Comments on: Video: “Chocolate Rain”

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: “Internet Dream”

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: “Internet Dream” — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:20:02 +0000

[...] The other right-wing blogs won’t bring you the new cuts from the man responsible for “Chocolate Rain,” will they? Hell no. Here’s the thing about Tay Zonday: whatever you think of his voice, the guy just doesn’t have a handle on the verse-chorus-verse form of songwriting. Simple as that. Click the link, revisit his master work, and find yourself in a five-minute nightmare of verse-verse-verse with no bridge in sight. There’s an inkling of it here in the spoken-word parts, but until I hear a bona fide, full-fledged melodic transformation I’m pronouncing this dude not ready for prime time. Tell me why I’m wrong. [...]

By: John from OPFOR

John from OPFOR — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:09:07 +0000

btw, does this dude take requests? I'd put a 20 year old bottle of Scotch down on the table if he did Together Forever.

By: John from OPFOR

John from OPFOR — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:07:23 +0000

Even more hilarious than these vids is the fact that Rick Astley has a greatest hits album.

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:47:10 +0000

Freelancer on July 23, 2007 at 6:48 PM

Lowered? No, that’s a very natural baritone range. I know basses who can sing a full octave below the lowest note I heard.

By: Mojave Mark

Mojave Mark — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:53:30 +0000

That guy is a voice-over dream come true. What a great spoken voice! All he needs to do is remove the “victim” hat that they issue in grad school and he’ll be fine.

By: manfriend

manfriend — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:10:03 +0000

>R Kelly’s new single?

heh. Chocolate rain = brown shower

By: Freelancer

Freelancer — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:48:34 +0000

Judging from the lack of strain in his neck muscles, and the minimal expansion/collapsing of his chest, he’s lip-syncing. To push that level of sound requires a fair amount of air, and all evidence in the video denies that he is using that much. In the second vid, even his facial muscles are completely relaxed, which is not easy to do while singing that powerfully.

As for the pitch, it would take a pretty good filter, but it sounds like it was artificially dropped an octave.

By: TBinSTL

TBinSTL — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:04:29 +0000

“Cowell on line one”

By: liquidflorian

liquidflorian — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:02:50 +0000

Whiskey.Tango.Foxtrot. Over……

all that and a rick roll, I’m “outraged”.

By: Canadian Infidel

Canadian Infidel — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:50:27 +0000

Darn, the video’s gone. Sorry. It was hilarious.

By: Canadian Infidel

Canadian Infidel — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:48:53 +0000

Well, that was painful. I only played the first video, went upstairs, checked on the dog and came back down to hear the very same sentences over and over.

If you want something good, check out this video from this years Canadian Idol. Jaydee is talented, in the top 9 and way too wholesome for the music business. In one show, someone held up a sign asking ‘Jaydee – will you marry my grand-daughter?’ Hard to lose when grandmas are ready to throw their panties on the stage.

To top things off, in the top ten show, the kid sang Conway Twitty.

By: JetBoy

JetBoy — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:58:08 +0000

You’re not alone there, Cat…

btw I finally figured out where I had heard the basic chords in “Chocolate Rain” before….it just HIT ME

By: MirCat

MirCat — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:46:10 +0000

I’m going to have that stuck in my head all day now.

- The Cat

By: TheBigOldDog

TheBigOldDog — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:18:31 +0000

Yikes – not the best song for him to cover. He needs to do some Barry White… You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine comes immediately to mind.

How long before he goes on American Idol?

By: Asher

Asher — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:12:33 +0000

If you haven’t seen Zardoz yet, Allah…you need to.

By: TheBigOldDog

TheBigOldDog — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:10:46 +0000

I’d never put that voice with that kid. He sounds a lot like Artrell Hawkins (Free Safety with the Patriots). Great pipes.

By: Jim Treacher

Jim Treacher — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:58:39 +0000

The first time I heard it I thought he was 50. Sounds like James Earl Jones, looks like Urkel.

By: JetBoy

JetBoy — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:41:04 +0000

hehe a little deja vu…after watching the first video, the first thing I thought of was Rick Astley..and then there it was in the second…

Well, if anything, he could be the new voice of “This…is CNN”

By: RightWinged

RightWinged — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:14:27 +0000

You’ve got a lot of work to do to reach this level fella
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GAMCEUGlzn4

By: Candy Slice

Candy Slice — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:01:09 +0000

And the second video is a bit “pitchy.”

By: Candy Slice

Candy Slice — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:59:20 +0000

I think he’s actually burping out the words – that’s why he has to move away from the mic to breathe. He’s got to do that air swallowing thing to sing/burp the song.

By: fogw

fogw — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:56:28 +0000

Chocolate MigRaine

By: pugsly

pugsly — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:36:51 +0000

I love the voice.

By: Spirit of 1776

Spirit of 1776 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:36:34 +0000

Darth Vader's cut of the song.

By: Bob's Kid

Bob's Kid — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:18:11 +0000

Hmmm…I’m at work and cannot watch videos, and in this case I am thinking I might just be lucky in that.

Heh.