Dictionaraoke; (n.)
Dictionary +
Karaoke =
Pure Evil
Dictionaraoke (dictionaraoke.com) is the absolutely appalling, yet somehow
morbidly
appealing art of pasting online
dictionary sample voices over
midi renditions (or in the case of the upscale dictionaraoke submissions,
instrumental cover versions or
karaoke tracks) of a song to replace the sung
lyrics with jarring,
robotic, and all-around
awful vocals.
Some particularly
good/
bad examples include
Queen's "
Bohemian Rhapsody" (particularly for the complicated "
Scaramouche,
Scaramouche, can you do the fandango" section),
The Clash's "
Rock the Casbah" ("Says, it's not, kosher!"), and
ABBA's "
Waterloo" (for sheer
camp value).
I wonder if
they knew something like this was going to happen, in the
infancy of the
internet.