Line #27 Main/VoiceClipSong


1	Editing voice clips of someone famous into a full song (original or cover).
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3	A common trait of {{Fanvid}}s: it was not uncommon during the TurnOfTheMillennium to see a clip of a popular film or series remixed over a techno beat. In TheNew10s, this was superseded by the trends of YTPMV[[note]]which stands for YouTubePoop Music Video, though [=YTPMV=] [[ArtifactTitle quickly grew disconnected]] from YouTubePoop[[/note]] and 音MAD (''oto MAD'')[[note]]音 (oto) means "sound", and MAD stands for Musical Animated Dojinshi (MAD itself being another term for {{Fanvid}}s). Has its own culture, but is essentially the Platform/NicoNicoDouga equivalent to [=YTPMV=][[/note]] videos, which tend more towards covering {{chiptune}} and GameMusic. A staple of these videos (especially for YTPMV) is to chop up voice clips into syllables and phonemes and turn them into instruments; in this sense, they can be compared to EverythingIsAnInstrument.
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5	See also {{Sampling}}.
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7	!!Examples:
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12	* [[http://www.druboogierocks.com Dru Boogie]] makes dance tracks out of ''Radio/OpieAndAnthony Show'' clips on a regular basis.
13	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG7nK-TLBiI "Noise from the Dwarf"]]: A ''Series/RedDwarf'' fanvid that makes lines from the show into rhyming lyrics that even make a bizarre sort of sense.
14	-->Strike a light, it's Gordon.\
15	Small, off-duty, Czechoslovakian traffic warden!
16	* The [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard]] Song.
17	** The TNG cast sing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNSnOZc9j3w Call Me Maybe]]
18	*** Also, here it is by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szmHFVMc4iQ The Original Series cast]]
19	** The TNG cast sing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiSn2JuDQSc Let it Snow]]
20	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPqXI69a3MY Pokemon Masters Are Broke]]: It's a remix of quotes from a WebVideo/GameTheory episode regarding how much money you could make as a [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Pokemon trainer]] if you had realistic expenses. [[spoiler: [[{{ForegoneConclusion}} As it turns out, you would lose money even if you succeeded.]]]]
21	* [=RoyishGoodLooks=] made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0wVRG38IYs a song]] using clips from the famous "I have the high ground!" scene from ''Film/StarWarsRevengeOfTheSith''. He later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7YA8oH59P4 put his own vocals on the song.]]
22	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE-1RPDqJAY&pp=ygUedGFraW5nIHRoZSBob2JiaXRzIHRvIGlzZW5nYXJk THEY'RE TAKING]] [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers THE HOBBITS]] [[Creator/OrlandoBloom TO ISENGARD!]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn_GKGN0Dh8 Now performed]] [[AscendedMeme by the]] [[MemeAcknowledgement man himself.]]
23	* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXzmcdy3BVCnLqwOx2JERMg Young Scrolls]]: Most of their videos, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaZXPx1kdtg "Star"]], which uses lines from the Adoring Fan in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion''.
24	* Do "Mentally Dull (Think Tank Remix)" (''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'') and "Batdance" (''Batman'' 1989) count? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTOQUnvI3CA Two Tribes]] is an even earlier example.
25	* ''Manga/LuckyStar''. Pick a character. Chances are someone made a techno remix song out of their dialogue from the show. Konata and Tsukasa are the two most famous examples.
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29	* ''Music/MyLifeInTheBushOfGhosts'': A possible UrExample of the trope appears in the form of Music/BrianEno and Music/DavidByrne's album, which set sampled audio of radio [=DJs=], preachers, politicians, and religious singers to avant-funk instrumentals. Unlike later examples, these clips aren't edited to fit certain melodies, but it still sets a precedent long before it became an identifiable trope.
30	* The arguable forerunner to the modern Voice Clip Song is The Firm's 1987 hit ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE Star Trekkin']]''. It didn't actually use clips from ''Franchise/StarTrek'' itself, instead having the band members sing each character's trademark phrase (even if some of them were, ironically, examples of BeamMeUpScotty) along with the music.
31	* The most epic and heartwarming example of this is "Kidung Abadi" (Eternal Ballad); it was created by Erwin Gutawa for a concert honoring the 5th anniversary of the death of legendary Indonesian singer Chrisye (Gutawa had collaborated with him before, but never got to write a song for him). Erwin had his sister Gita write the lyrics, and then worked with a team to splice them together using vocals from Chrisye's master tracks. For the live performance, Jay Subiyakto also spliced together concert footage of the singer himself (to make him "sing" the new song) as a finishing touch. The result was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmHiX03rNTI&t=115s three months definitely well spent.]]
32	* Kevin Moore's 'Memory Hole 1' is mostly based on this. Voices used range from US Presidents to more obscure advertisements. He also uses it frequently in other projects, such as OSI or Chroma Key.
33	* Cloud Cult's "Film/ThePrincessBride" is a song entirely based around clips of the movie of the same name. There's also "State Of The Union", which is based around [[QuoteMine quote mining]] of George W. Bush.
34	* Creator/TobyFox created [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nic-cage-song The Nic Cage Song]].
35	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DX4nsobHW8 "Rocked by Rape,"]] the Evolution Control Committee's remix of Dan Rather, set to a heavily edited version of Music/{{ACDC}}'s "Music/BackInBlack".
36	* Bush seems to be a popular choice, Music/JonathanCoulton's "W's Duty" makes use of clips to make fun of the way W. pronounces the word "duty".
37	* "Deify" by Music/{{Disturbed}} starts with clips of one [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush pro-Bush]] source, one comment on a repressive government, then clips of Bush himself from his 9/11 speech.
38	* Most of Music/{{Negativland}}'s output falls under this category.
39	** If you've ever played ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' and wondered why using or buying eleven of an item gets you the message "That's ridiculous. It's not even funny", it's from the Negativland song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDmWYVdN8ug Time Zones]]". In turn, that was remixed by Negativland sound collage master Don Joyce from a talk radio show clip discussing the Soviet Union (which apparently had -- and Russia ''still'' has -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Russia eleven time zones]]). '''Eleven.'''
40	* A [=YouTube=] user created [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI a video of a double rainbow]] that slowly became memetic due to his over-the-top enthusiasm over his discovery. Of course remixes followed, including one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX0D4oZwCsA courtesy of]] Music/TheGregoryBrothers and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g0yZDMBXiE a different but also auto-tuned mix]].
41	* [[Music/SongsToWearPantsTo Andrew Huang's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAVVff2U_Ko "Do You Like The Smell Of Adventure?"]], a remix of an Old Spice commercial.
42	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aXGJZmOxBM Welcome to Paradise]] by Music/{{Front 242}} mixes voice clips from various televangelists.
43	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8BWBn26bX0 Frontier Psychiatrist]]" by Music/TheAvalanches.
44	* Music/ArtofNoise: "Instruments of Darkness" revolves around editing clips from speeches by pro-apartheid South African politicians and setting them to foreboding music, acting as a nonverbal means of protesting UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra.
45	* {{Music/Disclosure}}: "When a Fire Starts to Burn" is built around a sample from motivational speaker Eric Thomas.
46	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SANtIJZz4jg Shake Chain's "Mike"]] is based on a viral video in which [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_RDs8Qeuhw a gate attendant acts as though a clearly stationary car is in danger of running her down, apparently in an attempt to fabricate a 911 call and get the car's occupant arrested]]. Rather than sampling the woman directly, vocalist Kate Mahony imitates the woman's anguished shrieks of "Mike!" and "He's running me over!".
47	* "[[https://youtu.be/lqDIdL_nlcI?si=Ntn8V60OtZsbnlgn Stylophonia]]" by Two Little Boys remixes voice clips from Rolf Harris's Stylophone demo records and his recording of the folk song "Two Little Boys"(hence the group name) to a stadium techno instrumentation.
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51	* ''Film/BabyDriver'': The main character likes to record snippets from conversations and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3igDZrG3DTQ remix them into songs]]. [[spoiler:This causes him some problems later in the movie, considering how he's involved in crime: his cohorts catch him in the act of recording them and immediately jump to the logical conclusion that he's wearing a wire for the police, though he manages to defuse this by playing one of his songs to prove that he does remix them.]]
52	* ''Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles'': The song "I Can Take Anything" remixes dialogue from Creator/SteveMartin and Creator/JohnCandy's characters.
53	-->"You're messing with the wrong guy!"
54	* Paul Hardcastle: One early example would be his 1985 single "19". There are some professional backing vocalists singing a few lines, but the vocals are mainly clips from a documentary about UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
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58	* The Music/PetShopBoys' "[[https://youtu.be/3YjDMmjgKec?si=7ouu4F8drJWB6KEU Absolutely Fabulous]]" remixes dialogue from [[Series/AbsolutelyFabulous the British TV series of the same name]].
59	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': "[[https://youtu.be/nws1JQHBlJA?si=wDAHw3t9vAM2HWqB A Song Of Vanilla Ice and Fire]]" is a cover of [[Music/VanillaIce "Ice Ice Baby"]] comprised of show voice clips.
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63	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': The Strong Bad JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} and [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove What Is Love]] videos.
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67	* Finnish rap artist A-Tyyppi has mixed phrases from sports commentator Antero Mertaranta into a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvOHfErTXG8 truly hysterical dance song.]] It's still regularly played whenever Finland manages to kick ass at ice hockey.
68	* ''WebVideo/AutoTuneTheNews''
69	** The channel is all about this, as well as various {{BSide}}s, such as Barack Obama singing about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yghFBt-fXmw kicking ass]].
70	** And his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej_H8wYo2s4 State of the Union]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq1FIvUHtt0 addresses.]]
71	* Even Creator/BillCosby is [[http://drecosby.ytmnd.com/ in on it]].
72	* UsefulNotes/FormulaOne has one of them as well, coming from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBYd9UVBGTs Rubens Barrichello leashing out on his team]] after losing out in the German Grand Prix
73	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFM140rju4k The Golden Age of Video]]. Full stop.
74	* MC Hammer can't touch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD7vKmglHMc Mormon Jesus]].
75	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDwsBv-jjQU I Don't Like It]] is a mix of various statements uttered by controversial Australian politician Pauline Hanson (the video features performer/mix artist "Pauline Pantsdown" lip-synching the performance)
76	* Jon Stewart is God. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBAa6CvY-TQ Stephen Colbert thinks so.]]
77	* Several Barack Obama quotes, including the audiobook of "The Audacity of Hope", give us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7urc4KrB8Nw this gem.]][[note]]At a few points, the book quotes an old friend of Obama who regularly used vulgarity and slang - since Obama read the audiobook himself it was easy to take these passages out of context[[/note]].
78	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdPjWdGLmso GOMIKASU -Original Mix-]]" by Japanese musician/DJ [=ChibaNyan=] is based on remixing clips from [[WebAnimation/{{Nijisanji}} Era Otogibara]]. [=ChibaNyan=] later did another one called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnBQjWIEV_s Ancient GIBARA ~The Return of the King~]]".
79	* PBS commissioned the artist of the aforementioned Symphony of Science to make these as tributes for old and well-loved shows and personalities that are no longer with us. To date, we have:
80	** ''Series/{{Mister Rogers\|Neighborhood}}'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzXaFbxDcM Garden of Your Mind]]"
81	** [[Series/TheJoyOfPainting Bob Ross]]: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLO7tCdBVrA Happy Little Clouds]]"
82	** [[CookingShow Julia Child]]: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ZrUI7RNfI Keep On Cooking]]"
83	** ''Series/ReadingRainbow'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FD1K8OvVCs In your Imagination]]
84	* [[https://www.youtube.com/@placeboing/videos placeboing]] is a [=YouTube=] channel that specializes in these sorts of videos, with songs made from voice lines taken from everything from Series/{{Seinfeld}}, to Series/{{Intergalactic}}, to VideoGame/TeamFortressClassic. Some of his older videos instead remix the lines of real people, such as UsefulNotes/BarackObama, UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, and Alex Jones -- the last one being responsible for his most successful video, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JRLCBb7qK8 Gay Frogs]].
85	* Creator/CharlieSheen I have one gear, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QS0q3mGPGg Go! Epic winning!"]][[note]]Whoa, [[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/18/business/charlie-sheen-hiv-positive.html?_r=0 that's]] HarsherInHindsight[[/note]]
86	* Sweet Brown - Ain't Nobody Got Time for That ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFEoMO0pc7k Autotune Remix]]) Put together from a woman's description of what happened when she realized her apartment complex was on fire.
87	* Music/TheGregoryBrothers were commissioned by YouTubers WebVideo/jacksepticeye and WebVideo/Markiplier to create songs for their channels using voiceclips from their various videos; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJPc49z57bU All The Way]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v5hXZdbUj8 What Is My Life]] for Jack, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jItnCGRsMjw Space Is Cool]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-547QgoI6hw Fly Like A Butterfly]] for Mark. These aren't the only Youtubers to enlist The Gregory Brothers' help, but they are the most famous ones.
88	* The YouTubePoop Music Videos [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTZ9t-KymYo "Tomorrow I'll"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bNCfEvQFUY "It's From The Show"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFMwgOfdG_M "Robotnik's Tea Party"]], featuring Dr. Ivo "Pingas" Robotnik. Dr. Ivo "Pingas" Robotnik is a ''magnet'' of this. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBgdWhtzJ0g This]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIp0UknXmvQ This]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMRokTaaGzA This]] were all made by the ''same'' user.
89	* WebVideo/TheTourettesGuy has inspired countless curse-filled techno mixes.
90	* [[http://www.waxaudio.com.au/ Wax Audio]]'s brilliant mix of George W. Bush, set to John Lennon's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqDkpIChVsk Imagine]]
91	* DJ Steve Porter's "[[https://youtu.be/SnSKsLdVL5I?si=KN3EmV1Prpnzo6hc Life Alert Remix]]", which also mixes in clips of Creator/WilfordBrimley's diabetes [=PSAs=] and Hoveround adverts.
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95	* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'': This was part of Frank Klepacki's SignatureStyle when he composed music for the franchise and it was especially prevalent in the CD soundtrack to ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianDawn'', the in-game tracks omitted most of the voice clips so they didn't distract the player or drown out EVA's announcements. "Got a Present for Ya!" from ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade Renegade]]'' brings this full circle by using voice clips from... Himself, as he voiced the Commando in ''Tiberian Dawn'' and he would record new samples for the ''Tiberian Sons'' version played at Super [=MAGFest=] 2019 which was re-recorded for the ''Remastered Collection''.
96	* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'': A good majority of Spamton G. Spamton's themes are like this, mostly consisting of the singular phrase [[ArcWords "NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A BIG SHOT!"]], the character's signature catchphrase, repeated in various glitched-out ways. Special mention goes to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uivFFnCI8tM BIG SHOT]]", which incorporates even more lyrics if you're keen enough to hear them.
97	* ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'''s OST has the voice clip techno remix "[[https://youtu.be/n1cdcsNhSPY?si=w5haUSK0KpV9M3f1 Never Surrender]]" by [[Music/{{Chic}} Nile Rodgers]] & Nataraj.
98	* ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'': Eiarly entries with in-house composers were also fond of this, particularly in ''High Stakes'' and ''Porsche Unleashed'' with songs like "I Am Electro" by The Funk Lab, which uses the voice of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdLEQNmsXag Elektro the Robot]], or "The Cost of Freedom" by The Experiment (also featured in ''VideoGame/{{Motorstorm}}'') which samples UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy's "The cost of freedom is always high!".
99	* ''VideoGame/Payday2'': It features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVLXNgk9uJ8 "Donacdum"]], a MemeticMutation of Houston's famous ''"Don't act dumb,"'' line. It features a few other of the heisters and even Bain, but Houston's ''Donacdum'' accompanies a majority of the song.
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102	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' has "[[https://youtu.be/Nri6kbPyzBU?si=it3lSD8UtU63A_GF Scooby's Mystery Mix]]" by Craig [=DeGraff=] & E.J. Dick, released as a bonus track on the 1998 soundtrack album ''Scooby Doo's Snack Tracks: The Ultimate Collection''.
103	* "[[https://youtu.be/ftvZFUg4HPc?si=PUjSf_fLG5Ad8tyw Night of Pony]]" is a collage of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' clips set to the ''Franchise/{{Touhou}}'' remix "Night of Nights".
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