# \*Jolene\* slowed down to 33RPM **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jolene-slowed-down-to-33rpm/826036 "2018-12-13T03:44:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jolene-slowed-down-to-33rpm/826036/21 "2018-12-13T19:10:21Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > This reminds me of [The Osmonds - Crazy Horses slowed from 45RPM to 33RPM.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xY5E1x5k58) Not a terrible song to begin with, but slowing it down turns it into a groovy stoner rock. Not a fan of what it does to Jay’s voice (Merrill’s fine), but it is a pretty good groove. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jolene-slowed-down-to-33rpm/826036/22 "2018-12-13T19:10:34Z")
I can’t wait to see the crazy shit Youtube recommends for me after some of these links. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jolene-slowed-down-to-33rpm/826036/23 "2018-12-13T20:25:54Z")
Oh yeah, I also years and years ago did a remix of Madonna’s _Ray Of Light_ where I re-arranged the song, changed it to a slightly faster tempo and then pitch-shifted her vocals down quite a bit. [Madonna - Ray Of Light (Mandonna Mix)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQqG31WHctA) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jolene-slowed-down-to-33rpm/826036/24 "2018-12-13T20:27:53Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > This reminds me of [The Osmonds - Crazy Horses slowed from 45RPM to 33RPM.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xY5E1x5k58) Not a terrible song to begin with, but slowing it down turns it into a groovy stoner rock. I have never heard the original of this song. Fast and slow…I’m blown away. The Osmonds? My mind is blown! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jolene-slowed-down-to-33rpm/826036/25 "2018-12-14T01:43:19Z")
The only Jolene I know runs at 78. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jolene-slowed-down-to-33rpm/826036/26 "2018-12-14T04:52:31Z")
Back around ‘70 we used to love to listen to Crimson and Clover slowed to 33. Cool. Sorry no link or ability to do so. > [@control-z](#): > > This reminds me of [The Osmonds - Crazy Horses slowed from 45RPM to 33RPM.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xY5E1x5k58) Not a terrible song to begin with, but slowing it down turns it into a groovy stoner rock. I’ve never heard it before either but wow that’s a cool song either way but the ‘metal’ version is much too much! ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jolene-slowed-down-to-33rpm/826036/27 "2018-12-14T05:34:22Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > As an April Fool’s day joke one year back in the late 70s/early 80s when Fleetwood Mac was hugely popular, the local rock radio station announced they had an exclusive sneak preview of the new Fleetwood Mac single. Then they played the album cut of Bob Welch’s “Imaginary Lover” at 45 rpm. It really did sound a lot like Fleetwood Mac! Before I saw this reply, and after listening to the 33 RPM Jolene I thought it bore a striking similarity to Tusk. I guess I wasn’t the only one thinking along that line. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jolene-slowed-down-to-33rpm/826036/28 "2018-12-14T05:46:33Z")
Atlanta Rhythm Section’s Imaginary Lovers sped up from 33 1/3 to 45 rpm is said to sound like Stevie Nicks. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jolene-slowed-down-to-33rpm/826036/29 "2018-12-14T13:02:42Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > As an April Fool’s day joke one year back in the late 70s/early 80s when Fleetwood Mac was hugely popular, the local rock radio station announced they had an exclusive sneak preview of the new Fleetwood Mac single. Then they played the album cut of Bob Welch’s “Imaginary Lover” at 45 rpm. It really did sound a lot like Fleetwood Mac! > [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Atlanta Rhythm Section’s Imaginary Lovers sped up from 33 1/3 to 45 rpm is said to sound like Stevie Nicks. :smack: I wonder if I’m getting songs and artists mixed up in my old age. ARS did “Imaginary Lovers”? Then maybe that wasn’t the song. I’m pretty sure the April Fool’s joke was a Bob Welch song sped up… maybe it was “Sentimental Lady”? Whatever it was, it sure did sound like Stevie singing. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jolene-slowed-down-to-33rpm/826036/30 "2018-12-14T17:56:59Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Back around ‘70 we used to love to listen to Crimson and Clover slowed to 33. Cool. Sorry no link or ability to do so. Something like this? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRMbP1qrCU4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRMbP1qrCU4) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jolene-slowed-down-to-33rpm/826036/31 "2018-12-14T20:08:20Z")
There are Apps that will slow down music without changing the pitch. I keep two on my pc and one on my phone. Makes rehearsing much easier until I learn the song. Then I play at full tempo. Dolly’s voice will sound normal. She’s just singing slower. The YouTube example sounds like a dude singing. It sounds cool but it’s like a different artist performing. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jolene-slowed-down-to-33rpm/826036/32 "2018-12-14T21:25:36Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > You have neither lived, loved nor lost until you’ve wrapped yourself around a fifth of Jim Beam and wept to the [Chipmunks singing Willie Nelson in slow motion.](https://soundcloud.com/alvin-thechipmunkson16sp/always-on-my-mind) It makes me wish it was 1996 again so I could listen to this with a virgin broken heart and Doc Martens under my bed. Well done, Slo-Mo Alvin, well done. This actually sounds like a really good singer doing a bizarre cover.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jolene-slowed-down-to-33rpm/826036/33 "2018-12-15T05:08:21Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Something like this? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRMbP1qrCU4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRMbP1qrCU4) Dude! Thank you for that. What a blast from the past. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jolene-slowed-down-to-33rpm/826036.md?page=1)