"Young & Beautiful" - Lead single from The Great Gatsby Soundtrack, OUT NOW!

[Monicker 3,030]

idk why people think auto-tune then jump to instantly bad. I don't think it's a bad thing at all. Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy heavily uses auto-tune all the way through and it's creates what's really quite a beautiful, eerie sound (see: Runaway).

 

There is a night and day difference between Auto-Tune and similar programs being used as effect (Kanye West) and as pitch correction (Y&B). They're not really comparable situations. In the case of the former, the listener is supposed to hear it because the software is purposely being misused to clearly alter the singer's voice, whereas when it's used to correct pitch, it is intended to be transparent, unnoticeable--though, of course, there are those situations where it slips through and it can be heard. 

 

In theory, i am not against the use of it. It is, after all, just another studio tool. I don't have a problem with "cheating" in the studio. There are plenty of tricks that have been used since the advent of recorded music to get a better sound or performance. It's just that, in practice, i think it sounds bad. Something happens to the voice when you run it through the software and drive it too hard. It has the tendency to strip away a lot of the nuance, the heart and soul of a vocal and make it sound sterile (even when that's not the intention). That's my problem with it when it's used not as an effect.

 

And the thing is, i believe that even if the listener doesn't have the ear, experience, knowledge, terminology, etc. to detect details like this and determine and describe what exactly is going on with the vocal, that at a very fundamental level, most people can still feel that something is "off" without knowing what to attribute it to.

[Whoopiedoo 442]

WHO SAID THIS?? SOME TWEET?

Yes, where did this info come from?

I woke up with anticipation to watch ANOTHER new Lana music video, but was still delighted to hear 2 different versions of a new (and gorgeous) song.

 

So was that tidbit fake. There was never a video to begin with?

wtf, gettin my hopes up...

[naachoboy 7,977]

Yes, where did this info come from?

I woke up with anticipation to watch ANOTHER new Lana music video, but was still delighted to hear 2 different versions of a new (and gorgeous) song.

 

So was that tidbit fake. There was never a video to begin with?

wtf, gettin my hopes up...

i know i was waiting the video and now im like, where did we get that info x.x

[Coney Island King 25,044]

YEEESSSS GET THAT #1 HONDURAS SMASH!

[Whoopiedoo 442]

YEEESSSS GET THAT #1 HONDURAS SMASH!

She;s about to break Janet's record!

[naachoboy 7,977]

YEEESSSS GET THAT #1 HONDURAS SMASH!

i'd like to that #1 was in Chile :/

[evilentity 13,303]

There is a night and day difference between Auto-Tune and similar programs being used as effect (Kanye West) and as pitch correction (Y&B). They're not really comparable situations. In the case of the former, the listener is supposed to hear it because the software is purposely being misused to clearly alter the singer's voice

I agree with this and everything else you wrote in that post, but since you've often been quite negative about the use of Auto-Tune in the past without noting this distinction, I'm curious... are there any examples of it being used as an effect that you like?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EWruiIjBmo

[COLACNT 5,170]

And the thing is, i believe that even if the listener doesn't have the ear, experience, knowledge, terminology, etc. to detect details like this and determine and describe what exactly is going on with the vocal, that at a very fundamental level, most people can still feel that something is "off" without knowing what to attribute it to.

 

this might be a stupid or flat out impossible request, but can you write some kind of like, lay tutorial on how to properly listen to music? i think its kind of hard for me to focus with my ears, so i end up hearing everything from a more... holistic perspective, without any understanding (or distinction) of the parts that ultimately complete the whole. i think my eyes have all the fine perceptual tuning that my ears seem to lack 

[naachoboy 7,977]

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/young-and-beautiful/id635441020?i=635441166

[Creyk 11,495]

WTF with people praising over the love omg...

Boring like her other stuff. If something, Fergie's song became awesome. Her vocals are just

[Coney Island King 25,044]

The chances of this video being something other than Lana standing around while shots of the movie play in the background are fairly low, i'm really not all that excited for it, like most songs for films the video will be a nothing 4 minutes of glamour shots.

[technicolor 241]

It's funny how we get surprise videos for songs we didn't expect at all but the ones we were told are coming out are mysteriously absent.

[Foolish 541]

The chances of this video being something other than Lana standing around while shots of the movie play in the background are fairly low, i'm really not all that excited for it, like most songs for films the video will be a nothing 4 minutes of glamour shots.

I know but even this kind of video would be good for promo     Why to release a single in the US with no video ? 

[butterflies 3,039]

I liked orchestral version until I heard that AWFUL end. It's mixed like, "Oh I need to poop, so I'm going to finish it asap and go to poop"

 

...

 

Just fucking fast fade out. AND THAT RUINED WHOLE SONG! 

 

I CAN'T...CHANGE THAT END AND ADD THE LOON 

 

LANA PLS.

[Coney Island King 25,044]

First footage from video tbh...

 

[butterflies 3,039]

First footage from video tbh...

 

hahahahahahhahahahahha

[YesAlen 117]

autotune???????????!!!!!!!

Please stop with this, there is no autotune in Y&B cmon 

[naachoboy 7,977]

Young and Beautiful

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#256 Estonia

#324 Israel

[YesAlen 117]

OMFG #1 in my little country! 

[LDRO 628]

Climbing the USA charts..... will it make Billboard 100.......