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Who does the vocals on Fine Time? There's another question too but I can't remember it.

Bernard

Doesn't sound like him. I thought there might've been someone else. What about on the live versions? I wonder if there's an mpeg of Fine Time live somewhere.

Marc wrote: Doesn't sound like him. I thought there might've been someone else. What about on the live versions? I wonder if there's an mpeg of Fine Time live somewhere.

The live version from 1993's fantastic ELectronic Ecstasy (was that really Reading?) has pre-recorded Barry White-esque vocals. Actually I wonder if Barney has sung the lyrics to Fine Time live and also how much of Electronic Ecstasy used tapes??

I know the "You're much too young" part is Bernard, but what about the low part? The part where the pitch is lower, I mean?

leather_girl wrote: I know the "You're much too young" part is Bernard, but what about the low part? The part where the pitch is lower, I mean?

That's Bernards voice slowed down.

What about on the live versions? I wonder if there's an mpeg of Fine Time live somewhere.

There's a Live in Cleveland 1989 live bootleg floating around the web courtesy of a Nooler. I'm 99% sure Fine Time is played (but my mp3s are at home while I'm toling away at work). Google it, download it and check it out...

The Cleveland gig is here. It does contain Fine Time but the spoken word part is sampled, i don't think Barney could ever get his voice down that low.

BufferLow wrote:

leather_girl wrote: I know the "You're much too young" part is Bernard, but what about the low part? The part where the pitch is lower, I mean?

That's Bernards voice slowed down.

Thank you for letting me know that.;)

leather_girl wrote:

BufferLow wrote:

leather_girl wrote: I know the "You're much too young" part is Bernard, but what about the low part? The part where the pitch is lower, I mean?

That's Bernards voice slowed down.

Thank you for letting me know that.;)

I thought that was Hooky...

It's a vocoder! :) Bands had been using it for almost a decade in 1989... when I see him singing that part live, it could be that he mimes, but it seems he really sings, it's just his voice is filtered through a vocoder... you can make of your voice what you want with machines like that... He could sing with cartoon helium vocals, or that vibration effect Cher used in Believe, and many others afterwards, or with the robotic filter used on Ecstasy in Power Corruption And Lies... he just has to filter his vocals...

eCKOh wrote:

leather_girl wrote:

BufferLow wrote:

leather_girl wrote: I know the "You're much too young" part is Bernard, but what about the low part? The part where the pitch is lower, I mean?

That's Bernards voice slowed down.

Thank you for letting me know that.;)

I thought that was Hooky...

You're not alone to think so :(

Another question. At the end of the track you here just the beat and then there is a sample with a voice filtered by a vocoder. Is it correct he is repeatedly saying XTC? In the song browser it isn't mentioned, so i am curious.

It's more likely to be "Ecstacy" as in E, if anything!

Cheers, just downloading the Fine Time live now.

What a great show!! Thanks for the link, BufferLow!!

you stole my thread name.

When talking about vocoders, I forgot they actually started well before the late 70s - early 80s, when they were just used by many more bands, but just think of Kraftwerk, they started earlier... Thanks for the great Toronto clip... Barney still daring a white shirt! Hooky with leather trousers! What a great performance in fornt of an excited audience... and to think the twats were about to split... what a waste...

sparks74 wrote: What a great show!! Thanks for the link, BufferLow!!

No problem, i've forgotten who put it up, but i'm sure it's someone from this site.

Actually a few weeks ago i was listening in my car to the cleveland blossom concert. Fine time is the 14th track and you can hear bernie whisper ectasy, before the vocoder starts with ectasy or xtc :) But on the studio version its hard to hear it.

xtc and esctasy are the same.

eCKOh wrote:

leather_girl wrote:

BufferLow wrote:

leather_girl wrote: I know the "You're much too young" part is Bernard, but what about the low part? The part where the pitch is lower, I mean?

That's Bernards voice slowed down.

Thank you for letting me know that.;)

I thought that was Hooky...

so did I; the lyrics fit Hooky more than Bernie IM :0

leeharveyoswaldR.I.P.1963 wrote: xtc and esctasy are the same.

really?

I always liked to imagine it was "Gas, Toxin Gas".

To me it looks like Barney is miming to a pre-recorded voice. Could have originally been Barney doing the vocoder thingy.