004- Leave the Machine That is Britney Alone

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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🗓️ 16 July 2014

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Some jackass leaked a version of Brittany Spears' vocals for 'Alien' without auto-tune and the Internet went wild. Jeff and Anthony wonder if the outrage is more tone-deaf than the track. Article: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/britney-spears-alien-without-auto-tune\_n\_5567640.html](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/britney-spears-alien-without-auto-tune_n_5567640.html) Do you have something you want to hear us talk about? Send it here: http://wehaveconcerns.com/ask If you like the show, please rate and review it on whatever platform you grab it from!

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0:00.0	I'm gonna have to recalibrate because I expected it to be bad. I expected it to be bad and then...
0:22.0	This is we have concerns. Hi, Jeff Canada. Hi, Anthony Carboni. Jeff, you?
0:28.0	Hi, Britney Spears fans. Whoa, you brought this thing to my attention. I had seen it floating around. This is a track from her forthcoming album.
0:37.0	Britney Spears was in the studio recording this song and somebody released it pre-auto tune pre-auto-tune pre-auto-tune.
0:45.0	Evidently it leaked out pre-auto-tune.
0:46.0	Leaked. Yeah.
0:47.0	Yeah.
0:48.0	And it's a song alien, which I'm not really too familiar with.
0:52.0	But this is something that's already out there or a song. I don't know if the song... I think the song is already out there.
0:59.0	Okay. But I don't... I'm out of touch with what the kids...
1:02.0	Well, it's really... It's really climbing the charts if that's the truth. This is the first I'd heard of it.
1:06.0	Here's the thing. Whoever leaked this is a dick. Whoever leaked this is a dick.
1:11.0	100% dick. I don't know how you feel about it, but I might be playing the role of the Lee Britney alone
1:20.0	because I truly... I feel like a... Not cool, bro.
1:25.0	And b... What we should say, the reason why this is not cool is because it sounds terrible.
1:31.0	Yeah. Yeah, she sounds... She sounds very out of tune.
1:36.0	My position is this. That was never meant for anyone's ears.
1:41.0	And her job is to create something that is entertaining.
1:47.0	Yeah. The final product is entertaining.
1:51.0	People enjoy what she puts out, enough to give her their money.
1:55.0	Well, I think the reason people... The big thing is, well, what is her part of all this if she's not the voice?
2:04.0	Well, but I think it's more than that. She's a live performer.
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