The 50 Greatest Vocoder Songs
By Complex Magazine | Aug 3, 2010 | 1:30 pm | Permalink
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#50. Snoop Dogg "Sexual Eruption"
Year: 2007
This has nothing to do with rankings, not to mention taste, but it's just best to just go ahead and get this out of the way. Snoop's voice is enhanced by Auto-Tune, which is often mistaken for a vocoder, though he, and the tube in his mouth in the video, are paying homage to Roger and the Talkbox. (Triple Word Score!) In the true spirit of speech recognition, getting it wrong, and signal distortion, there was an animated send-up called "Butternut Reduction."
TopBananas August 3rd, 2010 at 11:27 AM
I'm only on chapter 8 but Dave's book is the sh^t.
Reid August 3rd, 2010 at 12:04 PM
Really? In a list of 50 you left off Peter Frampton's "Do you Feel Like We Do" and Stillwater's "Mindbender"? I mean, you went all the way back to 1936, but couldn't include those two classics from the 70's?
ClockworkRobot April 9th, 2011 at 11:22 AM
Peter Frampton's "Do you Feel Like We Do" and Stillwater's "Mindbender" use the Talk Box.. not a Vocoder. Similar sound but totally different machines.
Nick August 3rd, 2010 at 01:03 PM
Great list. How could you possibly leave out ELO and Mr Blue Sky (amongst countless others)?
Darion August 3rd, 2010 at 02:29 PM
I used to leave Sensual Seduction on replay man haha
Dissapointed August 3rd, 2010 at 02:40 PM
Dayymn Complex. Didn't know your crates were only 10 millimeters deep. Selection is bombaclot mmon!!!
gubujazz August 3rd, 2010 at 05:46 PM
this is the track 9th wonder used for the intro to murs 3:16 the 9th edition!! finding out sample origins is that shit
chris cool August 3rd, 2010 at 06:45 PM
umm how u not gonna have any dj quik.
Paul August 3rd, 2010 at 07:29 PM
Wow!!!!!!!! Where's the new workout plan by Kanye West. The last 2 minutes of that song are epic!
Derik Engelsnatch August 3rd, 2010 at 08:19 PM
On what planet does a top 50 vocoder list NOT include a single DJ Quik track? List is officially null and void. Don't pass go, don't collect $200.
Giorgio Moroder Forever ! August 4th, 2010 at 03:35 PM
Mr. Dave Tompkings. The best of the best of the best vocoder song is the ORIGINAL E=MC2 track. E=MC2 Lp is all Vocoder. A Legend ! i like too.. Freak-a-zoid and Kano - I'm ready