{"id":9169,"date":"2017-09-08T05:45:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T13:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/09\/08\/news-2942\/"},"modified":"2017-09-08T05:45:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T13:45:06","slug":"news-2942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/09\/08\/news-2942\/","title":{"rendered":"I Hope the Last Song I Hear Is Played on the Otamatone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:00:00 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s a strange musical instrument out there called an Otamatone<\/a><\/a> that you might have seen in a YouTube video. It comes from Japan, is shaped like an eighth note, and has a mouth on the bottom that you open and close so that it appears to “sing.” One can be had on Amazon for around $35, and there also appears to be some sort of “jumbo<\/a>” version out there, though I’m not sure where you can get that guy. <\/p>\n

Until today, I was only vaguely aware of the odd music-making device, but then I learned about the thriving, overwhelmingly talented Otamatone subculture on YouTube. My friend Damon began berating me with video clips, which at first annoyed me:<\/p>\n

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But then I realized the true magic of the otamatone, and it’s quack-like song:<\/p>\n

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Now, I am convinced of the Otamatone’s goodness, and have become a connoisseur. Give me a hit song, I will give you the Otamatone version performed exquisitely by one of the internet’s most masterful players.<\/p>\n

Smash Mouth’s “All Star”? Hell yeah:<\/p>\n

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