A highschool girlfriend's biggest peeve was when people sang along to the uh-huh-uh part of the Pixie's Tame. I only remembered today when listening to Darkel.

Doesn't bother me in others' songs, but I would never think to include it in my own.

What about you lot? Do you like it/dislike it? Have you ever recorded/performed a song in which you moan/breathe heavily? How awkward was that?

soft cell 'sex dwarf' can get a bit disturbing with all those moaning and groans. the fake orgasm in buzzcock´s 'orgasm addict' is also a classic.

i´d say not crap. but i would never do it - i have a female singer that likes that gainsbourg kind of stuff and i wouldn´t mind recording it, but in a very classy and subtle way.

Not Crap on the first track of Mule's If I Don't Six

I like the effect on Tame...but I think I've heard that sort of effect used more times in an irritating context. Sort of like the burps and swallowing noises that scar the flow of Tweez. I'm sure it can be done tastefully, but I still lean towards CRAP...you can do it, but it had better be worth it.

L Dopa! Come On! Funniest/best use of this.

Not Crap on Slip It In

Not Crap on a Prince song. Any Prince song.

Not Crap on the Beastie Boys' "Lookin' Down The Barrel Of A Gun" where it makes up the rhythm track.

Not Crap at the end of that Pale Saints record.

the intro to "slip it in."

crap.

LeMoustache wrote:A highschool girlfriend's biggest peeve was when people sang along to the uh-huh-uh part of the Pixie's Tame. I only remembered today when listening to Darkel.

Doesn't bother me in others' songs, but I would never think to include it in my own.

What about you lot? Do you like it/dislike it? Have you ever recorded/performed a song in which you moan/breathe heavily? How awkward was that?

Marvin Gaye's "You Sure Love To Ball" would have been better without it. I do think it was necessary for Serge Gainsbourg, though.

LeMoustache wrote:A highschool girlfriend's biggest peeve was when people sang along to the uh-huh-uh part of the Pixie's Tame.

Strangely, I never thought of the breathing parts in Tame as sex noises.

Not crap in Digital Underground's Freaks of the Industry.