How to turn Morrissey into John Lennon

Or Syd Barrett, whatever! Three semitones, 20% timestretch and a whole lotta reverb.

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Please do this for the Smiff’s entire catalog.
- http://2012diaries.blogspot.com/ tristan eldritch
  
  I recently proposed the heresy that the entire Smiths back catalog would have been better if it had been sung by Sandie Shaw:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns5UM-I0ja0
  - Dewgeist
    
    Heretical and proud!
http://www.acmedigital.com ebiii

Fan-fucking-tastic! Just give me some truth — do I look fat in this?
timquinn

I’m getting more of a Syd Barrett vibe.
http://www.facebook.com/matthew.urso Matthew Urso

that felt more MBV then beatles
Anne Onimos

Does this really sound like John Lennon to anyone?
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=620862876 Bob Brinkman
  
  Not in the slightest.
- BijouxBoy
  
  Nope.
- Trevour
  
  Just sounds like pitch-shifted Moz to me.
http://twitter.com/HubrisSonic HubrisSonic

What a gyp. I thought this post was about how to physically turn Morrissey into someone else.

#diy #maker
- Wreckrob8
  
  Me, too. And thought ‘shoot him and cheer everyone up’.
Philboyd Studge

No problem…just put him in a cardigan.
babylost

sounds like the porpoise song by the monkees
Andrew Eisenberg

More Pink Floyd/Syd Barrett than anything Lennon.
Andrew Eisenberg

Oops. Should have read the comments before posting…
http://www.appliedesoterics.com bfarn

Well, I can never pass up a chance to plug my formula for turning Bobby McFerrin into Andre the Giant…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYp3t147t1Y
squidfood

This goes absurdly well with that toddler-in-crib video.
http://theladyfingers.blogspot.com/ Ladyfingers

Sounds like Bethany Curve.
abstract_reg

Rob, it sounds like Lennon to me.
- Diogenes
  
  “Crawler!” — Pvt. James Frazer
http://scavenger-ethic.blogspot.com/ scav

Huh. I’ve never heard the original, so I dunno. It still sounds pretty much like Morrisey though. He’s got a fairly distinctive singing voice.
B A

I’m not seeing anything but half an orange blob with some smaller blobs behind it. I’ve disabled Adblock and Ghostery and still the same.
Please could you also use a direct link when you embed media?
Being a long-time Morrissey fan I’d love to hear this.
rtresco

Nice! Though when it does sound like Lennon, it’s Julian.
spiregrain

I seem to remember that a slowed-down Jamiroquai sounds just like Barry White.