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Jolene at 33 rpm

Jolene at 33 rpm on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2019–2023.

Tom Berry

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Dolly Parton's song Jolene, slowed down to 33 rpm so that it sounds deeper and more drawn out. The short clip is a well-known example of how pitch-shifting changes a song's mood.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people point to it as a slowed-down song that sounds more plaintive and haunting.

people recommended it
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separate months
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discussed on HN
2019–2023
“Hearing it at 33 rpm [0] is a different experience still: it's almost more plaintive, more haunting. Worth a listen IMO.”
— jihadjihad, Nov 2023, in “Sad clown paradox”

What HN commenters said

3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

jihadjihadNov 2023Recommends

It's a great song. Hearing it at 33 rpm [0] is a different experience still: it's almost more plaintive, more haunting. Worth a listen IMO. 0: ▶ this video

in “Sad clown paradox” · View on HN

ZeroGravitasOct 2019Recommends

Other slow music worth checking out, in some other genres: Jolene by Dolly Parton slowed down to 33rpm: ▶ this video And some slow covers: Vanilla Fudge (they do a few like this): [link] Issac Hayes 18bmin cover of By The Time I get to Pheonix: [link] Dick Slessig Combo doing a 42 minute version of Wichita Lineman: [link]

in “Show HN: SlowTube – Learn songs by ear by slowing them down” · View on HN

rgmerkJan 2023Joke

Here's Dolly Parton's "Joeene" at 33rpm: ▶ this video Sounds pretty good, though not exactly like Springsteen :)

in “Someone stole my car and now I own hundreds of vinyl records” · View on HN

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Music performance & songsdolly partonjolenevinylslowed audio