Thursday, August 09, 2007
"I Want to Be Your Man," Roger (12/19/87)
The late Roger Troutman was the most - vocal? - proponent/user of the vocoder until T-Pain, I guess; but while Troutman had more musical chops, T-Pain seems to know when to leave it alone. Which is crucial, because few "instruments" can be more annoying. Ostensibly a Roger solo single, but really not much different from Zapp, albeit significantly less funky, this was Roger/Zapp's second and final #1, which is kinda sad, 'cause the song's kinda sad. Were it not for the vocoder f/x, this would be completely anonymous, identikit R&B; as it is, it's more annoying than anonymous. C
The late Roger Troutman was the most - vocal? - proponent/user of the vocoder until T-Pain, I guess; but while Troutman had more musical chops, T-Pain seems to know when to leave it alone. Which is crucial, because few "instruments" can be more annoying. Ostensibly a Roger solo single, but really not much different from Zapp, albeit significantly less funky, this was Roger/Zapp's second and final #1, which is kinda sad, 'cause the song's kinda sad. Were it not for the vocoder f/x, this would be completely anonymous, identikit R&B; as it is, it's more annoying than anonymous. C
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