But that's not the effect that a lot of singers/producers are using it for - they want that weird metallic sound.
Okay, maybe that's the reason I hate that music the kids are listening to these days. Because that sound makes my teeth grind.
And you're sure this isn't just some fanboy thing? 'Cause I've fought more than a couple pimply, overweight vamps that called themselves Lestat.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Zenkitty - Jul 13, 2012 2:33:37 pm PDT #9430 of 10458
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Connie Neil - Jul 13, 2012 2:39:16 pm PDT #9431 of 10458
brillig
Oh, that's AutoTune? yuck.
Hubby and I went to see Battleship today (such cheesy fun!) and at a crucial moment they were using AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" in a montage. It struck me how much 70's/80's power rock still gets used in action movies. Is the power rock genre too old school? These movies are aimed at the usual young male audience, I imagine, and I'm surprised that music that's probably older than most of the demographic is being used.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 13, 2012 2:39:51 pm PDT #9432 of 10458
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I can't really hear auto tune (except for in songs like I' on a boat) but my understadning s that they sutotune everyone of glee. But, there are people (Lea Michele, Jenna Ushkawitz) who have clearly been able to sing in other context. So that is confusing.
Zenkitty - Jul 13, 2012 2:42:37 pm PDT #9433 of 10458
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
It struck me how much 70's/80's power rock still gets used in action movies. Is the power rock genre too old school? These movies are aimed at the usual young male audience, I imagine, and I'm surprised that music that's probably older than most of the demographic is being used.
My niece Kim, the heavy metal rock goddess, thinks 70s/80s power rock is AWESOME. Metallica is the grandfather of everything she loves.
She's 29 now, but she's been "into" it for ten years.
Connie Neil - Jul 13, 2012 3:20:03 pm PDT #9434 of 10458
brillig
It just strikes me as odd that there doesn't seem to be a modern equivalent. Or maybe I'm not watching the movies were that shows up.
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2012 3:27:08 pm PDT #9435 of 10458
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A modern equivalent to power rock? Isn't it power rock? With added rap options? There's a lot of headslamming music out there still--I'm not hip with the cool kids, but my fuck-yeah playlist grows by inches when I give up and Shazam the TV every now and again (though I have to admit *nothing* has been better than Fort Minor's Remember My Name in the past few years--DUDE).
le nubian - Jul 13, 2012 3:38:31 pm PDT #9436 of 10458
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yeah, I actually couldn't take it when they autotuned Lea on Glee. I think they did it because otherwise her songs wouldn't sound the same as the others, but damn.
I think once you have autotuned pointed out to you (that isn't the metallic sound, but the Glee version) you can't un-hear it.
Jessica - Jul 13, 2012 3:41:10 pm PDT #9437 of 10458
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Autotune makes everyone sound like they're singing through their nose, pretty much. I don't hate it,but a little goes a long way.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 13, 2012 5:08:31 pm PDT #9438 of 10458
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Even when it's not overdone like that, it still can be pretty obvious. It's one of the reasons I was never able to get into the show Glee. The obvious autotune made me grind my teeth.
I can see why they'd need it for Heather Morris, since she's a dancer rather than singer (that they insist on having as the lead singer in too many big production numbers). But when they use it on Lea Michelle it really pisses me off.
Typo Boy - Jul 13, 2012 5:09:39 pm PDT #9439 of 10458
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Why use autotune, when an older technology exists known as "lipsynch"?