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JJ's avatar

I wrote some alternate lyrics to "Pumped up Kicks" by Foster the People---painstakingly matching the original syllable for syllable---in the hopes of creating a Weird Al style parody. Efforts to produce something recognizably a parody using only prompting have not turned out. Admitting there is room to up my prompting game, I am lamenting that I missed the opportunity to create a persona from an upload.

Would uploading a MuseScore melody that is my best approximation, without looking at the sheet music, run afoul ethically?

Here is an adequate rock version; its just not what I was aiming for.

https://suno.com/s/nA99qSSq7kF0AqDX

Codex redux's avatar

Not convincing that AI is going to improve on meatspace with this one.

The vocalist was the weakspot, but the AI remix? Nope. The voice was... bland. Auto-tune bland. Fine for a dance remix, but not this near-perfect rendition of classic folk.

Check out the work of the old limeliters featuring Glen Yarbrough's piercingly sweet tenor moving into and out of the tight three-part harmony of the deep male tenors and bass in Little Land. Or the Kingston Trio lead singer's distinctive drawl in Tom Dooley.

Can the AI build into the original without losing the original?

You know from the music creation. From the illustration/art creation the trick is not to lose the expressive spark of an original when improving a crucial element. The image goes dead.

GH's avatar

Dancing on Your Grave version is my favorite for this song, even with the vibe flip. It's got the clearest lyrics and bumping.

For whatever I reason I normally tune out this songs lyrics, but this version is great, because the lyrics are worth hearing.

JJ's avatar

Its wonderful and amazing to learn that quality lyrics need not be bound by genre.

Julian's avatar

Don't know if any one else noticed, but in the second rendition there is a sharp inhale before each line of lyrics. So it sounds like the singer was winded from being punched in the gut before each line in the song. For context I listened through all three versions on headphones. This combined with the songs intensity staying constant throughout the whole song makes it the worst of the three in my opinion.

Black's avatar

No, he was just tired from partying all night at ChatGPT's house with some of the Female Vocalists from Udio. Rumor has it that Deepseek brought some intense Chinese data strings.

The inhaling sounds quite real both in sound and timing, so on a technical level it's something of an achievement.

Julie C's avatar

Wow. In a twist of irony, the use of autotune with the vocals in the organic version actually made it seem a little less human than the Midnight Rider version. That said, the visuals for the Booster Patrol video are really well done.

Black's avatar

Johnny Cash is totally gonna dominate the 1983 Billboard dance charts!

Olga's avatar

It does put the dance in the step... Appropriately named... Gives these vibes. https://youtube.com/shorts/dlD7Zpqzuko?si=y0Jr3wiC3FOpg5eJ

GH's avatar

Just need a bunch of leotard cloaked Deaths jazzercising to this.

Rhino's avatar

My entire playlist is suno music and sabaton.

Nemesis's avatar

Wait, have I just been Rick Rolled by Vox?

Oh my dear Father in Heaven, please have mercy! Noooooo.....