In Reply to: How about the "disco whistles" in Steely Dan's track "Aja"? posted by John Marks on February 11, 2015 at 11:59:15:
I think of Donna Summer's "Bad Girl".....
The whistles were basically artists copying from each other.... There were also "electric toms" from the disco era.... The song, "Ring My Bell".... Very stereotypical, and also copied. Not to mention the "walking octave" bass line. The song "Boogie Oogie Oogie".
The problem with Auto-Tune is that too many artists and producers (and a lot of consumers) don't realize how degrading it is to the music. I think had the application been introduced suddenly rather than gradually (between 1990 and 2010), the public would have picked up on it a lot sooner. (I don't discuss it much anymore because the public has finally caught onto it. And cite it like they cite lip-syncing.)
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