Comments on: The Singing Dictionary

The Singing Dictionary

CunningLinguist — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:37:25 -0800

Your favorite songs, as performed by the audio pronunciation samples from online dictionaries.

By: FreezBoy

FreezBoy — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:39:59 -0800

An oldie, but goodie. It's made many a mixtape shine for me.

By: Necker

Necker — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:43:31 -0800

"Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang" by Dr. Dre is maddening.

By: sciurus

sciurus — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:46:25 -0800

Oh man. This is awesome.

By: blendor

blendor — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:49:48 -0800

oh wow. missed it the first time. this is brilliant.

By: steef

steef — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:53:35 -0800

It's sort of like a sing-a-long with a Speak & Spell. Or Stephen Hawking. Sweet!

By: DBAPaul

DBAPaul — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:54:37 -0800

Very cool.

By: Citizen Premier

Citizen Premier — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:58:12 -0800

Interestingly enough, this lacks any of my favorite songs. In fact, it has very few that I even recognize. I should stop missing out on pop culture, I guess.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:02:44 -0800

South of Heaven is still my fave - that awesome MIDI vibrato in the intro, the completely random-sounding transcription of Kerry King's solo, the cop out of "cunning" in the lyrics...

By: glenwood

glenwood — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:03:31 -0800

taaake. Ooooon. Meeeeee?? Dude there is an icy hot stuntaz song on there.

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:16:19 -0800

The Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was largely a capella -- here, they cheated and used a synthesizer for some rhythm and the melody, otherwise it would've been unrecognizable. By contrast, "Wipeout" by the Surfaris is mostly an instrumental piece -- except there's the giddy laughter at the beginning, which sounds like alien brain-damage victims as presented here. The Smiths' "How Soon is Now" is actually pretty better as a spoken piece.

By: papercake

papercake — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:43:06 -0800

Anybody else getting a William Shatner vibe from these?

By: Justinian

Justinian — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:47:49 -0800

Oh my god, I'm finding Aqua's "Barbie Girl" horribly, horribly entertaining.

By: bugmuncher

bugmuncher — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:48:27 -0800

dreadful. beautiful. but dreadful.

By: phirleh

phirleh — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:58:33 -0800

Hey Greg Ginn f**k you, classic.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 07:02:13 -0800

Very nice! Thanks for the post.

By: voltairemodern

voltairemodern — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 07:05:11 -0800

The cover of Closer is priceless.

By: Jesse H Christ

Jesse H Christ — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 07:17:20 -0800

Lovely. Thank you.

By: carter

carter — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 07:20:45 -0800

Genius. Just listening to Waterloo. Thanks!

By: SeizeTheDay

SeizeTheDay — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 07:29:43 -0800

I for one am completely outraged by this blatant double post. It's flouting mathowie's law and purposefully sets a bad precedent. Shame on you, CunningLinguist. Just kidding. Good find.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 07:45:25 -0800

Ah, precious memories. Good find now that they're found new hosting for the files.

By: BackwardsCity

BackwardsCity — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 07:47:34 -0800

Very very good.

By: Jazznoisehere

Jazznoisehere — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 07:48:36 -0800

I am in love with my computer all over again. Awesome post.

By: Tuwa

Tuwa — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 08:04:19 -0800

Now I have heard the authoritative version of "Wild Thing."

By: ITheCosmos

ITheCosmos — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 08:11:45 -0800

I love the "ha. ha." at the beginning of "Anarchy in the UK".

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 08:14:27 -0800

"Highway to Hell" is a scream.

By: SashaPT

SashaPT — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 08:27:03 -0800

"She Blinded Me With Science" is really making me happy at the moment. Thanks CL.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 08:35:26 -0800

"Copacabana" is making me grin from ear to ear.

By: mygothlaundry

mygothlaundry — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 08:44:19 -0800

Rock. . the. . . casbah - is a thing of beauty and a joy forever.

By: Jesse H Christ

Jesse H Christ — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 08:45:13 -0800

Beastie Boys' "Girls" has a couple extra words slipped in. "deconstruction" and "dictionary" I think. Also, "No. Dark. Sar. casm. In. The. Classroom." and "Wrong...Do. It. Again." are hilarious lyrics.

By: postmodernmillie

postmodernmillie — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 08:45:44 -0800

The paraphrasing on "How Soon is Now" is even better than the original lyrics... "I am a person and I require affection." Whee!

By: Jesse H Christ

Jesse H Christ — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 08:53:41 -0800

Thesauraoke.

By: rolypolyman

rolypolyman — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:31:16 -0800

I guess maybe I'm an outsider on this one but these didn't quite do it for me... as optimistic as I was when I saw the site. The samples weren't really fudged much to the melodies so they just came across as kind of kludgy and grating.

By: dlugoczaj

dlugoczaj — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:32:03 -0800

I had the great honor of going to college with the fella who did the first Dictionaraoke song. Weirdly gifted soul, with a vast musical and technical knowledge. This may be his apotheosis. That said, I have to admit that my favorite song on the site was mixed by another--"Word Up" just cracks me up with its earnestness.

By: kryptondog

kryptondog — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:33:56 -0800

Hahaha. Love "Closer" one. You. Can Have. My. Isolation! As well as the aforementioned "How Soon is Now".

By: spnx

spnx — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:40:55 -0800

steef wrote: It's sort of like a sing-a-long with a Speak & Spell. Ahhh! Just brought back a bad memory from childhood for me there. I still remember being frustrated that machine. Example: "spell honor" h-o-n-o-u-r "wrong, try again" h-o-n-o-u-r "that is INCORRECT!" "the correct spelling of honor is h-o-n-o-r." "Now try "colour"" I did however like dictionaraoke. It's scary how it improves some songs.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:45:31 -0800

Girl from Ipanema works very well--the dispassionate tone echoes the Girl, and the syncopation is way cool.

By: taz

taz — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:56:50 -0800

"What's New Pussycat" wins. (Whoa. whoa-whoa.)

By: safetyfork

safetyfork — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:04:05 -0800

Sweet.

By: Who_Am_I

Who_Am_I — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:07:33 -0800

John Cage "4:33" har har.

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:34:56 -0800

Haha, The Beatles Michelle really cracks me up. The French section is great.

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:37:02 -0800

Oh wow, and there's even an added a canon section at the end. Nice.

By: Lazlo Hollyfeld

Lazlo Hollyfeld — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:07:45 -0800

Weird. The Girl From Ipanema reminds me of the Kompressor version...

By: LeeJay

LeeJay — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:34:44 -0800

This is so great. Every single song is a gem. Thanks!

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:59:23 -0800

holy fuck. the "nothin' but a g thang" one is truly the prize jewel of the lot.

By: litlnemo

litlnemo — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:27:59 -0800

This is the best thing I have heard in ages. Oh yeah. ("Senses Working Overtime" was great!)

By: deemer

deemer — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 19:10:53 -0800

I enjoyed, "Blinded Me with Science" but I kept hesitating, expecting at any time to hear "I'm sorry, your call can not be completed as dialed..." =)

By: rob511

rob511 — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 19:18:24 -0800

This is in very poor taste, but if there's a Throat Cancer Fund, I have an idea for a Christmas carol CD....

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:17:23 -0800

I'm so glad the files are back online -- this site was down for the longest time. Hadn't thought about this in years, literally. Thanks!