I Cast Fist@programming.dev to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-225 days agoTIL - Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally "David Seville and the Chipmunks", is really damn old - 1958programming.devimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up191arrow-down1imageTIL - Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally "David Seville and the Chipmunks", is really damn old - 1958programming.devI Cast Fist@programming.dev to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-225 days agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
I think my first contact with them was via the mid 2000s movies, I never saw it while it aired on Brazilian TV in the 90s
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·25 days agoI imagine this was a brilliant mistake. Someone played a 45 at 70rpm, and thought tee hee, they sound like a chipmunk! Wait a minute…
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·25 days agoThanks! My bad. I’m from the cassette generation, so I have experience with vinyl, but occasionally mess up the details.
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·25 days agoYeah lol, like they left it on 70, noticed after the recording, and when they switched it back they were like “OK this is it. This is the banger.” and ran with it.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·25 days agoI wish I could come up with a small gag/mistake that would earn me 3 grammy’s or some other equivalent 😄
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoHe did a slew of novelty hits, so the talent and persistence were definitely there! Many of them are still quite listenable IMO, as compared to other novelty songs which didn’t age very well…
I imagine this was a brilliant mistake.
Someone played a 45 at 70rpm, and thought tee hee, they sound like a chipmunk! Wait a minute…
That’s 78, youngster. :)
Thanks! My bad.
I’m from the cassette generation, so I have experience with vinyl, but occasionally mess up the details.
Yeah lol, like they left it on 70, noticed after the recording, and when they switched it back they were like “OK this is it. This is the banger.” and ran with it.
I wish I could come up with a small gag/mistake that would earn me 3 grammy’s or some other equivalent 😄
He did a slew of novelty hits, so the talent and persistence were definitely there!
Many of them are still quite listenable IMO, as compared to other novelty songs which didn’t age very well…