Home Free - American Pie ft. Don McLean

SamSpade

SamSpade

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Very first album I ever bought, with my own money. I can barely think of another song with so many - "riddles" - metaphors and references that describe real things, but nearly impossible to interpret upon first hearing.
 
Clem72

Clem72

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David said:
A great song for 50+ years. Don still has his voice. Wonderful musical arrangement. Hard to believe that one guy is doing all the percussion with his voice.

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So the thing with the modern beatboxing is that they allow a LOT of post processing (typically reverb, speed, and pitch). As long as the original sound came from a person, they don't seem to care how much mixing is done in post. And Don probably still sounds good, but it's amazing how much you can "clean up" a vocal these days. I saw a video of a guy who legitimately sounded like Marge Simpson's chain-smoking older sisters sing some famous songs and they edited it to make him sound exactly like the mastered originals.

Search Youtube/TikTok for before/after beatbox and sound editing AI to see what is completely typical now.
 
Merlin99

Merlin99

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SamSpade said:
Very first album I ever bought, with my own money. I can barely think of another song with so many - "riddles" - metaphors and references that describe real things, but nearly impossible to interpret upon first hearing.
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My first was “One tin soldier” by Coven, better known as the theme song of the legend of Billy Jack.
 
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