by Kevin - 07.06.06
UK’s electronic/pop music duo Pet Shop Boys will be releasing the second single from their latest album Fundamental on July 24th, a song in which Animal Crossing fans might find a little something that sounds somewhat familiar…
The song, titled “Minimal“, contains a small segment of the corus where you could swear that you’ve just heard Mr. Saturday-Night K.K. Slider. Obviously, seeing how K.K. hates those industry fat cats, there’s no way he’d go commercial, but listening to a side-by-side comparison is just enought to be convinced.
Are the Pet Shop Boys secret Nintendo fans?
source: DS Fanboy
Theyre just comparing KK’s voice right? Cause it doesnt sound like either of KK’s songs.
NoBullet - 07.06.06 4:14 am
Yah i agree with Nobullet, other than the voice it sounds nothing like the songs. I didn’t even notice the resemblence till i played them twice :/
Vampire - 07.06.06 4:46 am
I love Pet Shop Boys. They did a wicked remix of Bowie’s Hallo Spaceboy
N Rumas - 07.06.06 8:08 am
Who knew the Pet Shop Boys were still aroung?
amanaplan - 07.06.06 1:05 pm
It’s “vocoder”, though KK’s voice has always sounded more like a voicebox (as in “Birthday” by the Beatles or “Do You Feel Like We Do” by Peter Frampton) than a vocoder. Of course, what people can do with vocoders has gotten really sophisticated in the last decade, like “Intergalactic” by the Beastie Boys or “Believe” by Cher.
// has actually used vocoders
raindog - 07.06.06 1:28 pm
how can you not be Nintendo fans?
MIke - 07.06.06 5:57 pm
Raindog, Cher’s song used time stretching/resampling to achieve that sound, not vocoding.
Freako Suave - 07.06.06 6:32 pm
Actually, if I know what song you’re talking about, I think Cher’s song was just using hard tonal correction. I’ve actually achieved a similar sound unintentionally while trying to lightly correct my voice in a song. Also, RAINDOG is correct in saying that the Pet Shop Boys are using a vocoder. If one is to listen closely, it is clear that they are actually saying words, wheras KK pretty much just uses preset vowel sounds.
evan - 07.06.06 7:56 pm
A vocoded voice and you think it’s K.K.? Get some sun!
velusip - 07.06.06 8:58 pm
Pet Shop Boys are still alive?! Aren’t they the relic from the 80’s???
If they really owned a pet shop, then they could be Animal Crossing fan. Minimal as in Mini-Animal? Hidden meanings as like in Da Vinci’s Code? Maybe if you play the song in reverse, you can hear them singing, “I am a Nintendo Mole, you are not allow to reset the game, its like real life, you have to treasure every moment, blah blah blah.”
Chris - 07.07.06 9:27 am