Death of Auto-Tune declared prematurely, but not by much.
Yep. The shark has been jumped. T-Pain on Jimmy Kimmel Auto-Tuning up a recent speech by Barack Obama on the importance of health-care reform? There are so many angles to take on this one, I don’t even know where to begin. So, I’m just going to declare this week another Jump the Shark Week and file this one in the appropriate bin. Enjoy the video. It’s damn funny.
Turman
PS. The Warriors’ surprising victory on Friday, followed by Cal’s upset of Stanford in The Big Game, as well as Oakland’s own Andre Ward claiming the WBC belt at the Oracle Saturday night left me a bit winded. We’ll get back to these types of things momentarily. Once my brain reboots. I was so prepared for multiform disappointment, I’m at a loss. So this. Back to regularly scheduled coverage momentarily.
PPS. I’m starting to wish that late night TV came on earlier. The Yacht Rock thing with The Roots Crew on Jimmy Fallon was epic too. Jump and call me a liar. Seriously. But better still, Yacht Rock is on the verge of jumping the shark for a second time. Who knew? Actually, maybe this was the moment that it did. We shall see.
PPS. When the hell did Christopher Cross turn into a second-tier guitar god?
who in the hell calls themselves “t-pain”? that was funny.
so was that christopher cross video from like 1985? i wouldn’t know since i never paid any attention to what he looked like. but, i guess not, since michael mcdonald is looking like someone’s grandpa in it. weird.
Comment by miss_fiendish | 11.22.2009 | 11:58 pm
Christopher Cross looked exactly the same then, and that’s why he never really made the cut for MTV. And if you aren’t in possession of the T-Pain iPhone app, you’re life is not fulfilled. $2.99 well spent. Coworkers go wild for it! Presentations? Never the same. Dinner parties? Sure. Me explaining a lack of musical knowledge with regard to Manu Chao? Check it. Who I have, actually, seen live. For the record…
http://tinyurl.com/yeaodmo
Comment by admin | 11.23.2009 | 12:09 am
I think Turman jumped the shark by publishing his own auto-tuned stylings for the world to hear - nice one. If Fallon can revive Christopher Cross’s career to some kind of hipster cult hero, then we know Yacht Rock has made the jump.
Oh, PS - The Raiders won as well - definitely not business as usual in The Bay this weekend.
Comment by matthewmeschery | 11.23.2009 | 8:28 am
Yeah. I forgot to mention the Raiders I’m so used to seeing them lose. This weekend there was definitely an East Bay mojo workin’.
Comment by admin | 11.23.2009 | 10:44 am