Weird vocal glitch on Nickelback's 'Photograph'

[Ermz]

It's so strange that I've only just noticed this, despite spinning this record almost daily for a year now.

But during the verse, in the middle of the song, when Chad sings 'The cops hated us hanging out', listen to the word 'out' and tell me what you think that is. Botched edit, auto-tune going spastic, a forced lengthening/time stretch of the the word that didn't pan out so well?

Weird that this sort of stuff can fly on a transatlantic hit.

 

[Emdprodukt]

sounds like a bad time stretch with auto tune on top!

 

[Erik Monsonis]

Can't spot it... sounds right to me.

 

[B36arin]

Whatever it is, that's baaad... Very surprising to hear something like that on such a huge hit.

 

[kev]

Nice spot. At first i thought it was one of kroegers gargly/strainy vocals.

 

[John_C]

Nice spot. At first i thought it was one of kroegers gargly/strainy vocals.

you say that like he sometimes doesn't do gargly/strainy vocals...........

 

[bryan_kilco]

Going to have to listen for this now.

 

[JeffTD]

Cracks me up hearing stuff like this - there was one super obvious one no more than 2 seconds in on a song on Colbie Caillat's latest album, I'll see if I can't find a youtube video of it.




"I'm still f-f-f-f-f-f-feeling the rain fall" - looks more like a line from Jimmy of South Park fame.

 

[Parka Dez]

1:23 "Explain"

Another Warner Bros record...haha

 

[muckypup1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnI_QIXU058

1:23 "Explain"

Another Warner Bros record...haha

That just sounds like his singing style to me I can't hear not auto tune glitches or anything

 

[Dexter_prog]

I find all these examples to be veeeery subtle, specially the one on the Nickelback song

 

[B36arin]

The one in the Nickelback song is very clear on my laptop speakers.

 

[Fama]

Nice spot. At first i thought it was one of kroegers gargly/strainy vocals.

I thought that too, although the Deftones and the Colbie Caillat examples were very clear.

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

I can't check the song right now, but if it took a year of daily listening to notice the glitch, I really can't imagine it's a huge deal

 

[ahjteam]

That just sounds like his singing style to me I can't hear not auto tune glitches or anything

yup, the deftones sounds like vibrato.

 

[zer0_c00l]

on Photograph it's too subtle, I barely noticed it even with doubled atention, but the Deftones one is perfectly spottable

 

[Parka Dez]

That just sounds like his singing style to me I can't hear not auto tune glitches or anything

The first verse it's ok, the second verse the "aiinnn" in explain is glitching. It is somewhat easier to hear on laptop speakers in both examples.

 

[RedDog]

on Photograph it's too subtle, I barely noticed it even with doubled atention, but the Deftones one is perfectly spottable

I can detect a bit of a fast attack on some autotune in there, but it can cleverly be blamed on the accented vocal style. Sounds kind of like bjork in some places. And you know how weird her shit gets.

 

[Cacoph0ny]

I think the bigger question here is why are you listening to a Nickelback record daily? It better be because of its production.

 

[Donovan S.]

yup, the deftones sounds like vibrato.

Agreed. I hear no glitchs or anything. It just sounds like Chino Moreno to me.