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posted by toyyg on Mon Jul 27, 2009 at 09:32am MUSIC MONDAY - WEB SERIES REVIEW - Auto Tune the News

While we wait for our favorite TV Series to come back on, there are entertaining series being made and broadcast every day. One series I’ve started following this summer is “Auto Tune the News” songs on YouTube. The premise is taking newscasts and subjecting them to an autotuner, with hilarious and catchy results. These are supplemented The Gregory Brothers (Evan Gregory, Andrew Gregory, Michael Gregory, and Sarah Gregory) who splice their way into the video via greenscreens and add more vocals to the track.

One of the funnier things the Gregorys add to further spice up the “newscasts” are silly characters that have made a few appearances - such as the Angry Gorilla and Junkie Einstein. Each episode is capped with superlatives like “Best Unintentionial Singer” at the end, which is nice touch.

Most of the songs have their highlights, and their mastery of the autotune create awesome effects and make use of cliches in autotuned music, such as the overuse of the word “shawtay” and other such slang.

The series updates fairly regularly, usually every 2 weeks a new one comes out. If you get the chance, definitely check out the episodes here, and prepare for some massive earworm infection!

Verdict: Popped, shawtay!

Thanks for reading yet another edition of Music Monday!

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posted by toyyg on Mon Jul 20, 2009 at 10:00am Music Monday - Track Sampler!

Definitely a busy week going on - There’s some sort of convention going on in San Diego, you might of heard of it. Anyway, here’s a quick track pack of songs to listen to!

“Alive” by Black Eyed Peas - I had gotten the impression that The E.N.D. was pretty much all party tracks. This one gives a nice reprieve with a mellower beat and lyrics.

“BYOB” by System of a Down - Definitely a blast to sing to and for getting angry.

“They Don’t Really Care about Us” by Michael Jackson - Can’t believe I missed this track last week. Love the lyrics and a good “Call to arms” type of song.

“Don’t Trust Me” by 3OH!3 - Their mix of pop beats with their singing is an eccentric mix. I mostly put this song for their strange break down - “Shush girl/ Shut your lips/ Do the Helen Keller/ and talk with your hips” - Yea, it tripped me out too.

“Baila Mi Corazon” by Belanova - I came across Belanova hearing that they were compared to Playa Limbo, and while I think Playa Limbo has the better vocalist, Belanova’s got it going on in their own way.

“Smile” by Lily Allen - I like this track simply of the contrast between the happy go lucky instrumental with the subject matter of the lyrics.

I’ve gone back to the other Music Mondays and set up imeem playlists for them, so check them out! Until then, see you on Monday!

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posted by toyyg on Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 10:00am Music Monday - TOYYG’s favorite underrated Michael Jackson Songs

So, for the past couple of weeks, I’ve been listening to nothing but Michael Jackson. Losing an icon that you grew up listening to hits deeply than one would think. I suppose bloggers, writers, and fans all around have written their tributes by now, but here’s mine - A list of songs that didn’t get enough attention in MJ’s hey day:

“Butterflies” - A lot of MJ’s hits are usually hard hitting pop songs (See “Bad”, “Beat It”, “Black or White”), but I feel a lot of his slower songs don’t get their chance to shine in the spotlight. This one is laid back and funky for chill kickbacks.

“You Rock My World” - Ok, I kinda like this one because of Chris Tucker’s antics in the video, but the track is also something much different from his popular stuff - again, mellow groove, jazzy, funky bassline… good stuff.

“Speed Demon” - Good for when you need to get somewhere in a hurry. Not to mention, the part of MoonWalker that used this song was freaking epic. Dance off vs a claymation bunny? Go watch it!

“Scream” - This collaboration with Janet was awesome, and it’s a shame they didn’t do more. The attitude they brought to this song meshed well. The guitar solo section is my favorite because it’s so reminicient of Janet’s “If”.

“Blood is on the Dance Floor” - At first glance, it may seem like a lukewarm follow up to “Smooth Criminal” if you go by the lyrics, but this track is solid enough to deserve a couple more listens.

“We are Here to Change the World” - This song was in Captain EO. ‘Nuff Said. Bonus points for inspiration if you don’t wanna go the typical “Heal the World” or “Man in the Mirror” route.

Thanks for reading! As always you can get at me for any recommendations. Stay tuned for more Music Monday next week!

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