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==Musical Intermangling==
==Musical Intermangling==
===Kryptonite Werewolves of Alabama===
===Kryptonite Werewolves of Alabama===
* [http://www.hypertwins.org/audio/intermangle-kwa.ogg OGG] [http://www.hypertwins.org/audio/intermangle-kwa.mp3 MP3]
* {{htmedia|intermangle/intermangle-kwa.ogg|OGG}} {{htmedia|intermangle/intermangle-kwa.mp3|MP3}}
{{grey|Remixed 2004-11-10 }}I noticed some time ago that "[[Wikipedia:Werewolves of London|Werewolves of London]]" and "[[Wikipedia:Sweet Home Alabama (song)|Sweet Home Alabama]]" have basically the same chords and tempo. Then the 1990s brought us "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" (from ''[[Wikipedia:Pocket Full of Kryptonite|Pocket Full of Kryptonite]]''), which also has those same chords and a similar tempo. 'Nuff said.
{{grey|Remixed 2004-11-10 }}I noticed some time ago that "[[Wikipedia:Werewolves of London|Werewolves of London]]" and "[[Wikipedia:Sweet Home Alabama (song)|Sweet Home Alabama]]" have basically the same chords and tempo. Then the 1990s brought us "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" (from ''[[Wikipedia:Pocket Full of Kryptonite|Pocket Full of Kryptonite]]''), which also has those same chords and a similar tempo. 'Nuff said.
===Summer Nights in White Satin (and some aren't)===
===Summer Nights in White Satin (and some aren't)===
(audio temporarily unavailable) This almost certainly belongs on the Top 10 List of the Oddest Things I Have Ever Created. The premise is that you're listening to the song "Summer Nights" from the movie [[Wikipedia:Grease (film)|Grease]] (1978), and other songs are cutting in and making rude comments every line or two. I mostly did this in 1979 or so, then re-did it in maybe 1986 (because I had a better tape recorder by then, and the old tape sounded really horrible). Many of the comments are either stupid or just kinda ''huh?'', but a few of them I really like. (It helps if you know the words to the main song already.)
(audio temporarily unavailable) This almost certainly belongs on the Top 10 List of the Oddest Things I Have Ever Created. The premise is that you're listening to the song "Summer Nights" from the movie [[Wikipedia:Grease (film)|Grease]] (1978), and other songs are cutting in and making rude comments every line or two. I mostly did this in 1979 or so, then re-did it in maybe 1986 (because I had a better tape recorder by then, and the old tape sounded really horrible). Many of the comments are either stupid or just kinda ''huh?'', but a few of them I really like. (It helps if you know the words to the main song already.)

Revision as of 15:07, 2 July 2006

Woozle: audio: weirdness

Most of these were originally encoded in RealAudio, and the files got lost in a server migration. I could probably find them on a backup somewhere, but as I am no longer supporting RealAudio, I'd much rather re-encode them. This will happen as soon as I can find the source cassettes.

Musical Intermangling

Kryptonite Werewolves of Alabama

Remixed 2004-11-10 I noticed some time ago that "Werewolves of London" and "Sweet Home Alabama" have basically the same chords and tempo. Then the 1990s brought us "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" (from Pocket Full of Kryptonite), which also has those same chords and a similar tempo. 'Nuff said.

Summer Nights in White Satin (and some aren't)

(audio temporarily unavailable) This almost certainly belongs on the Top 10 List of the Oddest Things I Have Ever Created. The premise is that you're listening to the song "Summer Nights" from the movie Grease (1978), and other songs are cutting in and making rude comments every line or two. I mostly did this in 1979 or so, then re-did it in maybe 1986 (because I had a better tape recorder by then, and the old tape sounded really horrible). Many of the comments are either stupid or just kinda huh?, but a few of them I really like. (It helps if you know the words to the main song already.)

Credit should go to Lucy and Charles Whitfield, wherever they may be, for coming up for the original inspiration of making rude comments to songs from Grease. Hey, it was the seventies still; disco was king, we were tired of hearing about it, and it was fun to say "John Revolting and Olivia Neutron-Bomb". (Maybe I'll put up some of the tapes we made of our rude comments. If I can find them.)

I'll give a special prize to anyone who can correctly name all the songs in any of the audio-paste pieces (this piece and the answering machine messages below). I don't know what. Make a suggestion.

Answering machine messages

  • (audio temporarily unavailable) Audio-Paste Message #1
  • (audio temporarily unavailable) Audio-Paste Message #2
#2 was the one I finally used. These were both made with a cassette recorder, a record player, and a CD player in 1988 or so. This proves that I used to have way too much free time. Also I've got way too many songs in my head. (Wait till I find that other tape of spliced messages I made, then you'll see what I mean.) I have resisted the temptation to digitally "clean" either of these, so you're hearing them exactly as recorded.
  • (audio temporarily unavailable) Reactionary Response Message
When we first moved to Georgia and I placed message #2 on our home answering machine, certain of L's relatives found it disturbing, for reasons that have never been entirely clear to me. In response I recorded message #3 and put it on the machine instead.

WPUP Contest Parodies

In 1997, local radio station WPUP 103.7 "The Bulldog" was changing ownership, and they decided to have a contest before the official hand-off. Listeners were invited to send in their parodies or original songs on any topic, with preference given to songs about the station. These were my two entries. I like #2 better, because even if the vocals are horrible at least they're deliberately horrible.

  • (audio temporarily unavailable) Hey Bulldog 103.7
    • based on: "Hey Bulldog" by The Beatles from Yellow Submarine.
    • human vocals: Nick (with apologies)
    • canine vocals: Penelope the Wonder Shepherd and Her Band of Puppies
  • (audio temporarily unavailable) Jeremiah Was a Bulldog
    • based on: "Joy to the World" by Hoyt Axton as recorded by Three Dog Night
    • vocals: Nick (Enraged Muppet, Opera Man, & harmony), Lynne of the RDA (chorus)
The canine vocals were completely unrehearsed and unplanned; sometimes these things just happen... (Penelope died a few months later leaving the world this, her final artistic legacy.)

Edit Log

  • 1999.07.02 static page created at www.hypertwins.org/nick/audio
  • 2003.12.28 update
  • 2005-11-23 moved to hypertwiki