Alvin and the Chipmunks slowed down

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'Heaven is a Place on Earth' sounds more like a threat than a lover's fantasy ... it's so great!
And I second the jim morrison take, especially on call me. I need to research who this person was, I wonder if they did anything else

boobie, Saturday, 16 January 2021 06:22 (three years ago) link

I just looked into it. I had no idea that the chipmunks were originally a 'virtual band' that debuted in the 50's (eat ur heart out gorillaz). I always assumed the cartoons came first. Anyway, the person singing on 'Call Me' is Ross Bagdasarian Jr., who took over chipmunk vocal duties when his father, the original voice of the chipmunks, passed away. It doesn't look like he did any music outside of the chipmunk stuff. It's also not clear whether it's him on the other tracks in sludgefest. It appears to be compilation, and personnel for some of the other records it pulls from is scarce on wiki

boobie, Saturday, 16 January 2021 06:32 (three years ago) link

i used to have a handheld mini cassette recorder / player and i'd record myself talking as fast as possible only to listen to it at .5 speed. hours of fun.

this chipmunks thing is wild because you always knew that's how they did it, but to actually hear it that way is. . . kind of awesome. "diamond dolls" being included completely threw me off in a great way. the stuff one forgets. it totally sounds like a bizarro world "lucy in the sky with diamonds."

Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 16 January 2021 07:05 (three years ago) link

holy shit, "keep me hanging on" sounds like disintegration if bruce springsteen was the singer! omg this is fantastic and hilarious!

Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 16 January 2021 07:13 (three years ago) link

for the opposite (and much less fun) effect:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THTSer7vsv8

Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Saturday, 16 January 2021 07:56 (three years ago) link

Found this version of Girls of Rock and Roll (from Chipmunk Adventure, like Diamond Dolls) where the voices are slowed down to a believable pitch for the Chipettes, but the Chipmunks' voices are still a bit higher than reality. Trigger warning: way too many underwear shots of underage chipmunks. No thanks, the 1980s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtaog8Ds4T8

peace, man, Saturday, 16 January 2021 13:38 (three years ago) link

You guys know about Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., don’t you? In addition to his work as David Seville & Co., he also co-wrote “Come On-a My House” with his cousin William Saroyan and appeared as the piano player in Rear Window/pvmic

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 January 2021 13:42 (three years ago) link

The whole Liberty Records story is fascinating. For example:

Liberty Records was a record label started in the United States by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer.

Simon Waronker of course being the father of Lenny (and Joey, fwiw, is his grandson). Lenny and Randy Newman iirc used to take piano lessons together.

Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 16 January 2021 13:47 (three years ago) link

Did not know that, thanks.

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 January 2021 13:52 (three years ago) link

This is like a new genre of music, man. Let’s call it ... vaporwave

calstars, Saturday, 16 January 2021 14:10 (three years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7smyIP7TplM

Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 16 January 2021 14:23 (three years ago) link

fucking amazing! I love this

on "refugee" alvin sounds like richard hell

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 16 January 2021 14:52 (three years ago) link

these are incredible. the "heaven is a place on earth" music sorta reminds me of "celia's dream" by slowdive. and there's more on bandcamp!
https://chipmunkson16speed.bandcamp.com/

glancing through the 'munks discography, can someone please do this for "freedom '90"?

swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Saturday, 16 January 2021 15:36 (three years ago) link

this is amazing..."Always On My Mind" gives me chills

I think there's something about the singing/performance on this batch of songs that works better than other Chipmunks covers? I tried running some other, later ones that seemed promising at equivalent speed and the vox are over-articulated and the playing more sort up up-and-down, I guess in an attempt to make the end product more coherent

A few years ago I digitized a drug-worn cassette I made in my teens and have never stopped listening to, I still mainly know "Dream Weaver" and "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" at cough-syrupy 45>33 1/3

John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 16 January 2021 15:53 (three years ago) link

I think it's been scrubbed from the internet, but last year someone pitch corrected an entire animated Chipmunks movie so that the Chipmunks spoke with normal adult voices. The results were ... disconcerting.

Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 16 January 2021 16:11 (three years ago) link

Is that John Cale singing?

On "Call Me", starts off very like John Cale largely because the singer is singing in a strangely neutral accent.

Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Saturday, 16 January 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link

Yes, that's what I was referring to.

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 January 2021 20:56 (three years ago) link

does anyone here happen to have any contacts that i can talk to regarding getting the 1980's series released in full in some capacity, thx

DT, Sunday, 17 January 2021 09:20 (three years ago) link

I never knew "Walk Like An Egyptian" could sound so sinister. This owns.

american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Sunday, 17 January 2021 15:49 (three years ago) link

This kinda reminds me of the time in college I was hanging out at a friend's and he put St Vincent's Actor on the turntable at the wrong speed and it sounded like the greatest music I had ever heard in my life

american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Sunday, 17 January 2021 15:51 (three years ago) link

My Sharona has a very Residents thing going.

Boring United Methodist Church (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 17 January 2021 17:04 (three years ago) link

You guys know about Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., don’t you? In addition to his work as David Seville & Co., he also co-wrote “Come On-a My House” with his cousin William Saroyan and appeared as the piano player in Rear Window/pvmic

And

Stalag 17
!

Sam Weller, Sunday, 17 January 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link

oops

Sam Weller, Sunday, 17 January 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link

Why oops?

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 January 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link

Meant to italicize Stalag 17, I wasn’t quoting anyone.

Had no idea that was him in that scene!

He had two #1 hits, created a classic cartoon, and starred in a few all-time movies. What a career.

Sam Weller, Sunday, 17 January 2021 18:26 (three years ago) link

Seems like you italicized it fine.

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 January 2021 20:53 (three years ago) link

finally getting around to checking this out

just sitting here being blown away by "call me" for the last three minutes

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:36 (three years ago) link


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