Smooth - Guitar Hero II

"Smooth - Guitar Hero II" is a high quality rip of "Smooth" from Guitar Hero II.

Jokes
This rip is primarily a mashup between the advertised track and "Snow halation". The visual takes on the format for character-dedicated "Snow halation" rips, though this rip is much more animated than usual for these rips. As the "Snow halation" stage pans down, a picture of Santana appears in the bottom left corner. Throughout the rip, Santana's picture moves around in sync with the guitar from "Smooth". At 0:12, Rob Thomas appears slightly right of the center.

At 0:52, Rob Thomas' vocals are sentence-mixed to sing the original lyrics to "Snow halation", but with "Man it's a hot one, cause you're so smooth" added in.

At 1:03, the original lyrics from "Snow halation" return, with the guitar from "Smooth" playing along to its melody. When this happens, Honoka Kousaka replaces Rob Thomas in the visuals.

At 1:14, Honoka disappears and the official music video for "Smooth" appears in front of the video until 1:24, followed by Rob Thomas reappearing at 1:35.

At 2:15, the vocals to "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson are incorporated into the mashup, and Michael Jackson replaces Rob Thomas in the visuals.

At 2:26, Honoka returns, replacing Michael Jackson, and the vocals to "Snow halation" return, with "Smooth"'s guitar playing along to its melody. The official music video for "Smooth" makes another appearance at 2:37.

During the bridge (2:48 - 3:09), the official music video for "Snow halation" appears in front of the video.

At 3:11, the stage lights turn yellow, as in the anime performance of "Snow halation", and Rob Thomas' vocals are sentence-mixed again to sing "Snow halation".

At 3:22, Michael Jackson replaces both Santana and Rob Thomas, and "Smooth Criminal" makes another appearance in the mashup. Santana and Rob Thomas both reappear at 3:32.

At 3:50, Rob Thomas slowly fades out while Santana continues to play the guitar section of the rip. At 4:02, a sample of "It's been" from "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies can be heard, accompanied by a brief appearance of Ed Robertson, co-founder of Barenaked Ladies.

As the rip ends, the visual changes to the words "I'd Rather Be Listening To The Three-Time Grammy Award Winning 1999 Summer Hit "Smooth" by Santana Featuring Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20", in the style of the  logo.

Trivia

 * The rip was uploaded on Rob Thomas's 45th birthday.
 * This is one of the final videos prior to the Monochrome Pause.
 * The use of "Smooth", "Smooth Criminal" and "One Week" is a reference to Neil Cicierega's "Smooth", a mashup which combines the three.