Originally Posted by sammyg2 (Post 6851299)

Hope this doesn't cost me my man card but I still like the carpenters' music.

Originally Posted by 2porscheguy (Post 6851826)

OK, we all agree that there truly were some bad cheesy songs way back when we were all growing up and, love them or loath them, at least some of them must have brought back some great memories. So, with that in mind, should we close this thread and start a new musical theme based thread....one based on a great event that happened in your past???
Oh, I've got a good one...this might be fun!!!

Check the PPOT forum.

Originally Posted by Baz (Post 6851841)

You mean like this one?

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/651463-what-you-listening-today-music-48.html

:)

Originally Posted by craigster59 (Post 6851284)

That was a milestone in choral production for it's time. Not really "cheesey"...

"The ethereal sound was created by laboriously building up multiple overdubs of the voices of Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Godley and Creme singing a single note in unison. This multi-track was then mixed and dubbed down onto 16-track tape. This process was repeated across all 16 tracks to create a lush 256-voice "virtual" choir that could "sing" chromatic chords.[1] A number of these prepared multi-tracks were then cut into several endless loops, each of which contained the basic notes of the main chords used in the song. The chorus loops could then be played by using the mixing desk rather like a keyboard -- each chord could be sounded by bringing up the fader for that loop. The instrumental break featured the repeated spoken phrase, "Be quiet, big boys don't cry...", spoken by Kathy Warren, the receptionist of their own Strawberry Studios where the band recorded the track. These whispered lyrics would later serve as the inspiration for the name of the 1980s band, Boys Don't Cry.

In this pre-sampler period, the group was able to simulate a large polyphonic choir, creating a dramatic tonal effect similar to that produced by the well-known choir sounds of the Mellotron and Birotron, but with a far richer sound, and in full stereo. Godley and Creme's "Gizmo" (also known as "Gizmotron") guitar effects device invention also is used to create a bowed cello effect that surfaces in the middle and closing sections of the song under the endless looped voices.

The same voice loop effect was used in Billy Joel's ballad "Just the Way You Are", released two years later. "

Originally Posted by dlockhart (Post 6852931)

so early 80s

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Originally Posted by DanielDudley (Post 6851718)

Yeah, me too. John Denver and Anne Murray as well.

Originally Posted by sammyg2 (Post 6853061)

---snip---Ann Murry might be a little of a stretch ..... I rememember liking a couple of her songs several decades ago but haven't heard any of it for so long I can't even remember one of her songs off the top of my head.
Might have to do a search. ---snip---

Originally Posted by Baz (Post 6854051)

Yo Sammy - Did you know that Ann was Elvis's favorite singer?

Originally Posted by sammyg2 (Post 6853061)

Ditto on the John Denver, Ann Murry might be a little of a stretch ..... I rememember liking a couple of her songs several decades ago but haven't heard any of it for so long I can't even remember one of her songs off the top of my head.
Might have to do a search.

Originally Posted by 2porscheguy (Post 6855989)

Eiffel 65 - Blu Da Ba Dee

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2 Sep 2009
Here's a cheesy 90's gem!

Originally Posted by sammyg2 (Post 6856393)

Yer link didn't work, here it is:

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