bolanrox t1_j1k14sz wrote on December 24, 2022 at 11:56 PM

The chipmunk Christmas song is just tape speed minipulation as well

[deleted] t1_j1k26th wrote on December 25, 2022 at 12:05 AM

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WyleCoyote73 t1_j1kyu1x wrote on December 25, 2022 at 5:22 AM

The first time I ever popped for a ring tone it was dog's barking the Italian National Anthem. I loved that damn ring tone so much it followed me onto two more phones before I lost it in a switch over.

GetsGold t1_j1jyxgz wrote on December 24, 2022 at 11:39 PM

Still better than today's "music".

molluskus t1_j1kbfqo wrote on December 25, 2022 at 1:28 AM

There's plenty of great music and plenty of bad music no matter what time period you're looking at. Being a curmudgeon is boring.

GlandyThunderbundle t1_j1k7cel wrote on December 25, 2022 at 12:49 AM

In 1969, the year Led Zeppelin I came out, the top charting song was “Sugar Sugar” by the Archies. There has always been horrible drivel.

GetsGold t1_j1k8vb0 wrote on December 25, 2022 at 1:03 AM

Yeah, since then.

wannabe414 t1_j1lq6nn wrote on December 25, 2022 at 12:05 PM

So when was there not drivel?

GetsGold t1_j1m95u9 wrote on December 25, 2022 at 3:36 PM

30s.

TIL one of the first use of avant-garde technique of tape manipulation in music was the 1955 hit "Jingle Bells" by The Singing Dogs. Using a razor, Carl Weismann cut, then spliced sounds of dog barks together, correcting speed, pitch and melody of the resulting tape. It reached #22 on Billboard.

[deleted] t1_j1jsxg8 wrote on December 24, 2022 at 10:50 PM