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Carl Sagan Sings

Posted by kdawson on from the billions-and dept.

gijoel writes "Someone with too much time on their hands and access to Auto-Tune has taken clips from Carl Sagan's Cosmos series to make this fantastic song. Watch for the Stephen Hawking cameo."

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  1. Autotune the News by NevermindPhreak · · Score: 4, Informative

    Autotune the News has been doing this kind of thing for a while now.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bduQaCRkgg4&feature=related

    1. Re:Autotune the News by wiredlogic · · Score: 4, Interesting

      His tune-up of MLK's I have a dream speech is pretty awesome. It's good enough to actually consider a mainstream artist doing a proper cover in the mode of the Obama "Yes we can" video.

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    2. Re:Autotune the News by Ardeaem · · Score: 4, Insightful

      That you've noticed. If your pitch correction is noticeable, you're doing it wrong. Unless you think the effect is cool - in which case you're a retard.

      I could say the same about synthesizers: "If your synthesizer is noticeably different from a real instrument, you're doing it wrong. Unless you think synthesizer effects are cool - in which case you're a retard." Artists have always looked for new ways to create sounds. The repurposing of autotune is no different from the creation of synthesizers, or any other new instrument. Why is someone "retarded" for thinking that the use of autotune as a new musical tool is cool?

      I mean, it annoys me too, but your point of view is really condescending. Let musicians play. Autotune is just a set of algorithms; there's no reason why it can't be used in a way that the original programmers didn't anticipate. And anyway, Stevie Wonder and Peter Frampton both used vocoders for a similar effect. Are they "retarded"?

  2. I don't care. by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It was worth watching.

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  3. Re:Question about the first clip by TrevorB · · Score: 5, Informative

    Episode 11: The Persistence of Memory

    Around the 10:24 mark.

  4. How is this less important? by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    He inspired a generation to be interested in science. How many actual scientists today can trace their choice of career back to Cosmos?

    Oh, and read Demon-Haunted World.

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    1. Re:How is this less important? by Scott+Ransom · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I'm certainly one of them (thanked him for Cosmos in my PhD thesis specifically).

      And I agree with you about Demon-Haunted World. I think that should be required reading for all high school students.

    2. Re:How is this less important? by kidcharles · · Score: 4, Informative

      My thesis has a quote from his wife: "He didn't want to believe, he wanted to know."

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  5. Amazing... by Loomismeister · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I could listen to those two all day. That song just overflows with profoundness.

  6. New Slashdot meme? by areusche · · Score: 5, Funny

    (Jostles for microphone) I'm sorry Carl, but Beyoncé had the best music video of all time!

  7. Loud by WeblionX · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's nice, but the music track is too loud compared to the voice.

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  8. Re:Question: by Abreu · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No way! This was too beautiful for idle!

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  9. Re:fuck autotune by Zerth · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you think he'd be for or against sounding like Kermit the Frog gone techno?