The Gun Counter

Chris answered a comment I made at his blog, about his voice not sounding like I thought he would, with a another video post about his voice. That reminded me of an old Our Gang/Little Rascals episode, where one of the kids sang the song Asleep In The Deep, ending on a very low note. I thought it was Froggy, but turns out it was Chubby. I didn't find a youtube clip of it doing a quick search, but I did find this little gem--Asleep In The Deep, sung by Thurl Ravenscroft:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etdMM6VsBos

And here he is again, singing Headless Horseman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04uPTBoZ ... re=related

That's rich. I can't hit those low notes like I used to.

I don't have the references right off the top of my head, but I seem to recall reading something about WHY our voices sound so much different to us than they do to others and it has something to do with the distortion caused by our skulls interfering with the sound waves prior to reaching our ear drums.

When presented of recordings of themselves, NOBODY sounds as they expected, and it can be quite shocking when hearing your voice the same way others do. MOST people recoil at hearing their voice for the first time when recorded and played back for them. They initially deny that is their voice even though EVERYONE else around them are telling/confirming THAT IS THEIR VOICE.

When we were kids, we used to have each other put on stereo headphones and play our favorite tunes into the headphones and sing along with the songs with the headphones on - WHILE ALSO BEING RECORDED ON TAPE. We had a LOT of fun with that - it was a blast, and to a person EVERYONE denied that was them on the recording, until something happened which identified them individually - such as a cough, sneeze, laugh, question-and-answer, etc, etc.

NOBODY sounds like they think they sound, and it can be hilarious at times if you want to mess with your friends using their own voices.

I am a classically trained alcoholic, and have hit low points which I would prefer to not disclose.

RACIST!

When I moved to Colorado, lo these many years ago, I thought I got rid of my hillbilly accent. When I've heard recordings of my voice, I was surprised how much of it I could still hear.

Yogimus wrote:RACIST!

Dude, he's Irish. The pot don't get much blacker than that.

Netpackrat wrote:

Yogimus wrote:RACIST!

Dude, he's Irish. The pot don't get much blacker than that.

Don't you mean the "still" ?

Netpackrat wrote:

Yogimus wrote:RACIST!

Dude, he's Irish. The pot don't get much blacker than that.

Not to mention that the Irish are the blacks of Europe, and the Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland.

(Extra GC cred points to anybody other than DubJames and Chris who gets the quote...)

Denis wrote:Not to mention that the Irish are the blacks of Europe, and the Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland.

(Extra GC cred points to anybody other than DubJames and Chris who gets the quote...)

The Commitments.

I like to sing all the parts to "Can't Get Next to You" and "Psychedelic Shack."

Ain't sayin' how it sounds.

MiddleAgedKen wrote:

Denis wrote:Not to mention that the Irish are the blacks of Europe, and the Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland.

(Extra GC cred points to anybody other than DubJames and Chris who gets the quote...)

The Commitments.

You win the internets!