I can’t take it any more! The two major offenders at this moment is a Quiznos commercial and one from Burger King. Come to think of it, these two
companies have pissed me off before. Quiznos with those strange gremlin type things and Burger King with the creepy king peeking in windows and shit.
I have nothing against the voice actors who perform these commercials but are they trying their best to out baritone James Earl Jones or what?
Also Hardees with the loud crunching noises when biting into one of their burgers, fuck you!
Yes, I had a bad day at work, but I feel much better now.
We are known as Basso Profundo, and fuck you right back. That is how we sound. It is bad enough that the vast majority of modern music sounds ridiculous when we try to sing it, now you want to take away commercial announcements too? Girly- voiced dick.
Yeah, go listen to NPR for awhile. An hour of Ira Glass and his droning, sound-alike pipsqueak pals will have you yearning for a little throatiness in your on-air personalities.
Well, the Quizno’s commercial is voiced by Michael Clarke Duncan, and if its any consolation he isn’t faking it, his voice really is that deep pitched. I think the greater sin is his furtherance of the Rachel Ray term “sammies” into the wider lexicon. If he starts talking about how their sandwiches are made with the finest EVOO, I’m heading down to the studio with an elephant gun.
It’s cool Acid
Like I said I had a bad day. I’m sure they would do well trying to get the whole Barry White "thing " down. I blame the commercials themselves not the voice talent.
And I knew that baritone was the wrong term for that type of range, I had a brain cramp.
Don’t worry about it. I get a little touchy because bassos are always typecast as the generic evil villain, or “the movie announcer guy”. Dammit I have more of a range than providing back up to some dork who sounds like a eunuch when I sing as well. Just isn’t much of a market for it though, sigh.
Not only do I hate hearing super deep voices saying stupid words(otherwise they’re lovely), but I distinctly hear a slight lisp in the Quiznos commemrcials. Not sexy. Or appetizing.
I cannot tell you how much I hate the word “sammies” - I’ve never seen the ads on TV, but when I saw it in the print ad, I vowed never to eat there again.
[sub]not that I really ate there often to begin with[/sub]
I can barely tolerate “sammich” and hate “sammie.” What I really hate is “veggie.” And of course every fast food type place that even offers a vegetarian alternative calls it the “veggie”-whatever.
I’m sure they would do well trying to get the whole Barry White "thing " down. I blame the commercials themselves not the voice talent.