grind to earn gold. I stopped for the most part after Cataclysm but did get back into it a few yrs later for a short bit. The the original game , bc , wotlk , and cataclysm I have many many good memories. No game has been able to yet to date been able to suck me in for 8-10 hrs and make it feel like 2-3 hrs
I wish I would go back in team to WoW Vanilla, BC and Wotlk times. When Blizzard was good and WoW magical without ingame shop and gold tokens. Miss those times :(
One of my first true RP experiences was in a guild that would actually meet in a tavern once a week and "drink and catch up", and we'd actually speak in character about our exploits in the land of Azeroth. So happy I had those experiences, but I miss them just as much :)
I absolutely LOVE this! It has made my day that I stumbled upon it for some background music while I work from home. Thank you so much for creating this! It feels like home. For the Alliance!
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only weirdo listening to old Alliance tavern songs while working from home. Haha! :D and yes, it surely feels like home! For The Alliance!
The ambiance noise of what sounds like a hundred people (and maybe a dozen fraggles?) independently, incoherently cheering on debauchery…combined with the visuals of near-empty rooms…really adds something weird to this sweet little playlist. Strangely appropriate to the haunting nostalgia
I remember years back joining a role-play server for Cataclysm that was privately hosted. Forgot the name of it, something like COTH or something? It amassed into the hundreds on the server, with GM events and an all-around feel of D&D straight from your computer. But I played on it for years, every now and again I relisten to these songs because of the nostalgic good memories these songs give. Man, I really miss those days.
Don't even play WoW. In fact, I never even tried it - I was too young to play during its glory days. But I love the soundtrack, the different aesthetics of the zones and the deep lore I often read little snips about. Perhaps I'll start playing soon.
@@nicolek5461 I did in fact! :D started a free trial account to get a feel of the game. Tried Horde first, Forsaken but then decided to go Alliance Night Elf - love the atmosphere! Unfortunately I can't play as much as I'd like to right now because I started college, but I'm enjoying the few hours I get to play.
Dont get invested too much in modern WoW. Actiblizz has dragged it through the mud with broken gameplay for quick crashgrabs ever since WoD. I recommend Classic WoW when it comes out
I dunno if my wow friend are still listening to this tavern. Dorum, Coachstokes, Silenti, and the others. From the guild Final Form in Whitemane A. Miss you guys! 😔
Me and my mates put this and Taverns of Azeroth on repeat while we play Catan on a Saturday with some beers outside in the sun. Usually 2-3 games back to back. Good times. Thanks for the music W.O.W ! ❤
As an audiophile, I really really love this channel! So many memories come up, just from listening to the different tracks, it's insane. Thank you for those great videos and please keep up the excellent work!
A long time ago, when I first started playing WoW, the first character I made was a Dwarf Hunter. I remember seeing the Dwarf in the original vanilla cinematic and I instantly wanted to be one. In the mountains, in heavy clothes with his hunting friend bear. So I hop on and start questing and it was everything I dreamed of. After a while I get out of the beginner area towards Ironforge. Thats when I saw the Kharanos Inn. I was so amazed that such a place can exist in a game. The first time i was in there i remember being in there for maybe half an hour before i logged off. Some time later, all my friends join but they are all playing Horde. From the beginning i wanted to play Horde, but that trailer switched me to want to play a Dwarf. So i join them on Horde. Some time before hitting lvl 85, i get the nostalgic feeling. But now I was playing on official servers, not private like before. (I was a kid back then in a third world country, no way my parents would pay for my sub, or even have the money to if they wanted). I have no dwarf to switch to. Some time passes, and I get my rogue to lvl 85, this was back in Cata. I go back to that magnificent place. Numerous times I try to sneak in there, but the guards detect me or a player. But one time i succeed, and get into a corner of the inn, just where the stairs are when you enter to the right. Stuck there, i just enjoy the music and the ambient sound of the fire. I remember plugging off my headset, turn everything else off, my lights, my TV, i was alone that night. And i just remember lying there on chair, until i fell asleep. i will always love and remember you WoW, you are more than a game
Ahh it’s been years since I’ve been back; lovely little hamlet on the arse end of who knows where. Never learned the name of this place; human settlements had such complicated names it was a headache to learn them all, especially for me and my pack siblings. But as I walked in, cloak over my wolfish frame; the strangest feeling came over me. I felt like I was home, it was beautiful; hearing the hooping and hollering of the patrons and looking around at the patrons dancing on tables, talking enthusiastically with their packmates, or nursing their drink, looking ill from a long bender of partying. I almost forgot why I was here; and approached the bar tentatively, making sure I didn’t broadcast myself too much. Beastfolk weren’t oft welcome in human settlements, but despite that I grew a fondness for them, even if they didn’t return the favor. The barkeep spotted me nearly immediately though, tall man, blonde; had a weathered face and a beard even our pack leader would envy. He gave me one glance, and chuckled wryly, his hands busy scrubbing a tankard. “Kyr my boy; still stealing away to spend an evening with the humans are ye?” I chuckled softly to myself as I took a seat; enjoying the light and joyful music the bards were playing in the corner while I leaned in onto my elbows. “You know better than I when a wolf is curious; it’s hard to steer them away Gareth. After all, who was it that got claimed again?” I nudged my snout towards the four long scratches that ran down his left breast beneath his slightly open tunic, my hackles raising in a wry smirk. “Ahh, aye, that is true. To be fair though; I’ve never quite understood why our races are at odds with one another.” At that I gave another chuckle, watching Gareth stash the clean mug away, and produce another, proceeding to fill it with my favorite drink since doing this seasonal dance. Honeyed mead, and as he set the tankard down before me I could feel the sweetness of it tickle at my nose, letting out a deep, rumbling sigh of content as my hands outstretched to take it. “Thank you Gareth, how is my sister by the by?” I could feel my unease soften when I saw him look off into the distance wistfully, a smile on his face. “We’re to expect a child before long; but…” I watched his face promptly fall afterward however, and knew what was on his mind. “With tensions between Wolf-folk and humans being what they are, it’s likely they’ll face no end of distaste from the other children in the village. Tasha and I have been wondering if…maybe it be best should she return to your pack, with the little one in tow.” I felt a deep pang of hurt rip through my chest at the thought, disbelief written all over my face. “But….but you love it here! Why would you want your mate and your unborn child to leave?” But Gareth leaned forward onto the counter, his elbows resting against it and his tear-pricked Sapphire gaze meeting my Ruby stare with a knowing sorrow. “Believe me Kyr; if there were another way, I’d go to the Plains and back to keep Tasha and my youngun here. But with her expecting soon….it’s too much of a risk.” I ducked my head at that, watching a tear hit the bartop, and realizing that I was crying now too, feeling my form start to shake. My sister loved him, with everything she had. I didn’t want to see them torn apart by the prejudice between our races! But….a thought came to mind, and in a flash, my eyes met Gareth’s again, feeling a renewed sense of hope The Alpha, it may not be perfect; but if I could convince him to allow Gareth into the Pack, it would resolve the issue! Gareth was strong; and incredibly resourceful, so there’d be no issue with him cementing a place for himself with us. “I have an idea.” Gareth looked incredulous, and taking my first sip of honeyed mead, I followed by explaining my thoughts. “Listen Gareth, we both know despite my and Tasha’s fascination with humans, there’s a strong distaste for one another on both sides. But our Alpha isn’t…conventional, he values strength and courage, and allows any who wish to join us to prove themselves. Some of our other pack siblings may not like it, but…I can’t see any better alternative, and this would give you the chance to be with them both; Tasha AND your child.” Gareth seemed dumbstruck by the idea, and as he pondered it, a hand going to stroke through his beard, i perked up when I could see it. Hope. There was hope in his eyes; and I swore to myself internally that come the Plains or Heavens’ fall, i would make this work for them both. Even if I had to challenge the Alpha myself. “It’s risky….but if it does work-“ “then you and Tasha will still get your dream of being a family; but I need to know Gareth, are you ready for that? Because if we do this…” I paused, and looked around the rest of the tavern, watching the patrons continue to dance and make merry with one another. “I doubt highly you’d be able to return to your life here in the village again.” “To The Pits with this place, as long as I have Tasha, that’s all I need to make me happy.” Cracking a mischievous grin, I raised my tankard to Gareth, surging with excitement and hope for the first time in a long time. “Then a toast; to friends, family, loved ones, and our victory!” At my words I watched Gareth produce a flask of his favorite whiskey; uncorking the tip and raising it to me in toast. “To friends; family, loved ones, and our victory my friend.”
Am I so glad not to have played this game at its pinnacle; because if I were, I would have never been sober listening to these nostalgic awakenings... Always aspired the OG WOW Classic Players, keep the great memories within your hearts!
this hits me so close, i was 11 back then playing and leveling with my dad hitting mobs with our daggers as druids not knowing anything about the game, it was glorious.
This music makes me remember Goldshire.. a place where most max level players hangs around doing nothing to save AZEROTH.. they just duel all day or doing dance emote and sometimes defend against horde raid group try to invade Stormwind lmao
Stormwind, the castle from Warcraft I, is NOWHERE near Elwin, was DESERTED when I visited, and there were even some time travel shenanigans to find out how it actually even got there and got wiped out.
I remember when everyone was so excited to meet new people and play together. The communities and communications of meeting people all over the world was beautiful. A time that I am truly proud that I was able to experience
Geezus Everness, the first song is the exact one I was hoping to find recently. I've been back to Dalaran's alliance inn (3.3.5). I love this piece of music :)
I'll wont forget the first time I saw this game. I was at a game shop where you could play all kinds of pc games by the hr . And some dude was playing wow as a orc warlock somewhere in teldrassil using the eye of kilrogg in an elven tower and it for me was over from there I was sucked in for yrs to come.
Damn I miss old WoW so much. I'm pretty hyped for classic since I never played in Vanilla (Started mid B.C), and I'm sure I will be back to experience the game like back in the days. I switched to other mmo since Pandaria, but nothing will ever compare to this game.
