The Chipmunks Have you ever???

[kingdom warrior]

For those who had Record players...and still do as I have. Have you ever taken your records and sped them up? This afternoon as I was doing my Christmas decorations I was playing my old Lp's and my 3 year old daughter who absolutely loves the Chipmunks wanted to hear their music.

I only have their "Christmas song" on CD but then I remembered the old trick of speeding up the record so I put on Meet the Beatles sped it up and my little one Flipped for it....she now is a fan of the Chipmunk Beatles...lol!

I remember years ago hearing about a Dj in LA Chuck Taylor who was bored one night and took a Blondie record "Call me" and played it at double the speed. He called it Chipmunk Punk and the Calls came pouring in and he kept playing it throughout the night....which is what kicked started the revival of the Chipmunks.

Anyone ever tried this???

[jwyblejr]

I wonder what happens if you do that with the Chipmunks?

[Earth 2 Chris]

I used to do that all the time, until my parents ordered me to stop. My Dad swore it would wear out the needle faster. I'm not so sure.

I think I did that to a Chipmunks album. As I recalled it sounded REALLY strange and you couldn't even understand them.

Chris

[kingdom warrior]

I wonder what happens if you do that with the Chipmunks?

Speed Metal!!!........

[ShadowAvenger]

I used to sped up my Elvis records back in the 1970s. I also used to slow down my 45 of "Hey Shirley (This Is Squirrely)" by Shirley & Squirrely for a laugh.

[RG]

oh man, my sister and I would always to that to my dad's country LPs ... conway twitty is so funny to hear on high speed

[Raydeen1]

My cousins and I did it all the time when we were kids. Loads of fun! lol

[The Toyroom]

Here ya go:

[kingdom warrior]

Here ya go:

http://www.firetheimagination.ca/ima...ks_Beatles.jpg

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah man I didn't know that existed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZwez...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jQT2...eature=related


The real McCoy sped up....lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNAl5...eature=related

[kryptosmaster]

Oh heck yeah! LOL
That was fun.
I had an older player once that had a 16RPM speed on it. I've never seen a 16RPM record so not sure what it was for but if you took a 45 and played it on 16 it would slow it down really neat, too.

On the flip side of that:
I once lived in an apartment (lower flat) below this weird old guy that CONSTANTLY (I am not exaggerating) played Roy Orbison records at fast speed. OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER...the SAME song...for HOURS...LOUD.
Rich

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Back in the days of reel to reel tape recorders, I did the opposite. I recorded the Chipmunk record playing at standard and then slowed it down so I could hear the Chipmunks at normal speed. If I recall correctly it was two guys and a girl.

[Rallygirl]

Here ya go:

http://www.firetheimagination.ca/ima...ks_Beatles.jpg

What memories! This record is the basis for my love of the Beatles. It belonged to my dad when he was a boy. Having no idea who the Beatles were, but loving the Chipmunks, I played it over and over and over again when I was little. Finally about sixth grade, someone gave me an actual Beatles record and I have been hooked on the real Beatles ever since.

[HardyGirl]

Oh man, my friends and I did that all the time. It was a fun way to relieve boredom. And strangely enough, some of the instrumentals sounded better sped up.

[kingdom warrior]

Oh man, my friends and I did that all the time. It was a fun way to relieve boredom. And strangely enough, some of the instrumentals sounded better sped up.

I always thought that too that actually some of the songs sounded better sped up ......

[jds1911a1]

I think we have all sped up record to have the chipmunks sing a new tune, I also liked to do it with peter pan star trek records

I used to slow down the munks 45's and 78's to 33 1/3 and then you can clearly hear Dave seville as he voices each one the only difference was his timing for thier words