A funny thing happened in the Pool Bar the other night....
I guess - somehow - the output settings on the laptop-based MP3 music-player had got scrambled. And only Old Dad was behind the bar: sorting out the modern technology is one of the few things that is beyond him.
While most of the elements of each track seemed to be playing normally, the vocals were bizarrely squashed - shunted up an octave or so, like a 33rpm record played at 45 (something I've been known to experiment with, in my youth), or as if the singers had taken a chug of helium.
At first, I thought we were just hearing an obscure novelty version of a song; but every song was like that. Was it a comedy band who specialise in covering the classics with "chipmunk" voices? No, it did seem as if the music was identical to the original tracks.
It was something like this:
I guess - somehow - the output settings on the laptop-based MP3 music-player had got scrambled. And only Old Dad was behind the bar: sorting out the modern technology is one of the few things that is beyond him.
While most of the elements of each track seemed to be playing normally, the vocals were bizarrely squashed - shunted up an octave or so, like a 33rpm record played at 45 (something I've been known to experiment with, in my youth), or as if the singers had taken a chug of helium.
At first, I thought we were just hearing an obscure novelty version of a song; but every song was like that. Was it a comedy band who specialise in covering the classics with "chipmunk" voices? No, it did seem as if the music was identical to the original tracks.
It was something like this:
Except that the speed seemed to be unaffected.
I wouldn't have minded so much, except that we happened to have just reached one of the 'sweet spots' of the (sometimes vexingly erratic) playlist where there is a solid run of classic rock numbers that I like - The Clash, AC/DC, Joan Jett, Alice Cooper. This should not happen! Especially when I'm about to get on the pool table......
Incidents like this are apt to spark my 'Cosmic Paranoia': "I don't believe in God...... but Somebody Up There Doesn't Like Me!"
I wouldn't have minded so much, except that we happened to have just reached one of the 'sweet spots' of the (sometimes vexingly erratic) playlist where there is a solid run of classic rock numbers that I like - The Clash, AC/DC, Joan Jett, Alice Cooper. This should not happen! Especially when I'm about to get on the pool table......
Incidents like this are apt to spark my 'Cosmic Paranoia': "I don't believe in God...... but Somebody Up There Doesn't Like Me!"
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Also, I have to admit that I was briefly worried that no-one else could hear this, or seemed to be bothered by it anyway.
Was it some bizarre cognitive aberration of mine? Perhaps some kind of mental breakdown brought on by my unaccustomed avoidance of alcohol over the past couple of weeks??
I was mightily relieved when my pool partner asked: "Are these guys all singing on helium?"
And, oh my god, I have just discovered that there is an entire genre on YouTube of Queen videos done with Lego!!! I may not go out for the rest of the weekend....
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