Compile a list of the best (or worst) vocoder tunes

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Herbie Hancock - Sunlight
Tupac - California
Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce
Jodeci - Feenin

― Brian Best (ukb), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 22:01 (nineteen years ago)

I assume those are among the best?

add:

Fila Brazillia - "Pots And Pans"

is that a vocoder on Daft Punk's "Digital Love"...if so, than also add it...

― hank (hank s), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 22:23 (nineteen years ago)

MSRTKRFT "Work On You"
Shout Out Out Out "Your Shitty Record Won't Mix Itself"
Wolfgang "Angel Eyes" (cool vocoder Lime cover!)

I think these bands are all from Canada... not sure what's up with that.

― Saxby D. Elder (Saxby D. Elder), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 22:49 (nineteen years ago)

talk box =/= vocoder

― PappaWheelie MMCMXL (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

oops it's got four "outs" on it. Shout Out Out Out Out.

― Saxby D. Elder (Saxby D. Elder), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 22:51 (nineteen years ago)

Gay Cat Park-I Am a Vocoder
Mr Flagio-Take a Chance
Man Parrish-Heatstroke
Solvent-My Radio

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

hey nice job on the old italo trax! My memory isn't as good as yours but there I do remember some sick vocoder on "Robot Is Systematic" by 'Lectric Workers...

― Saxby D. Elder (Saxby D. Elder), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

best vocoder ever:
grandmaster flash and the furious 5 "scorpio"

― speculator (speculator), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 23:11 (nineteen years ago)

Funky Squaredance- Phoenix

― from The ends of your fingers (prosper.strummer.), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 23:15 (nineteen years ago)

Best:

Neil Young, "Sample and Hold" from the much-maligned Trans.

― jodi, samurai photographer (burun), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 23:21 (nineteen years ago)

Mantronix

― am0n (am0n), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 23:37 (nineteen years ago)

oh yeah, "Needle to the Groove"!!

― Saxby D. Elder (Saxby D. Elder), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 23:39 (nineteen years ago)

If only for the memories of "Pootie Tang" that it conjures up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCYiYgn1XWY

― Davey D (Dave Depper), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 23:53 (nineteen years ago)

KRAFTWERK'S "THE ROBOTS" ÜBER ALLES

― Myonga Von Braun (Monty Von Byonga), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 01:30 (eighteen years ago)

Ulrich Schnauss must have several entries on any best-of-vocoder list.

― A knife to his wife Eve and his credibility. (goodbra), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 02:32 (eighteen years ago)

FREAK-A-ZOID MUTHAFUKKAS!

― J (Jay), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 03:04 (eighteen years ago)

So, uh, like, no MC A.D.E. in this bizzle?

― PappaWheelie MMCMXL (PappaWheelie 2), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 04:51 (eighteen years ago)

Sparks, "My Other Voice"? Might be a talkbox...

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 07:50 (eighteen years ago)

Jonzun Crew: "We Are The Jonzun Crew"
Man Parrish: "Boogie Down Bronx"
Herbie Hancock: "Perfect Machine"

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 08:05 (eighteen years ago)

'Plock' by Plone.
'Jack and Jill'. Raydio.

― Antony Holt (ant), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 19:05 (eighteen years ago)

My Other Voice is vocoder.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 20:22 (eighteen years ago)

anything MSTRKRFT is the worst.

anything Egyptian Lover is probably among the best.

― Cameron Octigan (Cameron Octigan), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 20:26 (eighteen years ago)

Transvolta - Disco Computer

― JohnFoxxsJuno (JohnFoxxsJuno), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 22:08 (eighteen years ago)

"Clear"

― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 22:16 (eighteen years ago)

O Superman
O joyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
o mom and dad
mom and dad hahahahahahahahahahaha

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 25 January 2007 01:04 (eighteen years ago)

"Easy Lee
California
Woman, I've Gotta Ramble
Gollum and the evil one my precious
The Misty Mountains of Mordor
Oh Sam! Sam!"

- R. Villalobos

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 25 January 2007 01:06 (eighteen years ago)

O Superman wins.

― John Justen is fucking sick of his username (johnjusten), Thursday, 25 January 2007 01:11 (eighteen years ago)

Obligatory lost classic - "Fragments Of Life" by Roy Vedas.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 25 January 2007 13:38 (eighteen years ago)

Excellent:
Neil Young - Computer Age, Sample And Hold, We R In Control

Bad:
Any song involving Cher and a vocoder, there has to be more then the one I'm thinking of.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:36 (eighteen years ago)

i couldn't list a crap vocoder tune cause, well, if i hear a song with some vocoder included in it i'm fucking sold.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:38 (eighteen years ago)

ILM likes "Believe" by Cher.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:42 (eighteen years ago)

is that a vocoder in that Cher song?...or is it some kind of pitch modulator?...or is there even a diff?

― hank (hank s), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:56 (eighteen years ago)

x-post I thought "Believe' was just Autotune gone mental?

― lexurian (lexurian), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:57 (eighteen years ago)

the only crap vocoder I've ever heard is on Influx's "No 1 Bass Rocker" - a really shoddy drum'n'bass track with lazy lazy vocoder "action".

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:58 (eighteen years ago)

I thought "Believe' was just Autotune gone mental?

So did I until I was disabused of that notion:

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/11/03/lets-kill-the-cher-believe-autotune-myth-forever-or-not/

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:22 (eighteen years ago)

Mogwai - Hunted By A Freak/Sine Wave/2 Rights Make 1 Wrong

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:24 (eighteen years ago)

omg I'm so totally wrong. I think.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb99/articles/tracks661.htm
xpost

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:25 (eighteen years ago)

Giorgio Moroder - Baby Blue

― mucho (mucho), Thursday, 25 January 2007 16:40 (eighteen years ago)

I think it's important that people are using a real Vocoder™, not just some plug-in or bit of computer quackery.

I mean I'm not all worked up about it and I don't know how the records I mentioned up top were actually made.

BTW, I was purposely citing a batch of current records which seem to indicate some sort of renaissance of vocoder usage, having been already been beaten to the punch on "More Bounce to The Ounce", my personal favorite. I was wondering if anyone had noticed this phenomenon and what their thoughts are about it (if any).

I don't get why anyone would go out of their way to hate on MSTRKRFT, they aren't incredible or anything but a lot of people seem to like them. I think they have made a listenable electronic record, which from me is pretty high praise. Also, I am told that Wolfgang is not a band from Canada but rather is a robot from Brooklyn. Whatev., their (its?) version of Angel Eyes is worth finding on the Hype Machine (esp. if you ever had any love for the orig.).

― Saxby D. Elder (Saxby D. Elder), Thursday, 25 January 2007 17:14 (eighteen years ago)

Hey I kinda liked this:

http://www.myspace.com/wonktronica

MR HOPKINSON'S COMPUTER is a "Fools Gold" cover w/ vocoder-ey vocal

(not a candidate for best ever, but still fun)

― Saxby D. Elder (Saxby D. Elder), Friday, 26 January 2007 00:25 (eighteen years ago)

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