2 HN users recommended this music video2 months2019–2023score 2
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN people point to it as a slowed-down song that sounds more plaintive and haunting.
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.
“Hearing it at 33 rpm [0] is a different experience still: it's almost more plaintive, more haunting. Worth a listen IMO.” (HN, 2023)
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]
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]
Jolene at 33rpm sounds more plaintive and haunting
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