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I have one of the Sweet Georgia Brown discs and was listening to it the other day trying to learn some new songs since I only know 3 songs on the disc. Need to get my money's worth out of it, ya know?! I'm in my car listening, and I pull into a parking lot and park. The song is playing, and I hear somebody cough. Hmmm...did I cut someone off? Did I park badly. I looked around at the other cars for who the cougher might be but didn't see anyone. Then it hit me. It was somebody on the karaoke track that was coughing. Now you never hear someone cough on a karaoke track. This is the second disc in the SGB series, song #5 for anyone that wants to hear some really "realistic" karaoke. I thought it was pretty funny. I replayed the song just to make sure and sure enough, in between the jazz piano, drums, and bass, one of the performers coughs. It could only be better if maybe a bit of lounge cigar smoke came out of my car speakers. Anyone else have examples of Realistic Karaoke?
I can think of non-karaoke songs that are realistic for example, I believe on the Wings Over America cd on Listen to What the Man Says, at the end of the song if you crank up the volume you hear this guy who sounds like maybe a roadie or fan saying "How's everything down in New Orleans"
And if you're into classical piano, if you listen to Glenn Gould's recordings, you can hear him humming along to his own playing, and you can hear his favorite piano stool creaking away...
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Another non-karaoke song that's 'realistic': "Wendy" by the Beach Boys. Listen closely to the organ solo in the song and you'll hear someone cough.
And although I've never heard it (and I LOVE doo-wop), I've read that the Five Satins' tune "All Mine" features the sound of a can of soda rumbling through the studio's vending machine.
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Mark
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Major Harris, one of the great jazz bassists, was famous for humming/singing along with his bass lines.
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Hmmm...I had a Glenn Gould album of Beethoven sonatas and I didn't notice that. (It was on vinyl, and I have nothing to play vinyl on anymore--I will have to find it on CD!)
I heard something really funny on the demo vocal to a karaoke tape that I have. (Not from Sound Choice, but from one of those other companies.) The song was "O Calvary's Lamb" by Sandi Patti (more of a church song than a karaoke song, actually)--and on the demo side, the unidentified Sandi Patti wanna-be can be heard counting under her breath before she starts singing!
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A non-karaoke one, I think that it was in "Purple Haze" just before Hendrix starts singing. You can hear him either clearing his throat or hocking one.
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I own an original copy of "Someday We'll Be Together" - Diana Ross And The Supremes....if you listen real close to the very very end of the recording I swear someone says very faintly..."okay thats a take".....sometimes ifs difficult because at times the old record player would pick up off the vinyl before it got there, but I swear its on that recording.
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You can file this under urban legends. I remember years ago the rumor going around that the scream on the Ohio Player's "Love Rollercoaster" was a woman getting stabbed in the recording studio. Anyone else remember that one?
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SC's Seven Bridges Road. Several spots you can hear the group (backup singers?) take a collective breath before singing. If it's not intentional it's helpful nonetheless since there are very few countoffs to help with timing.
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the other urban legend, on the opening of 10cc's I'm not alone, its a ghosts voice screaming "Help Me".
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hey stan i thought the urban legend for love rollercoaster was the honey that was poured all over the womans body on the album cover. had suffocated her to death. because her skin couldnt breathe. what about all the songs that if you play them backwards they have messages.
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Cheese and crackers! Not that "backwards" thing again! I thought all those anti-rock do-gooders had been educated about that back in the 60's (must be anti-rap/hiphop do-gooders now). Who listens (or plays, for that matter) recordings backwards? ?rekam-elbuort a uoy erA
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The "Love Rollercoaster" story has been around for years, and according to the Snopes "urban legends" website, it's not true. I believe the url is www.snopes.com.
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