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[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 37 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Cher has been around decades before auto-tune even existed.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What!? You mean she was a singer prior to 1998!?

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Nothing existed before The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Is MetaStatic ShittyMorph??

[–] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Him hitting the table caused the Big Bang!

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Technically, if you count her big break as the alarm clock song from Groundhog Day.

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Sure but the article specifically mentions autotune being a Cher first thing.

The ubiquitous robotic Auto-Tune effect? Cher did that first.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Motherfuckers never heard of a vocoder before.

Also it’s hilarious that other motherfuckers think that auto tune effect was supposed to hide imperfections in her singing and not be a blatant and intentional vocal effect.

“Believe” is a cheesy ass tune, tho

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

It wasn't a vocoder in Believe but they did lie and say it was initially to keep it a trade secret.